Jeremy Hooper's Blog, page 50
December 10, 2014
December 9, 2014
Another former 'ex-gay' activist repents
Christian Schizzel worked in the "ex-gay" movement, particularly with Janet Boynes Ministries and the Bachmann (yes, that Bachmann) & Associates counseling centers. He also appeared in the media on shows like "Dr Drew" and "Our America with Lisa Ling" talking about supposed "change" and how wonderful it supposedly is:
But like so many "ex-gay" activists, Christian is now repenting of this past. In an exclusive interview with Eliel Cruz for Religion News Service, he is sharing all of the ugly d...
Audio: Mark Regnerus says marriage equality is 'symbolic grab,' Christians must 'retake matrimony'
Mark Regnerus, who tried to portray himself as a mainstream researcher but who we now know to be a dedicated anti-gay activist, made yet another appearance on activist Catholic radio's "The Drew Mariani Show." This time, after first repeating the hysterical wishful thinking that young people are going to grow up and turn against marriage equality (which you can find around the 39:00 mark here), Regnerus went on to suggest that we gay folk see marriage as a "symbolic grab" rather than somethin...
December 8, 2014
Extremely ineffective CA group thinks it can convince other state governors to stop marriage equality
California Campaign For Children and Families is so fringe that even the Proposition 8 campaign of 2008, which was itself teeming with extremely anti-gay voices, publicly rebuked the organization. Yet for some reason this organization, headed by over-the-top activist Randy Thomasson, thinks it has the ability, right, and capital to stop same-sex marriages in states from coast to coast. Hysterically high hopes below:
Of course this is ridiculous for a myriad of reasons (e.g...
NOM asks for inspiring marriages, equality activists answer!
The National Organization For Marriage posted a confusing word salad of a photo meme, coupled with a request for tales of inspiring marriages. In a hilarious turn, all of the top/most liked comments come from gay activists like John Becker from Bilerico, Seth Adam from GLAAD, author and gay father Jason Galvez, and even the Human Rights Campaign. HA!
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Hey, disingenuous discriminators—stop saying pro-equality rulings 'ignore voters'
You can click the link and listen to the same ol', same ol' audio clip if you want. But what I really want to talk about is this headline, which is repeated in the clip as well and is a common meme among the anti-equality types:
[Focus of the Family Citizenlink]
How many times do we have to explain it to them before they make the lifestyle choice to start listening to words outside their own echo chambers?
Pro-equality rulings that overturn marriage bans do not "ignore voters." These judges, lik...
2013 hate crime stats: In bias-based incidents, sexual orientation second only to race
The FBI's 2013 hate crimes stats were just released. Another stark reminder of how much we must still look out for one another:
Tell me again how we're just making it all up, anti-gay activists.
December 7, 2014
Video: #5DaysOfEquality honors 2013's briefly bettered Australia, couples who benefited from it
For five days last year, the Australian Capital Territory allowed same-sex couples to marry, and thirty-one took advantage of this window. Even though those marriages were voided in law, GLAAD wants these couples to know they're not forgotten. They're enlisting your #help:
Forcibly rolling back legal marriages and thinking that's fine, okay, and going to stand the test of time? Ha. And yuck. Future generations are going to have such sad laughs at the expense of our cruel and wacky ideas.
Video: Baptist pastor doubles down: Anyone who is not heterosexual should die
Arizona pastor Steven Anderson, a Baptist, wants gay people dead so we can have an "AIDS-free Christmas." He's proudly sticking by that claim, insisting that he wants anyone who is not heterosexual to be executed:
You remember back when Arizona was debating its ultimately vetoed license-to-discriminate bill and local evangelicals were saying we gay people wanted to silence local voices of faith. Yeah, well let me be the first to say to Steven Anderson: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE KEEP SPEAKING. I c...
