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Old December 30th 04, 08:59 AM
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[A Press Release From TIME'S UP!]

http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/137664/

* In Two-Wheeled Victory Lap, Critical Mass Cyclists to
Celebrate Federal Ruling on New Year's Eve

* Riders to Drop Off Coats at NYPD Precinct in First
"Winter-Coat Drive Critical Mass"

Hundreds of cyclists will gather Friday for their monthly
Critical Mass ride to celebrate last week's federal court
decision, in which Judge William H. Pauley III ruled that the
cyclists' did not need a parade permit to continue their beloved
ride. Friday also marks the first ever Winter Coat-Drive
Critical Mass, which will help collect unneeded coats and
jackets (no sweaters, please!) brought to the ride by cyclists
and deliver them to coat dropoff centers at local NYPD
precincts.

In an annual competition, organized by NY Cares, precincts
compete against one another to see which will receive the most
donated coats!

http://www.nycares.org/

In light of last week's ruling, Critical Mass riders hope for
an end to the arrests that began at August's ride prior to the
Republican National Convention.

"Judge Pauley's ruling legitimized what cyclists have been
saying all along: that we're not stopping traffic, WE ARE
TRAFFIC! Traffic doesn't need a permit," said Leah Rorvig,
a volunteer with TIME'S UP!, an environmental advocacy
organization that promotes the ride.

In his decision, Judge Pauley wrote: "The applicability of the
parade permit has not been adequately delineated by any federal
or state court decision." In so ruling, Judge Pauley affirmed
the right of New York City's cyclists to gather and ride
together in Critical Mass. In an earlier decision in the same
case, Judge Pauley granted five cyclists' injunction to prevent
illegal bicycle confiscation by the police.

"We believe that the judge was legally correct, and hopefully
the strength of his legal argument will deter the city from
seeking to appeal," said attorney Norman Siegel, who represented
cyclists in the case.

"As Judge Pauley pointed out, Critical Mass has been going on
peacefully for more than a decade. The only thing that's changed
in recent months is the sudden police hostility towards the
ride," said Bill DiPaola, a TIME'S UP! volunteer. "The holiday
season is a time for peace and love. In the spirit of the
season, I hope the police respect the beautiful community event
that is Critical Mass and avoid making further arrests."

TIME'S UP! recently created a legal defense fund, which will
help those cyclists whose bikes have been confiscated, aid those
who were arrested for riding in Critical Mass, and attempt to
repay both the private attorneys and the National Lawyers Guild
attorneys who generously advised and represented cyclists in
legal proceedings.

Started in San Francisco in 1992, Critical Mass rides now take
place monthly in almost 400 cities on six continents:
http://www.critical-mass.org/
Critical Mass is an organic and self-sustaining event with no
leaders and no central organization. In every city that has a
Critical Mass ride, some local residents simply picked a date,
time, and location for the ride and publicized it, and thus the
ride was born.

Schedule of Events for Friday, Dec. 31:


7:00 p.m., Union Square North -- Critical Mass cyclists gather
to collect coats for the coat drive. Shortly thereafter, the
ride will depart and stop at a nearby police precinct to deliver
the donated coats.

8:30 - 10:20 p.m. -- Party at the TIME'S UP! Space, 49 East
Houston Street

10:30 p.m., North Side of Washington Square Park -- Cyclists
will gather for the start of the seventh annual TIME'S UP! New
Year's Eve PARTY ON WHEELS, featuring a ride to Central Park's
Belvedere Castle to watch the evenings fireworks display
organized by the Road Runners Club. (This is not a Critical
Mass ride.)

