This is awesome. I found this through Pam's House Blend

Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr. takes a local homo-hater to task. 

An open letter to Donna Reddick:

I'm writing this for Desiree. She's a student at Miami Sunset Senior High, where you teach business technology. A few days ago, she sent me an e-mail recounting an incident that happened on campus last week.

It seems that on three successive days, the morning announcements, which are televised throughout the school, featured student-produced segments on the subject of gay rights.

On the first day came comments from students who took the pro position. On the second day came remarks from a counselor who spoke of the need for students to respect one another. On the third day came you.

You and a few students, actually. One told classmates homosexuality was ''unacceptable in the eyesight of God.'' Another said gays were ``unrighteous.''

The coup de grace, though, was you invoking Sodom and Gomorrah and telling students homosexuality was ''wrong

And then this wonderful ending

Just once, I'd like to read a headline that said a Christian group was boycotting to feed the hungry. Or marching to house the homeless. Or pushing Congress to provide the poor with healthcare worthy of the name.

Instead, they fixate on keeping the gay in their place. Which makes me question their priorities. And their compassion. And their faith.

If you love me, feed my sheep.

For the record, Ms. Reddick, the Bible says that, too.

Just go read it.  It is a great Sunday evening post!  

Hurrah for Catherine Specter! This week's version of the PG column Cat's Call manages to avoid being racist or sexist.  She even musters up a little "catty" rant that is mildly amusing if not actually funny.  Otherwise, it was boring as can be. I guess that's the best we can expect. 

Note that this week Cat adroitly defended her advice on premarital tweezing.  I can't wait for her to defend her advice on kowtowing to racism.    She should talk with Jane Little of Mt. Lebanon about complicit silence.

In today's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jane Little of Mt. Lebanon responds to the question of why the worldwide Christian community remain silent about the homophobic outrages in Nigeria which are endorsed by the Nigerian Anglican Church.  (One response appeared last week.) 

Ms. Little writes " Surely the bishop knows that the tension within church communities is so great that to rise up against Peter Akinola could pull down the churches in a battle for the soul of the church, and that is the reason for the silence. We are not "cowed," but cautious in the face of an evil almost beyond comprehension."

Her letter ends with this statement. "The heavy task is to find a way out and to continue in a mission that befits the church and its followers, being not cowed, but cautious."

Ms. Little, you forgot to include the gay community in this pronouncement.  What about us lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered people -- what response befits us in the face of this great evil?   Here in America, WE are the ones being stripped of our civil rights, our families, our access to health care and equal opportunity. WE are the ones being beaten up by off duty soldiers. WE are the ones being denied lifesaving CPR.  Our LGBT brothers and sisters are facing criminalization of their very identity in Nigeria. 

How much outrage will it take Ms. Little for you to agree that the "the reason for the silence" is no longer acceptable?