Jeremy Hooper's Blog, page 172
December 18, 2013
Turns out comparing gays to terrorists, pedophiles, sheep schtuppers not good way to sustain cable TV success
Just in from the A&E network, which did the right thing and acted quickly on today's "Duck" fiasco:
“We are extremely disappointed to have read Phil Robertson’s comments in GQ, which are based on his own personal beliefs and are not reflected in the series ‘Duck Dynasty,’” the company said. “His personal views in no way reflect those of A+E Networks, who have always been strong supporters and champions of the LGBT community. The network has placed Phil under hiatus from filming indefinitely.”
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NOM's latest red herring completely sidesteps most pertinent legal point
Check out this duplicitous framing:
[NOM]
What NOM neglects to tell you is that the reason—the only reason, I might add—that the man does not have to divorce his same-sex spouse before entering into an opposite-sex marriage in North Dakota is because that state does not recognize same-sex marriages as valid. North Dakota does not grant same-sex marriage or same-sex divorce. In terms of North Dakota state law, which is the only area in which the Attorney General was speaking, it's as if the same...
Congrats, A&E—you have one of America's most viciously anti-LGBT voices in Phil Robertson's corner!
Bryan Fischer is schoolgirl-giddy over the Duck Dynasty star's shocking anti-gay comments:
This would be the same Bryan Fischer who has, on multiple occasions, called for gay people to be criminalized, rounded up, and treated like drug addicts (to name just one of his vicious slights). Bryan Fischer supporting an anti-gay reality TV star is like The Peanuts' Pig-Pen cheering on one of the subjects featured on A&E's Hoarders.
I also love how Bryan thinks he has the pulse on America. How'd that w...
Fowl: 'Duck Dynasty' star, bored with simply helping folks kill ducks, goes after gays
Man who became famous for the time he spends with birds thinks being gay is on par with screwing animals:
Not only does "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson fail to understand what it's like to be gay, but he also thinks homosexuality is a sin comparable to bestiality.
'Duck Dynasty' Star Phil Robertson Says Being Gay Is A Sin [Huff Po]
A few things.
1. What is it with birds and homophobia? Chick-fil-A? Duck Dynasty? I'm beginning to get a little scared that Donald might turn on us!
2. If Mr. Robert...
FRC smears Obama administration with outside groups' independent effort
In yesterday's Washington Update, the Family Research Council (in words attributed to prez Tony Perkins) said the following about a new effort to inform the LGBT population about the Affordable Care Act:
It looks like the President really is skirting the issues with ObamaCare. Thanks to a new partnership with a Louisiana drag queen show, the administration thinks it's finally be tapping into a market it needs to boost enrollment numbers. With the help of the Center for American Progress (CAP),...
CA's anti-trans coalition pre-spins its potential loss
With it looking ever likely that the anti-trans movement's attempt to repeal a California law that protects transgender students will ultimately fall short of the percentage of valid petition signatures it needs to move forward with a ballot initiative, this so-called "Privacy For all Students" coalition is laying more groundwork for how it will spin its post-loss messaging. In its latest email blast to supporters, PFAS is once again impugning the process that the state of California uses to...
Mass. GOP activist: Gay Republicans 'more dangerous' than liberal Democrats
MassResistance's Brian Camenker has a really odd plan for moving his party forward:
[Openly gay Republican congressional candidate Richard Tisei] is challenging Democrat incumbent John Tierney, who beat him in 2012. Camenker says it would be better for Tisei to lose to Tierney again. "I've always believed that having a liberal Republican who is intent on changing the party to the left is much more dangerous than a liberal Democrat," the conservative activist states. "I would certainly prefer t...
December 17, 2013
Just in time for Christmas, NOM tells kids of gay parents that they're 'deprived'
GLAAD has a holiday campaign called "Only Wish," which features real families stating why their households deserve full legal recognition. It's sweet, positive, and perfectly in line with the holiday spirit
Only Wish [GLAAD]
So what are the Grinches at the National Organization For Marriage doing? Well, they're of course telling children like the above that they are on the path to a less fulfilled life because their homes feature something other than one man and one woman at the head:
Every chil...
Bryan Fischer's a big fan of The Advocate's person of the year
I can't even disagree with Bryan here. Pope Francis, who both The Advocate and The New Yorker's Richard Socarides chose as an LGBT person of the year (or "hero," as Socarides frames it), has in fact said all of these things:
Call me less provocative if you must, but when a man who has quite literally called for gays to be criminalized, rounded up, and treated like drug addicts applauds a certain person for his or her LGBT rights views, I'm going to think twice before I thr...
Cool examples, Peter Sprigg. Except none of them have anything to do with ENDA
Peter Sprigg, a man who has called for both "exporting" and criminalizing gay people, writing for The Christian Post:
Under ENDA, anyone who expresses the personal moral conviction that homosexual conduct is wrong would be vulnerable (or make their employer vulnerable) to charges of creating a "hostile work environment" for homosexual co-workers. That person would be at risk of being disciplined or even dismissed.
This is no mere hypothetical – there have been numerous examples already. Allstat...
