‘Iowans Helping Iowans’ to benefit flood victims

Written by Matt McCoy | 03 September 2010

A new “Iowans Helping Iowans” flood assistance program will help families and businesses get back on their feet. Up to $7.5 million will be provided for homeowner assistance, up to $7.5 million for business assistance, and up to $5 million for unmet needs totaling up to $20 million.

Anyone affected by the recent natural disasters in a county that has been presidentially declared for Individual Assistance is eligible for the Iowans Helping Iowans program.

Homeowners must first register with FEMA and be awarded some form of FEMA housing assistance in order to apply for Iowans Helping Iowans. Businesses must first be approved for a disaster-related loan to be eligible for Iowans Helping Iowans.

To learn more, go to www.iowanshelpingiowans.com. Questions? E-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 1-800-245-IOWA.

Pol. Goes After Antigay Host, Sponsors

Written by Michelle Garcia - The Advocate | 02 September 2010

Iowa state Sen. Matt McCoy is heading up a boycott of local businesses that sponsor a radio show after the host made homophobic statements last month.

Jan Mickelson of WHO-AM said AIDS education destigmatizes the "stupid behavior" of homosexuality, likening AIDS to lung disease, cirrhosis, or heart disease, according to the Des Moines Register. The station quickly distanced itself from Mickelson's statements, and ran a clarification stating that his assertions were factually incorrect.

McCoy, who is openly gay, said he will first go after Toyota of Des Moines, despite his purchasing his car from that dealership.

"It's the last one I'm ever going to own, that's for sure," he said in the article. McCoy added that he plans to launch a website to coordinate boycott efforts, and to encourage boycotts of other businesses that sponsor Mickelson or other programs that spout homophobic language.

WHO vice president Joel McCrea said he was not aware of the boycott, and that none of their advertisers have requested to have their spots pulled.

Iowa Senate Hopeful calls Sen. Matt McCoy State's "Chief Sodomite"

Written by Jonathan Higbee - Instinct Magazine | 01 September 2010

Listen up, Iowan Instincters! This is what your courageous and ground-breaking openly gay State Senator Matt McCoy (one of Instinct’s 2009 Leading Men) is facing in the upcoming elections: a horrendously bigoted beyond religious right fellow by the name of David Leach (an anti-abortionist connected to the recent assasination of Dr. George Tiller).

In a recent email exchange, Leach basically said that AIDS is God’s punishment for homosezzuals.

Here’s the vile transcript:

"Everyone knows sodomites suffer [HIV/AIDS] far more than the rest of the population, and that sodomy's practices, which are so embarrassingly unsanitary that you dare not detail them in one of your articles, would inevitably create such a disease if it did not already exist. It seems "inappropriate," to use Strawn's word, to apologize for saying what the Bible says, with which everyone agrees.”

Earlier in his vitriolic campaign, Leach went as far as referring to Sen. McCoy as “Iowa’s chief sodomite.”

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