Hi guys!
For a few months now, I have observed this Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain, and his jack door meanderings, and have stayed largely silent about his rhetoric. Now, I think it is time for me to speak out on my assessment of this man, his statements, and how he fits into the larger body politic.
Let me start off by stating that I have no issue with blacks being Republican. As an Independent, myself, I don't understand devotion to either party, but I respect other people's right to choose what works for them. I am a proud graduate of Tuskegee University, founded by a black Republican, Booker Taliaferro Washington. The principles laid forth in his iconic "Up From Slavery" are some that many may describe as "conservative" at the very least.
I am a lover and student of the philosophy of the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey and the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, both of whom had platforms that are soundly rooted in what many conservatives claim as ideals of their own...self sufficiency...economic cohesiveness...not wasting money...etc...building jobs and "doing for self". Welfare, as I was taught by Minister Farrakhan, if turned around and re-worded, means "farewell"...many blacks have socially conservative views, mainly due to religious influences. So the notion that I or any other black person is "brainwashed" for not being Republican is just silly, and deserves no further comment.
Having said this, when i turn to Herman Cain, I see nothing more than the ultimate reincarnation of "Uncle" Clarence Thomas in a political arena. Less articulate than Clarence Thomas,however, Cain presents himself in a way that diminishes what i think might actually be an above average mental capacity. His propensity for outright dumb, tone deaf comments is so repugnant and silly, that one would have to look twice to see that he graduated from such a prestigious school like Morehouse College.
Everybody is not meant to have the gift of gab. Let's face it, President Obama's cool, analytical, intellectual tone impressed many, both black and white, in 2008. I do not sense that same cool, analytical, rational tone from Herman Cain. He comes across as the loud, ignorant, politically incorrect supervisor at your job that you wonder, "how on Earth did they get to that position?" He comes across more like the drunk uncle at your family reunion, than an accomplished Baptist preacher.
So what makes him so popular among extreme right wing white Tea Party(tea-baggers) folk? It is simple.
This is the 900 lb. gorilla in the room few people are talking about.
He is a black man espousing a doctrine that validates for many white conservative racists, their stance on a variety of issues. He is an effective tool to go up against Obama( they believe ), because, being black while speaking an anti-black agenda, the Republican party can ( they believe ) wash their hands of the charge of being bigoted, race baiting southern strategists who don't give a rats behind about the black community, hispanics, or poor people in general.
In order for this system of racial bias, bias against woman, bias against the poor and the "have nots" to work in the 21st Century, having a black face as its spokesman is the perfect set up. A black face that "pulled himself up by his bootstraps",is the perfect tool to demonize the poor("if you are unemployed, BLAME YOURSELF).. he is the perfect tool to attack blacks("blacks are BRAINWASHED into voting Democrat")...to attack the notion of racism still existing( "racism doesn't affect anyone in today's world"), and to promote the greed and imbalanced wealth distribution of the top 1%(does anyone REALLY think that lowering taxes on corporations to 9%, or his 9-9-9 plan will do anything but make the rich RICHER?)
He can be used as the perfect attack dog for going after Obama( "Obama isn't a "real" black man..he is a socialist, and a secret Muslim", Cain has said in the past). It's too shameful that he cannot see, that not only is he being used as the attack dog, but as an agent of the same cold hearted corporate demons that care nothing about blacks, hispanics, poor people, or the middle class. He can play his Sambo routine all he wants, but only those in the tea party will want to hear that tune come November 2012.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
When The Lights Go Out: Glossary of Terms
GLOSSARY
So as not to have the heterosexual men and women that read this book be COMPLETELY lost in the sea of slang terminology used particularly by the Black gay male inmates, I have added a glossary to help guide you to interpret each term in the context of the interviews provided. Here goes:
Aga: A form of pig Latin developed by African American gay men in the early days of the ball scene to communicate when amongst heterosexuals, in this context heterosexual inmates, without details of the conversation being revealed.
Ball scene: A circuit of “balls,” or pageants, wherein gay men compete against each other in a myriad of categories, from “best face” to “fem queen realness,” to all types of vogueing categories. Many fem and masculine Black/Latino gay men in prison have been or are associated with this scene at one point or another in their lives on the street.
Boots: A Black gay slang term typically used at the end of a sentence to add emphasis to the intensity of the subject of the sentence itself. For example, “Girl, I was drunk boots!” means that the individual was highly intoxicated. Derived from the phrase, “to boot,” an old idiom to describe “in addition to,” or “besides” the verb highlighted in the sentence.
Butch queen: A gay male who exhibits a masculine veneer or outer appearance, but conducts himself in private in a manner not unlike an effeminate gay male.
CO: Abbreviated term for correctional officer. Also called the police.
Cunt: Black gay slang/slur to anecdotally describe a female. Typically not spoken or said in a malicious context. Also used to describe, in equally as shady a manner, other gay men of whom the “queen” does not approve.
Diking: Black gay slang for two effeminate gay men (queens) sleeping with and/or dating each other, akin to lesbian sex. Usually used in a “shady” or condescending manner.
Fem queen: An effeminate gay male, often displaying some or all of many inmates’ preconceived stereotypes of gay men in general (speaking in what most would consider a “feminine” voice, flamboyant mannerisms, etc.).
Fi-Fi : Another slang term for “pocket pussy,” or a homemade device made by heterosexual inmates to simulate the walls of a vagina.
How to make a Penitentiary Pussy (Vagina) aka Pocket Pussy aka Fi Fi:
There are several ways to make this device, and I will show you the most effective way that I know in my personal experience, and that of other inmates I have interviewed. You will need the following ingredients:
1 towel (you can set it on top of a light to heat it up before using…nothing like a nice, “warm” feel when you begin your fantasies)
1 latex glove
Vaseline (used sparingly)
Lotion (to give it that “wet” feel)
Rubber bands (if you want a tight grip)
Please take the towel and lay it flat on a table or some other sturdy surface. Lay the latex glove at one end of the towel, with the opening to the glove exposed, laying about two inches outside of the edge of the towel. As you begin to roll the towel, with the latex glove inside it, as you would roll a newspaper, please keep in mind that if you want a tighter, more “virginal” feel for your “fi-fi” or “pocket pussy,” then you should roll the towel in as tight a manner as you possibly can. If you want a looser and more open feel, then roll the towel accordingly. Once you have rolled the towel up, with the latex glove out in the manner listed above, then you can take the Vaseline or Petroleum Jelly and begin to lubricate the opening of the glove in the manner you feel most appropriate for your taste. Some men enjoy a wetter simulated vagina, in which case you can put both Vaseline and a touch of lotion in the glove to give it that “soaking wet” effect.
Fish: Black gay slang/slur to anecdotally describe a female. Typically not spoken or said in a malicious context at all, but can and is considered offensive to most natural-born women.
Geesh: Regional term used to define a male who dresses in a full woman’s outfit. For example: “I got up in geesh to walk K street, honey,” translates to, “I got dressed up in a woman’s outfit and walked down a street to turn tricks.” It can be used in place of, or interchangeably with the term, “up-in-ems.”
Get my life: An expression meaning, “I thoroughly enjoyed myself.” To use as an example in a sentence: “I went to the club last night and got my life. I didn’t get home until seven a.m.” It is an affirmation of a pleasurable and enjoyable experience.
Girl: Slang terminology with multiple meanings, but generally used anecdotally in casual conversation. Also used to describe effeminate gay men in prison or those men who, for whatever reasons, have entered into relationships with men and have assumed the “bottom” or anally receptive position in said relationship.
Gunning: The act of public, open masturbation by heterosexual inmates when observing female correctional officers and staff. An inmate pulls his penis out, no matter where he is, and begins to fantasize about sexual intercourse with the female whom he is watching. Looks, age, size, and position are irrelevant in the inmate’s mind when engaging in this practice. The inmate is only interested in the fact that that female has a vagina. This practice, if caught, comes with stiff penalties, and if convicted, carries, in some states, a criminal charge and registry in that state as a sex offender.
HAART: Acronym for "Highly Active Anti Retroviral Treatment", the medical term to describe the now well known "HIV/AIDS cocktail", taken by hundreds of thousands of HIV positive patients throughout the known world. Its effectiveness in keeping HIV positive patients healthy has greatly improved over the years, and is now streamlined to minimize the harmful side effects that plagued earlier versions of the treatment.
Hooch: Also called jailhouse wine. It is a homemade alcoholic beverage made by inmates typically using some form of fruit, sugar, and yeast (when they can steal it), and allowed to ferment for about two days until the yeast eats up the sugar, thus creating the chemical byproduct of alcohol.
Institutionalized: The syndrome often spoken of by inmates that develops when an individual has adapted overly to the prison environment, and has not learned to effectively transition that adaptation once released from prison. For example, in the movie “The Shawshank Redemption,” one of the supporting characters was released after serving decades in prison. He had no way of figuring out how to cope with the changing world of which he was now a part. For him, prison represented a safe zone, one that he had become so accustomed to that he couldn’t handle being free. The character committed suicide. His was an extreme case of institutionalization.
Jody: Penitentiary nickname for a man or men on the street who provide sexual fulfillment to the girlfriends or wives of inmates while those inmates are incarcerated. Men who are incarcerated use this term to play upon other inmates’ insecurities in relation to the fidelity of their wives or girlfriends.
Lifer: One serving a life sentence.
Meat on the gate: Can be used interchangeably with the term “drop it in the hole,” depending on the region, and is a reference to the solicitation of oral or anal sex in exchange for some benefit, either money or drugs.
Pocket pussy: Artificial apparatus made by heterosexual and bisexual inmates to simulate a woman’s vagina while incarcerated. See the term “fi-fi.”
Prison MAC: Term used for using candy or other colored confection as makeup, primarily M&Ms dipped in minute amounts of water and applied to the lips, cheeks, eyelids, etc., in the same way as the popular “MAC” make-up on the street.
Same-Gender Loving: Politically correct term for the LGBT community in the twenty-first century.
Swole: Prison lingo for a dish made by inmates consisting of Ramen noodles, cheese, pickles, either a singular meat product, or variety of meats and seafood items, and depending on the inmate and his culinary acumen, many other things as well. Generally extremely high in sodium and carbohydrates.
Trade: Multi-purpose term used initially to describe a hetero-identified man who may occasionally engage in same sex encounters for a price, i.e. a pair of sneakers or money. Over the decades, generations of gay men have re-defined this elusive term in many ways, but among the most consistent definitions include: a thuggish , hyper masculine male completely undetectable to the heterosexual world, that messes around with other men, as well as women; sometimes interchangeable with "DL"; Can also be used to describe a masculine man's penis endowment. "Chile he had trade(dick) down!"( meaning he had a large penis).
Up-in-ems: Black gay slang term to describe a drag queen or trans-gendered person dressing in a full female outfit and makeup. Regional term used in the Eastern Coast prisons and by some Black gay men.
Visitation method: When an inmate gets a visit from a relative or friend from the free world, who slips him drugs via a latex glove or balloon. The inmate swallows the latex-wrapped package of drugs, as latex is highly resistant to many of the acids in the stomach and intestine. The inmate, hours later or perhaps the next day, gets the drugs out of his body by “taking a shit,” and then, with a latex-glove-wrapped hand, sifts through the fecal matter until he finds the package. He then cleans the latex package off, unravels it, and begins to smoke and/or sell it.
Werk or werq: A Black, gay, slang derivation of the word “work,” usually spoken by some gay men to emphasize appreciation and awe for a high level of skill and talent in an individual or group. Popularized in American pop culture by drag queen icon Rupaul (“You betta werk, bitch!”).
Slang terminologies may vary greatly depending upon region, facility, and security level of prison. This glossary is to aid mainly heterosexual men and women who read this book to understand the language and terms from non-hetero inmates. The definition itself is more important than the term, and I respectfully ask that you keep that in mind when referring to this glossary.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Bringing Black college men and Black Male inmates together(REPOST FROM MYSPACE ACCT)
Bringing Black college men and Black Male inmates together
1). Young brothers in prison,many of them,do not have the educational tools to turn away from a life of crime.Many grew up in neighborhoods where they rarely EVER saw educated,well spoken Black men around them consistently.Mentoring on a MASS level could reverse the perception by many inmates that to be "educated" means u wanna act more "white"...or even act "gay"(Yes guys, alot of young men actually think like that!!!!!!!)
2). The program would start off dealing with younger offenders(up to 26) and expand as involvement grows.Many of our young brothers locked up CAN BE SAVED.... i'm telling you because i have been there!It wont come off "preachy" or judgmental, but can be a real, substantive way that these two segments of the Black community can unite and begin to stop the dangerous cycle that leads to so many Black men in prison. Many states have been receptive to this idea(i fished it around a bit b4 bringing it to you all).
