Poem: ON THE PASSAGE OF NORTH CAROLINA AMENDMENT ONE

it's in the state charter now
everybody who's not cut out for
traditional marriage has to
hide in a closet
and pass for straight
and never ever ever ever
bother the people of North Carolina
unless you live in liberal areas
like Chapel Hill or Carrboro--
you know, those places
with know-it-all eggheads
who like activist judges
>
the closet's going to get bigger
and bigger just like the stateroom
in The Marx Brothers movie
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
and eventually people will spill out
with the door off its hinges
>
then, the 61% will have to
put their moral values on a scale
and weigh what Jesus actually said
or didn't say in the Bible about LGBTs
versus all the hate that pastors
named (and not named) Graham
pump into them like IV drips
in an ancient hospital
where the windows are nailed shut
and painted black
to keep out the light.

Franklin Graham--son of Billy--disinvited from Pentagon Prayer Day for calling Islam "evil" and saying Christ died for their sins.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/22/franklin-graham-disinvite_n_548509.html

Obviously the above isn't suprising since Billy Graham (father of Franklin) had his prejudices (anti-Semitism being one--such as this conversation with then-President Richard Nixon in 1972: http://www.rense.com/general20/billy.htm).

Also remembering Franklin Graham's appearance at the funeral for the high-school students
murdered at Columbine eleven years ago. Not much compassion shown--instead Franklin regarded it as another evangelistic opportunity whistle-stop.

[UPDATE 4/26/10: The timing of this seems like a "get-Franklin-out-of-the-secular-news-cycle" moment: http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/04/25/obama-pays-his-first-visit-to-billy-graham/]