Jeremy Hooper's Blog, page 158
February 5, 2014
Video: In hysterical horror film, Concerned Women For America casts VA AG as villain, discrimination as hero
Virginia's Attorney General is not defending the state's marriage ban because he believes, rightly so, that it is flagrantly unconstitutional. When someone who knows a thing or two about the law makes this choice, he or she is, in fact, defending the constitution from unreasonable attempts to muck it up.
But leave it to the proudly discriminatory Concerned Women For America to frame the AG in a reductive way that makes him seem scary and lawless:
No, CWA—you just don't like that U.S. Constituti...
February 4, 2014
E.W. 'there's direct connection btw homosexuality & pedophilia' Jackson rallies against marriage equality in Virginia
Pictured: Victoria Cobb from the Family Foundation of Virginia; Alison Howard from Concern Women For America; Josh Duggar from Family Research Council Action and 19 Kids and Counting; and E.W. Jackson...
[TFFVA]
...from comments like these:
*Source: Faith 2 Action 4/6/10
[FULL: AFTAH]
This foursome was gathered in Norfolk, VA, supposedly to "protect marriage." But let's be adults here: their cause, as evidenced by its inclusion of Jackson, wants to go well beyond our ring fingers.
*A sign from this...
Yes, government can and should recall tainted snake oil
Brad Dacus, a longtime anti-equality activist who fights anything resembling LGBT progress that comes to California, has this to say about so-called "conversion therapy" and its in-state banning:
"The government has no business invading the personal counseling rooms of American in order silence counselors from doing what they feel is their professional duty as proper and best for their patients," says Brad Dacus, president of the Pacific Justice Institute. [ONN]
An absurd thing to say. Yes, if...
Today: Reality TV star Josh Duggar joins NOM at Virginia anti-equality rally
19 Kids and Counting star Josh Duggar is continuing his pro-discrimination tour this AM, joining the National Organization For Marriage and the Family Foundation of Virginia at a morning "stand for marriage" rally in Norfolk:
No word on where Josh's fellow TLC star, Honey Boo Boo, will be appearing this morning. But her message sure is the preferable one:
**UPDATE:
February 3, 2014
Erik Rush responds to my GLAAD column by equating homosexuality with rape, murder
Conservative activist Erik Rush is none too happy with me for responding to his prediction that activists like CNN's Sally Kohn are going to cause violent uprisings against gay people. So he replied in a typical way: by comparing homosexuality and its tolerant teaching to that which might apply to rape or murder.
Oh, and somehow I misquoted him and doctored his words, even though I posted the audio clip.
Clip is cued to the beginning of Rush's schpiel; the rape/murder part begins at 7:35 and th...
As Olympics gear up, Russian media eagerly reminds world of rabid anti-gayness
This interview, between Pravda.ru editor-in-chief Inna Novikova and fear-stoking Finnish journalist Johan Backman, is simply unbelievable. You can pretty much get the gist from the headline and this one snip, but feel free to read the full thing, if you need just a little more nastiness:
"What is happening now is nothing but terrorism against normal people. Those propagandizing homosexuality organized a system of political terror against normal people. They lobby for their interests, new laws,...
Focus on the Family's resident 'ex-gay' equates marriage inequality with eliminating slavery
NOM president Brian Brown did it at last week's pro-discrimination rally in Utah. Now watch on as the "ex-gay"-identified Jeff Johnston, Focus on the Family's marriage analyst, also compares his modern fight against marriage equality to the past fight against owning other human beings for the purposes of forced labor:
You can’t assume any more that your kids will grow up understanding what marriage is — the union of a man and a woman. And you can’t assume they’ll know why marriage matters: It’...
Mormon writer 'felt so sorry' for the taxpayers he deems undeserving of basic civil rights
The condescension of LGBT rights opponents' truly knows no bounds. Check out what this guy, who attended Utah's recent anti-equality rally concurrent with the birth of his grandchild, had to say about those who gathered to stand for civil fairness rather than discrimination:
"I arrived [to the state capitol] at 4:58 pm knowing that the opposition was to gather on the south steps to say what they had to say against traditional marriage. My heart was so tender. I guess it’s because our little on...
January 31, 2014
Video: AFA president can spot gay men because they 'walk like a girl, a lot of 'em'
Listening to this, my mind can all too easily picture Tim Wildmon standing outside The Red Lobster, arms crossed and lips pursed in a "tsk," mumbling his dismay whenever a local male's walk is too effervescent for his liking:
And as for Linda Harvey: A lot of straight women I know are thrilled when their husbands discover the joys of eyebrow and cuticle maintenance. If there are any areas where we could find some common ground, one would hope good grooming could be one of them.