3).College brothers would begin to become a real,substantive part of these brothers lives,not just lip service. We want to emphasize that we as Black men are capable of helping each other, and that just because we went to school,make X amount of dollars per yr,etc,that we cant give back to the community we are a part of.
4)Our Black Greek lettered organizations(Alpha,Kappa,Sigma,Omega,etc) would be an instrumental ally in this program...what better community service can you have than to help a young Brother in prison realize that they really can be intelligent,educated,and live a crime free life???
I have the raw outline for what i want this project to accomplish....But I need your help in formulating a specific strategy to bridge these two worlds together. Its time. If we don't help ourselves,Black brothers,no one will help us.Any ideas will be greatly appreciated! Once the Program is complete,i will take it and RUN with it......Holla back!
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
My Open Letter to Dr Rachel Maddow and The Producers of MSNBC regarding Troy Davis!
Hi Rachel!
My name is Hassan Hartley, and I watched with pain and horror last night at the amazing coverage MSNBC provided on the Troy Davis execution story. Your network provided a variety of angles on the story, which i found enlightening. One area that I was hoping to get from your network, and your show, was the interesting juxtaposition of two executions occurring on the SAME DAY.
Two men, one white, one black....one admits guilt, one claims innocence...both executed for charges of murder.
The opportunity to discuss the historically bad relationship between black men and the criminal justice system was missed ALTOGETHER. The historical context to provide how vastly different many blacks viewed the execution of Troy Davis than white liberals. White liberals used this as a perfect example of why the death penalty should be abolished, and that is perfectly understandable as a position. Many of us as African Americans took a somewhat different, and more nuanced view. One that could be best described as "here we go again"...yet ANOTHER black male murdered potentially for a crime he may not have committed. It was a PERFECT opportunity to discuss how the system can still function in a way that is potentially destructive to the African American collective. Despite having a black District Attorney, and the head of the Parole board also being a black man, yet the system functions EXACTLY the same as it did 50 years ago. 100 years ago. 200 years ago.
It was a perfect opportunity to smash the myth of race NOT being a factor in American life, even if our President is African American himself..
Instead, we heard all night about the death penalty and its inherent flaws. Notice how LITTLE outrage occurred by anyone over the white man executed for murdering James Byrd in a crime he admitted to, as an avowed white supremacist...placing these two cases side by side, to show the nuances of race in the criminal justice in the 21st century, would have provided a CLASSIC opportunity to show how SYSTEMIC racism and biases against people of color is, and the myth that placing more blacks in key positions in an inherently racist SYSTEM, will not change the system ITSELF.
The notion that the system benefits those with MONEY more than those without, is absolutely correct.
However, the fact that the average net worth and asset base of an African American is generally 20 times( i have read reports as high as 50 times) LOWER than their average white counterparts, shows us that race and economics often overlap and intersect in the same ways they always have.
The system has the virus of racial bias in its very DNA, and must be fixed altogether.
As Dr Boyce Watkins eloquently put it, "Black men are more likely to be stopped by police, more likely to be arrested when we commit the same crimes as whites, more likely to be sent to prison and end up receiving longer sentences for the same crimes. "....
I hope that tonight, you talk about this angle, and not just pretend that race had no impact on perceptions of this case itself...
We have over 10,000 black elected officials in the United States, including an African American President of the United States.
Yet the criminal justice system is worse on black men than ever before. the condition of blacks is at its worst in DECADES.
The only point this case proves, is that the system is STILL an enemy of the black community, no matter how many blacks are selected to "execute" its agenda.
My name is Hassan Hartley, and I watched with pain and horror last night at the amazing coverage MSNBC provided on the Troy Davis execution story. Your network provided a variety of angles on the story, which i found enlightening. One area that I was hoping to get from your network, and your show, was the interesting juxtaposition of two executions occurring on the SAME DAY.
Two men, one white, one black....one admits guilt, one claims innocence...both executed for charges of murder.
The opportunity to discuss the historically bad relationship between black men and the criminal justice system was missed ALTOGETHER. The historical context to provide how vastly different many blacks viewed the execution of Troy Davis than white liberals. White liberals used this as a perfect example of why the death penalty should be abolished, and that is perfectly understandable as a position. Many of us as African Americans took a somewhat different, and more nuanced view. One that could be best described as "here we go again"...yet ANOTHER black male murdered potentially for a crime he may not have committed. It was a PERFECT opportunity to discuss how the system can still function in a way that is potentially destructive to the African American collective. Despite having a black District Attorney, and the head of the Parole board also being a black man, yet the system functions EXACTLY the same as it did 50 years ago. 100 years ago. 200 years ago.