For More Info:
http://www.times-up.org/
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Old December 30th 04, 02:36 PM
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Facts and Statistics About Homosexual Bicycle Riders
by Jym Dyer

* One study reports 70% of homosexuals admitting to having sex only one
time with over 50% of their partners (3).
* One study reports that the average homosexual has between 20 and 106
partners per year (6). The average heterosexual has 8 partners in a
lifetime.
* Many homosexual sexual encounters occur while drunk, high on drugs,
or in an orgy setting (7).
* Many homosexuals don't pay heed to warnings of their lifestyles:
"Knowledge of health guidelines was quite high, but this knowledge
had no relation to sexual behavior" (16).
* Homosexuals got homosexuality removed from the list of mental
illnesses in the early 70s by storming the annual American
Psychiatric Association (APA) conference on successive years.
"Guerrilla theater tactics and more straight-forward shouting matches
characterized their presence" (2). Since homosexuality has been
removed from the APA list of mental illnesses, so has pedophilia
(except when the adult feels "subjective distress") (27).
* Homosexuals account for 3-4% of all gonorrhea cases, 60% of all
syphilis cases, and 17% of all hospital admissions (other than for
STDs) in the United States (5). They make up only 1-2% of the
population.
* Homosexuals live unhealthy lifestyles, and have historically
accounted for the bulk of syphilis, gonorrhea, Hepatitis B, the "gay
bowel syndrome" (which attacks the intestinal tract), tuberculosis
and cytomegalovirus (27).
* 73% of psychiatrists say homosexuals are less happy than the average
person, and of those psychiatrists, 70% say that the unhappiness is
NOT due to social stigmatization (13).
* 25-33% of homosexuals and lesbians are alcoholics (11).
* Of homosexuals questioned in one study reports that 43% admit to 500
or more partners in a lifetime, 28% admit to 1000 or more in a
lifetime, and of these people, 79% say that half of those partners
are total strangers, and 70% of those sexual contacts are one night
stands (or, as one homosexual admits in the film "The Castro", one
minute stands) (3). Also, it is a favorite past-time of many
homosexuals to go to "cruisy areas" and have anonymous sex.
* 78% of homosexuals are affected by STDs (20).
* Judge John Martaugh, chief magistrate of the New York City Criminal
Court has said, "Homosexuals account for half the murders in large
cities" (10).
* Captain William Riddle of the Los Angeles Police says, "30,000
sexually abused children in Los Angeles were victims of homosexuals"
(10).
* 50% of suicides can be attributed to homosexuals (10).
* Dr. Daniel Capron, a practicing psychiatrist, says, "Homosexuality by
definition is not healthy and wholesome. The homosexual person, at
best, will be unhappier and more unfulfilled than the sexually normal
person" (10). For other psychiatrists who believe that homosexuality
is wrong, please see National Association for Research and Therapy of
Homosexuality.
* It takes approximately $300,000 to take care of each AIDS victim, so
thanks to the promiscuous lifestyle of homosexuals, medical insurance
rates have been skyrocketing for all of us(10).
* Homosexuals were responsible for spreading AIDS in the United States,
and then raised up violent groups like Act Up and Ground Zero to
complain about it. Even today, homosexuals account for well over 50%
of the AIDS cases in the United States, which is quite a large number
considering that they account for only 1-2% of the population.
* Homosexuals account for a disproportionate number of hepatitis cases:
70-80% in San Francisco, 29% in Denver, 66% in New York City, 56% in
Toronto, 42% in Montreal, and 26% in Melbourne (8).
* 37% of homosexuals engage in sadomasochism, which accounts for many
accidental deaths. In San Francisco, classes were held to teach
homosexuals how to not kill their partners during sadomasochism (8).
* 41% of homosexuals say they have had sex with strangers in public
restrooms, 60% say they have had sex with strangers in bathhouses,
and 64% of these encounters have involved the use of illegal drugs
(8).
* Depending on the city, 39-59% of homosexuals are infected with
intestinal parasites like worms, flukes and amoebae, which is common
in filthy third world countries (8).
* The median age of death of homosexuals is 42 (only 9% live past age
65). This drops to 39 if the cause of death is AIDS. The median age
of death of a married heterosexual man is 75 (8).
* The median age of death of lesbians is 45 (only 24% live past age
65). The median age of death of a married heterosexual woman is 79
(8).
* Homosexuals are 100 times more likely to be murdered (usually by
another homosexual) than the average person, 25 times more likely to
commit suicide, and 19 times more likely to die in a traffic accident
(8).
* 21% of lesbians die of murder, suicide or traffic accident, which is
at a rate of 534 times higher than the number of white heterosexual
females aged 25-44 who die of these things(8).
* 50% of the calls to a hotline to report "queer bashing" involved
domestic violence (i.e., homosexuals beating up other homosexuals)
(18).
* About 50% of the women on death row are lesbians (12).

