Good As You: FOF Roundup
11/16/2009
Audio: NARTH gears up for annual convention; Scientists prepare to smack heads in frustration
NARTH is a sham organization that engages in faith-based lies in order to reach a preconceived outcome. Focus on the Family is its enabler: If you care to go to the convention, you should know that the cost is very...
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11/13/2009
'Question 1 opponents': The far-right's newest faux monolith
Maine Marriage Equality is a website started up by college student Adam "Sunny" Flanders. During the Question One campaign, the site provided a steady stream of information about the fight to preserve marriage equality. Now that the anti-gay side has...
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11/05/2009
Take that, Maine soup kitchens!
$115,266: That's the grand total of Focus on the Family's donations to Maine to combat equality: Focus donates $115,266 to Maine gay marriage fight [AP via Boston Globe] Just one of the many hundreds of thousands of dollars that the...
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Like gay activists, Minnery wanted 'NO' vote; not liking gay activists the reason why
The Maine legislature had passed marriage equality and signed it into law. You know, the way we enact laws in this nation: via our elected lawmakers. That's what the elected Maine legislature did when they obtained a principled, reasoned "yes"...
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10/27/2009
With rhetorical crap this odiferous, it's quite good that Ashley's toilet is getting flushed
Focus on the Family's Ashley Horne says: It’s come to our attention that President Obama will “commemorate” the enactment of the hate-crimes bill this Wednesday, October 28th. Let’s all pause and listen to the sound of a little more of...
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10/16/2009
Audio: Breadth of gay rights, breathlessly bashed
Grown adults who spend their workdays using their personal faith views to work up histrionics around what should be and could be the benign acceptance of all human beings: **SOURCE: Issues Update Broadcast (Part 2 of 2) [Focus On The...
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10/14/2009
Video: It's so foggy, gays can't see their ring-adorned fingers
Believe it or not, we actually kind of agree with Focus on the Family's Stuart Shepard about something. Here, watch this video: No, we haven't decided that his smug style of commentary is appropriate, considering that the agenda that it...
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10/13/2009
Ms. Cushman seems nice. Too bad her agenda is menacingly negligent
Candi Cushman's sole job is to convince the American public that long overdue non-harassment of LGBT public school students constitutes a "radical agenda." A sort of unsafe schools czar, if you will. And here's how she earned her paycheck this...
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10/06/2009
Video: 'Kevin's a radical extremist,' say those who radically, extremely oppose his appointment
Now that the young man has been proven to have been of age, the far-right have toned down their insanely unscrupulous attempts to make Kevin Jennings sound like a perverted supporter of statutory rape. But they haven't stopped attacking him...
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10/02/2009
Eternity, but from here too
This is how Focus on the Family president Jim Daly sees his role in combatting our political movement: I had the chance to speak to our public policy team after the first of some of these [articles about Daly's work]...
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09/25/2009
Video: And they wonder why they weren't invited on the committee panel?!
Hey Carrie Gordon Earll, professional "ex-gay" advocate: ENDA protects on the basis of sexual orientation in general, not just homosexuality/bisexuality in particular! So if someone decides they want to get with someone of the opposite-sex after being with someone of...
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09/24/2009
Is Bruce Hausknecht deliberately missing the point?
On Monday, we showed you how Focus on the Family writer was failing to actually acknowledge the real, on-the-ground concerns that DOMA poses to gay-headed families, with the conservative figure instead choosing to talk about children only as a liberal...
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09/21/2009
Hey Bruce: We care about kids because we do, not because saying it works well in ad campaigns!
A pro-equality person (and G-A-Y reader) recently left the following comment on Focus on the Family's Drive Thru blog: I think DOMA sets a dangerous precedent regarding the 14th Amendment and the Full Faith and Credit Clause. What happens to...
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Audio: FOF hopes 80's/90's-born voters were also born yesterday
At this weekend's so-called Values Voters Summit, Focus on the Family president Jim Daly dedicated his speaking time to how his greying movement can reach the so called "millennial" generation. So to help him make his progress-stifling points, Daly hosted...
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09/16/2009
Teens as victims of peer pressure (once removed)
Nothing makes us sadder than seeing impressionable parents of gay kids being told to embrace anti-scientific misinformation, as many of us in the LGBT world know firsthand that this is likely to set the family on a path of needless...
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09/09/2009
We wanna love and parent, they want to rule our genitals and constitutions. Who's selfish here?
Only social conservatives like Focus on the Family's Jenny Tyree could directly liken same-sex unions (an undeniable increase in the marriage concept) to the concept of no fault divorce (a way to dissolve marital bonds) and still keep a straight...
