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		By: Maazi NCO		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maazi NCO]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Maazi writes in the same terms our own racist Southern politicians ( and not just southern) used to use when discussing black Americans&lt;/blockquote&gt;



&lt;blockquote&gt;yeah that sound to me pretty similar to George Wallace&#039;s &quot;segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;



Timothy and Stephen,



Africans are not deceived by your attempts to portray the historic struggle of non-whites and Jewish people to be treated with human dignity as equivalent to the struggle by powerful Western gay lobbies to forcefully globalize their deviant sexual culture by using their Western government proxies to wield the donor aid as a weapon of blackmail on poorer countries. We will never recognize a deviant sexual culture which could shoot up the HIV/AIDS rates as a human right---- get it ??!! 



Why not accuse the health authorities in Europe and America that ban sex deviants from donating their extremely risky blood to hospitals of being George Wallaces or even Strom Thurmonds? You can say whatever you want, but we know that  race is not  equivalent to deviant sexualities---be it bestiality, be it necrophilia, be it gayism. Your propaganda that &quot;gay rights is civil rights&quot; may win you gullible liberal converts in the West, but we are far more sensible to fall for such nonsense. The preservation of our solidarity-based communal society is of paramount importance to us and any foreigner who doesn&#039;t have to live in our continent has absolutely no right to impose his/her lifestyle on us.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Maazi writes in the same terms our own racist Southern politicians ( and not just southern) used to use when discussing black Americans</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>yeah that sound to me pretty similar to George Wallace&#8217;s &#8220;segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Timothy and Stephen,</p>
<p>Africans are not deceived by your attempts to portray the historic struggle of non-whites and Jewish people to be treated with human dignity as equivalent to the struggle by powerful Western gay lobbies to forcefully globalize their deviant sexual culture by using their Western government proxies to wield the donor aid as a weapon of blackmail on poorer countries. We will never recognize a deviant sexual culture which could shoot up the HIV/AIDS rates as a human right&#8212;- get it ??!! </p>
<p>Why not accuse the health authorities in Europe and America that ban sex deviants from donating their extremely risky blood to hospitals of being George Wallaces or even Strom Thurmonds? You can say whatever you want, but we know that  race is not  equivalent to deviant sexualities&#8212;be it bestiality, be it necrophilia, be it gayism. Your propaganda that &#8220;gay rights is civil rights&#8221; may win you gullible liberal converts in the West, but we are far more sensible to fall for such nonsense. The preservation of our solidarity-based communal society is of paramount importance to us and any foreigner who doesn&#8217;t have to live in our continent has absolutely no right to impose his/her lifestyle on us.</p>
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		By: Eddy		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 19:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[BTW--I&#039;m not sure of that but, from the context, it appears he was quoting.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BTW&#8211;I&#8217;m not sure of that but, from the context, it appears he was quoting.</p>
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		By: Mary		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 19:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Things like liberty and other unalienable rights being bestowed by the Creator and not by man.&lt;/blockquote&gt;



You never noticed how vague those are?  If everyone wanted to and agreed to it they could have voted the bible as the constitution.  And they chose not to. There were many things about which they disagreed. Hence, the vague language.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Things like liberty and other unalienable rights being bestowed by the Creator and not by man.</p></blockquote>
<p>You never noticed how vague those are?  If everyone wanted to and agreed to it they could have voted the bible as the constitution.  And they chose not to. There were many things about which they disagreed. Hence, the vague language.</p>
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		By: Mary		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;That&#039;s when nobody had to define &quot;morality&quot; or &quot;common interest.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;



Sorry but that&#039;s a fantasy history.  The founding fathers argued and fought over what should be included in the constitution as well as the declaration of independence.  It was not an easy &quot;convention&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>That&#8217;s when nobody had to define &#8220;morality&#8221; or &#8220;common interest.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Sorry but that&#8217;s a fantasy history.  The founding fathers argued and fought over what should be included in the constitution as well as the declaration of independence.  It was not an easy &#8220;convention&#8221;</p>
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		By: Mary		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Doesn&#039;t it take an ulterior motive to believe that? A desire to force something to be self-evident or God-created that isn&#039;t?&lt;/blockquote&gt;



Can you expand your thought on this.  I&#039;m not sure I&#039;m understanding you exactly.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Doesn&#8217;t it take an ulterior motive to believe that? A desire to force something to be self-evident or God-created that isn&#8217;t?</p></blockquote>
<p>Can you expand your thought on this.  I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;m understanding you exactly.</p>
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		By: Taz		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Taz]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dear Maazzi,



Thank-you for your reply. 



