Jeremy Hooper's Blog, page 143
March 17, 2014
Today in misguided nostalgia: WY legislator stands by 30-yr-old, rabidly anti-gay book
Meanwhile, in Wyoming, a state lawmaker is proudly embracing the three-decades-old book in which he used the thoroughly discredited work of rabidly anti-gay "researcher" Paul Cameron to suggest that gay people are essentially marked for death:
CASPER, Wyo. — Wyoming’s newest legislator stands by a book he wrote nearly 30 years ago that claims many gay people demand the right to have sex with children and people with AIDS should be quarantined if they continue having sex.
The book is called “The...
Focus on the Family calls marriage equality 'nonsensical,' 'destructive forcing of a new definition'
Focus on the Family and its action arm (called CitizenLink) are the real victims of discrimination in our nation's marriage debate. Here, let Stuart Shepard explain that one to you:
SOURCE: FOTF Citizenlink
I would have absolutely no problem with any one of Mr. Shepard's statements here, if only he'd begin each one with "In my opinion..." Because that's all this is: his faith-driven opinion about how our civil laws should treat people who are L, G, B, and T (*to be clear, Mr. Shepard supports s...
March 16, 2014
March 14, 2014
Photo: NYC church says to 'stone homos'
And now a friendly reminder that extreme incitement toward violence still happens, even in the borough of Manhattan:
Pastor James Manning Strikes Again: "Jesus Would Stone Homos" Billboard Appears In Harlem [J.M.G.]
Is MassResistance seriously using the Kennedys (including Teddy?!) to support their discrimination?
At the end of its diatribe against politicians who refuse to march in Boston's LGBT-exclusionary St. Patrick's Day Parade and support for the discrimination onto which this parade continues to glom, Bay State anti-LGBT group MassResistance closes with this photo and caption:
Might I remind you that the late Ted Kennedy was one of the biggest LGBT rights champions the U.S. Senate has ever known—and he got there early. Bobby was of course assassinate long before LGBT rights made...
First step in ending Volunteer State's voluntary discrimination?
HUGE news from my state of birth:
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Tennessee Friday ordered state officials to recognize the marriages of three same-sex couples during the consideration of their lawsuit challenging the validity of the state’s ban on recognizing such marriages.
FULL REPORT AND RULING: Federal Judge Issues Temporary Order That Tennessee Recognize Several Same-Sex Couples’ Marriages [Buzzfeed]
As big a fan as I am of biscuits, Dollywood, and Connie Britton, I don't ever plan on livi...
Does this mean we get free, unfettered access to Disneyland? Cool.
Infamous anti-LGBT activist Scott Lively tells the American Family Association's "news" outlet:
[ONN]
It was tough for us to scrape up the down payment. The monthly maintenance costs, however, are surprisingly reasonable. Much smarter investment in the long run to buy than it is to rent (which we're currently doing with Virginia and Iowa).
Although I don't blame Mr. Lively for feeling threatened. If the anti-LGBT movement were a Monopoly board and his rhetoric was currency, his years of improper...
And another one: Indianapolis' 111 Cakery denies gay man
They won't do cakes about explicit alcohol consumption. Oh, or about a gay person's celebration of finding love:
[111 Cakery]
(h/t Ben May)
We wish them the best—we just think they are against the bible and therefore less entitled to a cake than a heterosexual couple who comes in and makes their request free from "moral" litmus tests. Is what they mean.
Iowa's most anti-LGBT group hoping to elect like-minded US Senator
Iowa's exceedingly anti-LGBT group, The Family Leader, is teaming up with exceedingly anti-LGBT commentator Erick Erickson for a forum in which they will grill the GOP hopefuls who are vying for the U.S. Senate seat that five term Democrat Tom Harkin is vacating:
As of now, proudly pro-LGBT Democrat Bruce Braley (a current congressman and member of the LGBT Equality Caucus) has a sizable lead over any of these four potential candidates. It is simply ludicrous for these Republican hopefuls to r...
March 13, 2014
NOM: Gays are ripping apart straight people's families!
It's almost funny at this point:
Oh please, NOM. Everyone knows we insist on a horizontal rip. Vertical is so heteronormative.
And really, who can blame us for ripping this family apart? I mean, she's wearing white well before memorial day and he's sporting dated cargo shorts. We were doing them a favor, really.
