tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post688849817137557349..comments2024-03-28T04:49:07.788-04:00Comments on SafeLibraries®: ALA Screws Gay Librarians; Gay Civil Rights Community Should Demand ALA Action; Rank and File Rebellion Against the ALA Leadership NeededSafeLibraries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-5202101298813846492011-01-27T01:47:19.241-05:002011-01-27T01:47:19.241-05:00Melinda, thanks for commenting. I look at how the...Melinda, thanks for commenting. I look at how the gay librarians were treated and I see that as violating human rights and/or civil rights. See if you agree:<br /><br />"We were together, watching the documentary 'A Force More Powerful,' when René said the whole block was occupied by State Security officials; we barely had time to shut the door when two officials, accompanied by two armed policemen, entered by pushing their way in. They insulted us, shoved us around, and took away the literature that we had, in addition to CDs and the DVD," said Henri Solís Estévez.<br /><br />They took away a lot of materials printed from the Internet, many were printouts from the Web de Colegas [a Spanish-language gay Internet resource], stated Lucia Acosta, an art history student, who noted that 19 gay youths were attending the meeting, and all of them were arrested.<br /><br />-------<br /><br />Last Monday, May 17, at approximately 11:23 A.M., the complete LGBT book holdings of Henry Solís Estévez, coordinator of the Gay Freedom Party, Dunia Ortega, lesbian activist, and Aliomar Janjaque were confiscated by the State Security police during raids of their homes.<br /><br />According to Dunia Ortega, "The first thing they did was to dismantle our libraries. Many gays and lesbians would ask us to loan books. We had all kinds of books, but the ones that caused the most annoyance [to the police] were the collected works of the emblematic author Reinaldo Arenas. Each of us had built up a mini-library in our houses which were collected with great effort. They [the secret police] respect nothing; the only thing that interested them was messing us up and being a wet blanket. But we will reconstruct [the libraries] again, little by little...."SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-29359105398122006312011-01-26T23:40:54.119-05:002011-01-26T23:40:54.119-05:00The gay agenda should NOT be compared to the fight...The gay agenda should NOT be compared to the fight for civil rights. They are NOT the same, period. There is absolutely NO PROOF that people are born gay and there is plenty of proof that a person can change. You can find lots of ex-gays out there but you will never find an ex-black, period. It's really time the country stops trying to normalize perversion and sin and gets back to the real truth and what marriage really is: ONE MAN,ONE WOMAN. It doesn't matter how you repackage it, it's still sin. God created marriage and set a standard, and we should not keep trying to think we know more than God and trying to change that standard. In the end, it's only God's truth that matters, period.Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13403486502269331821noreply@blogger.com