Jeremy Hooper's Blog, page 64
October 15, 2014
Tony Perkins knows a shifting Catholic church is bad for his career
The Vatican is starting to admit that gays and lesbians have "gifts to offer." And that's more bad news for the exceedingly anti-gay head of an organization that has made marriage inequality its cause célèbre:
Oh please. Marriage equality might have been a "powder keg" a decade ago. Nowadays, when a deep red state like Utah or Oklahoma get the rights, the only peeps of discontent you hear come from people like Tony himself. Even local conservatives who campaigned on discriminati...
NOM goes after gender neutral bathroom because—that somehow applies to marriage?!
As a dad of an infant who is often in search of a changing table, only to find that the business chose to only put this item in women's restrooms, I can see the many reasons why a gender neutral restroom is a smart and reasonable thing. It's not only about trans men and trans women. It's also not some weird and wacky thing.
It's also not at all about marriage. Yet the organization that is supposedly focused only on the marriage policy question is for some reason taking this on as its new fight...
Photo: Why can't those pesky judges just let America's most anti-gay special interest group subjugate taxpayers' rights?
The Family Research Council is being victimized, ya'll:
[FRC]
Those dang judges and their legal training. But a few things about this:
(1) By "voted for marriage," FRC means voted for civil discrimination of the kind that turned state constitutions into weapons against certain kinds of taxpayers. I understand why they say "for marriage" rather than "for inequality" because the know the ignobility attached to their latter. But their verbal tricks do nothing to change reality. History books will n...
October 14, 2014
AP reports on pro-discrimination movement's next phase (spoiler alert: they still think they can discriminate)
Now that any political observer with even a smidgen of objectivity knows that the anti-equality movement has lost the marriage fight, the beleaguered organizations that tried and failed to discriminate against us in civil policy are scrambling for any way they can still hold on to some measure of disregard for us and our unions. And as the Associated Press reports, the next phase is going to be more pushes for more license-to-discriminate bills in more state legislatures. particularly in red...
North Carolina's GOP governor ready to move on from marriage fight
Like other Republican governors before him [Gov. Christie (NJ), Gov. Martinez (NM), and Gov. Corbett (PA) come to mind), North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) accepts that marriage equality is now the law of the land in the Tar Heel State:
“I think it's a time for healing on all sides. Now that the disagreement has been resolved in the courts, it's our job to live together and work together and play together and respect each other together. And I'll, hopefully, be a part of that constructive dia...
Vander Plaats: Churches are going to wake up and somehow roll back court-tested civil marriage rights
Marriage equality keeps coming to more states, and even the staunchest conservatives seem too bored too care. The vast majority of the public is either ecstatic, okay with, or at least ready to move on from the same-sex marriage debate.
At least that's what I'm seeing. According to Bob Vander Plaats, the Iowa anti-gay activist who has been trying (and FAILING) to undo marriage equality in his home state of Iowa for over five years now, insists that everything's about to change, and that the c...
Who knew 'the mark of the beast' would be so colorful?
Here's the latest attempt by the American Family Association to completely obliterate whatever mainstream conservative credibility it might've every enjoy, once again dealt by the organization's own Issues Analyst, Bryan Fischer:
In John’s vision, any Christian who does not willingly accept the mark of the beast will not be allowed to buy or to sell. He’ll be fired or won’t be hired or will be drummed out of business entirely.
So what is this mark of the beast today? That’s easy. It’s the gay r...
NOM has officially become a self-parody
This is what desperation looks like:
[National Organization For Marriage]
Oh, you're so right, NOM. In fact, you should get started right now with an ad campaign that raises this very question, which you should run day and night in the twenty states that don't yet have marriage equality.
In fact, don't let me waste another second of your time! Get to work getting this word out, pronto! I insist. Go. Now.
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**SEE ALSO: 20 HILARIOUS RESPONSES TO NOM'S WARNING THAT GAY MARRIAGE WILL LEAD TO PEOPLE...
October 13, 2014
NOM puts its money where its war-on-moderate-Republicans is
The National Organization For Marriage is one of a couple of pro-discrimination special interest groups that are proudly targeting certain Republicans this election cycle simply because they are either gay or supportive of marriage equality. And as we can see from today's FEC filing, NOM is indeed starting to put some money toward the cause:
It's just under $11,000 for now. But the cost to the Republican party's big tent? Priceless.
Audio: NC marriage activist warns of super Ebola that will destroy gay-accepting America
Pastor Ron Baity, the winner of the Family Research Council's 2012 "Watchmen Award" for pastors, is a longtime marriage activist in the state of North Carolina. He's led many major rallies at which all of the activists and lawmakers who have tried to keep the Tar Heel state discriminatory have shown up to lend their voice, and his organization earns credence .
Now here is Mr. Baity warning his state of what's to come now that marriage equality is the order...
