Anti-gay activist -'religious freedom' reserved ONLY for Christians

As much as I despise the infamous anti-gay activist Scott Lively, I suspect he did us all a favor during the first portion of this video interview when he defines his version of  "religious freedom." And I suspect that he is not the only religious right  or anti-gay activist who feels this way. He simply the only one dumb enough to be vocal about it. But the big question is this - when the media interviews folks like Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, will they ask about Lively's selfish idea of "religious freedom?"

'Child molester irony smacks anti-gay activist squarely in the face' & other Tues. midday news briefs

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Klingenschmitt makes an error THIS big.

GOP Lawmaker Who Claims Gays Are Child Molesters Praises Activist With Child Molestation Convictions - A supremely ironic moment that no doubt Klingenschmitt won't take to heart. 

Homophobic couple wants to erect 1,000 billboards decrying gay marriage - Forgive me for being presumptuous but I really think this is something Jesus would NOT do. 

Trans People Are Using #TransHealthFail And It’s Making A Difference - Why I simply LOVE the transgender community. In this case, they took awful experiences and made them into something educational and positive.  

This Man’s Story Explains the Emergence of South Korea’s Anti-LGBT Movement - DISGUSTING! Sorry but that's how I feel.

 GOP 2016 Contenders Are Courting Erick Erickson, The Anti-Gay Pundit With A "Pattern Of Being Disrespectful To Women" - The LESS I say about this fool, the better.

Why can't I ever get any decent hate mail

It's been said that you can always tell the effectiveness of your work from the hate mail you receive. If that's the case, then I am a little depressed. This guy screams across the board via stuff he has read on my blog along with stuff I haven't even talked about in this email (published exactly how I received it) but he says nothing about yours truly. Come on, you could have at least said "and by the way, you got cooties."

 BERNIE SANDERS is a ZIONIST JEW!

The really sad thing is that we already have too many ZIONIST JEWS in CONGRESS, in the IRS, in the NSA and in the DHS!

The SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW SINNERS, the ANTI-DEFACATION LEAGUE and the ANTI-AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION are all ZIONIST JEW, ANTI-WHITE, ANTI-CHRISTIAN, ANTI-CONSERVATIVE, ANTI-AMERICAN HATE GROUPS!

"LIBERALISM is based on the PRIMISE of POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, which we all know is a LIE!" (TRAINAISM)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION for the ADVANCEMENT of WHITE PEOPLE - 2015

Forget the 'Gay Mafia,' let's talk about Cerberus, the three-headed monster of sexual perversion

According to the right-wing group Priests for Life and MLK's tired niece, Alveda King, lgbts make up one half of a three-headed monster of sexual perversion, which along with Planned Parenthood (which they failed to defund just now!), is out to "resist the Word of God ":

Alveda and company refers to the above as a demonic figure. I prefer to call it "Cerberus" after the  three-headed dog in Greek mythology which is supposed to guard the entrance to Hades. Cerberus is such a cool name for an evil syndicate and if they are going to accuse lgbts of being part of one, the least they could do is supply a cool name. It's definitely a lot better than "Big Gay."

Now I would usually end a post with saying something profound or witty. But come on folks, do I really need to for this one?

'FRC spokesman suing Fox Sports over firing after anti-gay comments' & other Mon. midday news briefs

Craig James is suing Fox.

Football commentator sues Fox after being fired over anti-gay comments - THIS promises to be interesting. Notice that the lgbt community had nothing to do with his firing but we will share the blame. The commentator now works for the Family Research Council. And of course there is more to the story of his firing.

What Compassionate Conservatives Are Getting Wrong About Transgender Issues - I'll take "everything" for everything I own, Alex. 

 How Cake Became The Favorite Mode For Debate Over LGBT Rights, Other Issues - Fascinating article.

Republicans want to play the 'homosexuality is a dangerous lifestyle' card again - Reminder of this morning's post on the very important topic of anti-gay propaganda. 

 Can We Adapt Sex Ed For The New LGBT-Inclusive America? - This needs to happen, point blank.

Republicans want to play the 'homosexuality is a dangerous lifestyle' card again

 Agema can't let go of the 'dangerous homosexuality lifestyle' lie.

While many anti-gay organizations and personalities are moving to a new, equally  dishonest talking point about the lgbt community (i.e. "religious liberty" vs. lgbt equality), some continue to rely on the classic meme of "homosexuality being a dangerous lifestyle."

According to a recent edition of The Washington Blade:

In the same week Republican presidential candidates are scheduled to slug it out in their first official debate, the Republican National Committee is set to vote during its summer meeting on resolutions against same-sex marriage and in favor of anti-gay sex education in schools, the Washington Blade has learned.

The Blade obtained text of two proposed anti-gay resolutions and a third relatively pro-gay counter-proposal on the table for discussion during the upcoming meeting in Cleveland, Ohio. If the RNC were to adopt any of the non-binding resolutions next week, it would be the first official act of the Republican Party on the marriage issue following the historic U.S. Supreme Court decision last month in favor of marriage rights for same-sex couples. The initial vote could take place during the executive committee meetings on Wednesday and Thursday, where a successful vote would lead to consideration at the full committee meeting on Friday.