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09/03/2009
Narrowing the Focus
Even more downsizing from the house that Dobson built: Focus on the Family announced a reorganization Wednesday that will eliminate 75 jobs — an 8 percent reduction in a workforce that already has been cut twice since September 2008. ......
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Audio: Basically to FOF, a Christian can never be rightfully terminated
After Hewlett-Packard put up posters meant to encourage acceptance of gay people, Richard Peterson, a worker in the company's Boise, ID, office, decided to "retaliate" by posting scriptures that he considers to be gay condemnatory, on his work cubicle, in...
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08/21/2009
Photo: They see a storm, we see shelter
In order to drum up fear of employment non-dsicrimination, Focus on the Family is running this stormy graphic: TAKE ACTION: Lawmakers Push Special Rights for Gay Employees [FOF] We just wonder why they cropped the photo so as to not...
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08/20/2009
Video: [DEAF]inition
When watching this latest "Focus on the Family Update," we can't help but hope for one thing... Defending Marriage and Families [FOF] Our hope? That Tom Minnery and cohorts will please, please, pleeease keep working the "God's definition of marriage"...
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08/19/2009
What do you want them to call us: 'The United Sinners of Not Jenny Tyreeville?"
In a new post to Focus on the Family's "DriveThru" blog, FOF's Jenny Tyree says the following about the Obama administration's DOMA stance and their usage of this country's name in their briefs related to the same: It would also...
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08/13/2009
Video: Hey kids, want some Candi? Ooh, not so fast, gay Johnny...
Candi Cushman's professional life quite literally consists of ensuring that gay kids, queer-supportive youngsters, and the LGBT family members of all students are hidden, shunned, or worse. Here she is, just another day in the coal mines: Though if you...
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08/11/2009
Video: 'Love Won' may be out, but nonsense is still woefully in
Focus on the Family may be cutting its Love Won Out program loose, but don't you dare think they're gonna cut out their "gays can change" activism anytime soon. In fact they've just put forth a new video in which...
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FOF loses ex-gay 'Love'!
It's just been announced that Focus on the Family is cutting its "ex-gay" Love Won Out conferences out of the fam, sending the "gays can change" dog and pony shows to instead live with their Florida-based cousins at Exodus International!...
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We told them not to ban Suze Orman's equality
We knew from endeavors like their garage sale that Focus on the Family had to be suffering some financial straits. Now in a revelatory new pitch letter, Dobson's discriminatory descendants reveal just how badly they are suffering, reporting that the...
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08/05/2009
If the slope is slippery, then it's marriage itself that wet it!
The concept of multiple partner marriage either has or doesn't have merit. The activists who might fight for the legal recognition of the same either have a set of sound arguments or they do not. Because we have a system...
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08/01/2009
Heche-ing it out: Anne takes on mama's 'ex-gay' activism
Over the years, Anne Heche has spoken out against her mother Nancy's work as a pro-"ex-gay" Focus on the Family employee. But now, in an Alex Witchel-penned New York Times Magazine article, Anne gives the most frank and revelatory commentary...
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07/30/2009
The first step is admitting you've made civil marriage a problem
We on the pro-equality side are gaining so much ground by pointing out the differences between civil marriage (what gay activists are seeking) and religious ceremony (an always-optional component of marriage) that the religious right is feeling compelled to address...
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07/29/2009
Daly dose of B.S.
In a new column on Newsweek/Washington Post's "On Faith" blog, Focus on the Family president Jim Daly admits something that we actually found shocking. He says: "Focus on the Family realizes that couples can be married in church all day...
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Sibling devilry
Satan using a gay sister as a pawn to stop a heterosexual Christian from entering into a ministry position? It's just another day on the Focus on the Family message boards: Homosexual sister [FOF] Some blow up aero beds, while...
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Dear Focu$ on the Family:
If you donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Prop 8 alone, are known for bankrolling just about any anti-gay fight that comes in the pipe, and have had to layoff staff because of your expenditures, it might be just...
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07/24/2009
'The truth is, I am in denial, but it is self-denial.'
In what might be his most revelatory interview yet, professional "ex-gay" Alan Chambers is essentially conveying what we all know: That his and many others' "change" is little to nothing more than re-closeting for the sake of pleasing one certain,...
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07/22/2009
Dietary warning: Candi's empty calories leave no room for Milk
Focus on the Family's Candi Cushman has highlighted five key bullet points for why she claims to oppose SB 572, a California bill that would require the state's governor to proclaim May 22 of each year as Harvey Milk Day,...
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07/20/2009
Focus on the new opportunity to push back
Focus on the Family now has a blog. With comments. Oh boy. Have at it, peeps. Be firm but fair. Be charming but unwavering. Oh, and please remember to take a screenshot for if (when?) the moderators fail to approve...
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07/17/2009
We too are in this game to protect children
One thing that's so frustrating about the far-right's anti-gay activism is how they have set up their own stable of researchers, news sources, groups, advocacy organizations, and talking points, so that they can avoid actual information from actual LGBT people...
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07/13/2009
If rejecting 'ex-gay' therapy is pro-gay activism, then no wonder Pinnocchio never comes to our rallies
You know how we've been telling you about the recent National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) study that their pals at Focus on the Family have been trying to pass off as a "peer-reviewed" "study," even though...
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07/09/2009
Video: If credibility began and ended at FOF's front door, then vids like this might help
Even more Focus on the Family staffers, one of them a professional "ex-gay," are desperately trying to make NARTH sound like an objective, respected voice of science, and their new fallacious "report" sound like something worth more than the paper...
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07/07/2009
Focus on the deliberate poll misreads
Yesterday we showed you how, despite the data SPECIFICALLY stating that same-sex marriage had only a modest (if any) effect on Gov. John Lynch's approval rating, the Family Research Council was trying to spin a new poll so that it...
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Hey Focus on the Family employees:
If you come to our site to leave comments like this one... Those who practice homosexuality have the same civil rights as every citizen. Homosexuals can marry, hold jobs,etc., just like all Americans. For opponents of same-sex marriage the issue...
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07/06/2009
Video: WOW, shocker -- professional 'ex-gay' advocates support professional 'ex-gay' advocacy!
What do you do if you support a scientifically-obliterated concept, with a goal to mold actuality so that it fits your purview (instead of the other way around)? Well if you're Focus on the Family, you rely on "studies" commissioned...
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Her name is Candi, but her agenda couldn't be less sweet
When it comes to anti-gay advocacy, this writer reserves a special ring of detestation for those who militantly push for yet another generation to be brought up in a homo-hostile world. Because since we all know that acceptance could be...
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07/03/2009
Video: FOF vs. unions, teachers' and ours
Kim Trobee got some highlights. Unfortunately, the above-the-neck enlightenment begins and ends there: But the highlights look good, Kim. Honestly. They're youthful. Summery. Now that you've opened your head up to some new strands of color, now let's open your...
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07/02/2009
They say 'cash for fams'; We hear, 'pennies for rights-depriving thoughts'
New FOF head Jim Daly has put forth a new fundraising video: But wouldn't you know it? In an exclusive to G-A-Y, we have managed to obtain the alternate, ultimately nixed script: Personally we would have stuck to that version....
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07/01/2009
'Sinister language' indeed.
You know what we find "sinister"? Willfully confusing millions of people so that they will oppose a piece of legislation wherein the sole goal is to keep a demonstrably vulnerable group safe from bias-motivated violence. You know what we find...
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06/29/2009
While we were away: Tenth -- TENTH! -- researcher told FOF to stop fudging their work
This from Wayne Besen's fab Truth Wins Out organization: In [an] article, “Childhood Sexual Abuse and Male Homosexuality”, [Focus on the Family's Jeff Johnston] wrote, “Many pro-gay researchers, activists and theorists deny that there could be a connection between child...
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While we were away: Denver Post gifted new anti-gay leader with credibility-lending puff piece
At last year's so-called Values Voters Summit, new Focus on the Family president Jim Daly said the following about those of us who "find [ourselves] in homosexuality" and who will, via our love, bring forth the "judgement of God": And...
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06/05/2009
Video: In FOF's future, every president will be anti-famous for
For us, anti-Fame would look/sound like this: (Songwriter's note: unlike it's counterpart, which was sung by dancing students on top of cars in midtown Manhattan, this version should be whispered into a pencil in an obscure janitor's closet somewhere in...
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05/12/2009
Exclusive: FOF admits NH poll is bunk!
Yesterday, we showed you how Focus on the Family was running with the Cornerstone Policy Research's thoroughly unbelievable claim that they had "surveyed every New Hampshire household" on the topic of same-sex marriage. Well today FOF's Gary Schneeberger, a genuinely...
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Audio: Dobson Carries on
Not being able to cram all of the various and sundry ways that one can say "protect marriage" into only one segment, Focus on the Family today aired a second part of their Carrie Prejean interview. Here's a brief snip...
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05/11/2009
Audio: Every household was polled? Yea? You kids are really sticking with that?
Since we first posted about it on Friday, we've received scores of comments, emails, YouTube comments/emails, IMs, etc. from New Hampshire households who were never surveyed in a recent same-sex marriage poll. But that doesn't stop Cornerstone Policy Research and...
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