Good As You: value voters summit Roundup
10/10/2011
One Values Voter poll, two #FAILs
#1: Of all of their pet issues, it was and undefined "Other" that handily won the Family Research Council's online "issues" poll. #2: The reason "protecting marriage" did poorly might have something to do with the fact that the phrasing...
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FRC clearly hates the fact that Ron Paul won 'Value Voters' straw poll
There's no way that a far-right group like the Family Research Council wants Rep. Ron Paul as the Republican nominee. So it's pretty funny that Paul won the group's Value Voters Summit straw poll by a substantial margin: But even...
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10/08/2011
At the Values Voter Summit...
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney just called out the AFA"s Bryan Fischer (who will follow him on the speaking schedule), saying he "crosses the line," and that "Poisonous language doesn't advance our cause...the blessings of faith carry the responsibility of...
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10/07/2011
NOM at Values Voters Summit
Photos from @TheAaronWong: Interestingly, NOM's slogan is actually "Protecting Marriage and the Faith Communities that SUSTAIN it," not "faith communities that SUPPORT it." But hey, it's only marriage and society that NOM wants to keep straight -- they never said...
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SPLC: 'Whose Values Are Represented at the Values Voter Summit?'
Appearing this morning in The Washington Post: SPLC_wapo100711
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10/05/2011
True or False: The potential Presidents of a prominent political party are catering to rabidly anti-gay rhetoric?
We're just one day away from the start of the Family Research Council's so-called Values Voter Summit, at which all of the leading GOP presidential candidates will appear. Will appear and, by extension, support aggressive anti-science, fallacious politicking, and crude...
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09/15/2011
'Values Voter' catering: Canapés on the tray, animus on the slate
Mitt Romney has now announced his plans to be at the Family Research Council's so-called "Values Voter Summit," joining Gov. Rick Perry, Rep. Michele Bachmann, former Senator Rick Santorum, Rep. Ron Paul, and Herman Cain on the slate of GOP...
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02/10/2011
FRC's Values Voters invitees: Tim Pawlenty, we hardly recognize you
In an obvious move to position their conference as the conservative alternative to the current press-grabber that is CPAC, the Family Research Council has announced their invited speakers list for Values Voters Summit 2011. And ya know, FRC might just...
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09/17/2010
#VVS2010 pushes buttons
On hand at the Values Voters Summit, G-A-Y pal Chris Geidner scored himself some swag: @chrisgeidner Chris says he was told it'd be the "most controversial button [he]'d ever own." That "controversy" of course existing between credible science and those...
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#VVS2010: DADT (Don't Allay Discrimination Tactfully) Panel
Warning: This is one of the most disgusting, dehumanizing American political panels ever conducted: Don't Ask Don't Tell Panel [AFA]
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#VVS2010: Pence-ively pausing basic fairness
Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN unless UR-OUT) has given basically the same Values Voters Summit speech for the past few years. But this year he's much more defiant, especially when it comes to how (non-)issues like marriage equality and fair, open...
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#VVS2010: Fischer's hooks
In anticipation of Bryan Fischer's Values Voters speech tomorrow morning, our pals at Right Wing Watch have rounded up some of the AFA personality's most jaw-dropping moments: [RWW] Mike Huckabee spoke this morning. Mitt Romney's on as I type this....
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#VVS2010: Inhofe's very boring #DADT speech
Sen Inhofe (R-OK with Not-OK LGBT views) got some very muted applause for his DADT stuff. Not a great sign for a conservative in a crowd where most every other piece of clap-bait will Palin comparison pale in comparison to...
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09/07/2010
And by *straw* poll, they mean 'one that could easily facilitate gays' suckage'
This from FRC: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Next week, Family Research Council Action will hold its 2012 presidential straw poll during its fifth annual Values Voter Summit. The ballot will feature 17 possible presidential candidates, several of whom will be speaking...
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09/01/2010
We the People of the FRC, in order to form a more perfect fundraising pitch...
The Family Research Council is directly relating their upcoming Values Voters Summit to the signing of the U.S. Constitution: On September 17, 1787, the U.S. Constitution was signed by 37 brave men who saw the United States not as it...
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06/03/2010
The Duggars: Seemingly nice people mixed up with a demonstrably gay-hostile movement
The Values Voters Summit is a frequently eye-opening soiree. For those not familiar, here's a vid that Max Blumenthal did back in '07: In subsequent years, people like Carrie Prejean have been feted at the event. Through it all, expressing...
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09/21/2009
Video: Because waving 'Hi mom!' would be too legitimately pro-family
If you've ever been to political events, ranging from presidential press conferences to city council rallies, you know that sometimes the credentialed media shows up to file a report from a spot that is within mere feet of the audience...
