Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association doesn't think lgbts - or "practicing homosexuals" as he calls them - shouldn't be able to serve in public office. And he has a logical explanation. Too bad the logic comes from Bizarro land
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Lgbts need to get serious in addressing, stamping out homophobic propaganda
Read This Impressively Offensive Anti-LGBT Pamphlet From Ghana - What's distressing about this pamphlet is how it sounds so much like the junk put out in America by religious right groups. Peter LaBarbera is even cited in it. It simply underscores that all of the stuff we talk about the royal baby possibly being gay or Spiderman being gay or whatever useless fascination we involve ourselves in don't mean crap if we don't get serious and address the rhetoric used against us. It's not just about America now but more susceptible countries. If we don't start talking about the propaganda we are going to have more things like the following from Russia:
or Montenegro's Gay Pride Parade Debuts Amidst Violence
or Haitian Anti-Gay Marriage Protesters Kill Two Men, Threaten To Burn Down Parliament: VIDEO
These people who committed these awful acts were spurred on by something which told them that it was justified to harm their fellow countrymen. My guess is that the rhetoric spread about lgbts had somethign to do with - rhetoric which portrays us as disease-ridden, pedophilic monsters out to destroy society and morality. Homophobia, like racism, is an emotion spurred on by hatred and that hatred is propelled by fear. Rhetoric designed to exploit this fear should never be ignored or laughed at. Remember that the next time you read an anti-gay pamphlet by the Family Research Council or the National Organization for Marriage. What's funny to you could mean death to someone else.
Historically, the propaganda used against lgbts is no different than the propaganda against African-Americans or people of the Jewish faith. Perhaps it's time we start placing this propaganda its proper place rather than laughing it off.
Related post: How They See Us: Unmasking the Religious Right War on Gay America
Images taken from 36 Photos From Russia That Everyone Needs To See
or Montenegro's Gay Pride Parade Debuts Amidst Violence
or Haitian Anti-Gay Marriage Protesters Kill Two Men, Threaten To Burn Down Parliament: VIDEO
These people who committed these awful acts were spurred on by something which told them that it was justified to harm their fellow countrymen. My guess is that the rhetoric spread about lgbts had somethign to do with - rhetoric which portrays us as disease-ridden, pedophilic monsters out to destroy society and morality. Homophobia, like racism, is an emotion spurred on by hatred and that hatred is propelled by fear. Rhetoric designed to exploit this fear should never be ignored or laughed at. Remember that the next time you read an anti-gay pamphlet by the Family Research Council or the National Organization for Marriage. What's funny to you could mean death to someone else.
Historically, the propaganda used against lgbts is no different than the propaganda against African-Americans or people of the Jewish faith. Perhaps it's time we start placing this propaganda its proper place rather than laughing it off.
Related post: How They See Us: Unmasking the Religious Right War on Gay America
Images taken from 36 Photos From Russia That Everyone Needs To See
Religious right, Senator Ted Cruz recycles hate crimes lie against marriage equality
One thing to learn about religious right organizations and their
supporters is that they always repeat a lie no matter how many times it
has been refuted. In fact, they even apply the lie to new situations.
Take Texas Senator Ted Cruz for example. According to Right Wing Watch:
In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody on Friday, Ted Cruz rehashed the false right-wing claims that gay rights advocates intend to pass hate speech laws and force pastors to perform same-sex nuptials. Leading Religious Right activists made the same arguments during their campaign against the Shepard-Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act and in debates over state marriage equality bills. Of course, such laws would be unconstitutional and have never been used to silence religious leaders or limit the freedom of speech: