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Way to go, Adam! Be yourself.. :)

I was just reading a sad article about an 18-year-old boy in Singapore who died from being kicked in the head and beaten by three members of a rival gang. In this case, things were clear-cut. It wasn't a sexual issue, or a racial issue, or a religious issue. It was just a matter of turf, and wounded pride. The blow may not have been intended as a lethal one, but it was, nonetheless, to the boy's parents at least, a terrible crime of hate. In another case, a boy cut another boy's face, a case of mistaken identity. Again, it was clear-cut, no pun intended, fortunately. Justice. Isn't that what we all crave for ALL the victims of hate and injustice, including racial, sexual, religious and political, throughout the centuries and today? Human justice is sadly too often not that at all. OmG, "Let justice roll down like the waters..." One day it will. Perfectly. I believe.

Albert Einstein managed to escape from Nazi Germany, with his life. Unfortunately, not all do, whichever tribe is doing the "hating". I was just reading an article about an 18-year-old boy in Singapore who died from being kicked in the head by three members of a rival gang. It wasn't a "gay" issue, or a racial issue, or a "religious" issue. It was just political. A matter of turf, and wounded pride. The blow may not have been intended as a lethal one, but it was, nonetheless, a wasteful, crime of hate. Yes, Albert was a great scientist, who believed in God, a God of Peace and Love, but also of Righteousness and Justice. "Let justice roll down like the waters..." - isn't that such a comfort when you think of ALL the victims of hate and injustice? there will be a Divine and eternal justice for ALL one day - ALL. thank you, Professors Einstein and Lewis, sirs, for believing that...

Spats like this are publicity for both the artist and the magazine. I'd never heard of the magazine till this article, and I'd heard nothing of Lambert since the article about him losing Idol. Now we know about them both. LOL "lagunabro". You might want to get a different pose of that model for your profile pic if you don't want to be "emasculated". I agree musicians are under no obligation to discuss politics with the press; however, if they agree to an interview with a gay magazine in order to gain publicity and further their career, they should at least be willing to give their views on gay issues.

The music, dance, acting and sets are amazing!!

Hey guys.. I'm part of the show!!!!!!

Post 43 Kuman, Fair enough, nothing wrong with not jumping to conclusions, and we certainly can't say pending the full story coming out in Court, whether this particularly awful murder was a hate crime as defined in Puerto Rico. You're also right that people should be careful about crying wolf. And I'm not sure what constitutes an activist either. However, you launched a totally unmerited attack on the credibility of Mr. Pagan, without looking at the reports properly. Your first, knee-jerk reaction to the story was that this guy was probably lying about the officer's statement for some ulterior motive, and you put forward your half-hearted search as evidence to support that prejudice. Now, what's that about?

The Philippines are a theocracy? I never knew that. What I find more shocking is this from the AP link: "...his group's platform does not include same-sex marriage, but pushes for nondiscrimination in the workplace and schools. He cited instances in which companies allegedly refused to hire gays and schools required parents to sign a document certifying their children were not gay". Gay schoolkids are being denied education now? I doubt even the current administration at the Vatican would agree with that one.

Adam is FAB. So glad he didn't just just do it do for the sake of it, but that he stood his grounds and stood firm in what he believes.

oh screw you old man. don't make it sound like we are pathetic enough to even bother about an apology from an over sensitive ass like you.

post 41 - I am not certain if Mr. Pagan is an activist or an alarmist. I have no inherent dislike of anyone. I am not quite certain what an activist is actually. Assuming it is someone that uses their available resources to advance an idea or cause they support, then I am an activist myself. I am an activist for the objectivity of our laws. I am not an activist for controlling thought or limiting any individuals feedom, including the freedom to to believe in things in find abhorent. Perhaps I am fortunate for experiencing little or no negative backlash to my homosexuality over the years, as I cannot truly recall experiencing any hatred as a consequence of "coming out" or being a homosexual, but that is not the issue here. The totality of my comments have continually related to us not leaping to judgements and make assumptions that propel the actions of one person to a level of consequence when there is likely little evidence to suggest that raising the awareness of this specific situation made the outcome any different. We can never go back in time and see if the perpetrator would have been arrested had Mr. Pagan not raised his alarm over the alleged comments of the police investigator, but the tone of this article and the "gay media" seems to credit him with forcing action, when in fact he might have done nothing of any consequence. I do not gamle, but if I was a "betting man" I would lay my odds with the legal/judicial system pursuing criminals without the pressure of 3rd party alarmists. If I am wrong and there is some substantive proof someone can offer to suggest the Puertorican police would not have pursued and arrested such a vile murderer, then present it to us and I will gladly retract my words relative to this specific case and offer loud words of appreciation to Mr. Pagan, until then, my comments have ended, as I think the actions of the police at this time are what need to be applauded.

