The Congressional hearing concerning DOMA is happening now (and is probably over by the time you read this entry) and from what I understand, reports are Focus on the Family's Tom Minnery had a bad time of it. First, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) made mincemeat of his bad reading of studies:
You think Sen. Franken reads this blog? Okay that was ostentatious but I couldn't help myself.
And then to make matters worse for Minnery, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) got him to admit that children in same-sex households (and there are a lot of them) are disadvantaged by a lack of protection for their families:
To read the full stories with the videos, you can go to ThinkProgress for the Franken/Minnery exchange and the Leahy/Minnery exchange.
Also check out - Why Focus On The Family’s ‘Fatherless’ Studies Are Irrelevant To DOMA
In other news . . .
Is Grassley Hinting That Maggie Gallagher Was Too Scared To Testify Against DOMA? - While I think that it is Maggie Gallagher he is talking about, I also think her reasoning is phony. She had no problem speaking at the DOMA hearing led by Republicans earlier this year.
Ghana Regional Minister Orders All Gays Arrested - Pray for our brothers and sisters caught in the grip of this madness.
Barber: Gays Don't Want The White Picket Fence, They Want To Burn It Down - An day old entry but I haven't picked on Matt Barber in a while.
2 comments:
Ha ha!! Take that, religious wing nuts! And huge kudos to Senators Franken and Leahy. Franken makes me very proud to be from Minnesota.
And here's another nice little news story:
http://splcenter.org/get-informed/news/splc-sues-minnesota-school-district-to-protect-lgbt-students-from-harassment-hosti?ondntsrc=MBC110770ALE&newsletter=dnewsgen-072111
Yep, the SPLC has filed suit against the Anoka-Hennepin School District. Looks like the loathsome people who run the A-HSD are in for some well-deserved grief in return for all the grief they've caused and continue to cause.
Isn't Anoka where Michele Bachmann is from?
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