Jeremy Hooper's Blog, page 181
November 18, 2013
Elections weren't only thing NOM lost in 2012; money—I mean they also lost money
The big headline: The National Organization For Marriage closed out 2012 in the red, with NOM's c4 arm (that's the big boy NOM) losing close to three million dollars in a year when it also lost a crap ton of races. Check out the rest of the filings to see if anything jumps out:
Bryan Fischer's fill-in host: 'Next they're going to say...what about if I like my dog? What about if I like children?'
When one fills in for Bryan Fischer, one of the single most anti-LGBT commentators with an actual platform, one must retain that certain je ne sais quoi that makes Mr. Fischer such a special snowflake. Gina Loudon proved herself up to the challenge when she linked marriage equality for same-sex couples with both man-on-dog and woman-on-minor unions. Clip is cued:
I wish they'd at least mix up their animals. Some people are cat people.
CA's anti-trans coalition brags about (tax-exempt) megachurch's ability to shape public policy
This from the latest e-blast of Privacy for All Students, the anti-LGBT coalition that's trying to repeal a law protecting transgender students:
We are still amazed that one church alone, Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, spread out so far that they were ultimately responsible for collecting 46,000 signatures. The pastor and his wife walked their neighborhood and collected signatures at Target.
Referendum Recap [PFAS]
Yup, I find that astounding as well. Though probably for different reasons.
No word o...
Org. that's been complaining about IRS for past 1.5 years blatantly flouts IRS rules
From the Human Rights Campaign:
Washington – The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) has repeatedly refused to make its 2012 990s publicly available following their November 15 deadline – a direct violation of federal law. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) first made an in-person request for the public financial documents last Friday morning and again today – both times, NOM was unable to produce the documents. Federal law requires organizations to publicly release their 990s the same day a...
Supporter of discriminatory shutterbug buys Elane Photography url, fills it with nastiest hate speech imaginable
Elane Photography is that New Mexico small business that's trying to "prove" it has a "right" to flout state nondiscrimination policy and discriminate against potential clients on the basis of sexual orientation. And while that case itself is sort of high profile (especially since the New Mexico Supreme Court dealt a striking blow to their false "victim" narrative), it's been really hard to find any web presence for that company in the years since the martyr machine on the far-right lifted th...
Attendee at Peter LaBarbera's fundraiser: 'I'm a very proud bigot and I'm here!'
The Windy City Times brings this piece of color from outside Peter LaBarbera's weekend banquet:
In one heated moment, a man walking into the building approached the [pro-LGBT demonstrators].
"Bigots go home!" the crowd yelled.
"I'm a very proud bigot and I'm here!" yelled back the man, who identified himself to Windy City Times as Jim Finnegan from Barrington, Ill.
FULL REPORT: Demonstrators protest anti-gay fall banquet [Windy City Times]
One must have goals.
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*A pic from the small gathering:
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'Courage' means telling your niece, nephew that their parents are less than equal?
Sandy Rios, professional purveyor of anti-LGBT myths and discrimination, is thrilled with Liz Cheney for telling her sister that her family is not as worthy as others. Liz is a real profile in courage, claims Rios:
Be sure to keep following Ms. Rios on Twitter so you can stay updated on the "admirable" lunch room bully who opposed the smaller kid's digestive system, the "brave" gossipy teen who divides her family with innuendo about their individual lifestyles, and the "courageous"...
Video: Sen. Rubio keynotes for rabidly anti-LGBT org; org. advocates 'leaving the gay lifestyle'
The Florida Family Policy Council, headed up by the aggressively anti-LGBT John Stemberger (the man who fought inclusive Boy Scouts on the national level and launched the new discriminatory Boy Scouts alternative), is the group behind every last anti-LGBT policy push to come to the Sunshine State in the past many years. FFPC is the org. that led the charge to ban marriage equality back in 2008, as well as the org. that led high profile fights to preserve Florida's ban on gay adoption. In shor...
November 15, 2013
Why is CA's anti-trans coalition so afraid of conversation?
For whatever reason, I was let back into the Facebook page of the so-called Privacy For All Students coalition, one day after being deleted-and-banned for challenging their views against transgender student protections (and getting them to reveal what their campaign is really all about). So when I was let back in, I left a simple message pointing out how unfortunate it was that they chose to delete my comments, since it (a) is an unfair limitation of speech; and (b) made the thread very confu...
NOM's most condescending post ever?
People like me, who are married to someone of the same gender and raising (awesome, loved, cared-for-in-every-way) kids are lacking "common sense." That is the thesis of the National Organization For Marriage's latest. A snip:
(*words attributed to president Brian Brown)
Many people in our culture have failed to understand marriage in the first place, and are dangerously attempting to destroy it based on their lack of understanding. They're crashing a gate, as it were, without ever having under...
