Jeremy Hooper's Blog, page 168

Explosive Chris Kluwe claims: Minnesota Vikings fired him because of pro-gay advocacy; special teams coach said to 'nuke' gays

Just go read:

Hello. My name is Chris Kluwe, and for eight years I was the punter for the Minnesota Vikings. In May 2013, the Vikings released me from the team. At the time, quite a few people asked me if I thought it was because of my recent activism for same-sex marriage rights, and I was very careful in how I answered the question. My answer, verbatim, was always, "I honestly don't know, because I'm not in those meetings with the coaches and administrative people."



This is a true answer. I h...

The conversation we're having versus the forced monologue they want us to dignify

An example of the conversation we're having versus the forced monologue they want us to dignify:

Activist who supports equality for LGBT people: "Hey, you said these really unfortunate things about LGBT people. I have links to all of them so that you can verify that you did, in fact, say them. Can you have a look and tell me whether or not you stand by them?"



Activist who opposes equality (or even peace of mind) for LGBT people: "Look, when you are in a fight, what you do? You go after the bigg...

Deceptively named 'Privacy for All Students' continues hobby of deceptive naming

With it looking increasingly likely that the new law designed to safeguard the transgender public school student's day-to-day education will go in effect despite their attempts to derail, California's anti-trans coalition is working overtime to misrepresent the new measure and its intent. Check out the part I put in bold:

Co-ed Bathroom Bill Update: Legislature Still Has To Hold It

12/30/2013



Sacramento, CA--A referendum has put on hold a 37 word bill which would have opened up restrooms, locke...

Brian Brown: Why can't those 'perverse' gays stick to designing Rose Parade floats?

He's had an awful year. Like truly terrible. I, possessor of both an active imagination and NOM-initiated gag reflex, could not have scripted a worse year for his org.

To make things a little sweeter for Brian, we tried to offer him some lovely flowers. He's choosing to crap on those too:

“Former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsome [sic] once famously said of gay ‘marriage,’ ‘This door’s wide open now; it’s going to happen whether you like it or not.’




“Unfortunately, his words have proven to be al...

Video: Straight, Mormon, Utah resident supports the freedom to marry (*and knocks down common canards)

In this very effective video, a practicing Mormon from Utah not only comes out in support of the marriage equality that is now a reality in his state, but he actually cites the common untruths that groups (like his church) continue to push as helping solidify his stance. Powerful:

Fox News' resident anti-LGBT crap-stirrer demonstrates far-right's blatant hypocrisy

When citizens and a cable network react to a public person's vicious comments, Todd Starnes, FOX News' in-house middleman between ant-LGBT groups and the mainstream media, claims they are are "anti-Christian brownshirts":

But when anti-gay people react to a certain public display and press the event to change their plans, they are simply being "family-friendly":

Forget the whole "two Americas" thing. It's blatantly obvious that these anti-LGBT activists—and let's be 100% clear:an anti-LGBT acti...

Same folks who blasted A&E for taking action against Phil Robertson pushing Rose Parade to stop same-sex marriage

I seriously wonder if any of the anti-gay social conservatives have stopped for even a second to consider their hypocrisy. Coming right on the heels of the whole thing with the Duck Dynasty guy, the very same anti-LGBT activists who defended Mr. Robertson's expression and condemned the A&E network for making a certain business decision are now speaking out, loudly and forcibly, demanding the the folks who run the Rose Parade stop a planned same-sex wedding:

Rather than risk exposing your child...

Group that lost IL marriage fight sticks to same extreme rhetoric that led them to lose

Gay people are living just so that we can ruin Laurie Higgins' TV viewing appearances, leading the IFI researcher to believe Christians should oppose our public acceptance the way they might oppose incest or slavery.

It's just another day at IFI, Illinois' local version of a national political movement that went completely off the rails in 2013:

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First off all, we are talking about parade of over the top floats made out of flowers. Not to be stereotypical, but floral arrangements and gay m...

'Duck Dynasty' takeaway: Stop letting anti-gay far-right set up false stakes, fake 'victims'

I keep hearing people talk about who "won" or "lost" the whole Duck Dynasty fiasco. This is truly bizarre to me. I do not and never did see this as a game to "win" or "lose."

A man came out and said things that offended many, then people responded to those comments. In a perfect world, the subsequent discussion would've been all about the words and the merit (or lack thereof) attached to them. Some would take issue with Phil Robertson's views about gays and African-Americans of the Jim Crow er...

Video: Just listen to Brian Brown's tone of voice. Ugh.

When watching this clip, don't even focus so much on Brian Brown's reliably skewed rhetoric. Instead, I want you to focus on the clear difference between the way the National Organization For Marriage president speaks and the way the rest of the panelists (Steve Kornacki, Josh Barro, Aisha Moodie-Mills, Rachael Bade) talk. Every word that comes out of Brian's mouth is dripping in condescension and outright derision, shifting the conversation from a discussion to a fake "victim's" mean spirite...