[Purple Haize]

VCU got JC Watts....would love to hear that

They also got a "Lavender" Graduation.
https://www.support.vcu.edu/event/lavender

Just because it is a shade of PURPLE don't read anything into it!

[alabama24]

VCU got JC Watts....would love to hear that

They also got a "Lavender" Graduation.
https://www.support.vcu.edu/event/lavender

Just because it is a shade of PURPLE don't read anything into it!

I didn't have to read into anything:

"Lavender is important to LGBTQ history. It is a combination of the pink triangle that gay men were forced to wear in concentration campus and the black triangle designating lesbians as political prisoners in Nazi Germany. The LGBTQ civil rights movement took these symbols of hatred and combined them to make symbols and color of pride and community."

[Hold My Own]

[Purple Haize]

I think 'Bama is trying to 'out' me lol

[jbock13]

Wait, now it's LGBTQ? Not just LGBT? Gosh, they're always changing up the alphabet so often that it's hard to keep up with anymore!

You all can join me in the the LRBLNC community if you want. It's lonely here! (which stands for Libertarian Republican Baseball Loving Neo Conservative)

[ATrain]

Wait, now it's LGBTQ? Not just LGBT? Gosh, they're always changing up the alphabet so often that it's hard to keep up with anymore!

You all can join me in the the LRBLNC community if you want. It's lonely here! (which stands for Libertarian Republican Baseball Loving Neo Conservative)

Actually within a few years I wouldn't be shocked if it was LGBTQQP, since right now we're completely undecided on whether the Q is for Queer or Questioning, or if just one Q will be adequate/inclusive enough for both groups, and the P will be for pansexuals.

Additionally, I will not be joining you in that community. You are welcome to join me in the PFCSLFL group if you'd like (stans for Pragmatic Fiscally Conservative Socially Liberal Football Lovers).

(*turn off dripping sarcasm*)

[Hold My Own]

That's gay

[jbock13]

I know this has been discussed before but most gay people I know hate being called queer. So I'm not sure is it politically correct to call them queer again? All this stuff perplexes me

[ATrain]

I know this has been discussed before but most gay people I know hate being called queer. So I'm not sure is it politically correct to call them queer again? All this stuff perplexes me

Believe it or not, in all seriousness, there are some who refuse to identify as gay/lesbian/whatever and will only identify as queer.

For the record, I hate being called queer.

[jbock13]

Makes sense. Thanks!

[belcherboy]

WOW!! This thread has blown up!!

My mind isn't completely made up, but I lean toward the side of believing that there is nothing wrong with a Christian voting for someone of another belief/god to be their representative in a secular government. IMO, the job of our elected officials is to uphold the constitution. I believe the constitution was written in a way that it would allow the citizens of the United States to practice their faith as they feel best honors their beliefs/god. We aren't voting for a pastor, or a spiritual leader. It would be nice if they were a God fearing Christian, but I don't see a mandate in the Bible for Christians to vote ONLY for people of similar faith when electing government officials.

Interesting discussion though. I can't wait to hear both sides over the next 5-6 months!

[Purple Haize]

Spawn of Lucifer you are! Repent or face eternity in the eternal nothingness reserved for heretics such as your self!

[logic]

Ya'll are forgetting the A, for allies.

LGBTA

[R i]

YOUR BETTER THAN THAT!

[Hold My Own]

I'm not sure that's what the A stands for

[TH Spangler]

Laura Bush flew into Greensboro on US Airways yesterday .... on her way to High Point U. Air Force One is due in Greensboro today with Michelle Obama, one her way to Virginia Tech.

[adam42381]

Laura Bush flew into Greensboro on US Airways yesterday .... on her way to High Point U. Air Force One is due in Greensboro today with Michelle Obama, one her way to Virginia Tech.

Is the President flying with her? If not, it isn't Air Force One.

[jbock13]

Too bad Moochelle won't have a Five Guys Burgers and Fries in Blacksburg. I'll take Mittens naysay over being lectured over what to eat. I'll eat what I want. Thank you.

For what it's worth, Air Force One can fly into Roanoke. It did when Bush spoke at the D-day memorial. I saw it land from my classroom.

[TH Spangler]

We were told Friday to expect some delay in GSO on Saturday ..... that a blue 747 would be landing.

[thepostman]

We were told Friday to expect some delay in GSO on Saturday ..... that a blue 747 would be landing.

unless the president is on it its not Air Force One. Just fyi.

[alabama24]

unless the president is on it its not Air Force One. Just fyi.

Absolutely right.

For what it's worth, Air Force One can fly into Roanoke.

I know this has been mentioned before on FF, but one of the smaller presidential airplanes does touch & go's in Lynchburg regularly. It's considerably larger than most planes flying in and out of LYH.

