 
Seeing as the Democratic Party has officially declared NO to same-sex marriage; seeing as since Clinton signed DOMA in 1996, there has clearly been a trail of homophobic policy running through the Dems; and seeing as there is no existing party truly supportive of gay marriage/rights:
I want to form a new party, and call it: The Party of Athena. And members shall be called "Athenians". And our constitution shall comprise the BEST of all humane and progressive constitutions that have come before. But with two special conditions: (1) that our party first serve the freedom and needs of all sexual minorities, before assisting any other group (whether persecuted or not), and (2) that our party strives to form a new nation just for queers, whether through secession or other means. (Sorta like Holland in a lot of ways...only instead of remaing a heterocentric society, Athenians will form a homocentric one.)
Athenians are also totally pro-pagan and women's suffrage. In fact, that is why "Athena" is my chosen title for this new party. We stand for 100% secular government. For more specific examples of what we stand for, read my platform for world's first gay president:
gay-bible.org/zeke-4-prez.htm
IOW, my platform is also the party's platform. (Anyone who knows how I can go about establishing this party for real, I'd appreciate some tips! Especially regarding putting me in touch with interested or curious persons of influence. No men, or women--or trannies for that matter--in white coats and butterfly nets, thank you very much!)
Let this message be for the (unofficial) record: that I, Ezekiel J. Krahlin of San Francisco, California, am the true founder of the "Party of Athena". Now, to post this to diverse newsgroups...just another busy day in the life of a queer deadbeat. :D
SinQueerly,
Zeke Krahlin
gay-bible.org
February 24, 2005
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Let's secede from those who breed:
Make it a sin to NOT waste seed!
Hail Athenia, brave new gay nation!
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From: Azure
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:37:17 -0900
Subject: Re: New Political Party of Athena
chief-thrac...@gay-bible.org wrote:
I want to form a new party, and call it: The Party of Athena.
Should be Badb, The True Great Mothers, Queens of the Tribes of Nature. From them came Gaia, Rhea, Danu, Nemedia, Morgan, and many others. Scythians (Sethians) Gaelic (Halic), Tribes of Salt, Covenant of Salt. They taught of the ELPH or EEK, the One, That Which Is Was and Forever Shall Be, the Great Terrible Unknown.
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From: chief-thrac...@gay-bible.org
Date: 3 Mar 2005 16:01:00 -0800
Subject: Re: New Political Party of Athena
Azure wrote:
Should be Badb, The True Great Mothers, Queens of the
Tribes of Nature
As well as the Goddess of War, which I have just learned via Wikipedia:
"In Irish mythology, the Badb (crow, modern spelling Badhbh) was a goddess of war who took the form of a crow, and was thus sometimes known as Badb Catha (battle crow)."
Here is my take on Athena: my love for Greek Mythology is the closest archetype I can summon that represents a gateway to the pan-pagan world. And by pagan I mean to include the pre-patriarchal cycles, when the Earth Goddess reigned. (Of course, she always reigns; but we're speaking of human spiritual evolution I believe, or at least that is part of it.)
And I think that the Western World can more readily be introduced to the Pagan Universe via their own Goddess who represents the brave and powerful matriarchal tradition. Which tradition is being called forth to heal this planet, now. And I am one of her strident messengers, representing the sexual minority family worldwide. I will not be the only one so empowered...and there will be similar rising up of other leaders on issues like racism, women's rights, ecosystems, democracy, fair trade, children, handicapped, etc., etc.
So I would like to thank you for the wonderful insight you've just shared with me re. the Warrior-Goddess Badb! So how's this for a party name:
The Party of Badb-Athena
This would then have Athena representing the end of a past-time matriarchal cycle, with Badb perhaps stand at its birth portal.
In gratitude for your generous teaching, I give you full credit for inspiring me to this fusion of Badb-Athena. Since the deities of ancient Greece (and Egypt and various other past civilizations) already give their major gods/goddesses various sub-manifestations representing different aspects of their powers...hence, often use any one of their numerous double-names to specify a particular sub-manifestation. This seems to also have arisen pre-patriarchally, as it is a classicly right-brain way of thinking. (Remember, the intuitive/creative sight is born of the brain's right side...which neurons travel over to the left parts of one's body...and that is why left-handed people are often artists or creative in other ways.
Odin drank from the Fountain of Mir to gain Wisdom. The price for such a profound gift was the loss of sight from his left eye! I had some weird medical problems with my left eye, after Odin came to me in a vision to enlighten me with my philosophy of opitmism I currently call "NeoChristianity"...which was done as a joke...but since it truly arises from pagan sources, I need to finally rename this ideology...for you can simply append it to whatever belief system one is currently following. (And now "neochristian" has become a term to mean those nasty Xian Fundamentalists. So I *must change the name of my philosophy pronto. Any ideas?
You may now read my newly entitled "The New Political Party of Badb-Athena" here:
gay-bible.org/truetales/6_badb-athe nians.htm
I replaced all words "athena/athenian" with "badb-athena/badb- athenian", including file names. The only thing left to indicate the original name as simply "athenians" is in the html title label. Your elegant dialogue is right there, for all the world to see, that you are given credit for this name-change.
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Zeke Krahlin, founder Political Party of Badb-Athena
gay-bible.org/truetales/6_badb-athe nians.htm
That was just an excerpt! To read the ENTIRE incredible dialog, click here.
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