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Pointing fingers on Hurricane Katrina
Re “Katrina casualties include gay Southern Decadence” (news, Sept. 2):

Your headline is the most offensive I’ve seen in a legitimate publication. I don’t give a damn about Southern Decadence having been canceled‑—‑nor would I had I gone every year and had big plans for me and mine at this one. I’d be surprised if more than a tiny, crazed minority of your readers cares. I understand that publications for special audiences look for the special audience angle. It was somewhat understandable to lead your 9/11 coverage with a headline about the gay airline pilot. But this is a worse disaster and Southern Decadence is not a local story.

So Hurricane Katrina preceded the Celebration of Perversity march in New Orleans. San Francisco, New York and D.C. are next. “You all’s” sin (as the say in N.O.) isn’t the only reason for judgment, but it is a part of it.

Regrettably, I find myself agreeing with RepentAmerica. None of us, gay or straight, can continue to ignore our Creator without consequences.

No wonder New Orleans was hit so hard even though the eye of the hurricane went somewhere else. Even if they rebuild it, it will never be the same, thank God!

It really amazes me how some religious conservatives, when it’s convenient for them, like to blame anything bad on being gay. How stupid can this be? If God’s intended target was gay people, shouldn’t the hurricane have only affected the New Orleans gay community? These people need to get off their high horse.

Was Hurricane Katrina a message from God? Most definitely. The message is, to paraphrase, don’t be like the foolish man who built his house upon the sand, for “the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house; and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” Matthew 7:26, 27. Of course, it has nothing to do with sex.

Fauver critics are marginalizing gays
Re “ District 6’s past, present, future” (Sound Off, Aug. 26):

I honestly had no idea until I read these reactions just how one-dimensional the gay community was. In the Anne Fauver vs. Steve Brodie debate, there are actually people out there who would promote a small group of rich gay folks who want their partners to play for free at their county club over the solid management of a wide-diversity of issues facing District 6 residents. This isn’t about who supports more gay causes because Anne Fauver wins that fight hands down. Who is among the co-founders of the AIDS Research Consortium? Who reliably supports the Atlanta Lesbian Cancer Initiative and Georgia Equality? What this is really about is gay voters once again marginalizing themselves by showing that if a gay elected official doesn’t jump on every one of our bandwagons, we’ll dump them at the altar and bring in the next victim. Other groups don’t treat their elected officials this way. Why do we?

Finding snap queens in place of community
Re “Forty-six percent and counting” (op-ed by Craig Washington, Sept. 2):

What Craig Washington says about the lack of a black gay community is so right. A couple of years ago, in an effort to seek that community, I joined an online black gay men’s group. I discovered not a community, but a clique dominated by a handful of egotistical, self-important snap queens. A month or two later, I was hounded out of the group for expressing a political view that was different from the majority of subscribers. The memory of bitchy, mean-spirited emails from my so-called “brothers” still upsets me. We haven’t got a chance unless we begin to value our own lives.

Gay Muslims should become Christians
Re “Gay Muslims hold international conference in Atlanta” (news, Aug. 26):

Civilizations were destroyed, according to the Koran, because of people who practiced such lifestyles. Become a Christian. It would fit more into what you think you are.

Tina is a bitch after all
Re “Tina is not such a bitch” (op-ed by Mickey Weems, Aug. 26):

Mickey Weems sounds like he’s done a lot of crystal meth research. Sounds like firsthand knowledge, too. He paints a picture of ego-obsessed sexual deviants who live only for the next party. As a 39-year-old gay man, that’s the image I’ve been trying to get ...

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