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We have great news about the Flaming Freedom Bigger Gay Dance Party.
Silver Circle Movie is returning!
Have you checked out the prizes you can win there? You may have noticed that each prize package and the raffle includes an ounce of silver. Well now it won’t just be any silver round. They’re going to be Silver Circle rounds just like in the Silver Circle movie, courtesy of the producers who are happy to be helping us to make this event even bigger, gayer, and, most importantly, more fun than the last two years.
All silver has inherent, inflation-resistant value, but these rounds may very well become collectibles as well so you may want to hold onto them. You’ll have four chances to win one at the party, but worry not. If you don’t, they’ll have their own presence at Porcfest this year and will have lots of their rounds for sale. So check out their vendor site at Porcfest and find out more about the upcoming release of this entertaining and educational movie!
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Hosts Chuck, Neal, & Dale :: Updates on the dance party :: Proposed ban in CA against conversion therapy for teens :: Romney’s high school pranks :: Ron Paul delegates and politics by the numbers :: Rand Paul says Obama’s views couldn’t get any gayer
Bookmark ItIMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!
The show schedule has changed! Flaming Freedom will continue to be LIVE on Saturdays but with another LIVE show on Tuesdays. Instead of 10pm to 1am, the show will go from 10pm to Midnight both nights. This means an additional hour of content every week for our listeners. Tune in for our first Tuesday show tomorrow night!
[Download Episode 2012/05/12]
Hosts Neal & Dale :: Obama kinda for gay marriage kinda :: The Bigger Gayer Dance Party at Porcfest :: Insane woman’s anti-gay rant :: The moving story of two young men in love :: Famous musician Tom Gabel comes out as trans :: Is Glee too gay to the point of being counter-productive? :: Gay student expelled for stun gun defense :: “Zero tolerance” policies at schools
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If you listen to The Liberty Radio Network, you’ll soon be hearing our new promo about Flaming Freedom’s Bigger GAYER Dance Party at this year’s Porcupine Freedom Festival on Friday, June 22nd from 3 to 6pm. For more details and to purchase your INCREDIBLY CHEAP tickets, check out our dance party page!
Meanwhile, here’s your sneak preview of our fun new promos:
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[Download Episode 2012/05/05]
Hosts Neal, & Dale :: Stephanie & Dale were on Declare Your Independence :: Neal’s confession–O… M… G :: Batman is GAY! :: Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival and Trans Women :: Men as a slave caste (cont.) :: Pastor suggest punching gay kids :: Atlas Shrugged–Does it suck?
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Bookmark It[Download Episode 2012/04/28]
Hosts Stephanie, Neal, & Dale :: Dan Savage calls bullshit on the Bible :: Was Dan Christian-bashing? :: GOProud condemns Dan Savage speech :: Brigham Young University’s It Gets Better program :: Mormon parents ‘It Gets Better’ video :: TV’s Glee bashes polyamory :: Persuasion and communication tactics :: Insecurities about dating bisexuals
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Hosts Antigone, Andre, & Dale :: Holding hands bill in TN :: Thoughts on Randy Phillip’s ass :: Disposable men / men as a slave caste :: Why all pink girl toys?! :: Trannysnatchers world premiere :: Tax filing discrimination :: Tips for trans men who date cis men :: LGBT youth behind bars
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Hosts Buzz, Neal, & Dale :: Was Ian of Free Talk Live molested as a child? :: Geeks react to coming out on Facebook :: LGBTs now versus then :: Stonewall riots :: Police as tools of oppression rather than as peace keepers :: Trans folk in the prison industrial complex :: Passing the baton of the Big Gay Dance Party at Porcfest :: The liberal betrayal of Bradley Manning
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Hosts Stephanie, Neal, & Dale :: The Flaming Freedom Big Gay Dance Party at Porcfest :: College kid makes masturbation videos on campus :: Butch & Femme in gay relationships :: Gay hockey players :: Elderly woman beats her sons gay lover
Bookmark It[Download Episode 2012/03/31]
Hosts Andre, Neal, & Dale :: Interexed people are more common than thought :: Types of intersex conditions :: Transgender candidate disqualified from Miss Universe Canada :: Proving you’re gay to the Turkish army :: Co-host Derrick violently arrested :: Cisgender news :: Santorum against pink bowling balls :: Flaming Freedom supporting Santorum for president
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Hosts Antigone, Buzz, & Dale :: Offensive words :: Gay marriage to remain in NH :: Breaking down the gay marriage vote :: Banning left-handed people from marrying :: Kony 2012 guy naked rampage :: Kony, Saddam, Osama, Hitler, & other tyrants :: Gay bar rejects women?
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So despite some efforts, my amendment ‘ban 2 lefthanders from getting married’ was not debated on the floor of the NH House. (A vote to allow debate failed 286 to 52)
While I did later give the last few paragraphs of the speech, to respond to the claim that this was frivolous, I did not get the opportunity to give my speech, and so, thank to social media, I’d like to at least get this out there. Please feel free to share and repost.
Speech not given on the New Hampshire House floor on March 21 2012 by Rep Seth Cohn in support of his amendment banning lefthanded marriage.
Thank you Mr. Speaker…
All this week, I’ve had people telling me that there was no need to actually introduce this amendment. I’d made my point already, the House was no place for humor, this was a serious issue… I should not introduce it, and just move on. But I need to bring this forward – this is a serious matter, and my amendment has points that I think some have failed to see…
The proponents of this bill have defended it on many grounds. Some bring up Religious arguments, Some bring up Cultural Tradition, Some discuss the Family and Children. Some talk about definitions in the NH Constitution… And I was taught that until you walk a mile in someone’s shoes, you can’t understand them. So I attempted to put myself into their shoes, and see what happens…
Many have compared lefthandedness to homosexuality. It has been claimed by some experts that there is a great similarity between the traits of sexual orientation as compared to the traits of handedness, and that perhaps may both be the result of genetics. Perhaps not… Is it a choice? Is it hormonal influence in the womb? Is it environmental? The questions remain unanswered in both cases. Evidence is uncertain in both cases, for ANY of these causes. And so for me, this was a perfect place to start…
Because, Mr. Speaker, I am here to today, not just as a Representative, but as a lefthanded individual… So this is something I know about, something I have understanding of, something I can relate my own experiences to, and something which I’ve experienced the world at large.
So I looked at Lefthandedness from the different defenses used on this bill…. And I found it wanting…
Religiously… The Bible is crystal clear on this, at least to me. With about 100 verses praising right hands, and 25 verses condemning left hands… I’m left to wonder: Does God hate lefthanded people? If the Bible is the word of God, and it discusses left hands far more than it discusses homosexuality. Maybe there is a message here? I could make Biblical quotes, and argue this… but the Floor of the House, in my view, is not the place to do this. And I promised the gentle lady from Salem that I wouldn’t be offensive to those of faith. But if the sheep are gathered on the right, and are entering into Heaven, and the Goats are put on the left and are going to Hell… It’s really hard to ignore. Left is the path to hell? Is this the Biblical message?
Certainly the Catholic Church, for many years, discriminated against lefties… We’ve all heard of nuns tying left hands behind backs in order to force kids to learn to be right handed. In fact, It’s hard to find people over a certain age who is comfortably left handed, because they were taught that right handedness was the way to be, usually by punishment…
Which brings me to the second defense of this bill, tradition and culture:
I’ve heard repeatedly “3000 years of tradition” Well, let’s look at language around the world for how we discuss left handedness: In Anglo Saxon, left means ‘weak’, in Latin, we find sinister, in French ‘gauche’ or maladroit. Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and German all have similar negative meanings… Irish, Welsh, Swedish, Hungarian, Polish, Chinese, Korean, Most of the world talks about lefthandness using words that are negative… In some places the left hand is known as the “unclean” hand. In Ghana, pointing and gesturing with the left hand is considered taboo. In some Asian countries, holding eating utensils in the left hand is considered impolite.
So our entire world tradition are clear: Lefthandedness is wrong… it’s bad, it’s awkward… it’s just not right.
What about Children and the Family?
Is being lefthanded a handicap? As a lefthanded person, yes, it is… this is a righthanded world… and the many assumptions we make for the righthanded majority make being left handed difficult at time….
Is being a lefthanded child harder? Yes, it is… Our handwriting suffers, we need to learn ways to cope with being left in a right leaning world, sometimes we need special versions of items… canopeners, scissors, musical instruments, power tools… or we just learn to make due… and accept that we are a minority, and the world is a righthanded world.
Does one’s parents affect being lefthanded? It does… we still don’t know exactly why people choose being lefthanded, and if it’s a choice… the science is still out. but it seems like having lefthanded parents is certainly an influence according to the statistics… So lefthanded parents love their kids less? No, of course not. No more than gay parents love their children any less.
And finally the NH Constitution: Does it protect lefthandedness? No, Article 2 lists the prohibitions for discrimination. and handedness is not listed… Race, Creed, Sex, all protected, but it’s perfectly legal to discriminate against the left handed…
And after all, the constitution talks about “rights”, it doesn’t talk about ‘lefts’, so even this document has our inherent cultural biases….
So Mr. Speaker… It’s clear for all of the stated reasons that being lefthanded is certainly about being part of an oppressed minority… and so why bring forward an amendment that seeks to oppress them more??? Why on Earth would a lefthanded person like me introduce an amendment like this?
Because it’s important to stand up in solidarity for other minorities, because I know what it is like to walk in their shoes. The number of similarities between homosexuals and lefthanded people are close enough, and there is even some evidence that they are related. So if I find this underlying bill offensive, if I find it oppressive, if I find it distasteful, I could merely vote against it, I could merely rise and speak against it… but I choose, consciously and with intent, to stand alongside those being legislated against, to say “If you can do it to them, then you can do it to me… and before you do it to them, do it to me as well…”
Mr Speaker, this amendment is not about making a joke… it’s about seeing a group of individuals being legislated against, and pointing out that there but for the Grace of God go I, and making it clear to all where I and others land on this issue… It’s about their rights… and if I want to protect their rights, I’m willing to match that with the lefts.
I hope this House will join with me in supporting this amendment… to send this message loud and clear…
Mr Speaker, if you know as I know that this amendment sends the message that oppression of one minority is the same as oppression of others, and if you know as I know that anyone will still be able to marry the righthander of their choice, then will you join with me, put your left hand behind your back, and with your right hand, press the green button?
Bookmark It[Download Episode 2012/03/17]
Hosts Neal & Dale :: Getting offended :: Kony 2012 project homophobes? :: Kony 2012 guy naked and masturbating in public :: NY St. Pat’s parade still bans gays :: UN Torture Chief calls Bradley Manning’s treatment cruel & inhuman :: Gay male couple gives birth and breaks up :: TSA posts info for transfolk
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Hosts Neal, & Dale :: Bonobo chimps are matriarchal and peaceful :: Teenagers killed for emo haircuts :: Gay porn on the FTL BBS!! :: Lots of excellent butts!! :: Brent Corrigan too gay for eBay :: Reddit page to smear trans people :: Are trans people delusional? :: How inherent or conditioned are gender traits? :: Christian sisters sing the praises of Santorum :: SC GOP goes with small tent recruiting strategy
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Hosts Buzz, Neal, & Dale :: It DOESN’T get better? :: Converting LGBT people with brain transplants :: A stronger word than “homophobia” :: Santorum or Hitler? :: Misogyny and misandry :: Sir Real shares thoughts on the economics of sex :: Priest denies communion to lesbian at mother’s funeral
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Hosts Neal & Dale :: Interviews with Stephanie, Patrick, Jacob, Mark Edge, Marcus, Brett, Angela Keaton, Mandrik, Claire, David :: The 2012 Liberty Forum :: Gaydar :: Flirting well :: Purpose and origins of “gay voice” :: Porn style preferences :: Wars, false flags, conspiracy theories :: A.C. Slater upper decker blumpkin :: The Kinsey Scale :: Mud-buggying :: Skiing :: Transgender pronouns :: Turning dead Mormons gay
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Hosts Chuck, Neal, & Dale :: Westboro Baptist Church pickets Whitney Houston’s funereal :: gets tires slashed :: Pedophiles and ephebophiles, oh my! :: 7 year-old says he’s gay :: Penn Jillette’s 2012 atheist guide :: The screwed generation is libertarian
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