Jeremy Hooper's Blog, page 54
November 24, 2014
November 21, 2014
One of America's most anti-gay organizations rallies for the Duggars; because of course they would
Over the past few years, TV's Duggar family has gone from reality television personalities who mostly keep their political lives separate from their public personas to a family that proudly pushes its beliefs into public policy. Eldest son Josh took a job with the extremely anti-LGBT and political Family Research Council, where he claims his lesbian aunt is "choosing a lifestyle" and leads rallies opposing marriage equality. Mom Michele has recorded robocalls advocating against LGBT nondiscri...
November 20, 2014
Photo: Stop! Turn around! Don't let NOM force you onto the dead-end pier that is their cause!
A family that (presumably) supports NOM walking toward a dead-end that ultimately culminates in an insurmountable ocean? It seems that the National Organization For Marriage has finally found the perfect image to "meme" their go-nowhere cause that's built, as it is, on exclusion and discrimination:
[NOM]
But don't worry. You're not lost forever, stock photo family (and especially children). Once you realize NOM has duped you with this myopic view of the world and its people, you can turn around...
One day, two country singers—zero closets
We are everywhere, including in the once impenetrable world of country music:
Country Singer Ty Herndon: 'I'm an Out, Proud and Happy Gay Man' [Towle]
Country Singer Billy Gilman Comes Out as Gay: 'It's Time to Be Honest and Truthful' [Towle]
For years male country singers crooned about losing their wives, jobs, their dogs, their sobriety, their lack of incarceration, etc. Losing the shame of the closet would seem to be a perfect subject for country's new and largely unexplored leaf.
Fringe pro-discrimination group thinks it can stop companies from sponsoring HRC event; adorable
MassResistance, the anti-LGBT organization that has only seen LGBT rights grow in the Bay State the more they try to stop them, is now targeting Citizens Bank, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Staples, and CVS Health. These companies' major crime? Simply sponsoring the Human Rights' Campaign's Boston dinner.
Here is MassResistance's angry missive:
I'm not sure who, exactly, MassResistance's leaders think they are. But I guess I have to applaud them for adopting a moxy that far exceeds...
Video: Josh Duggar promoting civil inequality for thousands of grown kids (and counting)
From yesterday's anti-gay rally in Little Rock, Arkansas. Speaker is reality TV personality Josh Duggar:
Um, Josh, when the Duggar family population swells large enough to form a sovereign nation, then you all can enact laws and ignore courts. But as long as you live in the United States of America, your votes on the civil rights of a minority population will, in fact, be met with court scrutiny.
Put into reality TV terms: You all can do whatever you want for the reality show cameras, but TLC c...
Brian Brown's focus on Kansas, Gov. Brownback shows how much of a political game this is for him
In a National Review Online commentary, Brian Brown, president of he deeply debt-ridden National Organization For Marriage, repeats his call for conservative Kansas governor Sam Brownback to just up and ignore court rulings, and stop same-sex couples from marrying in his state:
While voters may be helpless to do anything, states are not. It’s time for states to push back and put a stop to this unconstitutional usurpation of their right to define marriage. This push should start with Kansas.
Gov...
Tiny fraction of North Carolina magistrates choose to free up their days rather than serve local gays
Sixteen civil magistrates have reportedly chosen to quit their jobs rather than perform their duties—the very same duties they perform for any other straight couple, free from any "morality" tests—rather than serve same-sex couples:
NORTH CAROLINA: 16 Magistrates Have Now Quit Over Same-Sex Marriage [J.M.G.]
When grown adults choose to resign rather than fairly and peacefully accommodate their taxpaying neighbors, there is really only one thing to say: Bye.
November 19, 2014
READ: Federal judge strikes Montana's discriminatory marriage ban
Noting that his decision might not be popular with all but that civil rights are not a popularity contest, US District Judge Brian Morris (who once served as a Supreme Court clerk for very conservative Chief Justice William Rehnquist) today brought Montana over onto history's right side. Ruling takes effect immediately:
Montana Same-Sex Marriage Decision by jsnow489
Montana's Republican Attorney General, Tim Fox, has vowed to appeal the ruling. Or at least give it a really nasty look. Or somet...
