Gay day at high court

[Serpo]

Court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act... (http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-doma-supreme-court-ruling-20130626,0,6846934.story)
'DOMA singles out class of persons deemed by State entitled to recognition and protection to enhance their own liberty'...
Scalia dissent: 'Diseased root: an exalted notion of the role of this court in American democratic society'... (http://projects.nytimes.com/live-dashboard/2013-06-26-supreme-court-gay-marriage)
RULING: Gays can now sponsor foreign partners for immigration to USA... (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/26/doma-ruling-means-gay-couples-can-immigrate/?cache)
SCALIA: Kennedy Has Declared Us 'Enemies of the Human Race'... (http://www.nationaljournal.com/domesticpolicy/scalia-high-handed-kennedy-has-declared-us-enemies-of-the-human-race-20130626)
ALITO: 'Constitution Does Not Guarantee the Right to Enter Into a Same-Sex Marriage'... (http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/in-supreme-court-gay-marriage-decision-justices-reach-for-equality-20130626)
TIME: 'One of fastest civil rights shifts in nation's history'... (http://swampland.time.com/2013/06/26/in-landmark-ruling-supreme-court-strikes-down-defense-of-marriage-act/?iid=sl-main-lead)
Justices Avoid Ruling on California's Proposition 8... (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324520904578553500028771488.html?m od=WSJ_Home_largeHeadline)
Gov. Brown Issues Directive To Resume Same-Sex Marriage In 30 Days... (http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/06/26/california-same-sex-marriage-gets-a-win-at-the-u-s-supreme-court)
OBAMA: I won't force churches to conduct gay weddings... (http://washingtonexaminer.com/obama-i-wont-make-churches-conduct-gay-marriages/article/2532418)
Interrupts Activists' MSNBC Interview to Give Congratulatory Call... (http://www.deadline.com/2013/06/prop-8-obama-congratulations-msnbc-video/)
PENTAGON EXTENDS BENEFITS TO GAY SERVICE SPOUSES... (http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/06/26/pentagon-extends-benefits-to-same-sex-spouses/?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories)
CT Governor Raises Rainbow Flag At Official Residence... (http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2013/06/26/rainbow-flag-flies-at-governors-residence/)
National Cathedral Rings Bells To Celebrate... (http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/06/26/national-cathedral-rings-bells-to-cheer-gay-marriage/)




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[General of Darkness]

Faggots have no place in a healthy society, BUT as a Libertarian I won't infringe on their ability to be "free" just as long as it doesn't infringe on my FREEDOM.

[General of Darkness]

I bet they're all blasting this song today.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diYAc7gB-0A

[V10Silver]

Faggots have no place in a healthy society, BUT as a Libertarian I won't infringe on their ability to be "free" just as long as it doesn't infringe on my FREEDOM.



They just did...Plan on paying more

[osoab]

Sounds like a good idea...


Qld boy's horror, raised by global pedophile ring (http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/newshome/17800543/qld-boys-horror-raised-by-global-pedophile-ring/)



HE was a child star but all for the wrong reasons.

He made his debut at just 22-months old - not for a toy store advertisement or even a family friendly PG film. This was for hardcore global pornographic syndication.

He would be filmed being sexually abused by his “adoptive parents” and at least eight other pedophiles in Australia, France, Germany and the United States.

His horrific introduction to the insidious world of pedophilia dated back to 2005 when his Russian mother sold him for $8,000 to a member of Boy Lovers – a sophisticated global network of men whose sexual preference are boys aged between six and eight years old.

The boy was “adopted” by American Mark J Newton who lived in Brisbane and Cairns with his Australian boyfriend, Peter Truong.

Such was the extent of the abuse, the boy, who will be called Adam for legal reasons, grew up believing the abuse and exploitation was a natural part of his daily existence.
Newton even coached Adam on how to deny any inappropriate activity if questioned by investigators.

He was so indoctrinated that when interviewed by a queue of US experts, Adam did not reveal the severe sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of his “parents” and the Boy Lovers network.

Queensland Police Taskforce Argos, which targets pedophiles, also fear the same techniques may have been used on several other children who came into contact with the men.

Newton and Truong’s secret life began to unravel at a New Zealand home in August 2011 when a fan of their work and fellow sex offender was arrested with computer drives containing “happy snaps” of Adam and his parents among images of child exploitation.