I suspect a large part of the reason why the &quot;average&quot; African abhors the idea  of a homosexual relationship is because they have been taught those that practice it can be persecuted, jailed, tortured, or murdered.  I don&#039;t think I would be talking about it in very friendly terms either were I an African citizen, gay or straight.  Sad, but true.  



Your comment:  &quot;This antipathy makes sense because gay unions are compulsorily sterile&#8212;something which can never be welcomed by Africans who place strong emphasis on raising families to perpetuate their lineage and family tree. &quot;



Does this mean that those that are sterile and unable to bear children should be outlawed and persecuted?  Or a  heterosexual  man or woman who never marries or is unable to find  a mate, be condemned?  Or that those who adopt children or welcome previous children of a spouse into their lives be castigated?  There are many reasons why some people don&#039;t propagate.  And there are many people who put family and children above all else, whether those children are of their own lineage or others.  I know gay parents that put many heterosexual parents to shame in their selfless devotion to their children and families.



You say &quot;Africans do not buy the idea that gayism is about love and relationships.&quot;  Does that mean you don&#039;t buy the idea that my monogamous and commited relationship is not about love and commitment?  (It is)  Why do you thrust sexual gratification to the forefront of my relationship when you don&#039;t do that for your own?   You seem articulate; do you really think this is fair any more than it would be for me to classify or stereotype you or your relationship?



&quot; I will go further to say that this lifestyle is narcissistic because its practitioners do not care what becomes of our traditional society in their quest to satisfy their unnatural lust.&quot;  Maazi, that is such a grandiose statement, and so judgmental it reeks.   It is not for you to judge what is natural and what is not.   Perhaps you should listen to someone for whom being gay is no more unnatural for them than being heterosexual is for you.  You seem to have a lot of anger.    I&#039;m certain there is good reason for your anger, yet I urge you to  open your very able mind, be still within yourself, and listen.



Taz]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Maazzi,</p>
<p>Thank-you for your reply. </p>
<p>I suspect a large part of the reason why the &#8220;average&#8221; African abhors the idea  of a homosexual relationship is because they have been taught those that practice it can be persecuted, jailed, tortured, or murdered.  I don&#8217;t think I would be talking about it in very friendly terms either were I an African citizen, gay or straight.  Sad, but true.  </p>
<p>Your comment:  &#8220;This antipathy makes sense because gay unions are compulsorily sterile&#8212;something which can never be welcomed by Africans who place strong emphasis on raising families to perpetuate their lineage and family tree. &#8221;</p>
<p>Does this mean that those that are sterile and unable to bear children should be outlawed and persecuted?  Or a  heterosexual  man or woman who never marries or is unable to find  a mate, be condemned?  Or that those who adopt children or welcome previous children of a spouse into their lives be castigated?  There are many reasons why some people don&#8217;t propagate.  And there are many people who put family and children above all else, whether those children are of their own lineage or others.  I know gay parents that put many heterosexual parents to shame in their selfless devotion to their children and families.</p>
<p>You say &#8220;Africans do not buy the idea that gayism is about love and relationships.&#8221;  Does that mean you don&#8217;t buy the idea that my monogamous and commited relationship is not about love and commitment?  (It is)  Why do you thrust sexual gratification to the forefront of my relationship when you don&#8217;t do that for your own?   You seem articulate; do you really think this is fair any more than it would be for me to classify or stereotype you or your relationship?</p>
<p>&#8221; I will go further to say that this lifestyle is narcissistic because its practitioners do not care what becomes of our traditional society in their quest to satisfy their unnatural lust.&#8221;  Maazi, that is such a grandiose statement, and so judgmental it reeks.   It is not for you to judge what is natural and what is not.   Perhaps you should listen to someone for whom being gay is no more unnatural for them than being heterosexual is for you.  You seem to have a lot of anger.    I&#8217;m certain there is good reason for your anger, yet I urge you to  open your very able mind, be still within yourself, and listen.</p>
<p>Taz</p>
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		By: Eddy		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 19:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I still remember my sense of being baffled when I first realized that 



&lt;blockquote&gt;we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal...that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights...that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...&lt;/blockquote&gt; (LOL. Doing that quote, for good or for bad, from the memory of when The 5th Dimension put it to music.)