[Humble_Opinion]

unless the president is on it its not Air Force One. Just fyi.

Absolutely right.

For what it's worth, Air Force One can fly into Roanoke.

I know this has been mentioned before on FF, but one of the smaller presidential airplanes does touch & go's in Lynchburg regularly. It's considerably larger than most planes flying in and out of LYH.

Yeah I believe it's a Boeing 737 if my memory serves me correctly. Maybe it's Nancy Pelosi's plane...

[ALUmnus]

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/1 ... niversity/

Unsolicited Advice: What should Mitt Romney say at Liberty University?
We asked a couple of Christian college presidents to give some unsolicited advice to Mitt Romney ahead of his commencement speech at Liberty University on Saturday. The school, founded by Jerry Falwell, will offer Romney a big "evangelical moment." Here's how the leaders responded:

Philip Ryken is president of Wheaton College.

Good leaders put other people first. So I would encourage Romney to see this commencement address more as an opportunity to serve the students of Liberty University than as a chance to advance his presidential campaign.

Today’s Christian college graduates are hopeful but uneasy. They feel more or less ready to take on the world, but they worry about finding good jobs, paying off their debts and leading lives that really make a difference.

College students also value authenticity. What they are most likely to remember from a commencement address is not a policy statement but something personal. So I would encourage Romney to give a message that is partly drawn from his own experience of education, family, work and public service.

Evangelical students care as much about the needs of the world as they do about their own circumstances (or at least they ought to). They want to know what they can do to protect human life, reduce armed conflict, rescue orphans, feed the poor, care for creation, safeguard people of faith from religious persecution and bring an end to human trafficking.

When it comes to the needs of our own country, evangelicals have a growing concern for the protection of religious liberty. Here I would give Romney the same advice that I offered in a letter to President Obama when the White House asked for comments on the health insurance mandate: promote religious liberty as a first and fundamental freedom.

Religious institutions like Wheaton College and Liberty University have the constitutionally protected freedom to practice our Christian convictions. As president, how would Romney defend this freedom with regard to hiring practices, health care and human sexuality?

Despite our many theological differences, these are areas where Mormons and evangelicals ought to be in strong agreement: life, family and the protection of religious liberty.

---

R. Albert Mohler Jr. is president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the flagship school of the Southern Baptist Convention and one of the largest seminaries in the world.

At Liberty University, Romney faces the opportunity to introduce himself to American evangelicals in a whole new way. He is speaking as the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party, and this represents a crucial moment for his campaign.

As he addresses evangelicals, Romney’s most important goal must be to speak as himself. He should speak of his faith and his convictions. He should identify himself as a Mormon whose worldview is shaped by his faith.

He should draw clear lines from his faith to his political principles, speaking of his concern for the culture, marriage, the family and the future of our nation. He should speak without hesitation, explaining how he arrived at his most important political and moral convictions.

He should not try to bridge the theological gulf that separates Mormons from evangelical Christians, but he should point directly to common concerns and shared convictions about the crucial issues facing our nation. He should acknowledge the fact that he is a Mormon and that he has taken his faith seriously as it informs his worldview. Evangelicals respect an honest statement of theological difference, for we take theology seriously.

He should remind the audience at Liberty University that he is not running to be their preacher but to be their president. He should speak to shared political and policy concerns, making clear the fact that his policies emerge from a deep reservoir of commitment.

The governor will serve himself and his campaign well by telling evangelicals his story, understanding that it is very different from their story. Like most Americans, evangelicals would choose, if possible, to elect one of their own.

Nevertheless, evangelicals have demonstrated a readiness to vote for serious candidates who represent very different theological understandings but share a common set of concerns for the nation, rooted in an overlapping of worldviews.

If Romney seizes the moment at Liberty University, he will make history for himself, for his campaign and for the nation.

[Cider Jim]

My boss wrote this article:

Why Jerry Falwell Sr. Isn't Rolling In His Grave over Romney's Liberty Invitation
And what the university's invitation to the Mormon candidate says about evangelical political engagement.
Karen Swallow Prior | posted 5/11/2012 09:51AM
If, as the national media has reported, some Liberty University students absent themselves from their graduation ceremony tomorrow morning in protest of the school's choice of a Mormon commencement speaker, their absence isn't likely to be noticed. The university will confer degrees on 14,012 residential and online students, with about 6,000 graduates in attendance among a crowd expected to swell to over 34,000. Security protocols surrounding the address by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney require students and faculty to show up hours ahead of time in order to be screened by metal detectors before passing into the area where ceremony's procession will begin. Fewer bodies might, in fact, be welcomed by those (full disclosure), like me, who will be attending.

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/201 ... ml?start=3

[Purple Haize]

Brown noser