Archive for July 6, 2010

Manhattan Strip Clubs: US priest charged with stealing more than $1 million to use for male escorts …

US priest charged with stealing more than $1 million to use for male escorts, restaurants
By John Christoffersen (CP) – 4 hours ago
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Rev. Kevin J. Gray was a popular priest who appeared to live humbly, forgoing a car and walking to Mass from another parish where he lived so that a Catholic charity could use his space at the rectory. Parishioners thought he had cancer and admired how he helped immigrants in his largely poor parish in Connecticut.
But after a routine audit of the church’s finances turned up discrepancies, authorities began a criminal investigation that they say unraveled a secret double life of male escorts, strip bars and lavish spending on the finest restaurants, luxury hotels and expensive clothing, financed with money stolen from the parish.

See the full article from “The Canadian Press”

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Manhattan Strip Clubs: Russian Spies, Sex and Love

I think the answer is that the human mind (male and female, by the way) is unable to fully disconnect sex from emotional connectedness, except in rare circumstances. The desire for sex is, ultimately, a desire for union. It is a desire to be understood, chosen and accepted. Even in the case of those who frequent prostitutes, even for those who insist that they are only interested in physical “release,” their motivation (however misguided) is actually, in some extremely important sense, the desire to be loved.This is why those who question whether they are truly worthwhile or whether they were ever really loved in their families of origin are most vulnerable to beautiful Russian spies or sexy strippers. They have an exaggerated need for love. So they go looking for it in the wrong places — sometimes, again and again.

See the full article from “FOXNews”

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Manhattan Strip Clubs: what mosque at Ground Zero? why all Americans have a stake in Cordoba House

And what have 9 years of these efforts brought? The muslim smear against Obama was the first clue – not only it’s existence, but the fact that Obama himself never could bring himself to go beyond “I am not muslim” and say “and so what if I was?” The reason why is simple: Obama made the political calculation that the second part would hurt him too much – and he was probably right.
Which brings us to Cordoba House. This is a planned community center in Manhattan, would not be located “at Ground Zero” but several blocks away, further away than a strip club or a pornography shop. The project would bring a swimming pool, 500-seat auditorium, retail shops and more, greatly benefiting the local neighborhood. And yes, there would be a muslim prayer space. This is exactly the kind of thing that Anwar al Awlaki and Osama bin Laden most fear – muslims in America rejecting their call to jihad and instead embracing their identity as citizens of America and embracing their civic responsibilities to better themselves and their non-muslim neighbors. And in doing so, wage a true, effective jihad against terrorism.

See the full article from “Beliefnet.com (blog)”

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