Sunday, December 14, 2008

Alaska Gov. Palin's church is gutted by fire

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=353462

Alaska Gov. Palin's church gutted by fire
Just the other day Alaska Gov. Palan's church was gutted by fire of suspicious origin. Several women that were inside the church making ornaments apparently for Christmas when the fire started near the very front of the church. No one was hurt because the fire alarm sounded allowing everyone to exit the building. Authorities suspect that it may have been arson. Although this is only speculation and has not been proven and no one has been caught. They suspect arson because of Gov. Palin's anti-homosexual viewpoints and because of her church's involvement with the American family Association in sponsoring a program aimed at people who may be uncomfortable with their homosexuality claiming that they may be able to change.
Although I try not to be very biased I do think that this was purposefully set and it seems to be quite a coincidence especially as this is approaching the Christmas season. It may also be a backlash from the outcome of California's passage of proposition eight. And although I don't like the idea of violence, American history has been written in blood and violence. When the British came over and tried to take over the New World and tried to make us their colonies we went to war with the British and succeeded from the British Empire. Later on when people from the South wanted to split the United States in half we had the Civil War and much blood was spilled. Among these things we also had minor skirmishes such as the protests by women to become equal citizens and gain the rights of voting. African-American people had the likes of Martin Luther King said I have a dream and they were rioting in the streets and bloodshed until they gain equal rights. Gay people got sick and tired of being arrested and punished and beat up by the police and rioted in what is now called 1969 Stonewall riots. We told them then that we were not going to take it anymore and that we were going to fight back. The latest problems that we now face are against those we love to whom we would like to marry. Of course my question is, will the passage of proposition eight in California lead to bloodshed and riots similar to Stonewall or perhaps worse? Only time will tell.

Monday, December 8, 2008

News flash QLife magazine ceases publication

http://wisconsinlight.blogspot.com/

For all of you who may not know, but now you do QLife magazine has as of December 1 ceased publication. As of this date I have decided to resurrect the Wisconsin light online as a source of news and information as it happens. Because many of us do not get the newspaper or can get out to the bars to pick up our gay publications is my decision to start an online publication for your edification. Any business or any person wanting to publish information about their business, their bar or other publication or has any type of articles they would like to publish on the Wisconsin light online I would be happy to receive those articles and then be able to publish them on either this blog or the Wisconsin light online. Wisconsin light online has been established to create a news outlet where I intend to be as accurate and un-opinionated as possible. I can't claim that on Gary's dish. Of course that's why Gary's dish exists so that I can express my opinions anyway I see fit.

On the right hand side of this blog you will see a link that tells about me which you should click on in order to see the link to the Wisconsin light online I will also supply it herehttp://wisconsinlight.blogspot.com/ for your convenience. I guess it's sad to say that we lost another publication which I hope may be able to resurrect itself like a phoenix from the ashes. I wish the best of luck to the publishers of QLife magazine.

As a sidenote is my intention to set up a website for the Wisconsin light online so that we can publish a newspaper somewhat to the way it was published previously only as an online publication that you may be able to read at your convenience. It is also my hope that we will be able to allow people to download and print out the publication as a PDF document similar to the way Quest is doing it. We already own the domain name for the Wisconsin light and we already have a server lined up so within the next several months I hope to have it up and running.