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07/22/2011
Game-arriage
This small blip aptly sums up the big problem with the anti-gay side's "culture war": [NOM's Facebook] "Game on" -- that's exactly the problem. For groups like NOM, this really is just a game: Their financial risk measured in Monopoly...
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NYT feature: Young New Yorkers united for marriage equality
Eighteen young people under the age of 22, all of the from one of the NYC's five boroughs. Sixteen of them are straight, two of them bisexual (one m, one f). Fourteen of them are supportive of marriage equality; three...
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Video: Call him a sellout? 'Whatever,' says Sen. Grisanti
Sen. Mark Grisanti (R-Buffalo), one of the four GOP state senators to vote for marriage equality: [YT: WMHT TV] And then there are groups like the National Organization For Marriage, who go so far as to liken Sen. Grisanti to...
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Far-right still claiming Franken was wrong; America still getting class in how far-right operates
You know, it's one thing to remain defiant in the face of your political opposition's own advocacy. But when a person who led a certain project plainly states a claim to be wrong and the crowd that would benefit from...
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Marriage equality: Smoothing the present, winning the future
A legacy: "Over time, this will become federal law. We know we will someday be long gone, and no one will remember who were are or what we did. But this law will be on the books. And someday, someone...
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Bearing false wire service: American Family Association still twisting AP stories to fit own agenda
The American Family Association is up to its old tricks again, repurposing Associated Press wire stories to fit the organization's anti-gay agenda. Here, check out the way a straightforward wire story on Wednesday's DOMA hearing reads in any number of...
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07/21/2011
Video: But Focus on the Family, it's what you 'still are' that matters
If Focus on the Family wants to humanize the mission, it's probably not all that smart to directly liken being gay to being an orphan or an alcoholic: Okay, first off: So tired of the far-right's "they call us mean...
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Video: Maggie runs through DOMA songbook; doesn't sound like national anthem to me
She starts with a polygamy fear card. Then it's on to the false idea that the pro-equality side has reduced the discourse to accusing their opposition of nothing but "bigotry and discrimination." Soon after, she moves on to the short-sighted...
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About those NOM mailers: Even more historically offensive than you realized
This following passage comes from the book, A History of England in the eighteenth century, Volume 4 By William Edward Hartpole Lecky: [SOURCE: Google Books] The following photo is a historic depiction of Arnold watching the treasonous destruction and bloodshed...
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FRC's love/hate for govt. overreach: A tale in two email headers
Couldn't help but note the irony of this one-two punch from yesterday. First to hit the G-A-Y Inbox: Support for federal government interfering in the private lives of certain Americans and the abilities of certain states: Then, just a few...
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Video: Performance art in Topeka; oh, and a play too
With Westboro Baptist planning to picket same-sex marriages this weekend in NYC, it seemed like a good time to mention this effort, which also has both Manhattan and Topeka in mind: "We're taking our play about homophobia Off Broadway and...
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Ghana: Uganda the sequel?
Warren Throckmorton is monitoring a worsening situation in Ghana: Judging from this June, 2011 report, a safe prediction is that Ghana’s Parliament might soon follow the lead of Uganda in some manner. I have been observing a steady stream of...
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Video: Matt Barber's right -- polygamy's biblical history does predate gay marriage. So stop blaming us!
Around 3:12 in the below video, Matt Barber says this: "there's actually a stronger historical and biblical case to be made for polygamy than there is for same-sex marriage" And while the Liberty Counsel personality intends this to be condemnatory...
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Tom Minnery, you were wrong
When it comes to yesterday's DOMA testimony, Focus on the Family's Tom Minnery is predictably defiant: Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., focused on Minnery’s written testimony, targeting one of more than 60 academic citations concerning the positive impact when children have...
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High-ranking Catholic slights state's marriage role; for him, them, us -- everybody
Equality advocates are seeking the *CIVIL* marriage license, something that is, without debate, both a creation and product of the state. But we can say that until we are blue in the face and it won't matter -- the defiant...
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07/20/2011
Audio: NOM, Diaz push reunión el 24 de Julio; didn't we already do this once this year?!
Currently airing on Spanish-language radio in the NYC areas: *EARLIER: Eye-opening scenes from Ruben Diaz/NOM's last production: Presiding pastor says "Those who practice such things are worthy to death" Preacher says "breaking traditional marriage" will bring 'judgement and wrath of...
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Audio: For those who claim 'pray away the gay' is unfair rhetorical reduction, I give you Bryan Fischer…
"We know as an absolute fact, as a religious principle, as a theological principle, as a deeply-held principle of the word of God, that change in sexual orientation is possible -- happens all the time. And we know it can...