Post 58, Well, duh, it's not Gossip Girl.

OMG!! as a human being WE all have equal rights...be it in social interaction,life,marriage of death. Why is thr still injustice and biase towards others who are different? All people around the world must learn to accept the world is big enough for everyone. Brutal actions doesnt solve any problem..it leads to more problem, i urge the goverments all over the world to educate the people tat differences doesnt make us aliens. Imagine he/she could be ur sons/daughters/nieces/nephews/cousins/father/mother or ever ur spoiuse. I implore please be open minded towards changes..

Adam is cool, don't let the gay activists try to ride on successful gay men's coat tails, for them being gay is a business, for us its just one facet of who we are and glad there are lots of different gay men in the kingdom and just cause we gay doesn't mean we want to be totally emasculated by OUT magazine

What the heck is Steve UK bantering about now?

Post 38,Kuman: are you sure you're being objective re this case, or are you simply airing your inherent dislike of anyone you deem to be an "activist"?

this is so terribly sad ... i wanna slowly torture the murderer! >:(

OMG..

Post 35 I did not click any link from this websight. In fact, I did not even notice those listed at the bottom of the article. I ran a few other searches and failed to find anything relating to remarks of such a nature. I do not have sound on my computer, so it would be pointless to attempt to listen to the remarks you have indicated. If the remark was uttered ( as you indicate it was ) it really is secondary to the main issue. A tragic crime occurred. An arrest was made and presumably justice will be served and the perpetrator will be executed ( if Puerto Rico allows for capitol punishment - which I hope they do). Just a few blocks away from where I live, at my local gay bar, the owner was tortured and killed a few years ago, by a person of questionable repute that he ( the owner ) engaged in a drug induced sexual encounter with, after the closing of the bar. Apparently the perpetrator felt that the bar owner took some liberties beyond what he felt was appropriate to his manhood and he killed him in a brutal and violent manner, not to the extreme as in the Puerto Rico case, but in a manner any civil person would find vile and unspeakable. The local police were of course made uncomfortable by the setting and the scenario, and similar thoughts no doubt were expressed privately, but the net result was still an arrest, prosecution and punishment of the perpetrator. No hate crime law was needed, no international investigations, no intrusive do-gooders got in the way. Just as it almost always happens, the equal enforcement of justice prevailed. No doubt, if the bar owner had been prudent, he would not have engaged in a drug induced wild scene with some street thug type that wandered in the bar. Nobody deserves such a fate, but sometimes an individual has to accept some accountability for the outcome of his actions. As to Mr Pagan, he is really appears to be of little or no consequence to this situation, except that he brought national and apparently international attention to something that is largely a local issue and occurs daily - a senseless murder. In fact, the niece of one of my lifelong family friends was murdered in Texas recently for nothing more than being in the wrong place when I crime was being committed and the offender killed her because she was in his way as he was making his get-away. It sounds like the normal alarmists in the gay "community" are making him into some sort of hero, when he really might have done nothing at all but share a bit of juicy gossip.

I live quite comfortably and openly with my partner. It's an inconvenience that we can't have the legal and social freedoms accorded to straight married couples, but if those freedoms were extended I couldn't give two hoots whether or not my partner was referred to as my 'husband', my 'civil-law partner' or my 'bit of rumpo', so long as we're treated no differently than straight couples by our families, the state or the police. Marriage in a white dress, blessed by a priest and sacred under God is a Christian insitution. As an atheist, it has no place in my life, and wouldn't were I straight. A certificate guaranteeing me common-law status with my partner and the opportunity to adopt or father children would be quite enough for me, thank you! So long as you love eachother, who cares about some quotation marks?