Jeremy Hooper's Blog, page 13
May 27, 2015
This is such a corrosive idea to put out into the world
I married quite young, have been with the same one man for twelve years, and feel that my marriage grows stronger every day. I'm quite the fan of the concept, and I would encourage anyone to give the notion of lifelong marital love and family a fighting chance.
But to Ryan Anderson, Heritage Foundation staffer and suddenly omnipresent "young person who opposes marriage equality," my marriage is only possible because of a previously weakened marriage culture (presumably due to things like no...
May 26, 2015
Audio: Will you please stop 'attacking' NOM president for saying your sexual orientation, family are 'disordered'?
Brian Brown's mask is slipping, and the National Organization For Marriage president is now admitting that he just believes we are "disordered" beings who are not living our best:
[Relevant Radio]
Don't worry, Brian—your days of being "attacked" (by which you mean countered) are coming to a close. Political irrelevancy should be a nice respite.
May 25, 2015
Video: Mike Huckabee, Republican candidate for increased book sells, vows to defy pro-equality SCOTUS ruling
Mike Huckabee, a candidate who only knows how to traffic in the language of a "supreme being" even though he is running for president (yeah right) of a nation that is not a theocracy, insists that he will disobey the US Supreme Court, if (/when) it issues a fifty-state marriage equality decision:
Good for those conservatives who are willing to highlight this joke of Huckabee's own making.
Reliably tacky NOM turns Memorial Day into day of anti-gay politicking
National Organization For Marriage president Brian Brown posted a Memorial Day message, complete with pictures of fallen soldiers' tombstones. Too bad it's all about defeating marriage equality, nondiscrimination protections for LGBT people, and Hillary Clinton:
We live in a challenging time, one where our national leaders increasingly seem to deny the importance of some of our founding national principles, not the least of which is religious liberty. Indeed far from being willing to fight...
May 23, 2015
Ireland: Not only a practical win, but also another tremendous psychological shift
I am overjoyed by the resounding vote for marriage equality in Ireland. As a longtime activist who wants marriage equality across the globe. As someone with Irish ancestry. As a history buff who feels privileged to live in such a monumental time. As a former gay kid who knows what marriage equality would've meant for my wellbeing. As a gay adult who is lucky enough to have found and committed to my own marital love at a young age, and who is honored to be among the first humans to raise a ki...
May 22, 2015
You don't have to pounce on every less-than-pro-gay retailer, anti-gay conservatives!
A lesbian couple in Canada went to a jeweler to purchase a pair of wedding rings. After a pleasant transaction, the couple put down a deposit and the jeweler began work on the rings. A short time later, a friend went to the same jeweler and discovered a posted sign that read, "The sanctity of marriage is under attack. Let's keep marriage between a man and a woman."
Both the couple and the retailer agree that both parties were polite throughout their dealings:
The lesbian couple say: "They...
Video: Tony Perkins tells pastors they 'may have five years' before being 'dragged kicking and screaming from your church'
Tony Perkins gets paid, and handily, to scare people into believing that LGBT people are terrible and that our rights are some sort of homegrown nuclear bomb. He drums up fear and people give FRC money. Fiscal goals are met, and Tony gets raises.
With so many losses on his watch, Tony is ramping it all up. Because he "loves people," y'all:
[RWW]
Tepid applause. Maybe the tide is changing even within that very room? I mean, surely some of them have to be realizing, after all of these ye...
May 21, 2015
What to even say about Josh Duggar?
As someone who has written about Family Research Council Action Executive Director Josh Duggar and the way he has used his TV fame to subjugate the rights of LGBT people (among others), I feel like I have to say something about this sad and disturbing news:
Josh Duggar Admits Molestation; Resigns from Family Research Council [TMZ]
But what to say, really?
I could focus on the jaw-dropping fact that someone who has these skeletons in his closet would take a job where he puts himself in a p...
GOP prez candidates lining up for NOM-sponsored event in Iowa
At this point, the so-called Family Leadership Summit has one national sponsor: the National Organization For Marriage. And of course since the Gran Old Party can't break its (self-defeating) obsession with stopping gay people from getting married, no fewer than five of the party's announced and presumptive primary candidates have already signed up for the July 18 event, with more sure to come:
[Interestingly, this will happen after the Supreme Court's decision, which i...