To the untrained eye, the pictures depicted a family outing, but to a network of veteran detectives the snaps triggered grave concern.

“On examination of the drives, they located some of the images – whilst they were not of a nature that would constitute a criminal offence, to the trained eye, and there is a network of investigators across the world who do this on a daily basis, the images were not what you would see as a traditional family snap,’’ said Detective Inspector Jon Rouse, head of Queensland police Taskforce Argos which targets pedophilia.

“The pictures were kind of modeling shots, it looked wrong to us,” said Inspector Rouse in an exclusive interview with Seven News.

However a detectives’ hunch was not sufficient for a search warrant but it was enough for both Argos and New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs to launch an investigation.

Argos conducted background checks and used their specialist victim identification staff to identify who the people were in the photos and locate the boy. At the same time New Zealand authorities examined chat logs and information contained on their offender’s hard drives.

“The information and text from those logs was the catalyst to gain grounds for a search warrant. The text clearly indicated communication between the suspects (Truong and Newton) and other child sex offenders where the child had been sexually abused and the material live-streamed in some cases to these other offenders,’’ Insp Rouse said.

Further checks revealed Truong and Newton had travelled extensively, and at that time, had left Queensland for the US.

Argos conducted several raids in Queensland including the men’s Cairns home where they found a sophisticated set-up of surveillance cameras.

Concerned for Adam’s welfare, Queensland police alerted their US counterparts who raided the men’s Los Angeles home and took them into custody and placed Adam into care in October 2011.

“Now the information we provided them at the time was tantamount to what you would call the smoke but not the gun. We had our concerns, the chat logs and material but it was not enough for the US authorities to actually prosecute the two men. It was enough, however, for us to ensure that the young boy was kept in care…’’ he said.

The police raids in north Queensland uncovered a significant volume of material but it was encrypted and Argos investigators did not have the pass phrases to unlock it.

Using the material that was not encrypted, the taskforce victim identification team spent months piecing together a timeline of the men’s life.

“These two individuals were meticulous about cataloging nearly everything they did, all of their travel. The young boy featured very heavily in most of this material. Everything from airports to theme parks….they documented everything which was to their detriment,’’ he said.

The information also helped police identify some of their associates.

“So the backend of all this work being done, we had encrypted material we had a strong suspicion contained child exploitation images. We had a boy in care and the two offenders at large in Los Angeles protesting their innocence and the matter progressing through the (US) Family Law Court,’’ Insp Rouse said.

At the time Newton and Truong claimed authorities were targeting them because of their homosexuality.

Insp Rouse rejected the men’s claims saying Argos targets anyone who harms children.

"If you're harming a child - I don't care what your gender is - we will take action. Our interest is the child, not your sexual preference."

Through their strong ties with their overseas counterparts, Argos learned the US Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) was investigating the Boy Lover network.

USPIS investigator Brian Bone was alerted to the photos of Adam found on the New Zealand offender and recognised he was the same boy who featured pornographic footage and images uncovered in several of their investigations.
Argos sent all of the evidence they had collected to the US along with the technique Newton and Truong, both computer experts, had used to encrypt their hard drives.

The men were arrested in February last year.

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Newton and Truong have previously claimed in media interviews their son was born to a Russian surrogate mother they found on the internet.



Once US authorities confronted Truong with the evidence gathered from parallel investigations, he provided the pass phrases to investigators. Newton refused to co-operate.

When the drives were unlocked, it was “blatantly apparent” to investigators Newton and Truong had bought Adam into their lives for exclusive purpose of sexually exploiting him among the Boy Lovers network.

“The evidence told us effectively that these two men are intrinsically linked with child sex offenders, with a preference for young boys, going back a long way and they have travelled the world and sexually exploited that young boy…”Insp Rouse said.

Earlier today Australian time, a US Judge jailed 42-year-old Newton for 40 years – imposing the maximum sentence for the federal crimes of conspiracy to sexually exploit a minor and conspiracy to possess child pornography.
The District Court in Indianapolis was told Adam was made available for sex for at least eight men when he was between the ages of two and six.

Two other men, American residents John R Powell, 41, a Florida-based lawyer, and Jason Bettuo, a 36-year-old Michigan tennis coach, have also been charged.

