Jeremy Hooper's Blog, page 15
May 13, 2015
Okay, let's talk about 'silencing'
When I started this week, I didn't know that the topic of supposed "silencing," particularly as it applies to pro-LGBT people who dare to engage in public debate with the other side, would be such a major focus. But after tweeting my frustration with Fox News' resident left-leaner Kirsten Powers and her new book from uber-conservative publisher Regnery, which I believe helps the far-right (and particularly the anti-LGBT far-right) sell an anti-intellectual narrative that it very much wants t...
May 12, 2015
Baronelle Stutzman's misapplication of 'say it with flowers' slogan says so much about her bad case
From its earliest uses through current day, the line "say it with flowers" line has always applied to the person giving the bouquet. The idea is that some sentiments are so beyond words that the only way for you to fully convey your message is to show it through the floral gift.
This is how advertisers have always used it. The conversation and associated sentiment is between the recipient and the gift-giver. It's not about the vendor who provided the flowers. No one who receives a glorious...
And which of your credible candidates support marriage equality *even now*, gay Republicans?
This one comes from gay Republican Richard Grenell, but it's the kind of thing you see from gay conservatives all over Twitter:
General idea: Hillary and POTUS didn't always support marriage equality, so that's funny or something. As if these two Democrats, who always supported strong civil unions and opposed marriage amendments and DOMA and the like, are forever wrong because it took them longer than some of us would've liked to come around to the right and only accepta...
Video: Openly 'Real' ABC sitcom features teen who happens to be gay
This is the project that was initially based on Dan Savage's life, but that is now more its own thing. Looks cute (and Savage still serves as executive producer):
May 8, 2015
The major psychological shift coming to America—and soon!
As those of us who fight for LGBT rights ponder the next phases and stages of this debate, many of my fellows have suggested ideas for what the anti- groups might have cooked up as a next phase in this fight. Some have suggested they'll go harder on the state level with these "religious freedom" bills and assorted whatnots. Others think they'll get even more aggressive and more person in how they attack our families, particularly in terms of adoption and other paths to parenting. Many believ...
May 7, 2015
Video: He who tried (and failed) to bind us to discriminatory past warns of pro-equality future
Dr. James Dobson sure liked it back in those halcyon days of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, when his platform was sizable and his anti-gay rhetoric was (regrettably) mainstream. But now is now—and Dr. Dobson is stinking mad about what's to come:
Honestly, if your understanding of religious freedom is flawed and fragile enough to crumble under the weight of same-sex couples' marriages, you're just doing it wrong. Time to re-examine. Maybe pray about it.
Oregon set to become fourth jurisdiction to stop turning gay kids into guinea pigs for dangerous junk science
The Oregon legislature has passed a bill banning the misguided and discredited snake oil we colloquially call "reparative therapy":
Salem, Oregon, May 7, 2015)—Today, the Oregon State Senate passed HB 2307, a bill that will protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth from the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy. The bill was overwhelmingly approved by the State House on March 17 and is now heading to the desk of Governor Kate Brown who is expected to...
May 6, 2015
The empty threats phase of the fight
GOP White House hopeful Ben Carson says the president can just ignore a Supreme Court ruling. Two other 2016 candidates, Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee, have joined a truly extreme band of anti-LGBT activists on a pledge that vows to defy marriage equality.
Every day, another conservative comes out with some variation on the suggestion that fifty-state marriage equality will destroy the nation. Others insist a great civil war will come before that destruction. The general consensus on the...
May 5, 2015
Omaha, NE, resident helps show America what unchecked homo-hostility looks like
66-year-old Omaha, Nebraska, resident Sylvia Driskell has filed a lawsuit against gay people. All of us:
NEBRASKA: Sane Woman Files Federal Lawsuit Against All Homosexuals [J.M.G.]
Ms. Driskell is asking a federal court to determine once and for all if homosexuality is a sin, an abomination, or a pancake topping. Or at least two of those.
No word on what Ms. Driskell hopes to accomplish through her lawsuit. But if making the anti-gay movement look even more ridiculous, she has succeeded....
Christian developer creates 'Kill The F*ggots' game; parents proven right about video games potentially rotting brains
A Christian activist named Randall Hermann created a game called "Kill The F*ggots." Yes, it's exactly what you think it is.
A Youtuber caught a clip before the game was ultimately pulled:
Oh, so it's kind of like PacMan. Except with murder. Of a minority population. For fun. In the name of Jesus.
JESUS!