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Audio: Can't we just skip ahead to Reconstruction?
Even with the way that some have rushed to frightening, seemingly abject rage against a popular president and his policies, do any of you really give more than a passing thought to the idea that this nation's "culture war" could...
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Audio: FOF hopes '80s/'90s-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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09/18/2009
Video: And if we're being honest, her top's a little too summery
Alright, so we're not going to rehash all the Carrie Prejean stuff. You've heard it all before: She gave a bad answer, people pushed back (as per their own free speech right), and then Carrie was immediately snatched up by...
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Watch: 'Live and Let Live'? No so much. But at least you can watch it live
In years past, we brought you clips of the so-called Values Voters Summit as soon as they came in. Well we still plan to highlight the more egregious comments from the '09 edition. But thanks to the American Family Association's...
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09/17/2009
La Shana Tovah, Tony Perkins!
If the Family Research Council is so concerned with respect for religion, then why are they holding their annual Values Voters Summit during Rosh Hashanah, the biggest holiday on the Jewish calendar? Do they not like potato kugel or something?...
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09/08/2009
They of course want her for her healthcare policy acumen
Well it looks like they finally got her. After weeks of listing the former Miss California as merely an invited speaker for their intensely anti-gay Values Voters Summit (to be held 9/18-9/20 in DC), the Family Research Council has now...
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08/31/2009
Gotzon gots on the roster; We ask why
Last year it was Shohreh Aghdashloo. This year it's Jenn Gotzon, an actress who has appeared in films like Frost/Nixon and 500 Days of Summer, whose appearance at the upcoming Values Voters Summit raises some questions in our mind. Values...
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07/21/2009
270 and counting
When the Family Research Council signed the National Organization For Marriage to sponsor the "New Media Row" at their upcoming Values Voters Summit, we can't imagine that this is the sort of new media result that FRC was hoping to...
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07/17/2009
Fun with Facebook: Values Voters edition
As part of the "new media" advocacy with which the Family Research Council has tasked them, the National Organization For Marriage has set up a new Facebook page for that annual homo-hostile event known as the "Values Voters Summit." As...
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07/09/2009
New media, NOM hardly knows ya
The Family Research Council has announced that at this year's annual anti-gay parade, the Values Voters Summit, their "new media row" will be sponsored by NOM: Values Voters Summit '09 [another queer-hostile FRC production] Because honesty, who knows more about...
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05/04/2009
She'll have all summer to prepare (to get a standing ovation no matter what she says)
The Family Research Council sure has faith in Carrie Prejean's staying power. While the annual event is not until mid-September, the "pro-family" outfit has already added the young sash-wearer to its uber-anti-gay Values Voters Summit: 2009 Values Voters Summit [Another...
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09/15/2008
VALUES VOTERS 2008: My parents went to 'Values Voters' and all I got was this offensive breakfast
Over the past couple of days, we've been highlighting some of the less gay-friendly moments from this weekend's so-called Values Voters Summit. Well now, to close out our coverage, we want to show you an item that was reportedly selling...
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VALUES VOTERS 2008: Sears sells cheap inventions
On Saturday, after outlining his organization's war against the "invisible wall" between church and state, the Alliance Defense Fund's Alan Sears gave the Values Voters audience some insight into what sort of "dark vision" he perceives the ACLU as having....
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09/13/2008
VALUES VOTERS 2008: Kinda like the Razzies, but with 97% more intolerance
To close out their first night of value voteriness, the folks at Family Research Council tried their hand at comedy by presenting a series of dubious honors to "runaway judicial activists." Unfortunately for FRC, however, exalting majority tyranny above equal...
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VALUES VOTERS 2008: Unequal coMITTments
At last year's Values Voters Summit, we watched Mitt's Romney's speech with an assumption that he'd serve on a fall '08 presidential ticket in some capacity. At this year's VV Summit, we of course know that Mitt's White House (or...
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09/12/2008
VALUES VOTERS 2008: Wherein a verbal misfire gives us an easy Friday post
Star Parker gave a lengthy speech at the Values Voters Summit, railing against everything she deems too "liberal for her liking," all in that condescending near-scream that she has perfected over the years. And after hearing it, we knew we...
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VALUES VOTERS 2008: Forgive us if we're not as nostalgic
If there's one that that truly annoys us is when social conservative act like marriage equality is a wacky, nutty concept simply because its peaceful brass ring has only been within the gay community's grasp for the past couple of...
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VALUES VOTERS 2008: SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY!
