Obama is a gay Muslim who ran guns through Benghazi . . . OMG too much crazy!!

This video left me speechless. How many right-wing lies can you spot? It's going to be a long time before I vote for an African-American for president. Some white people just can't handle it!

Hat tip to Jeremy Hooper.

NOM to be investigated in Iowa for refusing to disclose donors

The National Organization for Marriage continues to have a bad year. According to Freedom to Marry, the organization will be investigated in Iowa:

The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board voted today to investigate the National Organization for Marriage, the virulently anti-gay group, for refusing to disclose the names of donors who funded its efforts to oust Iowa Supreme Court justices during the 2010 and 2012 elections. Marc Solomon, national campaign director of Freedom to Marry, released the following statement:

“For years, NOM has taken huge contributions from a few anti-gay donors in exchange for shielding their names from campaign finance authorities, whether or not that required flouting the law. Those days are quickly coming to an end. NOM’s desperate appeals to the US Supreme Court have been rejected, and soon the public will see who bankrolls NOM’s anti-gay campaigns,  which — according to NOM internal documents — include a goal ‘to drive a wedge between gays and blacks.' "

This investigation was spurred by a complaint by Fred Karger’s Rights Equal Rights in June arguing that NOM’s filings never revealed the donors behind its contributions of more than $600,000 in 2010 and its in-kind donations to help oust justices in 2012. In Maine, where Karger filed a similar complaint against NOM in 2009, the state’s highest court ruled in May that it must reveal the names of donors to its 2009 efforts to block the freedom to marry in Maine. Twice in 2012, the US Supreme Court rejected NOM’s requests to hear challenges to the Maine public disclosure law.

'Focus on the Family doesn't want children to know about same-sex families' and other Thursday midday news briefs

Focus On The Family: It’s ‘Orwellian’ To Teach Kids That LGBT People Exist - You know when they say junk like this, I publicize it. Don't ignore it. You ignore it and people won't know what we have to put up with.

Russian Officials Commit Human Rights Violations While Denying Human Rights Are Being Violated - There is nothing snarky I can add to this article.

Gay Military Spouses May Get Benefits Under Proposal - Yes! I am all for this.

Fox Guest Bill Cunningham: "In The Good Ol' Days ... Gay Meant You Were Happy And Ayds Was An Appetite Suppressant" - I personally yearn for the days when they didn't let every "Tom, Dick, and Dumbass" on television.

Guinness: 'Cultures Where You Have A High View Of Homosexuality Have A Very Low View Of Women' - See comments from news brief number one.

Lindsey Graham challenger retweets gay slur about him

Lindsey Graham

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has been the subject of long-time rumors that he's gay. No matter how many times he denies it, the rumors don't stop.

And now it seems that they are making their way into upcoming 2014 Senate race where he faces three primary challengers from the Tea Party. According to Politico:

Sen. Lindsey Graham’s primary challenger retweeted a tweet that calls him “Nancy boy,” according to the Sunlight Foundation’s Politwoops, which monitors politicians’ deleted tweets.

Nancy Mace on Tuesday tweeted: “RT @PaulSteel4: @nancymace we support you here in Florida. Nancy Mace vs Nancy boy graham.”

 “Nancy boy” is an early 20th century term, often considered derogatory, for an effeminate or homosexual man. Mace, who announced on Saturday she will be challenging Graham in the primary, deleted the tweet after 10 minutes, Politwoops said. Mace’s account is not a verified account. The Mace campaign did not return calls for a comment.

If there is one place in which a vicious whispering campaign would be effective, it is in South Carolina. Remember in 2000,  John McCain's  presidential campaign was derailed by several rumors, including the claim that his wife was a drug addict and their adopted daughter was the product of an affair

Family Research Council is NOT happy with increase of lgbt-friendly businesses

Good news, my friends!

According to Baptist Press, lgbt-friendly businesses are continuing to grow:
 

The latest annual report from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) shows nearly 300 of the country's Fortune 500 businesses offer workplaces with insurance, employment and retirement policies friendly to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) workers.

When HRC released its first Corporate Equality Index a decade ago, only 13 companies made the list.

"The numbers are irrefutable: The more successful a business is in the United States, the more likely it is to embrace equality," HRC President Chad Griffin wrote in a letter accompanying the report.

Did I say "good news?" Well that's not totally true for everyone. For the Family Research Council, it's not necessarily good news. In fact, it's downright depressing:

 But Rob Schwarzwalder, executive vice president of the Family Research Council, believes LGBT-friendly companies miss a bigger picture in light of current profit.

"Companies that actively and openly affirm homosexuality as a valid choice of life and behavior are failing to recognize the toll that homosexual unions will take on society if they become fully legitimated," he said. "They are, in my view, looking for social acceptance and quick profit ahead of principle."

What the hell does that even mean anyway? No offense to Schwarzwalder and FRC, but his statement makes no sense whatsoever. Of course Baptist Press made no effort to dig into these numbers because its article was mostly looking at the rise of lgbt-friendly businesses as a social issue. I personally think it has a lot to do with economics rather than social issues.

As more of us are coming out, getting married, and creating families,  we are getting noticed as not only excellent employees but a community which will spend its hard-earned cash on companies who support us as human beings.

It's that simple.  When all else fails, the desire for money prevails.

God bless America!

'Bryan Fischer talks about sodomy (again)' and other Wednesday midday news briefs

Desegregation, women's suffrage, and—the right to condemn gay people?! - Comparing stopping lgbt equality (i.e. or "sodomy" as Bryan Fischer calls it) to women's suffrage and desegregation? You know, following Bryan Fischer around with a microphone is akin to feeding a laxative to an elephant and following it around with a pooper-scooper. 
 

Obama: Russia’s Anti-Gay Laws ‘Are Violating The Basic Morality’ Every Country Should Uphold - Thank you, President Obama.

 Phyllis Schlafly Was 'Extremely Offended' and 'Personally Insulted' By DOMA Decision -  She should have been happy for her gay son.

  Liberty Counsel's Barber: America Is Inviting God's Wrath By Embracing "Abominable" LGBT Equality - Because apparently God makes His will known to a hypocrite who bears false witness against gays by smearing them as pedophiles.

Gays deserve discrimination because . . .?

According to former chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt, gays should be discriminated against. I ask you, does his logic even make sense in Bizarroland?