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Eddie Long: The Real Reason He Agreed To Mediation Before Going To Trial

“I have never in my life portrayed myself as a perfect man. But I am not the man that’s being portrayed on the television. That’s not me. That is not me” ~ Bishop Eddie Long A couple of weeks ago headlines blared that Bishop Eddie Long of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church had agreed to [...]

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Family Research Council Declares War On Southern Poverty Law Center; Repub Thugs For Back Up, Plans Nat’l Tour

Family Research Council’s (FRC) Tony Perkins has finally snapped. The hate org (a tag the Southern Poverty Law Center lovingly bestowed on FRC recently) is fightin’ mad because of their new label wholeheartedly approved by all liberal factions gay and straight, took out full page ads in Politico both and The Washington Examiner on Wednesday [...]

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A Must Read: Newsweek Compares Gay Rights To The Black Civil Rights Movement

Some of our LGBT activist friends were infuriated by this Newsweek article published today titled The Uncivil Rights? Gay activists are taking a cue from Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King. But are their struggles the same? We know many blacks straight and gay would answer that with a resounding no. And they’d be right. [...]

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Sarah Palin, Religious Right, Accuse Pentagon Of Bullying Soldiers Into DADT Repeal; Demands Investigation

Will the craziness ever end? According to the Right Wing Watch blog dozens of Religious Right leaders signed a letter sent to the Senate demanding that the lawmakers put off any vote on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell until next session of Congress. The reason? So that investigations can be conducted to find out of if [...]

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Facebook “Threesome” Preacher Not Fired By Church After All

Black Christians are the most forgiving tolerant folks on earth when it comes to their church leaders sexin’ men and lyin’ to them the whole time while hollerin’ and praisin’ Jesus.  So forgiving they are.  We get choked up just thinkin’ about it. But strangely when it comes to two honest committed courageous human beings [...]

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Eddie Long Case Gets Ready For Showtime; Lines Up Subpeanas, Depositions

From WSBTV: The lawyer representing four young men, who filed lawsuits against Bishop Eddie Long, told Channel 2 Action News the lawsuits are moving forward, and she will soon begin taking depositions. BJ Bernstein appeared in DeKalb County court Monday morning with one of the plaintiffs, Anthony Flagg, on an unrelated traffic case. Flagg, Jamal [...]

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Another Black Pastor Accused Of Sexual Coercion By Young Male Church Member

Bishop Kevin J. Boyd Sr. A New Orleans church minister is accused in a lawsuit of coercing a young adult male church member into a sexual relationship while serving as his spiritual adviser and bishop. What’s striking about the case is that the claims made by 23-year old Darrell Lodge against Bishop Kevin Joseph Boyd, [...]

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