Jeremy Hooper's Blog, page 198
October 7, 2013
NOM brags about elections they wholly lost, polls they wholly concocted
The National Organization For Marriage is truly off the rails of reality. In a post titled "Gay Marriage is a Vote Loser," an anonymous NOM staffer writes:
Despite the droning drumbeat of the mainstream media, nearly two-thirds – 65 percent – of Americans disapprove of redefining marriage.
During the November 2012 elections, true marriage out-polled the Romney campaign in all four states marriage was on the ballot – by double digit margins!
Gay Marriage is a Vote Loser [NOM]
The truth is that all...
Ben Carson: Marriage equality advocates are 'directly attacking the relationship between God and his people'
Speaking at the annual banquet of the truly extreme Illinois Family Institute, retired neurosurgeon and current anti-LGBT activist Ben Carson claimed that those of us who are seeking civil marriage equality are attacking people of faith and trying "to get rid of" everything in the Bible. Then, as practitioners of discriminatory artforms so often do, Carson claimed that it's those of us who push back against his attacks on our families and rights who are the real "haters," suggesting that our...
October 6, 2013
The 'right' to not use the right terms (*as determined by the far-right)
Laurie Higgins will call you whatever she damn well pleases, thank you very much:
"But the law is not the ultimate arbiter of truth and reality. Compelling [anti-gay activist Peter Breen] to use the term “wife” would rob him of the right to use the term he wanted to use and believes reflects truth and reality. Conservatives have the ethical right and obligation to use the language they believe reflects truth and reality. Conceding terminology to the Left, as conservatives too often do, is not...
Anti-gay voices failing, NOM now promoting marriage equality advocate
NOM apparently thinks this speaks to its anti-equality cause:
Thing is? Ms. Ooms is actually a supporter of same-sex marriage. In his 2010 book, The Future of Marriage, David Blankenhorn specifically noted that Ms. Ooms is one pro-marriage voice who is very much in support of marriage equality.
But more than just being supportive, Ms. Ooms is also a critic of the divisive NOM agenda. As early as 2004, Ms. Ooms was speaking to the press about the "protect marriage" movement's divisive agenda. At...
October 4, 2013
FRC prays against workplace protections for 'abominations'
From the Family Research Council's latest round of "prayer targets":
Prayer Targets [FRC]
"Well Nicole, you are bright, personable, overqualified for this job, and any company would be lucky to have you. But unfortunately I'm on a holy mission to 'restrain' and 'excise the root' of your life, family, and basic protections thereof. So sorry about that. Sarah will see you out."
Yet we have the extreme agenda? Riiiiight, FRC.
October 2, 2013
Video: Turns out you can put scientifically-discredited propaganda to music
The "ex-gay" advocacy group Voice of the Voiceless has selected its movement's new theme song. Here is the winning tune, called "Rise Up," as crooned by longtime "homo-B-gone" activist Dennis Jernigan:
Rise up all you want, "ex-gay" movement. On a personal level, you are free to rise, fall, or plateau in any way that meshes with your life. The choice is yours.
Just don't think, expect, or (especially) demand that we* all accept your "rise" as something other than a ruse.
**And by we, I don't ju...
Baton Rouge paper helps show Tony Perkins' true colors
Kudos to The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for running a fair and insightful report on local boy Tony Perkins:
“Tony Perkins and his group go about lying about gays and lesbians. Basically, and I’m not even exaggerating, (they’re) telling people that gays are pedophiles and predators,” [Southern Poverty Law Center's Josh Glasstetter] said.
Bruce Parker, coalition manager for Equality Louisiana, said he does not understand why the governor appointed Perkins. Equality Louisiana is a statewi...
Linda Harvey: Gay parenting is akin to child abuse
In a column where she also accuses same-sex couples of using our children as "props to be trotted out, sadly, at events like 'pride' parades," anti-LGBT activist Linda Harvey claims loving gay parents are being cruel to their children, and lesbian parents, in particular, are rearing their children in a way that is "close to child abuse":
"Dadlessness is a significant deficit in a child's life, but to do it deliberately, cavalierly, is close to child abuse. Every child deserves to know mom and...
Video: AFA puts nice sheen on its exceedingly hostile agenda
One of America's most vehemently anti-LGBT organizations (to wit: Bryan Fischer is a senior voice) is really just trying to create a charming American story that would've soothed even the most restless little Pilgrim. So suggests this new propaganda spot, which equates things like marriage equality with true societal hardships:
AFA Restoring America from American Family Studios on Vimeo.
They must've edited out the part where the little girl asks, "But mom, I thought we were heading to the ne...