Homosexuals prey on children.

* 33% of homosexuals ADMIT to minor/adult sex (7).
* There is a notable homosexual group, consisting of thousands of
members, known as the North American Man and Boy Love Association (
NAMBLA). This is a child molesting homosexual group whose cry is "SEX
BEFORE 8 BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE." This group can be seen marching in
most major homosexual parades across the United States.
* Homosexuals commit more than 33% of all reported child molestations
in the United States, which, assuming homosexuals make up 2% of the
population, means that 1 in 20 homosexuals is a child molestor, while
1 in 490 heterosexuals is a child molestor (19).
* 73% of all homosexuals have had sex with boys under 19 years of age
(9).
* Many homosexuals admit that they are pedophiles: "The love between
men and boys is at the foundation of homosexuality" (22).
* Because homosexuals can't reproduce naturally, they resort to
recruiting children. Homosexuals can be heard chanting "TEN PERCENT
IS NOT ENOUGH, RECRUIT, RECRUIT, RECRUIT" in their homosexual
parades. A group called the "Lesbian Avengers" prides itself on
trying to recruit young girls. They print "WE RECRUIT" on their
literature. Some other homosexuals aren't as overt about this, but
rather try to infiltrate society and get into positions where they
will have access to the malleable minds of young children (e.g., the
clergy, teachers, Boy Scout leaders, etc.) (8). See the DC Lesbian
Avengers web page, and DC Lesbian Avengers Press Release, where they
threaten to recruit little boys and girls. Also, see AFA Action
Alert.

The homosexual agenda.

* The homosexual agenda includes desensitizing the public: "The first
order of business is desensitization of the American public
concerning gays and gay rights.....To desensitize the public is to
help it view homosexuality with indifference instead of with keen
emotion. Ideally, we would have straights register differences in
sexual preferences the way they register different tastes for ice
cream or sports games....At least in the beginning, we are seeking
public desensitization and nothing more. We do not need and cannot
expect a full 'appreciation' or 'understanding' of homosexuality from
the average American. You can forget about trying to persuade the
masses that homosexuality is a good thing. But if only you can get
them to think that it is just another thing...then your battle for
legal and social rights is virtually won" (25).
* Part of the homosexual agenda is to get the public to affirm their
filthy lifestyle, as one homosexual admitted in the October 1987
homosexual rally on Washington: "We are no longer seeking just a
right to privacy and a protection from wrong. We also have a right --
as heterosexual Americans already have -- to see government and
society affirm our lives" (27).
* Part of the homosexual agenda is to turn people from Christianity:
"The teaching that only male-female sexual activity within the bounds
and constraints of marriage is the only acceptable form should be
reason enough for any homosexual to denounce the Christian religion"
(1).
* Homosexuals knowingly lied (and still lie) about the 10% figure
(i.e., homosexuals make up 10% of the population). As Tom Stoddard
(formerly of the Lambda Legal Defense Fund) said, "We used that
figure when most gay people were entirely hidden to try to create an
impression of our numerousness" (17).

The true number of homosexuals.

* The Kinsey study of 1948, which homosexuals often cite to say that
10% of the population is homosexual, actually says that only 4% of
the population is EXCLUSIVELY homosexual. This study involved a
disproportionate number of people who had been in jail for sex crimes
(hardly a random sample of the population). Kinsey also did perverse
studies involving young boys and pedophiles. Information on Kinsey.
* Current research shows that the true percentage of homosexuals is in
the 1-2% range (15,23,26,28). Consider how small this number is when
compared to most of the numbers above.

Homosexuals aren't discriminated against in employment, so why
should they be a protected class?

* The average yearly income of a homosexual is $55,430.00 (most of
which is disposable because no children to take care of!). The
average of the general population is $32,144.00. The average of
blacks is $12,166.00 (24).
* 59.6% of homosexuals are college graduates. 18.0% of the general
population are college graduates (24). Too bad they aren't smart
enough to listen to God. "Professing themselves to be wise, they
became fools" (Romans 1:22).
* 49.0% of homosexuals hold professional/managerial positions. 15.9% of
the general population hold such positions (24). Where's the job
discrimination?

Sexual Orientation

* A phrase that has come up recently in this earth is "sexual
orientation." This is a phrase made up by homosexuals to try to make
themselves look less filthy than they really are. The purpose of the
phrase is to take the spotlight from what these perverts do, and put
it on the notion that they are just poor, mistreated people, who
simply are attracted to members of the same sex - as if they aren't
engaging in activity forbidden by God Almighty. "Sexual orientation,"
as used today, has nothing to do with sexual activity (yeah, right),
but only refers to who or what a particular person is attracted to.
If you think that people of other "sexual orientations" are just
fine, let's see what other "sexual orientations" you would
necessarily have to accept as wholesome and pure. If you're not going
to discriminate based on "sexual orientation", then you must not
discriminate against any of the following. If you discriminate
against any of these, you're a hypocrite. These "sexual orientations"
are generally known as "paraphilias", and are mental disorders - just
like homosexuality used to be (29).

REFERENCES

(1) Advocate, 1985.

(2) Bayer, R. Homosexuality and American Psychiatry.

(3) Bell, A. and Weinberg, M. Homosexualities: a Study of Diversity
Among Men and Women. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978.

(4) Cameron et. al. ISIS National Random Sexuality Survey. Nebraska
Med. Journal, 1985, 70, pp. 292-299.

(5) "Changes in Sexual Behavior and Incidence of Gonorrhea."
Lancet, April 25, 1987.

(6) Corey, L. and Holmes, K. "Sexual Transmission of Hepatitis A in
Homosexual Men." New England J. Med., 1980, pp. 435-38.

(7) Family Research Institute, Lincoln, NE.

(8) Fields, Dr. E. "Is Homosexual Activity Normal?" Marietta, GA.

(9) Jay and Young. The Gay Report. Summit Books, 1979, p. 275.

(10) Kaifetz, J. "Homosexual Rights Are Concern for Some,"
Post-Tribune, 18 December 1992.

(11) Kus, R. "Alcoholics Anonymous and Gay America." Medical
Journal of Homosexuality, 1987, 14(2), p. 254.

(12) Lesbian News, January 1994.

(13) Lief, H. Sexual Survey Number 4: Current Thinking on
Homosexuality, Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality, 1977, pp. 110-11.

(14) Manlight, G. et. al. "Chronic Immune Stimulation By Sperm
Alloantigens." J. American Med. Assn., 1984, 251(2), pp. 237-438.

(15) Morton-Hunt Study for Playboy

(16) MsKusick, L. et. al. "AIDS and Sexual Behavior Reported By Gay
Men in San Francisco." Am. J. Pub. Health, 1985, 75, pp. 493-96.

(17) Newsweek, February 1993.

(18) Newsweek, 4 October 1993.

(19) Psychological Reports, 1986, 58, pp. 327-37.

(20) Rueda, E. "The Homosexual Network." Old Greenwich, Conn., The
Devin Adair Company, 1982, p. 53.

(21) San Francisco AIDS Foundation, "Can We Talk."

(22) San Francisco Sentinel, 27 March 1992.

(23) Science Magazine, 18 July 1993, p. 322.

(24) Statistical Abstract of the U.S., 1990.

(25) "The Overhauling of Straight America." Guide Magazine.
November, 1987.

(26) United States Census Bureau

(27) United States Congressional Record, June 29, 1989.

(28) University of Chicago's Nation Research Corp.

(29) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth
Edition, American Psychiatric Association, 1994.