 One resolution, titled “Resolution for Balanced Sex-Ed in Schools,” was introduced by former Michigan State House lawmaker and RNC member Dave Agema. It encourages schools “teaching the homosexual lifestyle in their sexual education class” to “also include the harmful physical aspects of the lifestyle.”

For those who don't remember, Dave Agema was the Michigan Republican who, in 2013,  got into trouble for consistently posting inaccurate and outdated information on his Facebook page about the lgbt community. Information such as:

 Many homosexual sexual encounters occur while drunk, high on drugs, or in an orgy setting.

Homosexuals live unhealthy lifestyles, and have historically accounted for the bulk of syphilis, gonorrhea, Hepatitis B, the "gay bowel syndrome" (which attacks the intestinal tract), tuberculosis and cytomegalovirus .

 25-33% of homosexuals and lesbians are alcoholics .

 Of homosexuals questioned in one study reports that 43% admit to 500 or more partners in a lifetime, 28% admit to 1000 or more in a lifetime, and of these people, 79% say that half of those partners are total strangers, and 70% of those sexual contacts are one night stands (or, as one homosexual admits in the film "The Castro", one minute stands).

Agema claimed that he was posting his information in accordance to his faith and was "standing firm." His stance was defended by anti-gay groups such as the Family Research Council, who tried to simultaneously castigate his information while posting distortions of their own. FRC's president, Tony Perkins, even interviewed Agema on his radio program, calling Agema's information "documented facts."

Earlier this year, the Republican Party censured him for not only expressing these vile falsehoods but also racist statements he made against African-Americans and Muslims.  However, it appears that the censure did nothing to diminish his dependence on anti-gay propaganda nor his desire to trot it out. And we can just imagine that when Agema's resolution mentions the so-called "harmful physical aspects of homosexuality," it means reducing the totality of lgbt lives to that of fevered imaginations about gay anal sex, complete with false information regarding gay male promiscuity, outdated medical terms such as "gay bowel syndrome" and visions of gay men dying early or being incontinent from too much anal sex.  Agema is pushing the notion expressed by some anti-gay activists that if they talked about, i.e. exploited the ignorance and fear about gays having sex, it would be our "Achilles heel."

Some anti-gay figures still exploit this lie about the lgbt community

And that is partly our fault. I've always believed that if a community does not settle an issue, said issue will always come back to harm the community in some way. Unfortunately, as lgbts progress towards equality, we tend to forget how powerful the image like the one above were, and in some cases, continue to be.  That's not to say that we don't have good reason to laugh at the propaganda the anti-gay right used against us because it doesn't have as much sway as it once did.

However, let's not dismiss this propaganda so quickly that we ignore that it is still out there and it does have some sway, particularly over many who either despise lgbts or whose egotistical notions about their personal faith blind them to the fact that they are bearing false witness by repeating these lies,.

Also, the  desire to laugh this propaganda off instead of talking about it plays right into the hands of anti-gay groups.They would rather cast themselves as the defenders of morality and values, the last line of defense against the lgbt community in the so-called battle over religious liberty. They generally don't want to talk about how they, for decades, used junk science and outdated medical terms to smear lgbts.  They don't want anyone to remember the time when they openly cited the work of Paul Cameron, discredited researcher who claims that gays stuff gerbils up their rectums. And they certainly don't want to talk about the myriad of times in which credible researchers and Ph.D.s  accused them of distorting their work.

Rather than helping anti-gay groups bury these bodies, so to speak, it would be in the lgbt community's best interest to dig them up. It would provide a much needed angle on this so-called culture war which should be publicly discussed.

Editor's note - For more information on anti-gay propaganda,  read or download this free adobe acrobat booklet, How They See Us: Unmasking the Religious Right War on Gay America

'Competing pro-gay and & 'religious liberty' bills in Congress' & other Fri midday news briefs

In Congress, competing bills promote LGBT rights and religious liberty - Those still celebrating our marriage equality victory are missing out on all of the fun. "Religious liberty" vs. "lgbt equality." Well you know who I AM rooting for (btw a few more retweets wouldn't hurt. hint, hint, hint):

#LGBT Before pushing #religiousliberty laws, the #GOP needs 2 disavow THIS MAN - http://t.co/ekhANAN85Q pic.twitter.com/9DAh6idSGX

— Holy Bullies (@holybullies) July 27, 2015

Modern-Day Martin Luthers Show Support for Ousted Gay Methodist Minister - More proof that when the media talks about lgbt issues, they generally let anti-gay evangelicals bogart the issue. They aren't the only folks of faith and a lot of the others actually support the lgbt community.

Gen Con Threatens to Pull $50 Million Convention Out of Indiana If LGBT Protections Are Abandoned - How do I put this . . . . HAHAHAHA!

Rep. Steve King Says Obergefell Ruling Means You Can Marry a Lawnmower - My lawnmower may not be able to sign a marriage certificate, but dag it's got BACK! Just don't turn it on. Like any other spouse, it never shuts up. 

Restaurant Owner Overwhelmed By New Business After Standing Up To An Anti-Gay Bully - I just love a happy ending.