OH. MY THEIR. GOD. This was just played to applause at the Values Voters Summit: Subtle, no? Complete Values Voters coverage (this year and years past) [G-A-Y] **SEE ALSO: PFAW's Right Wing Watch is also covering the "pro-family" shindig. Check...
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VALUES VOTERS 2008: Bachmann turns on overdrive
Every politico has a historical moment that will forever inform and inspire their political lives. For some it might be MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech or John F. Kennedy's legendary inaugural address. Reagan's "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"...
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VALUES VOTERS 2008: Phyllis in on your biased views
Oh, Phyllis Schlafly. Last year the doyenne of social conservatism laid out the the sort of gay-unfriendliness that the "pro-family" movement expects to see in the GOP candidate. This year, she chooses to instead focus her energy on the parties'...
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VALUES VOTERS 2008: Lou Dobbs
Well kids, it's Values Voters Summit time once again. Can't you just feel the excitement?! While we won't be bringing you video this year, we will be providing you with audio highlights throughout the day. And the first one up...
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09/11/2008
Update: The actress we enjoy and the event we do not
Earlier this week, we expressed discomfort over actress Shorheh Aghdashloo's decision to appear at the upcoming Values Voters Summit, an annual Family Research Council event where shunning gay rights is as much on the docket as praising Ronald Reagan (see...
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06/20/2008
Oh, and Jesus might attend too. Please buy a ticket.
So what if we told you that we are going to host an event, and at said event, there's a possibility that Jon Stewart, Rosie O'Donnell, Barack Obama, Chelsea Clinton, and the reincarnation of Harvey Milk will be in attendance....
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10/20/2007
FINALLY: A 'Values Voters' wrap-up
For complete coverage of the Family Research Council's so-called Values Voters Summit, this is the full archive. For highlights from individual speakers, here are those links: Roger Hedgecock Mike Huckabee Mark Levin Rudy Giuliani Phyllis Schlafly Mitt Romney Daniel Lapin...
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Video: Semi-Live Streaming the 'Values Voters' Summit (Pt. 15)
Talk show host Roger Hedgecock on gay pride parade participation and the "audacity" of California liberals who wish to keep LGBT kids safe from bullying and harassment: SB"666" -- oh that's clever, Roger. Though luckily for us, we don't have...
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Video: Semi-Live Streaming the 'Values Voters' Summit (Pt. 14)
Mike Huckabee lost a ton of weight a few years ago. Unfortunately, it wasn't the mass of his body that contains his learned bias against gay people that was shed from his frame: What do you think would get this...
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Video: Semi-Live Streaming the 'Values Voters' Summit (Pt. 13)
Radio host Mark Levin: Forgive this "little guy" if he doesn't agree with Mr. Levin's assessment. 'Values Voters Summit' Coverage -- Clip 14 [YouTube] **MORE: See Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7,...
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Video: Semi-Live Streaming the 'Values Voters' Summit (Pt. 12)
So Rudy Giuliani didn't really address gay marriage or any of our rights issues in his pandering address to the "values voters." He did, however, make every attempt to wash the crippling stink of liberalism off of his behind. A...
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10/19/2007
Video: Semi-Live Streaming the 'Values Voters' Summit (Pt. 11)
When watching this, please remember that conservative stalwart Phyllis Schlafly (like so many social conservatives) has a gay son: Ms. Schlafly has said many times in the press that she wishes people would stop bringing up that she has an...
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Video: Semi-Live Streaming the 'Values Voters' Summit (Pt. 10)
You know what's heartwarming? Spending some quality time with the love of your life on a Friday evening, swapping stories about the minutiae of your week over a nice glass of Pinot. You know what's the opposite of heartwarming? Having...
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Video: Semi-Live Streaming the 'Values Voters' Summit (Pt. 9)
Rabbi Daniel Lapin: Uhm, "there are no arguments" after this simplistic religious refutation of civil marriage (which is what gays are seeking)? Hmm..well, try these: (A) It's a complete lie to say that the "Bible says [gay marriage] is wrong."...
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Video: Semi-Live Streaming the 'Values Voters' Summit (Pt. 8)
We weren't familiar with Johnathan and Deborah Flora (a filmmaker and his actress wife) until today. However, they certainly have some opinions about us: Oh yes -- our "agenda" of wanting to see our lives represented in entertainment. It wasn't...
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Video: Semi-Live Streaming the 'Values Voters' Summit (Pt. 6)
Here is Alan Sears highlighting recent accomplishments of the Alliance Defense Fund (a.k.a. the court cases that will be remembered as sources of shame for future generations of fair-minded Americans): 'Values Voters Summit' Coverage -- Clip 6 [YouTube] **MORE: See...
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