Top Pope Candidate Defends Uganda’s ‘Kill The Gays’ Bill

So one of the potential candidates for pope has a record of being openly and blatantly anti-gay.  He supports the "Kill the Gays" bill that is on the verge of being implemented in Uganda.  I am horrified at the thought of this man becoming the religious leader of so many people.

However, I don't think Turkson is really that much farther to the right of most Catholic clergy.  I know there are a few progressive priests who have reached out to the gay community.  But their motives are not always pure.  In other words, the hope of converting gay and lesbian individuals to being straight, or at least living a celibate life without a partner, is usually lurking around the corner in these situations.

I just wanted to bring this up, because it shows how much hatred is still out there for the gay community.  And it is a hatred so savage as to want to reinstate the death penalty for gays and lesbians.   

“Turkson is so anti-gay that he actually defended draconian laws that criminalize homosexuality and gay sex, including Uganda’s notorious ”Kill the Gays” bill,” writes John M. Becker at Bilerico. “Speaking last year to the National Catholic Register, Turkson opined that while the penalties imposed by such laws are ‘exaggerated,’ the desire of many Africans and African leaders to incarcerate or even execute their gay citizens is actually perfectly understandable, and that the ‘intensity of the reaction [to homosexuality] is probably commensurate with tradition.’”

Read the entire story HERE

Cymbalta withdrawal

My missing cat came back, so I am thrilled about that.  I love them all, and would hate to lose one.

On another subject, I have been taking Cymbalta for chronic pain for a few years now.  Due to a problem with the pharmacy's communication with me, I am in the middle of horrible withdrawal symptoms.  I ran out of my Cymbalta about a week before the pharmacy will end up mailing me the refill.  I had no idea that the withdrawal symptoms from the drug are so intense and wretched.

I have constant uncomfortable tactile sensations, a profound rebound issue with my pain level, and projectile vomiting to mention just a fraction of the symptoms.  Most disturbing is I can feel what seem to be electrical pulses shooting up and down my cervical spine and in my head.

I can guarantee you I will try very hard not to run out of this med again.  It's been a week already and the symptoms show no sign at all of decreasing in intensity.  I can only imagine what sort of haywire my brain chemistry is going through.

Just thought it would be important for people to know this in case they are taking or thinking of taking Cymbalta.