US Attorney Joseph H Hogsett said between 2010 and 2011, Newtown and Truong travelled to San Francisco to meet with Powell and Bettuo who filmed themselves having sex with Adam.


Rest at link.

The link for the two pervs are better than one has been taken down.
Two dads are better than one - ABC Far North Qld - Australian ... (http://abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/07/14/2953694.htm)


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the google cache for prosperity.

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http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201007/r595078_3833632.jpg Proud dads Pete (left) and Mark (right), had their son Drake by surrogacy in Russia. (Ginger Gorman - ABC)





Becoming parents was hard work for gay couple, Pete and Mark but they'd do it all over again if they had to.






A shiny child's bike lies on its side on the front lawn of an immaculate garden.
Around the back gay dads Pete and Mark chase their son's pet chickens around, trying to catch them.
Drake, 5, exclaims that the little birds are too fast for him.
It's a happy, relaxed family scene. But it wasn't an easy road to get there. After many hurdles Drake was born by surrogacy in Russia.
"We decided that we would have a child, that it was time for us to have a family. We wanted to experience the joys of fatherhood and we started our surrogacy over in the United States back in 2002," Pete said.
At the time, Pete and Mark were living and working in the US.
"Surrogacy rules and laws are much easier in the United States," Mark said.
While not everybody was comfortable with the idea of surrogacy, Mark said the couple felt their options were limited.
"We knew that there were certainly plenty of women willing to do it so if it OK with them, then I guess it was OK with us," he said.
Mark and Pete used the internet to find prospective mothers for the child they longed to have. Apart from the woman's health, Pete said one of the big concerns was how genuine the candidates were.
"We have heard about a lot of scams and certain people who represent themselves as so-called surrogate mothers who are really out there just to make money," he said.
Pete said the couple also wanted to make sure that any woman they employed as a surrogate fully understood the commitment she was making.
There was also the issue of whether the mother would actually give up her baby, Mark added.
After many failed attempts in the US, the cost was becoming prohibitive. The pair decided to try Russia as cheaper alternative.
That decision presented its own problems. Language was the main one. The couple took on a private Russian tutor and Pete gave up his job in Australia to oversee the process.
"We were very dedicated to making this work....we decided that at some point we didn't have a budget. Our budget was anything that we had earned, anything that we had saved, anything that we could borrow to make this happen," Pete said.
In the end Pete said they found a woman who they 'clicked with personality-wise'.
"She was very quiet. She didn't have a lot of demands or conditions that some of the other woman that we had met had. She seemed like somebody we could work with," he said.
At the first attempt, Drake was conceived via artificial insemination using Mark's sperm.
When asked why it was Mark's sperm and not Pete's, Mark laughed.
"A flip of the coin I think," he said.
During the pregnancy the couple stayed in limited contact with the mother via a translator. Mostly they were in touch just when there were practical things to care of such as visiting a doctor or getting an ultrasound.
"We made it clear to her that we wanted her to take vitamins, that we wanted her to eat well. We provided the money to do that and we just had to hope that she would do it," Mark said.

Neither man was at Drake's birth because they felt it was important to protect the mother's privacy. When their son was five days old, Mark and Pete were handed their child. To their surprise, Drake's mother gave them the baby and walked away.
"I think she had resigned herself to this much earlier on and was trying not to let emotions get in the way," Mark said.
In fact, it wasn't the mother who got in the way of Drake coming back to Australia with his two Dads. What followed was two and a half years of bureaucracy before the child received permanent Australian residency and another year before he got citizenship.
On arrival in Australia customs quizzed Mark and Pete for hours. Police were also sent around to their house on a Sunday morning to investigate.
"When people see two guys together, you know it's like, 'Where's his mother?' We've had a lot of people ask that," Pete said.
"I think that even if one of us was a woman, we wouldn't have had the same suspicions and problems that we went through."
Thinking back to the police visit, Pete said the police seemed to want reassurance that the situation was 'right'.

They checked if the couple had equipment to raise a child like a bed, clothes and bottles.Mark said he's sure that they were under suspicion of paedophilia. But despite the difficulties, he said the couple would do it again with no hesitation.
"We're a family just like any other family," he said with pride.