Jeremy Hooper's Blog, page 352
October 19, 2012
Yeah, I'm with you on the whole dividing Maine with discrimination thing—but will there be snacks?
Are you both in support of discrimination and hungry for some eats? Well you're in luck, my famished backer of inequality! At least if you're in Maine, that is. For you see, the Protect Marriage Maine campaign has made sure to couple its Friday and Saturday attempts to use religious beliefs as weapons against civil rights with proper nourishment for the gathered masses:
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I love that they were sure to stipulate the offerings. Come for the wanton rejection of your neighbors legal protecti...
Occupy the wrong side of history; he is the 1%
A few months back, I noted how profitable the cause of discrimination has been and continues to be for one Mr. Frank Schubert. Today, the Human Rights Campaign fleshes out that money-making scheme for your reading pleasure. And by "pleasure," I of course mean uncontrollable disgust.
Go look:
NOM Mastermind Frank Schubert Makes Millions in 2012 by Selling LGBT Discrimination [HRC]
Signorile vs. discriminatory artistry's most profilic Michelangelo
Want to hear Frank Schubert, the National Organization For Marriage's Political Director and head of all four state campaigns pushing discrimination, call talk show host Michelangelo Signorile a "dummy"? I know you do. Particularly mean-spirited audio at link, coupled with Signorile's own commentary:
Frank Schubert, Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment Mastermind, Crumbles Under Questioning (AUDIO) [HuffPo]
**RELATED COMMENTARY: NY TIMES PROFILES FRANK SCHUBERT; HERE'S WHAT THEY SKIPPED [GLAAD]
October 18, 2012
Autumn book update
Some of you have asked how the book is doing. So for you nice inquisitors, let me tell you that it's holding on strong as the #2 top rated in its Amazon category, thanks to the amazing reception that readers like you have shown it:
The best thing you can do to support my work is to share the book (in paperback or Kindle) with your friends and loved ones. Give it as a gift. Pass it out as a party favor. Tuck it discreetly within your mother's stack of Focus...
Video: Maggie Gallagher's friend and former boss says vote NO on MN marriage ban
David Blankenhorn's strongest gesture yet:
Video: Opus Dei Catholic Ceci Royals thinks she's the victim
Ceci (or Cecilia) Royals, a devout Catholic involved with Opus Dei, is committed to using her personal faith beliefs to stop her fellow Marylanders from obtaining *civil* marriage equality. But she's the one really being harmed here:
(H/t: Joe.My.God.)
No one's trying to intimidate. STOP TRYING TO DISCRIMINATE!
Oh, and "sexual rednecks"? That's a new one. Sounds more like a cautionary warning for BDSM fans than it does a slur.
Listen: Protect Marriage Maine co-heads defend 'ex-gay' therapy
On their weekly radio show, the two men who are championing marriage discrimination in Maine, Bob Emrich and Carroll Conley, spent fifteen minutes railing against the new California law that takes a strong stand against scientifically-rebuked "ex-gay" (so-called) therapy. Here's one clip in which Emrich reinforces his belief that gays "can and should change" (something I've long known) and a link to the full fifteen minute programL
FULL AUDIO: Faith Matters in Maine [WHCFF]
Say it with me, folk...
Video: Minnesota for Marriage sticks with intellectually bankrupt victimization meme
According to his past employer, Damian Goddard, the "ex-gay" supporter who thinks gays are "throwing away a gift that’s been given to you by God," was fired from his job as a Canadian sportscaster for various reasons beyond just his public stance against equality. Either way, it was an employment decision (in a country with different speech laws than the U.S.), not a government rebuke.
The O'Reillys of Vermont were fined because of state laws preventing discrimination against sexual orientatio...
Read: Candidates who will support Family Research Council's radical agenda
The aggressively anti-LGBT FRC has done us all a great service, rounding up the list of candidates across the nation who the reliably incendiary special interest group knows will share its hostile policy pushes:
EF12J19Vote your values!
READ: The loser that is DOMA loses yet again!
"In this case, all four factors justify heightened scrutiny:
A) homosexuals as a group have historically endured persecution and discrimination; B) homosexuality has no relation to aptitude or ability to contribute to society; C) homosexuals are a discernible group with non-obvious distinguishing characteristics, especially in the subset of those who enter same-sex marriages; and D) the class remains a politically weakened minority."
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