Shreveport transgender woman dares religious zealot councilman Ron Webb to stone her

The defining moment for transgender rights in Shreveport Louisiana came as Pamela Raintree audaciously challenged Councilman Web to stand up and throw the stone she offered.

On December 10, 2013, the Shreveport city council passed the non-discrimination ordinance by a 6-to-1 vote. The lone dissenting vote came from right-wing councilman Ron Webb, who said that he opposes the non-discrimination law because "The Bible tells you homosexuals are an abomination."

Less than two weeks after the fairness ordinance passed, Webb drafted a resolution to repeal it. This week, dozens of people signed up to make public comment at the city council's meeting to discuss the repeal measure.

One of them was Pamela Raintree, a transgender woman who quoted the Bible to Webb, saying, "Leviticus 20:13 states, 'If a man also lie with mankind as he lieth with a woman, they shall surely put him to death,'" she said. "I brought the first stone, Mr. Webb, in case that your Bible talk isn't just a smoke screen for personal prejudices."

Minutes later, Webb withdrew his resolution without calling for a vote.



This morning after tweeting the Advocate's article I was mentioned in a  tweet by who else but. Peter LaBarbera who for a lack of anything else to do also followed me. LaBarbera is the leader of the "Americans for Truth About Homosexuality" which the Southern Poverty Law Center deemed a hate group

@kellibusey Honestly, the drama. Muslim radicals stone people, not #Christians. #trans #tcot
— Peter LaBarbera (@PeterLaBarbera) January 18, 2014

"@PeterLaBarbera: @kellibusey Honestly, the drama. Muslim radicals stone people, not #Christians #tcot" That's right Christians use drones.
— Bread Zeppellin (@breadzeppellin) January 18, 2014

For the record the bible does condone stoning.

Leviticus 24:16

King James Version (KJV)

16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.

Federal Appeals Court rules transgender murderer will have publicly funded sexual reassignment surgery

BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a judge’s ruling granting a taxpayer-funded sex change operation for a Massachusetts transgender inmate serving a life sentence for murder.

Michelle Kosilek was born male but has received hormone treatments and lives as a woman in an all-male prison. Kosilek was named Robert when convicted of killing his wife in 1990.

Kosilek sued the state Department of Correction after prison officials refused to grant her request for sex reassignment surgery. A federal judge ruled in 2012 the surgery is the “only adequate treatment” for Kosilek’s gender identity disorder.

Prison officials appealed the ruling to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The court ruled Friday the 64-year-old Kosilek is entitled to the surgery.
Prison officials argued there are legitimate safety concerns over protecting her in prison if she has the surgery.

@kellibusey Boo that dude killed his own wife sentenced jailed raped then suddenly he states he's a girl. ...bullshit!
— Shelley Jo V Shuford (@sj_shuford) May 2, 2014

@kellibusey If put to a vote by the people this dude would remain with his pecker he killed his wife and should be sold off raped and more!

— Shelley Jo V Shuford (@sj_shuford) May 3, 2014

I know some will disagree with me but if that were you in prison how would you feel if you were denied medical care simply because someone felt you weren't entitled to it?