Analyzing and refuting the inaccuracies lodged against the lgbt community by religious conservative organizations. Lies in the name of God are still lies.
Because there are times when even yours truly gets tired of the struggle. And with the election this year, we ALL need a break.
So, instead of a serious post, I present some of the best videos from one of my favorite shows growing up, The Electric Company. And for those asking about certain people - yes, that is Rita Moreno, Morgan Freeman, Denise Nickerson (Violet Buearegarde from the original Willie Wonka movie), and Todd Graff:
When The Alt-Right Attacks- Ah yes. Cowards target what they think is your vulnerabilities. It doesn't matter who you are (in this case though, we are talking about a same-sex family)
What's worse than religious right groups lying about the lgbt community? It's when they get patronizing:
Minnesotans are the face of a new campaign by a national network of
anti-LGBTQ organizations. The campaign, #askmefirst, features Christians
imploring schools, businesses, and “transgender activists” to ask them
for permission before allowing transgender people to use the bathroom.
A video released with the campaign’s launch last week features Emily
and Jamie. The video doesn’t say where the duo are from. Their story is
about a school that didn’t “ask them first” before making steps to be
inclusive of transgender and gender nonconforming youth. The two parents
formerly had children at Nova Classical Academy in St. Paul and were
outspoken critics of what they call “gender confusion.” Both appeared at a press conference earlier this year with Republican Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen and spoke in support of barring transgender people from using the bathroom.
In the video released last week, they spoke of a “gender confused
student.” Emily said, “This is a battle for our children’s innocence…
It’s a battle that I think is worth fighting and I will continue it for
other people’s children.”
The Ask Me First campaign was developed by the Family Policy Alliance
— formerly called Citizenlink — which provides a network of financial
and political assistance for Family Policy Councils throughout the
United States including the Minnesota Family Council.
No, their children's "innocence" is not threatened by transgender boys and girls using bathrooms. That is a lie which has been refuted continuously. And unfortunately refutations mean nothing to these groups and their supporters because they repeat the lie, as if they believe that constant repetition is the same as truth.
And what's worse is how these ladies claim to be fighting for children. That is the crux when it comes to the absolute moral obscenity of this campaign.
What about transgender children? Don't they have rights? Who is fighting for them? Or do these women, in spite of their perky smiles, June Cleaver personas, and precise talking points, even care about transgender children?
Or could it be that they and the organization behind this monstrosity of a video simply don't care about our transgender kids?
To celebrate the fifth year anniversary of the official ending of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' Right Wing Watch took a look at the top five failed predictions the anti-lgbt right made about what would happen should DADT be repealed.
Just two years ago, Gordon Klingenschmitt, a former Navy chaplain who is
now a Colorado Republican state lawmaker, approvingly read a quote from
Chaplain John R. Kauffman, who said that gay service members will be “taking breaks on the combat field to change diapers all because their treacherous sin causes them to lose control of their bowels.”
Yeah, I don't think that is happening anywhere . . .
On September 9, three of the country’s most notorious white nationalists held a press conference in Washington, D.C., titled “What Is The Alt-Right?”
The event, organized by the white nationalist “think tank” the National
Policy Institute (NPI), came in response to growing media interest in
the “alt-right” movement. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump
has helped mainstream
the racist movement, including by hiring Breitbart News executive
chairman Stephen Bannon as his campaign CEO. As the Southern Poverty Law
Center has noted, under Bannon’s leadership, Breitbart has “has been
openly promoting the core issues of the Alt-Right, introducing these
racist ideas to its readership.”