...anyway, when I realized that was written and signed WHILE we still had slavery and while women didn&#039;t have the right to vote. Beautiful and majestic words and yet not fully realized or appreciated. 



Here&#039;s the link, BTW, to that musical rendering.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQP563gKwIU]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I still remember my sense of being baffled when I first realized that </p>
<blockquote><p>we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal&#8230;that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights&#8230;that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness&#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p> (LOL. Doing that quote, for good or for bad, from the memory of when The 5th Dimension put it to music.)</p>
<p>&#8230;anyway, when I realized that was written and signed WHILE we still had slavery and while women didn&#8217;t have the right to vote. Beautiful and majestic words and yet not fully realized or appreciated. </p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the link, BTW, to that musical rendering.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQP563gKwIU" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQP563gKwIU</a></p>
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		By: Maazi NCO		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maazi NCO]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 17:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;In the current issue of Harpers, Jeff Sharlet provides glimpses of his trip to Uganda, reporting there in April and May. It has been out to subscribers for a week ....&lt;/blockquote&gt;



Gayism remains a criminal offence in Uganda and almost 80 nations worldwide. No amount of Western propaganda or pressure will change this reality. In the African continent, this matter is not even being debated because the overwhelming consensus is that there is simply no place for deviant sexual culture in our society.  Therefore, it goes without saying that the African people will put up stiff resistance to overpower attempts by external forces to impose upon them the hedonistic, chaotic, fragmented, socially liberal lifestyles of the Western world.  We will never tolerate funny ideas such as &quot;Gay Pride March&quot;, &quot;Same-Sex Marriage&quot; or  &quot;Adoption rights for Gays&quot;.  With the support of the gayism-obsessed Obama administration, I am sure that the Euro-American Gay Lobby can demobilize their African proxy forces, leave Africa  and concentrate on their more successful domestic battles against their US conservative foes over issues such as California&#039;s &quot;Proposition 8&quot;, Don&#039;t Ask Don&#039;t Tell (DADT) policy of the US Armed Forces and the legalization of gay marriage in all USA States.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>In the current issue of Harpers, Jeff Sharlet provides glimpses of his trip to Uganda, reporting there in April and May. It has been out to subscribers for a week &#8230;.</p></blockquote>
<p>Gayism remains a criminal offence in Uganda and almost 80 nations worldwide. No amount of Western propaganda or pressure will change this reality. In the African continent, this matter is not even being debated because the overwhelming consensus is that there is simply no place for deviant sexual culture in our society.  Therefore, it goes without saying that the African people will put up stiff resistance to overpower attempts by external forces to impose upon them the hedonistic, chaotic, fragmented, socially liberal lifestyles of the Western world.  We will never tolerate funny ideas such as &#8220;Gay Pride March&#8221;, &#8220;Same-Sex Marriage&#8221; or  &#8220;Adoption rights for Gays&#8221;.  With the support of the gayism-obsessed Obama administration, I am sure that the Euro-American Gay Lobby can demobilize their African proxy forces, leave Africa  and concentrate on their more successful domestic battles against their US conservative foes over issues such as California&#8217;s &#8220;Proposition 8&#8221;, Don&#8217;t Ask Don&#8217;t Tell (DADT) policy of the US Armed Forces and the legalization of gay marriage in all USA States.</p>
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		By: stephen		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Maazi writes in the same terms our own racist Southern politicians ( and not just southern) used to use when discussing black Americans.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maazi writes in the same terms our own racist Southern politicians ( and not just southern) used to use when discussing black Americans.</p>
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		By: Lynn David		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lynn David]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 17:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;..... and church crusades, preachers calling out &quot;homos&quot; in their own pews.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Certainly not in the Catholic Church, what with the seal of the confessional and all.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>&#8230;.. and church crusades, preachers calling out &#8220;homos&#8221; in their own pews.</p></blockquote>
<p>Certainly not in the Catholic Church, what with the seal of the confessional and all.</p>
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