Jeremy Hooper's Blog, page 240
June 26, 2013
NOM says today is 'stench' that 'stained the Supreme Court'
Smells sweet to me. A group that just suffered its most crushing repudiation yet has another opinion:
NOM Sharply Condemns US Supreme Court Over Illegitimate Ruling Legislating From The Bench on Marriage and Rewarding Corrupt Politicians and Federal Judges on Prop 8 and DOMA
Published: Today, 3:30 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 26, 2013
Contact: Elizabeth Ray or Jen Campbell (703-683-5004)
"There's a stench coming from this case that has now stained the Supreme Court. It's imperative that Congress...
FRC writes a funny: 'Time is not on the side of those seeking to create same-sex marriage.'
For a group as openly hostile as the Family Research Council, the full statement is actually kind of mild. But the idea that this is not a sign of momentum for our side is (whole)milk-out-of-nose laughable:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 26, 2013
CONTACT: J.P. Duffy or Darin Miller, (866) FRC-NEWS or (866) 372-6397
Supreme Court's Refusal to Redefine Marriage Nationwide Allows American People to Consider Consequences of Redefinition
June 26, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Family Research Council President T...
Video: AFA says we are now under God's judgement
Via RightWingWatch:
Well, the judgement of mortals didn't work out so well for them. Not a surprise they'd turn to other arbiters.
June 24, 2013
Anti-gay figure repeats chilling, un-American call to defy pro-equality SCOTUS decisions
The anti-gay crowd continues to misunderstand what the courts mean when they use the word "opinion":
"We say unequivocally that if the Supreme Court were to issue a decision that redefined marriage or set the foundation to redefine marriage, that decision would be an illegitimate decision"
—Liberty Counsel's Mat Staver (one of the writers of that new marriage statement in which a whole assortment of "pro-family" types pledge open defiance)
Shots of loving same-sex couples celebrating their peace...
Hit a sexual dry spell? Congrats—you're an 'ex-gay' who deserves federal classification!
The scientifically-shunned idea that gays can and should "change" is of course negligent enough. However, there is one "ex-gay" claim that is almost more ridiculous than even that movement's stated cause.
I'm speaking of the attempt to position "ex-gay" as its own independent sexual orientation. Regina Griggs of the fringe PFOX (Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays) organization is one of the chief offenders; here's her latest attempt:
"When we want to speak or we want to be somewhere, we are not dis...
Audio: NOM's chair wants public schools to stop teaching 'untoward conduct'; says it's why young people support equality
Add National Organization For Marriage Chairman John Eastman to the list of NOM staffers admitting that his cause goes beyond just marriage. In this clip, the attorney and spokesman seeks control of public schools, which he feels are making young people way too accepting of gays:
Drew Mariani Show, 6/20/13 [Relevant Radio]
Why yes, NOM chairman, the calm and casual view that claims LGBT citizens as coexisting among us surely is a big reason why incoming generations are more accepting. And that'...
NOM's Roback Morse calls us 'small minded tyrants'; she's the victim, of course
Jennifer Roback Morse, by far the most loose-lipped of NOM's senior employees, is now accusing us of being "small-minded tyrants" out to discredit our opponents:
The thing is? We're not the ones who are discrediting our opposition and their views; they themselves are marginalizing their cause by putting extremely wacky and downright hostile ideas on the table! Ms. Roback Morse is one of the most reliable offenders, regularly admitting that hers is a cause that goe...
FRC's SCOTUS 'expert' already admitted he'd like to 'export'/criminalize us; hasn't he said enough?
With the Supreme Court decisions on marriage seemingly imminent, the rabidly anti-gay Family Research Council is pitching Peter Sprigg as one of its "expert" pundits:
That would be this Peter Sprigg:
*SOURCE: Gays seek immigration reform [Medill Reports]
*SOURCE: MSNBC
If you see a place for either criminal sanctions or deportation for the supposed "crime" of homosexuality, doesn't that pretty much trump whatever you say on the issue of marriage? I kind of think so. And I kind of think that any m...
NOM's latest photo meme: A sketchy read of SCOTUS
With only hours potentially left in the SCOTUS marriage watch that has gripped us this spring and early summer, the pro-discrimination folks at the National Organization For Marriage have come out with this new photo meme:
Fittingly blurry. It's a mess of of images that draws all attention to the myopic claim (i.e. "ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN!") while failing to paint a true picture of what is really at root here (i.e. constitutional fairness independent of the personal and largely faith-based opin...
