Jeremy Hooper's Blog, page 267
April 25, 2013
HRC: NOM hits new low
I know many amazing same-sex couples raising children, and Andrew and I are ourselves in the process of becoming one of those couples. It's a very sad day when our political opponents resort to comparing our families to those that have been touched (/torn apart) by divorce or even death.
NOM’s Penchant for Insulting Same-Sex Parents Hits New Low
Brian Brown compares loving gay and lesbian parents to families hit by divorce, death
Washington – The so-called National Organization for Marriage pres...
Photo: Delaware church signs pits Jesus against civil equality, church against state
Twitter-er @zafojones shares this image from a church in Bear, Delaware:
Which is kind of like saying Vegetarianism > Oxygen. The former is a choice for every American citizen; the latter we all share, regardless of or individual commitments.
He only tried to alter our most precious governing document so that it bans gay citizens. Why talk about it now?
He had no problem using our families for political sport. But now, at a time when he absolutely could (and SHOULD!) address his legacy, former president George W. Bush refuses to address marriage equality and his aggressive, multi-year push to ban it on a federal level:
George W. Bush Refuses To Weigh In On Gay Marriage [HuffPo]
Not going to talk about, President Bush? Fine. So we will. I will. Always and loudly.
You inflicted untold pain onto millions psyches. Not just human psyches but our nat...
FRC: Gay Scouts cannot be 'morally straight'
We gay folk simply cannot be upstanding and moral citizens. So goes the latest self-delegitimizing view that a senior Family Research Council staffer chose to state out loud:
"Earlier this week, I was interviewed by a very nice radio talk-show host about the proposal to allow what the Boy Scouts term 'open and avowed' homosexuality into Scouting itself.
During the conversation, I made a point about Scouts promising to be "morally straight," and the gentleman interviewing me said, "You can be mo...
April 24, 2013
WHOA! Brian Brown compares gay families to those with divorce and death; uses 'crosshairs' imagery
A noticeable change in tone:
"Lawmakers have allowed themselves to be fooled into thinking they have protected people of faith when in fact they have put those who believe in true marriage in the crosshairs of the law and gay 'marriage' activists. It won't be long before the repercussions begin to be felt."
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"It's bad enough when families break down through divorce or death, but it's unconscionable when a state encourages this through policies that deprive children of the love of both a mother...
RI PASSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY
By a vote of 26–12, we just got out TENTH state:
Double digits, baby!
Video: Matt Barber calls WA Attorney General 'a creep and a bully'; compares florist to Jew in Nazi Germany
A man who uses some of the most bullying rhetoric found anywhere in the entire "pro-family" movement accuses (@ 5:06) Washington state's attorney general of being "a creep and a bully." Then, while addressing the florist who has been told she must comply with local nondiscrimination ordinance (because >duh</em>!), Matt wonders (@7:06) if she will "have to wear a yellow cross on her shirt."
Throw in the far-right's constant misrepresentation of Chai Feldblum's views and you have the latest attem...
Video: The campiest piece of anti-gay nastiness you will see all day
Janet Folger Porter has long been too over-the-top for her own good. Today our pals at Right Wing Watch turn us on to the Faith 2 Action leader's latest, which attempts to make powerful political points through absurd pieces of camp theatre. Enjoy:
You can almost feel the polls moving (in our direction)
