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Tuesday, January 15

Assistant to Latvian lawmaker convicted in anti-gay attack

Source: UK Gay News RIGA, January 15, 2008 – An assistant to one of the members of the Latvian Saeima (Parliament) was found guilty today in a criminal case of “hooliganism” during the Riga Gay Pride in 2006 when participants had excrement thrown at them. Janis Dzelme, a 32-years old married man with...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 01-15-2008
Thursday, January 03

Sacramento trial amplifies alarm over Christian anti-gay extremism

Source: Christian Science Monitor Sacramento, Calif. - A hate-crime trial reconvenes Friday in a case that's dividing Sacramento and drawing attention from organizations that monitor extremists. Alex Shevchenko has been arraigned for a hate crime tied to the assault and eventual death of Satender...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 01-03-2008
Thursday, November 15

Pity poor Hutch

Hutch: Qblog , Qnews Really, when you think about it, you've gotta have a bit of sympathy for Redmond's anti-gay preacher Ken Hutcherson. He competes for attention in a crowded field of anti-gay ministers and doesn't seem to make much headway. Despite his constant appeals for media attention...

Posted to Qblog (Weblog) by Robin Evans on 11-15-2007
Thursday, November 15

Watchmen statement: 'Homosexuals are like alcoholics'

Source: UK Gay News RIGA -- Watchmen on the Walls is not a hate group, Scott Lively declared during the group’s conference which opened yesterday in the Latvian capital. The anti-gay American author of the notorious The Pink Swastika was introduced to delegates as “the prominent human rights activist...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 11-15-2007
Saturday, October 27

From Lynnwood onto Vilnius: Anti-gay church protests gay group in Lithuania

Source: UK Gay News VILNIUS, October 27, 2007 – Last weekend, the Latvia-based Russia-speaking New Generation Church staged a conference near Seattle under the guise of its off-shoot Watchmen on the Walls. This weekend, the New Generation Church’s Lithuanian branch took to the streets to protest the...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 10-27-2007
Thursday, October 18

Essays dig deeply into the kind of religion to be promoted in Lynnwood

Yesterday, Ken Hutcherson sent to his "Prayer Warriors" this missive: Please pray for me as I speak at the Watchmen on the Wall Conference this weekend. There has been misinformation and lies told about the conference. Pray that there will be a good turnout and there will be a clear presentation...

Posted to Qblog (Weblog) by Robin Evans on 10-18-2007
Wednesday, October 17

Lynnwood promoters get themselves mixed up with Latvian + Euro politics

UK Gay News is a website that has -- along with its wonderfully inclusive daily summery of gay-related news stories -- done more than any other to recount the frightening flowering of often-violent homophobia that has accompanied the re-emergence of religious institutions in the countries of the former...

Posted to Qblog (Weblog) by Robin Evans on 10-17-2007
Wednesday, October 17

Protests may greet anti-gay religious gathering | Everett Herald

LYNNWOOD -- An anti-gay religious group planning a three-day meeting at the Lynnwood Convention Center beginning Friday likely will be met by protests. People from churches and gay and lesbian groups are speaking out against the proposed meeting of Watchmen on the Walls, an organization identified by...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by external blog RSS Feed from BlinkList.com on 10-17-2007
Tuesday, October 16

Herald story adds more detail about the 'congregation of thugs' coming to Lynnwood

In its weekend editions, The Herald (Everett) has a thorough and informative story by Jackson Holz on this week's anti-gay conference in Lynnwood. (The link comes to us via Orcinus blog that has been closely following developments with the conference hosted by virulently anti-gay group Watchmen on...

Posted to Qblog (Weblog) by Robin Evans on 10-16-2007
Tuesday, October 16

Lynnwood's convention group on anti-gay conference: 'Free speech'

Source: Everett Herald LYNNWOOD -- An anti-gay religious group is planning a three-day conference beginning Friday at the Lynnwood Convention Center. Watchmen on the Walls expects as many as 700 people to attend the prayer gathering, including religious leaders and an anti-gay activist who claims the...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 10-16-2007

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