Jeremy Hooper's Blog, page 74
September 17, 2014
Video: TN man condemns gays with Leviticus billboards; oddly allows local Red Lobsters to remain open
Tennessee, the place of my birth and childhood, is a truly gorgeous state. Though less so now:
No word if Mr. Mundy will commit to all Old Testament condemnations. Although locals (and particularly women) might want to hide any stones that are large enough to wound, just in case.
September 16, 2014
Video: 'Ex-gay' speaker at upcoming ERLC summit equates talking to gay people with talking to cancer patients
The Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission has tapped the "ex-gay" with the best name, Rosaria Champagne Butterfield, to guide their upcoming convention on how to "change" people's sexual orientations but in the "nice" way. And in a new video, she gives a teaser of what kind of "compassion" we can expect. Clip is cued:
@1:27 "One of my takeaways, from having been in the community for a decade, is those folks are good listeners. And Christians need to be more re...
FRC's Values Voter Summit puts anti-gay bakers on a marriage panel; so we won, basically
Aaron and Melissa Klein are the proprietors of the now-closed Sweet Cakes by Melissa, the Oregon bakery that caught national attention for unlawfully denying a lesbian couple who sought their business. The Kleins have admitted that they discriminated because they believe homosexuality is a sin, and they have owned up to the fact that they turned away other gay customers before they were finally called out for doing so. They also recently baked cakes for a very fringe "ex-gay" organization, ad...
GOP front group NOM raising money for a GOP US Senate
Yet again the National Organization For Marriage, which has long claimed to be non-partisan, is raising funds for the purposes of flipping the US Senate:
"we have an incredible opportunity to shift the balance of power within the United States Senate."
The Next Few Months Are Critical [NOM]
(h/t: J.M.G)
Of course with four Republican US Senators (Murkowski, Kirk, Portman, Collins) already joining the majority who are in favor of equality, it's pretty certain that even flipping the Senate still wo...
September 15, 2014
Leave beloved children's author Beverly Cleary out of your dastardly agenda, NOM!
The Ramona books are some of the most treasured deposits in my memory bank. Now look on as the pro-discrimination group uses an unsourced quote from the beloved author of those (and other) books to promote its anti-gay cause:
[NOM]
I know nothing about the Portland, Oregon author's politics. But I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this visionary who has dedicated her life to a child's limitless potential would be among the last to lend her name to an organization that serves no other pur...
Video: Another hour, another anti-gay activist warning society of its impending, gay-initiated doom
This time it's James Dobson, the Focus on the Family founder, who is suggesting that our gay marriage–having future is going to destroy America. Going to destroy "the entire superstructure of culture," in fact:
Of course the truth is that marriage equality doesn't weaken marriage or the family—it strengthens both. But seeing as how neither tolerance nor understanding are in Dobson's greater hits collection, we find the onetime powerful tunesmith entering this season of life by crowing the same...
Video: Target features gay dads in new ad #MadeToMatter
It's quick, like all of the shots. But it's there, at around :19:
Made to matter, indeed. Another bad blip for those who choose to deny us our worth.
Brian Brown warns America: We probably won't survive gay people's marriages
National Organization For Marriage president Brian Brown writing for the (Mormon owned) Deseret News:
"Marriage is a foundational institution, something at the core of civilization. It is our only institution that brings men and women together as husbands and wives to be fathers and mothers to any children born of their union. Marriage is the foundation of the family and an essential element of a thriving society. No nation can long survive if it abandons the natural family and denies the uniq...
Ben & Jerry's has the scoop on our inevitably sweeter future
One of America's sweetest company has a long history of supporting the rich, creamy goodness that is marriage equality. Late last week, the company took the support to a whole other level, urging the Supreme Court to hurry up and do the right thing already:
We’re proud to have signed onto an “Employers’ Amicus Brief.” That’s fancy lawyer speak for a formal legal petition asking the Supreme Court to review these latest circuit court rulings, and make a ruling that state governments may not act...
