Good As You

These people's agenda is not to participate in a republic. They are preparing to go to war to set up a theocracy in this country. See Frank Schaeffer's piece on the Huffington Post about this issue. They have now infiltrated our Congress with the C Street gang and in state legislatures across this country. Even Janet Napolitano knows the danger these people represent in our country. We need to demand from our Congress that they hold hearings on this menace and destroy it before it destroys our country.

"No matter who you are or where you stand, you should ask yourself why, exactly, these folks are so hostile towards exposure."

My guess is that the language that works to rally and motivate their supporters is not the same language they want presented to the general public. Use raw demagoguery in private, but hide it behind carefully chosen words presented to the public with friendly engaging smiles.

Marc Mutty: "In today's society, being a bigot is a really nasty thing."

uh, yeah. It is. So don't do it.

"We have 5,000 years of human history that says we're on the right side."

How is it that not one person in that audience disputed that false claim? I mean, I'm not expecting someone to stand up and shout, "YOU LIE," as appropriate as it would be, but aren't some of these people college-educated? Did they just ignore their world history classes?

He should have said, "We have 5,000 years of Judeo-Christian history that says our religion has always been this way." That's a much more accurate statement, but not one that should be used for lawmaking.

Give us money. We won't tell you what it's for though, but Maggie is getting hungry....

I hope all these people faces show up real well ... and they feel they had a nice 'outing.'

...PS and the % of the under 35 crowd there?

"We have 5,000 years of human history that says we're on the right side."

How many years did the slavers have to prove they were on the 'right side'?

How many years did the oppressors of women have to prove they were on the 'right side'?

How many years did the witch burners have to prove they were on the 'right side'?

Just because something is accepted by the majority doesn't make it right, unless you're referring to 'right wing'.

Yea, the "we have x number years of history" claims are always so obnoxious. They fail to acknowledge that these years of history are littered with various ideas and notions that would make modern people of all stripes wince. Why is it that this, marriage bias and unfair treatment of gay people, is the one thing that was made right thousands of years ago -- period, end of story?

Plus, of course, it robs us of our own place in history, anf of our "righteousness." But they don't care. And worse yet: Far too many of our potential allies just casually accept this nonsense without critically thinking about it.

So people who are against same-sex marriage are scared to come out for fear they might be harassed and labeled as evil?

'Nuf said.

Short version of Tony Perkins' perspective:

"I will fight for marriage discrimination... just don't make me show my face!"

Message to Mutty: Hosting closed, media-free events leads people to think you've got something to hide.

Like, bigotry.

...It's not that complicated why they want secrecy. With Perkins and the Archdiocese and other CHURCH leaders speaking at a political rally, they risk being filmed actively campaigning for a political issue to potential voters...which is 100% against the law.

Time to revoke church tax-exempt status, huh kiddies? Let's see how big their mouths are when they have to pay taxes like every other business.

Wow, what a SNOOZE FEST. I felt like I was watching a chapel service at a retirement community.

PS. This is the same Tony Perkins that asked both Fox and MSNBC and other crews to post reports LIVE from the Aisles of the Value Voters Summit...
Some of whose participants were loath to be seen and heard and complained about the invited media.

5,000 years because that's when god created Adam, and then as an afterthought made Eve to be his slave (helpmeet = slave). And this is right on the heals of god's creation of the earth, the animals, the dinosaur fossils and all the other shit.

They are probably afraid because of efforts like WhoSigned.org in WA. The anti-gay folks have really become paranoid about keeping their privacy. The idea that everyone's face who participates in their efforts is at the top of thiers minds wherever they go.

These religionists do not want public discourse. They want theocracy and are willing to say and do anything they can to enforce their christian agenda on the rest of us. They don't care about the US Constitution nor anyone elses rights. It would serve us well to point out their unDemocratice Anti-American viewpoints with everyone we come into contact. It's is really unfathomable how these people graduated from high school not knowing their own constitution and the way government is supposed to work. Unfortunately, they have found a loophole in the tax laws so that they can collect tax free money to lobby legislators against us.