Fort Worth Police Chief Jeff Halstead tried to quiet the uproar over the June 28 Rainbow Lounge raid by making several promises to improve communications with the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.
Earlier today he announced his appointment of an interim liaison to the GLBT community.
Officer Sara Straten, a 17-year police veteran, will fill the role by attending meetings, events, and various GLBT functions and report to the chief.
Meanwhile, the police department will search for possible funding for a full-time position at which time Chief Halstead will seek input from various community leaders to ensure their involvement in the selection process.
“We’ve acted with urgency to quickly bridge the communication gap between the police department and the GLBT community,” Halstead said. “Our intent is to move forward in establishing a new relationship that consists of mutual understanding and respect.”
Tags: Chief Jeff Halstead, Fort Worth police, Rainbow Lounge
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Bass-Tina says:
Don’t feel bad every time Buddy starts to lose a thread…
Huh?
After reading the blotch posting about the partial FW PD report on the events at the Rainbow Lounge, I was struck by how history has a funny way of repeating itself.
Genesis 19:4-9
4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. 5 They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”
6 Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him 7 and said, “No, my friends. Don’t do this wicked thing. 8 Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
9 “Get out of our way,” they replied. And they said, “This fellow came here as an alien, and now he wants to play the judge! We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.
I thought sodem was destroyed becouse they bake unleavened bread?
The bible is so much fun
Hey Boasterninny,
I agree is it fun. Dig the symbolism, Lot gave them flatbread because Leaven symbolizes corruption and pride as leaven “puffs up”
and with the symbolism theme… unleavened bread also signifies “haste” as in “you better hurry up because this place is going to be on fire in a few hours.”
buddy the aggressor
Are you asking me if it is fun?
Yes.
So what you are saying is sodem was destroyed becouse they bake leavened bread?
Buddy the molester
It doesn’t surprise me According to leviticus 11:12 you can be executed for eating shell fish. Sucks for Italy, all that delicious shrimp scampi, and crusty bread to soak up all the buttery goodness you think Rome would have exploded into flames by now. God is so strict about food, oh well its in the bible so it must be true.
No, I’m sorry I switched my noun and verb accidentally in the earlier post. I meant to say yes the bible is fun. So, of course I don’t think Sodom was destroyed because of the bread thing. It was destroyed because of the ungodliness of its inhabitants, (one of the key symptoms of that ungodliness, was the practice of homosexuality)
Regarding strict Levitical law, that only found within the Old Covenant. I assume you’re fairly familiar with the Bible, remember Peter’s dream regarding unclean food?
So let’s not confuse Jewish dietary law with sexual morality.
So in memory of Walter Cronkite,
That’s the way it is.
One final point…
It the risk of appearign sacrilegious, let me just say that you won’t be able to find a bible verse whereby Peter had a dream that indicates that gay sex is no longer taboo.
buddy the court jester
Some religious law was created as a kind of guidance, and foods were banned because they could cause illness or death. As time went by and we advance in food storage and hygiene most of this religious law became obsolete. This is where I get confused god is perfect and does not change.
you are not to tempt the Lord your God, you are to worship and serve Him alone, and you are to live by every word that proceeds from His mouth (Matt. 4:1-11).
There is no variableness in Him (James 1:17). From everlasting to everlasting He is God (Ps. 90:2). Therefore, because His holiness is unchanging, the law which reflects that holiness cannot be changed.
“I am the Lord, I change not” (Mal. 3:6)
The one who says ‘I have come to know Him,’ and does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him” (I John 2:4)
For those lost souls looking for help…
http://jonahweb.org/index.php
Shalom!