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Duggars, Bachmann to join some of the most anti-gay voices in the nation at Liberty Counsel conference

Reality TV stars Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are two of the listed speakers for the upcoming "Awakening" conference. Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann is another.

But who, exactly, will be joining the U.S. Rep and TLC stars at this Liberty Counsel–produced event? Well, here are just a few of the notable names:

Matt Barber

Bradlee Dean

Harry Jackson

Cindy Jacobs

Judith Reisman

Andrea Lafferty

Janet (Folger) Porter

Greg Quinlan

Rick Scarborough

Mat Staver

Jerry Boykin

In terms of anti-LGBT rhetoric, you do n...

ADF's laughably fearful fundraising graphic

According to the stock photo description, the image is meant to be a father protecting his family:

[iStockPhoto]

But when the anti-equality legal team at the Alliance Defending Freedom puts the family in front of the Supreme Court, it becomes the perfect way to scare potential supporters into parting with their cash:

[ADF]

Because, you know—what could be scarier than this person?

Edith Windsor, plaintiff in the Defense of Marriage Act case (who was with her late partner for forty years)

She's like...

NOM's 'Anti-Defamation Alliance' spokesman promotes column saying gays must be celibate

In a new column, Catholic writer Taylor Marshall condemns homosexuality as a sin and then concludes with this one and only option for gay men and women:

Persons with homosexual inclinations are called to chastity - not matrimony. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection. [Taylor Marshall]

In a new tweet, National Or...

NOM Comm. Director hangs up on gay caller; 'I'm just saying I'm hanging up if the question is more than 15 secs'

I've done my share of media, be it friendly, hostile, or somewhere in between. When the callers and host are clearly on the other side, it can certainly be frustrating. However, you have to take a breath, but your tongue, or whatever you need to do in order to retain your composure. The first rule of politics is "do not harm," and the surest way to do harm is to let the opposition ruffle you into a tizzy.

That's my advice to NOM's Communications Director, Thomas Peters. Last night, Peters conc...

Why the anti-gays are losing: Their pundits cite 'flinging of one's own feces' to deny our natural nature

"There’s also the licking of one’s own genitals, the flinging of one’s own feces, and the eating of live prey and then vomiting it back up to feed your offspring in nature, too. You’ll excuse me if I think we ought to shoot for a slightly higher standard."



—Iowa conservative radio host Steve Deace, attempting to deny that homosexuality's presence in nature makes it natural

NOM slurs our families: 'quote/unquote families of gay parents and kids'

I'll have more on Mark Levin's lengthy chat with a startlingly combative Thomas Peters. But for now, listen to this short clip of the National Organization For Marriage's Comm. Director slipping with his fear quotes and pretty much admitting that it's our family structures themselves that he finds alleged:

**FULL INTERVIEW: Debating Marriage Equality [LM]

NOM's Ruth Institute claimed it had Chicago Bears' support; was intercepted; fumbled

I and other activists have been working behind the scenes (and publicly) today trying to get clarification as to why the National Organization For Marriage's Ruth Institute was claiming that the Chicago Bears team is in support of their exceedingly anti-gay operation. Tonight, this glorious development:

In a statement, the Bears said, "The two items featured in The Ruth Institute gala invitation were personal donations to Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse. Neither was a club donation, nor do they repr...

Why the National Organization For Marriage fails; well, one reason

Look, they surely wanted tens of thousands. For a national march in D.C., a crowd of five figures or more is always the goal. When you have a national pool from which to recruit potential attendees, you have to aim for such heights. This is especially true when you are talking about the single issue on which your organization focuses and an event that you (and your forty-two cosponsors) pretty much made your only organizational priority for more than a month.

But okay, say you only get about 2...

Flashback: When Oprah's shoulder were heavily padded and gays' ring fingers were legally naked

YouTuber "nicole360meadows" posts this fascinating and surprisingly frank blast from a not-so-distant (but legally, vastly different) past. 1991:

If Maggie Gallagher could self-assess the way she self-victimizes, marriage discourse would be infinitely more productive

Ever the victim, that Maggie Gallagher:

I have tried hard to say we should treat gay people with respect as friends, neighbors and fellow-citizens. But I have been thwarted by progressives’ insistence that the opposite of 'agreeing with me' must be 'shaming me.'”

[MaggieGallagher.com]

Okay, first—no, Maggie, you haven't. Yes, for the most part, you are quite pragmatic with your words. And yes, you are friendly with people like John Corvino and can even tell him you see why his partner of many ye...