It was a perfect opportunity to smash the myth of race NOT being a factor in American life, even if our President is African American himself..
Instead, we heard all night about the death penalty and its inherent flaws. Notice how LITTLE outrage occurred by anyone over the white man executed for murdering James Byrd in a crime he admitted to, as an avowed white supremacist...placing these two cases side by side, to show the nuances of race in the criminal justice in the 21st century, would have provided a CLASSIC opportunity to show how SYSTEMIC racism and biases against people of color is, and the myth that placing more blacks in key positions in an inherently racist SYSTEM, will not change the system ITSELF.
The notion that the system benefits those with MONEY more than those without, is absolutely correct.
However, the fact that the average net worth and asset base of an African American is generally 20 times( i have read reports as high as 50 times) LOWER than their average white counterparts, shows us that race and economics often overlap and intersect in the same ways they always have.
The system has the virus of racial bias in its very DNA, and must be fixed altogether.
As Dr Boyce Watkins eloquently put it, "Black men are more likely to be stopped by police, more likely to be arrested when we commit the same crimes as whites, more likely to be sent to prison and end up receiving longer sentences for the same crimes. "....
I hope that tonight, you talk about this angle, and not just pretend that race had no impact on perceptions of this case itself...
We have over 10,000 black elected officials in the United States, including an African American President of the United States.
Yet the criminal justice system is worse on black men than ever before. the condition of blacks is at its worst in DECADES.
The only point this case proves, is that the system is STILL an enemy of the black community, no matter how many blacks are selected to "execute" its agenda.
Monday, September 5, 2011
When The Lights Go Out: The TRUTH About Prison Sexuality SECOND EXCERPT!
....Peter, a Jamaican inmate also at LeavenWorth Correctional, is an outspoken Christian, but also has a prison "wife" named “Gi-Gi”. Peter and Gi-Gi have been involved for nearly two years at the point of my interview with him, and he was interesting, to say the least.
“ I struggle with it every day, but I know God loves me, and can forgive me my sins”, says Peter, also 23 years old. “ “But my baby(Gi-gi) is one of the best things to ever happen to me. A lot of people think that I’m a hypocrite for having a homosexual wife, but we love each other, and God loves us too. She doesn’t just satisfy the needs of my body. She comforts me, as a woman is supposed to comfort a man. The Bible says that just as Christ is the head of the church, Man is the head of woman. She is my help meet while I’m here in prison, and God is working on me. Gigi makes me a better man in here”
Gi-gi, an effeminate gay Black male, is more cynical about Peters religious nature. “Chile, I love him to death, but Peter is confused boots, honey” she says. “He always be trying to get me to go to the church services 5 days a week with him. That service aint nothing but a bunch of closet queens that’s are scared that God is going to strike them down for sucking dick and sticking their dick up a man’s ass. I don’t have time for all that” she says emphatically. Gigi is not a particularly religious person, although she defines herself as “spiritual”. Although she and Peter argue incessantly about the role of religion in their relationship, she does readily admit that she loves him deeply, and that their sex life is very fulfilling. “The thing I like most about when Peter comes from church service, is that he always wants to get freaky with me. Praise God! Amen!!!!” she muses humorously and sarcastically, although Peter does not laugh. From my interview with Peter, I got the sense that, although he definitely has a deep love for both his faith and his relationship, he feels severely conflicted by having a foot in both worlds at the same time. Most of his Christian brothers are compassionate and understanding with him in prison, as they have many of their own struggles with being devoutly religious, and engaging in romantic and sexual contact with other inmates. However, they work with each other to get themselves to a place of peace in their own lives.
Peter’s conflict is more the norm than abnormal in the penitentiary. His Christian faith has indeed had a profound impact on his life, but it has also been a source of religious arguments with him and his Jamaican parents. “They call me faggot because my wife is a homosexual” he says. Born in Kingston, and raised in the Bronx, New York, Peter faces cultural animosity over the entire notion of same-sex interaction. Although he plans to become a Bishop or Pastor one day upon his release, he isn’t altogether certain how that leaves his relationship with Gi-Gi. “Time will tell”, he says, “but I love her dearly”.