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Old December 30th 04, 04:50 PM
Robert Haston
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Cool!

I wonder if the cops no longer challenge critical mass, if it will become
less or more popular. I figure some people won't go because the cops might
hassle them, and some people go only because they will.

Having cops around to control psycho cagers was a plus, but video cameras do
much the same thing, and leave the cops to control the real threats out on
the street.

"TIME'S UP! (via Jym Dyer)" wrote in message
...
[A Press Release From TIME'S UP!]

http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/137664/

* In Two-Wheeled Victory Lap, Critical Mass Cyclists to
Celebrate Federal Ruling on New Year's Eve

* Riders to Drop Off Coats at NYPD Precinct in First
"Winter-Coat Drive Critical Mass"

Hundreds of cyclists will gather Friday for their monthly
Critical Mass ride to celebrate last week's federal court
decision, in which Judge William H. Pauley III ruled that the
cyclists' did not need a parade permit to continue their beloved
ride. Friday also marks the first ever Winter Coat-Drive
Critical Mass, which will help collect unneeded coats and
jackets (no sweaters, please!) brought to the ride by cyclists
and deliver them to coat dropoff centers at local NYPD
precincts.

In an annual competition, organized by NY Cares, precincts
compete against one another to see which will receive the most
donated coats!

http://www.nycares.org/

In light of last week's ruling, Critical Mass riders hope for
an end to the arrests that began at August's ride prior to the
Republican National Convention.

"Judge Pauley's ruling legitimized what cyclists have been
saying all along: that we're not stopping traffic, WE ARE
TRAFFIC! Traffic doesn't need a permit," said Leah Rorvig,
a volunteer with TIME'S UP!, an environmental advocacy
organization that promotes the ride.

In his decision, Judge Pauley wrote: "The applicability of the
parade permit has not been adequately delineated by any federal
or state court decision." In so ruling, Judge Pauley affirmed
the right of New York City's cyclists to gather and ride
together in Critical Mass. In an earlier decision in the same
case, Judge Pauley granted five cyclists' injunction to prevent
illegal bicycle confiscation by the police.

"We believe that the judge was legally correct, and hopefully
the strength of his legal argument will deter the city from
seeking to appeal," said attorney Norman Siegel, who represented
cyclists in the case.

"As Judge Pauley pointed out, Critical Mass has been going on
peacefully for more than a decade. The only thing that's changed
in recent months is the sudden police hostility towards the
ride," said Bill DiPaola, a TIME'S UP! volunteer. "The holiday
season is a time for peace and love. In the spirit of the
season, I hope the police respect the beautiful community event
that is Critical Mass and avoid making further arrests."

TIME'S UP! recently created a legal defense fund, which will
help those cyclists whose bikes have been confiscated, aid those
who were arrested for riding in Critical Mass, and attempt to
repay both the private attorneys and the National Lawyers Guild
attorneys who generously advised and represented cyclists in
legal proceedings.

Started in San Francisco in 1992, Critical Mass rides now take
place monthly in almost 400 cities on six continents:
http://www.critical-mass.org/
Critical Mass is an organic and self-sustaining event with no
leaders and no central organization. In every city that has a
Critical Mass ride, some local residents simply picked a date,
time, and location for the ride and publicized it, and thus the
ride was born.

Schedule of Events for Friday, Dec. 31:


7:00 p.m., Union Square North -- Critical Mass cyclists gather
to collect coats for the coat drive. Shortly thereafter, the
ride will depart and stop at a nearby police precinct to deliver
the donated coats.

8:30 - 10:20 p.m. -- Party at the TIME'S UP! Space, 49 East
Houston Street

10:30 p.m., North Side of Washington Square Park -- Cyclists
will gather for the start of the seventh annual TIME'S UP! New
Year's Eve PARTY ON WHEELS, featuring a ride to Central Park's
Belvedere Castle to watch the evenings fireworks display
organized by the Road Runners Club. (This is not a Critical
Mass ride.)

For More Info:
http://www.times-up.org/



 




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