Jeremy Hooper's Blog, page 273
April 12, 2013
WND publisher to inject anti-gay partisan politics into 9/11 anniversary
WND (formerly WorldNetDaily) publisher Joseph Farah thinks America is broken—ills that "rival anything we’ve seen since the start of World War II." The very first "problem" he notes—the VERY first one—accuses gay people of wanting to completely redefine marriage:
There’s a concerted effort to redefine marriage as any union between people, regardless of sex, possibly regardless even of the number of participants in that union and possibly even regardless of the status of blood relationship betw...
One retweet in 24 hrs (#NOMomentum)
The National Org. For Marriage's president sent this request a full twenty-four hours ago:
Anti-gay side has no argument against nondiscrimination and will lose; here's latest example
Check out this take on the Washington florist situation, which comes courtesy of Concerned Women For America staffer Chelsen Vicari:
Now, while the radical Left is screaming “discrimination,” “bigotry,” and “hatred,” it is important to note that [Baronelle] Stutzman never denied service due to discrimination based on Richard Ingersoll and Curt Freed’s “sexual orientation.” In fact, the two men were pleased with Stutzman’s services, as they were repeat customers for nearly ten years.
No screamin...
NBC News/WSJ poll belies other side's Want-It-To-Be/Wish-It-Were insistence
A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll continues to show America the writing that's so clealrly on the wall:
Fifty-three percent of respondents favor allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry, which is up 2 points since the NBC/WSJ survey last asked this question in December, though that increase is within the poll’s margin of error.
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The poll also finds that 63 percent of respondents believe the federal government should recognize same-sex marriages in states where they are legal, and 56 p...
April 11, 2013
Video: Bryan Fischer equates anti-gay movement with Jews in the Holocaust
"Remember when the Jews in Nazi Germany, they had to wear a yellow Star of David on their sleeve? I mean, we're getting to the point now where that's what they're going to make us do. I don't know what the symbol would be—we'll have to think about that. But we're getting to the point where these homo fascists are going to force us to wear on our sleeve some kind of identifying marker so people will know who the racists and homophobes and the bigots are, so people can identify them."
NHL works to put discrimination on (figurative) ice, gay players on (literal) ice
A cool development from an icy sport:
Amid heightened speculation that a male athlete in one of North America’s four major professional leagues will soon publicly declare his homosexuality, the National Hockey League and its players announced Thursday what appears to be the most comprehensive measure by a major men’s league in support of gay athletes.
KEEP READING: N.H.L. Announces Initiative to Support Gay Athletes [NY Times]
Because why should the Zamboni be the only thing working to smooth ou...
AFA senior staffer backs bans on 'homosexual conduct'; 'it can be done'
If you think the American Family Association plans to stop at our civil rights, you are simply not paying attention. The latest from its most visible personality:
But hey, it's not like GOP superstars still cater to this incendiary voice. Right?
Oh. Right.
Groups that constantly denigrate the LGBT person resent—RESENT!—being held to account
The American Family Association's decades of personal slights could never be fully rounded up (it would took several volumes to do so), but one who wants insight into how personally anti-LGBT this organization can and does get need look no further than its star spokesman, Bryan Fischer. Fischer's rhetoric is constant, outrageous, and decidedly personal.
Earlier this month, the Tra...
Audio: Agema, Perkins want to save gays from living like dying alcoholics, destroying society; but they love us
On yesterday's edition of his AFA Radio show, Family Research Council president Tony Perkins hosted proudly anti-gay Republican National Committeeman Dave Agema. The latter spent his time using junk science ("study after study after study") to portray gay people as innately fated for horrible lives and equate homosexuality with "dying of alcoholism"; the former helped him to do this by using his considerable platform and political connectivity to lend credence to these outrageous views:
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