Akbar, my boyfriend while at Deep Meadows, faced a different religious battle. He is Muslim, and was born and raised in the Sunni Orthodox Islamic faith under the leadership of the late Imam W. Deen Muhammad. Devout and committed in his Salat(prayer), Akbar is far more attracted to women than men, , but found himself drawn to me because we shared much in common, especially our religion. Our bond was also emotional. A few years younger than me, he was extremely assertive without being pushy. “Allah knows best what is in our hearts” he says. Being both Muslim, and bisexual, while being black and in prison is a set of realities colliding that most people in prison have a different and difficult time dealing with. “The group of people I had the biggest problems with while incarcerated have been the queens. They tend to roll their eyes, call me names, all because when I choose a man, because I don’t like feminine guys”, Akbar says.
The friction that is developed by the mixture of personal religious choices and sexual behavior and orientation should not come as a surprise to anyone. Religion has often been the source of the world’s most violent and deadly conflicts. In the black community, religion, especially Christianity, and to a lesser extent, Islam, have been the dominant spiritual ideologies that shape African American collective thought as it relates to everything else in the world.
Not everyone in prison can understand the contradiction between religious piety and “alternate” sexual orientations. “ The book of Leviticus, chapter 18, verse 22, states clearly that a man laying down with a man is an abomination. This mess needs to stop. They are defiling the Word of God in every sense of the word”, says Jeremiah, a black male heterosexual inmate, age 46, serving a life sentence for murder in Lunenburg Correctional in Virginia. My interview with Jeremiah was most interesting. I had been searching for a contrary opinion on the “religious issue” in prison, and Jeremiah was the perfect candidate for this position. Incarcerated since age 24, he has literally spent nearly half of his entire life behind bars. He became ordained as a Minister several years ago in prison, and now preaches the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all inmates and officers who listen. When I mentioned to him that perhaps the Book of Leviticus would not be a proper reference to justify his distaste of homosexuality, he became indignant in his response. Here is how the conversation went:
“May I ask you a few questions off the subject, Jeremiah?” I said. “Sure”, he replied.
“Do you eat pork, and shrimp?” I quizzed, with an innocent tone.
“Yes I do, brother. I’m not one of these Muslims running around here praying to some idol god Allah,” he replied, with a hearty laughter, unaware of what my response would be, or that he just insulted another religion with his flip comment.
To this day, I cannot believe that Jeremiah could not see what I was about to say coming, and how easily he fell into the trap that I set for him with his own scriptural references.
“Well are you aware that that SAME book of Leviticus that you quoted to condemn homosexuality, also condemns eating pork in chapter 11:7,8? And are you also aware that the eating of shellfish is also condemned in the book of Leviticus as a sin? And as I see that you have your prison uniform on, are you also aware that the synthetic fabrics that they are made of are also condemned in the book of Leviticus?” I rattled off, noticing the arrogant, pious smirk vanish from his middle aged face. “It just seems ironic that Leviticus was the basis of your argument against homosexuality, and yet you are a walking violation of at least three other condemned ‘sins’ from the SAME chapter of the SAME book of the Bible?”
At this point, I KNEW that I had nailed him. He got visibly angry, and began rushing to quote the book of Romans as further proof of God’s disdain for homosexuality. My response was clear.
“Sir, you didn’t answer my question about Leviticus. Could you please go back to that instead of changing the subject??? It seems that if you are a Minister, than you should be able to answer those questions about the inconsistency in your argument fairly easily. Now, back to Leviticus….”
“--Now you wait a minute , motherfucker! You are not going to steal my joy! You are of the Devil! I rebuke thee in the name of Jesus!” shouted Jeremiah. At this point, I noticed the anger and rage in Jeremiah’s face. My first reaction was pure laughter, which did NOT help the situation at all. This man could not answer a simple fact based question about the very book that he used to condemn gays? It was clear that my questions were ones that he could not answer.
I knew that BEFORE I even raised them, ill admit to that. Sue me.
After attempting to calm Pastor Jeremiah down, the Correctional Officer had now walked back over a second time to ascertain the situation, I assured him that all was fine, and that it was merely a spirited discussion on religion and sexuality. Jeremiah was not accustomed to debating the consistency of the Bible, as was clear by his flying off the handle by my questions. I then pivoted to a topic more germane to the reason for the interview itself, and that was his ability to cope with not being able to legally have sex for the rest of his life due to a life sentence....
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