TAKE ACTION: Obama admin appoints self-proclaimed 'proud homophobe' to elite panel on Gulf oil spill

[Ian David]

Posted by John Aravosis (DC) at 5/17/2010 12:20:00 PM

Please sign our public letter to the President urging that this homophobe be fired immediately. http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6006/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1801
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New Obama appointee Jonathan I. Katz on the "innocent victims" of AIDS:

"These people died so the sodomites could feel good about themselves."

Jonathan I. Katz. was recently appointed by the Obama administration, along with four other scientists, to an elite panel of "our best scientific minds" to help BP cut off the oil spill.

Jonathan I. Katz is also a "proud homophobe," by his own admission. He's even written an article, published on his personal Web site at the Washington University physics department, titled "In Defense of Homophobia." And what a defense it is.

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President Obama promised us change. He promised to be our fierce advocate. Appointing avowed bigots to elite panels, and lauding them as the best minds of our nation, is offensive the millions of LGBT Americans who voted en masse for this President. It is difficult to believe that the Obama administration couldn't find anyone else to help deal with this crisis. We all want the government to do everything it can to stop the oil spill, but elevating an avowed homophobe, and giving him the imprimatur, and the stamp of legitimacy, of the Obama administration, is simply wrong.

Please sign on to our public letter urging the President to fire Jonathan I. Katz. http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6006/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1801

More:
http://gay.americablog.com/2010/05/takeobama-admin-appoints-self.html

[KamaAina]

1. First McClurkin, then Warren, now Katz

Oy vey. :eyes:

[Teka]

2. More of the same BS from Obama

[Ian David]

4. Two steps forward, one step back. At least he's better than McCain.

McCain / Palin would have had all you guys rounded-up in a camp somewhere by now.

[Autumn]

3. Imagine what he will have to say on the Gulf oil spill,

" this oil spill happened so the sodomites could feel good about themselves." with a piece of shit like that put on the "elite panel of "our best scientific minds" I just don't think that is too far off.

[dgibby]

5. This is beyond offensive.

K&R

[Bluenorthwest]

6. More of the bigots he holds in great esteeem

There are so many it becomes hard to tell them apart without a program.

[Smashcut]

7. Gotta keep REACHING OUT!

:puke:

[Bluebear]

8. Naturally, it's being defended:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8353044

[racaulk]

12. "And a -1 for thinking the envornment is less important that your personal ideology."

FFS. :eyes:

[mitchtv]

18. "Fiercely"

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[thereismore]

9. At this point would accept help from a Nazi scientist if it worked. nt

[Ian David]

11. We will wait out the oilspill in an underground bunker with attractive women.

[jberryhill]

10. Great - tell him the oil is gay and get him to work...

One of the co-inventors of the solid state transistor was a raving racist lunatic. It had nothing to do with his invention of the transistor.

After he's served his usefulness, get rid of him.

[tbyg52]

14. Is he *the* greatest expert in the world or just one of many who could do the same job?

Unless he's the one and only who could stop this, get somebody else.

[jberryhill]

16. Well I wouldn't leave it up to one guy with a snarky comment on the Internet

So I can understand why the government hasn't consulted with me on this decision.

[Ian David]

13. Obama admin picks climate-change-denying homophobe to 'fix' Gulf oil spill disaster

Obama admin picks climate-change-denying homophobe to 'fix' Gulf oil spill disaster

Obama admin picks climate-change-denying homophobe to 'fix' Gulf oil spill disaster
by John Aravosis (DC) on 5/17/2010 02:57:00 PM

The oil industry would be proud of Jonathan I. Katz, the man the Obama administration has chosen to take a stab at fixing the Gulf oil spill disaster. He's an avowed "proud homophobe," who thinks that "sodomites" are responsible for infecting "innocent victims" with AIDS, and he's an Al Gore hating climate change denialist too!

Here are his thoughts on climate change and Al Gore:

Who is stoking the alarm about global warming? There is Al Gore, an over-the-hill politician who wants to remain in the public eye. His house uses 20 times as much electricity as the average American house and he flies private jets. Obviously, he does not believe what he preaches; it must be an act. Conservation is for the little people. I'll think about reducing my emissions after he reduces his by 95%. Then there is Jim Hansen, would-be dictator who wants to throw in jail anyone who disagrees with him or burns coal. He may wish himself another Mussolini (or worse), but people just laugh at him. And finally John Holdren, who in his younger days was prophesying disaster from the ice age then just beginning (so he said). Fictitious crises are a demogogue's route to power.

Fortunately, global warming is probably good for humanity. Sit back, relax, and watch it happen.

And here's what Katz has to say about the "innocent victims" of AIDS:

"These people died so the sodomites could feel good about themselves."

But I'm sure a climate change denier is a really good scientist otherwise. (Other than that Mrs. Lincoln...) Much more on AMERICAblog Gay, including this action alert.

More:
http://www.americablog.com/2010/05/obama-admin-picks-climate-change.html

[dsc]

15. He could hire Satan himself and I would be OK with it

Sadly many talented people are horrid human beings, Katz is apparently one of those.

[Bluebear]

17. He's not that talented and he has been fired.

[Ian David]

19. Homophobia Defender Ousted Energy Department announces Jonathan Katz will no longer be assisting

Homophobia Defender Ousted
Energy Department announces that Jonathan Katz will no longer be assisting in oil spill efforts

by Chris Geidner
Published on May 17, 2010, 10:04pm | 0 Comments, 0 Tweets

Jonathan I. Katz, a professor of astrophysics at Washington University in St. Louis, ''will no longer be involved in the Department's efforts'' at addressing the oil spill continuing to spread in the Gulf of Mexico, a Department spokeswoman relayed on Monday night, May 17.

The news came after what the spokesperson, Stephanie Mueller, termed ''controversial writings'' – which included a ''defense of homophobia'' – spread out over the web on Monday, writings of which she said the Department was unaware when it sought his assistance.

On May 12, Energy Secretary Steven Chu ''assembled a group of top scientific experts from inside and outside of government to join in today's discussions in Houston about possible solutions,'' according to a Department news release. Katz was one of five outside scientists noted in the release. Bloomberg News reported about the group of scientists on May 14, reporting Chu ''signaled his lack of confidence in the industry experts trying to control BP Plc's leaking oil well by hand-picking a team of scientists with reputations for creative problem solving.''

Once news of the team spread, some of Katz's writings were discovered at his university website, including one titled, ''In Defense of Homophobia.'' In the essay, dated May 13, 1999, he wrote about the ''rationalist'' and the religious person's views of homosexuality.

More:
http://metroweekly.com/news/?ak=5208