Jeremy Hooper's Blog, page 88
August 7, 2014
Former governor and AG Charlie Crist: Florida's Gov and AG don't have to defend marriage discrimination
Charlie Crist us running to become Florida's next governor, this time as a pro-equality Democrat. But he's already serve in that role, as well as that of the state's attorney general, then as an anti-equality Republican.
Now it's all come full circle, with Crist demanding that the current Republican governor and Republican AG, modern versions of his past self, are wrong to defend discrimination on appeal:
He's right. He evolved, and so can Rick Scott and Pam Bondi.
FRC prays #SixthCircuit will overturn 'immoral rulings' on marrige
From the exceedingly anti-LGBT organization's latest round of prayer targets:
Asking a court of civil law to rely on "divine law" and to cast morality-based judgements? This is literally a prayer for members of the bar to engage in malpractice, no different from asking a doctor to eschew vaccines in the service of faith healing. This is a prayer for judges to sidestep ethics and proper jurisprudence in order to satisfy FRC's chosen theology.
And yet they are the ones al...
NOM: Married gays are ripping apart straight family portraits
This poor little girl was wearing such a lovely dress. That is until those uppity gays and their belief that they are equal under the law came and ripped it apart:
[NOM]
So wait, I'm confused. Is it strong and forever unchangeable, or is it such a fragile little flower that the wind from more participants rushing to solidify their loving bonds is enough to knock it down? I don't see how it can be both.
Sen. Rand Paul met with NOM affiliate group
The Coalition of African-American Pastors is a National Organization For Marriage affiliate and its head, Rev. Bill Owens, is NOM's name religious liaison. Qualifications good enough to secure a private meeting with a top GOP senator and star, apparently:
Recently, CAAP met with Senator Rand Paul to discuss those issues that are most important to our community. The conversation ranged from opinions expressed regarding the government and the Bundy standoff to key social justice issues at the he...
Video: Liberty University personality will accept celibacy but wishes you would 'change'
Celibacy? "Change"? Just as long as you stifle your life in some way that conforms to the exclusionary beliefs of far-right evangelicals, they'll be happy:
A mess of words. That's what happens when you preconceive your "science" and then try to justify it.
August 6, 2014
Video: This is not a parody NARTH video (*but it is a joke)
The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), like all of the "ex-gay" movement is in shambles. So their answer, like so many beleaguered groups before them, is to rebrand.
Truth Win Out, which has been tracking this sham organization for years, has more details. In the meantime, the launch video must be seen to be believed:
Women anchors opening the top buttons of their blouses is a big part of the new strategy, eh? Wouldn't be any more bizarre than past efforts....
Audio: Oral arguments in #Ohio #marriage case at #6thCircuit
Here's the fourth of four audio clips, this one from the Ohio leg (James Obergefell, et al. / Brittani Henry, et al. v Lance Himes, et al.) of today's 6th Circuit marriage marathon. Here's that one, in full:
Audio: Oral arguments in #Tennessee #marriage case at #6thCircuit
Here's the third of four audio clips is up, this one from the Tennessee portion (Valeria Tanco, et al. v. William Haslam, et al.) of today's 6th Circuit marriage marathon. Here it is, in full:
Audio: Oral arguments in #Kentucky #marriage case at #6thCircuit
The second of four audio clips is now available, this one from the Kentucky leg (Gregory Bourke, et al. / Timothy Love, et al. v. Steve Beshear, et al.) of today's 6th Circuit marriage marathon. Here's that one, in full:
