Jeremy Hooper's Blog, page 325
January 2, 2013
Read: Advent behind him, Chicago's Cardinal George returns to same ol' scapegoating
The Illinois state legislature is expected to open the civil marriage equality debate as soon as today. But first, Chicago's Cardinal George will try to stifle progress by using his personally held faith opinions (which are unaffected by the civil marriage licensing process):
SSM Letter Bulletins01012013
I should note that the marriage materials on the ILCatholic.org link to which Cardinal George points his supporters actually advises gays to enter the so-called "Courage" program and proceed to...
January 1, 2013
Less than twenty-four hours into '13, IL activists inject personal faith into civil debate
With discussion on civil marriage equality coming to the Illinois legislature any day now, the anti-LGBT crowd today released a bulletin insert that they are sending to local churches. The Illinois Family Institute—which, I should remind you, is one of the very few state policy groups that the Southern Poverty Law Center designates as an anti-gay hate group—is behind this, the aggressive claim that God created marriage:
Neither religious ceremony nor children are requirements...
How many books will you read this year?
http://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/40...
Apparently there's a ready-to-open time capsule in the NY Public Library
A syndicated news story from one hundred years ago:
December 31, 2012
These nine people will host the hottest gay party of 2013
Here's hoping at least five of them are hardcore enough to close down two bars (Prop8 and DOMA.)
You all took Fantasia 'far out of context' when you read her own verbatim words
She did include gay marriage and weed as her only two examples of a world gone mad. But of course it's those of us who simply reacted to the words that she herself chose to post to Instagram who are really to blame for whatever scrutiny the former "Idol" winner may now be facing:
Official Statement • For Immediate Release
December 31, 2012
Contact:
Timothy C. Boston, Entertainment Publicist
Christopher Boston PR, an entertainment public relations firm based in Maryland, releases a statement on be...
Video: My least favorite cable news segment of 2012
The February 2012 segment begins with the lie that President Obama and Governor Christie had the same position on marriage equality, even though the former always opposed putting civil rights before a majority vote, always opposed DOMA, always opposed state marriage bans, applauded governors who signed marriage bills into law, and generally stood in contrast of any number of discriminatory things that Christie's preferred candidates openly support. From there, the governor begins that whole "...
Final book update of 2012
I'm rounding out the year as the third highest rated LGBT nonfiction on Amazon (based on star rating and the total number of ratings):
Top Rated Gay & Lesbian Nonfiction [Amazon]
I just want to take one more opportunity in this, the year of its release, to thank you all so much for the love you have shown ,y little project. It's a weird thing, putting yourself out there in the form of a deeply personal work. But it's been tremendously rewarding in so many ways!
If you liked the book and haven't...
NOM's Roback Morse: Why can't a 'very masculine woman' satisfy a gay man?
After promoting an article headlined "Yes, gay is a choice. Get Over it." six-figure-compensated National Organization For Marriage employee Jennifer Roback Morse proceeds to have this jaw-droppingly reductive exchange about feminism, gender roles, attraction, and associated nonsense:
[Jennifer Roback Morse's Facebook wall]
No, Jen (and Tony)—when we say that gender is irrelevant, we mean that it is not the roadblock in terms of abilities (be it in career, parenting, loving bonds, etc.) that th...
Video: Derek McCoy 'explains' why discrimination he favors is unlike discrimination he himself could face
As head of the Maryland Marriage Alliance, Derek McCoy's untenable logic (and suspect alliances) helped him lose his discriminatory fight. Now he's back in the public eye, using the same flawed justifications to support a local business owner's "right" to pick and choose which groups with which he'd like to engage in commerce.
Pay particular attention to the "logic" at 1:07:
So the difference between racial discrimination and discrimination against same-gender couples can be swept aside with a...
