Jeremy Hooper's Blog, page 355
October 15, 2012
Video: Man in car shares oddly detailed 'gay Obama' fantasies; homophobia sure is weird.
Not that he's spent any time or mind dreaming up this mental image or anything.
Scrooge McDuck readies Presidential Exploratory Committee
From a fourteen-year-old homeschooler:
FULL PIECE (with even more quack ups): The ducks are gonna get you [Pharyngula]
I, for one, eagerly await our new, web-footed leaders. They're disciplined. Peaceful. Totally cute. Oh, and the little duck bills are big fans of flying to warmer climates when winter gets rough, something that starts sounding nicer and nicer to me as the brutal NYC winter approaches.
So yeah, the next time logic threatens to hit us all in the face, I'm gonna be the first to yel...
October 14, 2012
Hey, Minnesota for Marriage—
If you're going to use fear lines to scare Minnesotans with claims about the supposedly poor education that their children would receive in a theoretical state with full marriage equality, it's probably best to ensure that you are not teaching improper apostrophizing:
**FULL SET OF FEAR DOCS: Testimonials from Canadians [Minnesota For Marriage]
I mean, yeah, sure—typos happen. Heck, I'm a type-o macheen muhself. But all I'm saying is that if you're trying to be all like, "Hey, the gays are gonn...
October 12, 2012
MD Marriage Alliance reports $838k haul ($650k of which came from NOM & Knights of Columbus)
-- $400,000 from Catholic-led National Org. For Marriage
-- $250,000 from Catholic Knights of Columbus
-- An additional $151,000 from the Maryland Marriage Alliance, the in-state group that campaign head Derek McCoy runs
It's reporting time in Maryland, kids:
MD Marriage Alliance CampaignFinanceReport
[SOURCE: Maryland Campaign Finance]
*Meanwhile, on history's right side:Exclusive: Md. marriage campaign raises $3.2 million [Wash Blade]
Video: Fair and reasonable Bill Moyers vs. NOM's unfair and unreasonable Iowa antics
A calm voice takes on NOM's freedom-damning bout of judicial whacktivism:
Oh sure, Moyers and his company make some good points. But, but, but—Where's the bus? And the extreme former Senator who has compared gay people's love to man-on-dog? And the out-of-state Governor who has no business meddling? And the secretive donors? And the stated desire to "drive a wedge between blacks and gays"? And the contrived talking points? And the exhalation of discrimination of discrimination as an American v...
Video: Vander Plaats denies our legislative success; apparently unfamiliar with NY, MD, WA, NH…
Listen to this ridiculous accusation that Bob Vander Plaats os now making in order to justify his freedom-threatening attempts to politicize the Iowa courts. Clip is cued up correctly:
So let me first remind you that Bob's current "NO Wiggins" campaign is heavily masterminded by the same exact forces (NOM and Schubert, largely) who are fighting in all four of the states where we are on the ballot. And that being so, let me next remind you (and Bob) that of the four states where we are on the...
Audio: Maine's Carroll Conley likens gays' marriages, families to schools that promote suicide
I wasn't sure which part of Carroll Conley's hour-long interview, from WMPG's "Watchdog Nation," I was going to snip for this post. At several points he equates homosexuality with things like lying and adultery, denies church/state separation, and makes his personal biblical case for civil discrimination. From my perspective, there are several pull quotes.
But as someone who both knows lots of LGBT-headed families and who is going about the process of starting my own, the Protect Marriage Main...