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Can Sympathetic Outlets Escape Contrived Memes in Gay Marriage Debate?
So here's the thing: -76% of Americans identify as Christians- ↓ -A relatively small portion of that percentage is engaged in "culture war," social issues politics- ↓ -An even smaller portion is engaged on what I'd call the anti-equality side...
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Maggie serves 'chilled First Amendment' course; makes me respond, crave gazpacho (not necessarily in that order)
In a piece for National Review Online titled "The Chilling of Our First Amendment Rights," Maggie Gallagher starts off with this: The First Amendment is more than a legal guarantee. It is a culture — a key American value —...
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Civil marriage in NYC: Before history, some history
The NEA news service, 1974: That last graph is particularly interesting, in light of how a tiny few socially conservative clerks are reacting to their civil marriages duties today. Then: Throw in a quick "God Bless You," which most likely...
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DOMA disadvantages are within Minnery's Focus, he just doesn't care
At today's DOMA hearing, Tom "Someone who is a practicing homosexual is a non starter for the group" Minnery, a Senior Vice President at Focus on the "homosexuality is a particularly evil lie of Satan" Family, was forced to admit...
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NYCF invokes courage and lions; I look for Dorothy, straw men
Professional victimization now comes with an official fund: People of conscience should not have to choose between feeding their family or their faith. NYCF was stirred by Laura [Fotusky's] courageous story and is committed to matching the $25,000 salary that...
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Live at 10 AM (ET): Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Repeal Of DOMA
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OMG! Video: NY 'protect marriage' ally blames gays for young boy's death!
At the recent press conference on the steps of the State Capitol in Albany, the "protect marriage" organizers at the National Organization For Marriage and New Yorkers For Constitutional Freedoms proudly invited Rabbi Yehuda Levin to represent their side. As...
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Now hiring: Professional victims
Because it's always about them: "We've already met the first victims of this new gay marriage regime. Town clerks, charged with a duty to issue and record marriage licenses, are faced with a stark choice: give up stable employment in...
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07/19/2011
Advance read: Tom Minnery's DOMA testimony (*updated: Whelan and Nimocks too)
Diligent U.S. Senators wanting to know what Focus on the Family's Tom Minnery will say at tomorrow's DOMA hearing can get a sneak peek right here: 2011 07 19 Minnery Doma Testimony Personally, I'd ask Tom why Focus on the...
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Audio: In bull, Tony Perkins sees beef
Family Research Council president Tony Perkins talking to radio host Janet Parshall about the "ex-gay" practices of Marcus Bachmann's clinics: [SOURCE] Uhm, no Tony: It would be like going into McDonald's or Burger King and finding out they cook their...
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Video: Four Seasons, two rings, one gender
NY Post reports: [YT: NY Post]
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Prez endorses congressional DOMA repeal; DOMA continues to endorse federal discrimination
Good news for DOMA repeal momentum: BREAKING: President Obama endorses the Respect for Marriage Act [Prop 8 Trial Tracker] "Why is this a big deal? Because the White House rarely, if ever, endorses legislation that hasn’t passed a house of...
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NOM's latest mailer: Historically crude comparisons meant to hijack civil rights movement
Oh look: The National Organization For Marriage is returning to its bullying roots, again accusing elected officials of Benedict-Arnold-like treason simply because they voted in a way that NOM dislikes: According to NOM press materials, they have unleashed similar mailers...
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Sen. Ruben Diaz vs. church/state separation, representative government
And now here's NY Sen. Ruben Diaz (D-Bronx) speaking in favor of this weekend's National Organization For Marriage picket: "In a city where teachers and public employees are being laid off, and fire houses are being closed for lack of...
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NYC lottery this Sunday (but keep the scratching for your honeymoon)
Love this Wall Street Journal report: Fearing demand for same-sex weddings will be too great for the City Clerk’s Office to handle this Sunday, city officials have announced a lottery for weddings on the first day that gay couples can...
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NOM's NY ally: Calling gays 'spiritually unfulfilling' is 'best point'
This Sunday, when the National Organization For Marriage pickets same-sex marriages on the very day that same-sex weddings are set to begin in the state, they will be supported on the local level by the New Yorker's Family Research Foundation/New...
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Video: The Values Voters Summit = line in the anti-gay sand. Tread carefully, elephants
The Family Research Council positions gay human beings as kid-threatening disasters in need of "ex-gay" therapy. The organization churns out brochures that compare same-sex marriages to those bonds which might exist between a man and a horse (complete with horse...
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Video: Slurred words, Vander Plaats: 'That's pretty good, oh shoot'
Regular G-A-Y readers certainly know the name Bob Vander Plaats: Iowa conservative kingmaker, onetime gubernatorial candidate, supporter of state marriage ban, head of the campaign to remove judges for no reason greater than their unanimous decision supporting civil equality, leader...
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Andrew Sullivan, right/ring advocate
"If you’re a heterosexual reading this, have you ever considered for a millisecond that your right to pursue happiness did not include your right to marry the person you love? And that is why, over the centuries, the U.S. Supreme...
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07/18/2011
Openly qualified judge gets federal gig
This is one of those historic developments that kind of makes you go "Really? Yeah? In 2011 we're just doing this?" But historic nonetheless: The U.S. Senate made history on Monday by confirming for the first time ever an openly...
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Audio: 'Ex-gay' is its own orientation; if you, like credible science, fail to honor that, then you're a hater
A few days ago, we showed you how the National Organization For Marriage was inching ever closer to "ex-gay" advocacy, pushing the words of PFOX president Greg Quinlan. Now listen to this very same Greg Quinlan that NOM was pushing...
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Hole-y logic
New York Post columnist Andrea Peyser has posted an indignant column pushing the far-right meme claiming NY town clerks are being unfairly punished for having to apply the regular demands of their job to same-sex couples. But all one has...
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Audio: AFA caller fears inclusive teaching; seemingly fine with Historical Insensitivity 101
A caller to AFA Radio's "Nothing But Truth," speaking on the subject of California's FAIR Education law: "Sooner or later it's going to be like the Nazis, you know, gays and non-gays are going to have to wear badges, that...
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Video: Old Falls + New tide = Liquid profit
Another town ready to celebrate the benefits of NY equality: Gays honeymooning at a waterfall? News to which the anti-gay crowd replied, "See, see -- we told you the gay = slippery slope!"
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Ill-timed presence of bullet halts Harvey's future discourse
WorldNetDaily columnist Barbara Simpson: "Harvey Milk advocated the full gay agenda and was opposed to recognition that such sexual activity spreads AIDS." [SOURCE: WND] (h/t: Scott Hutcheson) Historians will also remember Harvey as being opposed to Reaganomics, the Gulf War,...
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NOM's politically miscalculated 7/24: Warm bodies to join pragmatism on day's 'lacking' list?
So far, only eleven Facebookers have said they are attending the National Organization For Marriage's NYC protest on the day that marriages are to begin in the city. Of those eleven, I can confirm seven of them as pro-equality voices....
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Video: 'Fudgepacking 101'
Another completely measured and nuanced take on California's FAIR Education Act: "What's next, polygamist history is schools? People who like to have sex with chickens histories in schools? Fudge packing 101" Hmm. Personally I'm far more concerned with California teens...
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Us: 'Hey, this person said this'; Maggie: 'STOP ATTACKING US!!!!'
Seriously -- is Maggie Gallagher even capable of engaging in political debate, circa 2011, without resorting to the intellectually disingenuous idea that her "side" is being attached? This from Politico: “The more that they attack Michele Bachmann on these grounds,...
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'Absolutely not against the gays' (*just against Satan, of which she claims gaynesss is part)
In the LGBT rights conversation, these are the kinds of comments that really get to me: “[The Bachmanns] are absolutely not against the gays,” said one close friend, JoAnne Hood, who also attends Eagle Brook. “They are just not for...
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ADF pens NY clerk memo (a.k.a. casting call for future 'protect marriage' campaign ad)
With less than a week to go before in-state same-sex marriages are set to begin in NY, the far-right crowd is stepping up the victimization meme. The latest comes in the form of an Alliance Defense Fund memo, which all...
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07/15/2011
Like Gaga, NOM's ♪still in love with Judas, baby♪
Did you know that the National Organization For Marriage, on its official Facebook wall, is comparing Michael Bloomberg to Judas, simply because NYC's mayor has donated funds to pro-equality Republicans? It's totally true: Says blogger Kyle Luebke: All Christians should...
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RealCatholicTV: Gays can never be happy, must be celibate
"People trapped -- and they are trapped - -can never be truly 'gay," as in merry or happy, this is why there is so much hate and anger spewing from the homosexual movement" [Real Catholic TV] Look, if you want...
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NOM says Mass repeal not off table; table seeks coasters, sick of things that leave rings 
One would think that if any of our equality states were safeguarded, the sure bet would be the one that's had legal same-sex marriages now without incident or upheaval, only love. But not so, threatens the National Organization For Marriage's...
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