Anti-LGBTQ activist Scott Lively thinks government officials should be prosecuted for allowing gays to adopt children

Scott Lively, a homophobe for all seasons

I've been insistently covering the Hallmark Channel controversy because it presents something we should never forget. Behind their self-victimization and cries about persecution and accusations of "the radical gay agenda," the aim of religious right groups is to either erase the humanity of our community or confine us into their false definitions of who we are and what our lives are comprised of.

Lo and behold comes a long-time anti-LGBTQ activist by the name of Scott Lively to further illustrate this point. To the lucky who have never heard of him, Lively is an extreme homophobe. He wrote and published discredited book, The Pink Swastika, which accused gays of creating the Nazi party in Germany.

But Lively's biggest claim to infamy was going overseas to Uganda in 2009 with other religious right figures and railing against the LGBTQ community with such vitriol that Ugandan officials proposed the infamous "Kill the Gays" bill. If this bill had become law, people could have been legally executed in the country for being LGBTQ. Before it died in 2014, the part about execution was changed to long prison sentences.

'Resources for teaching LGBTQ history are coming in demand' & other Tue midday news briefs

As More States Require Schools to Teach LGBTQ History, Resources for Teachers Expand - The religious right is gonna flip over this. Get ready for their next backlash. Oh well. To hell with them.

The queer community lost two heroes you may not know. You should. - We need to know this. All of this. 

Hallmark's decision to accept inclusive LGBTQ ad "further delegitimizes One Million Moms": GLAAD - That it does. 

Tips For LGBTQ+ People As Well As Their Parents & Allies This Holiday Season - More needed information.

Religious right - Hallmark 'surrendered' to 'homosexual pressure'

Dear religious right, are you mad? Good. Stay mad.

To say that the religious right and conservatives are breathing fire over the Hallmark Channel's decision to apologize for axing a gay marriage ad would be an understatement. With articles bearing titles such as Hallmark surrenders to pressure from homosexuals, the American Family Association and other like-minded groups have no room for subtlety. They are furious.

 Monica Cole, head of the AFA affiliate One Million Moms, had this to say:

“Most of (Hallmark's) viewers are conservative, and so they’re going to push away a majority of their viewership if they do this to appease a small percentage of viewers . . .  "so we just want them to realize that they are offending their primary audience by doing this and ruining family movie time. So many feel betrayed because this is one of the very last channels that families could go to and not be bombarded with politically correct commercials and LGBT agenda."

And of course the majority of the comments on the article reads as such:

'How the Salvation Army is trying to change its 'anti-LGBTQ' reputation' & other Mon midday news briefs

How the Salvation Army is trying to change its 'anti-LGBTQ' reputation - We will see . . .

After Years of Antipathy, Construction Puts Out Welcome Mat For LGBTQ Workers - Well how's this for a stereotype breaker? 

Trans people in Japan can no longer be banned from bathrooms, court says - Way to go, Japanese court!

Queer women who stood up to ‘drunk’ gang chanting vile abuse want you to help publicly shame them - My respect forever. That was a brave thing to do. I don't know about the shaming though.

Just in - Hallmark apologizes for pulling ad featuring same-sex couple

Hallmark should have never pulled this ad.

Well now I am dizzy. The Hallmark Channel pulled an ad featuring a same-sex couple after hate group the American Family Association and its affiliate group, One Million Moms, complained.

The company behind the ad, the wedding site Zola, pulled all of its ads from the channel in protest. In addition, LGBTQ organizations, LGBTQ community, and a lot of other folks spent the entire weekend figuratively dragging Hallmark, especially on Twitter with the hashtags #boycotthallmark and #BoycottHallmarkChannel .

Now comes this:

Hallmark CEO's statement: "I am sorry for the hurt and disappointment this has caused… Hallmark Channel will be reaching out to Zola to reestablish our partnership and reinstate the commercials… We will continue to look for ways to be more inclusive & celebrate our differences"

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 16, 2019

Okay, American Family Association and One Million Moms, it's your turn. Top that if you can. Whatever happens next, this is still a victory for the LGBTQ community. Our lives, our loved ones, our families, and especially our children will not be excised, erased, or eliminated to fit someone else's narrative. We don't need anyone's "tolerance" or "acceptance." And we damned sure aren't going to take your disrespect.

Repost - What if Jesus came back & saw what was being done in His name?

I posted this last year, but based upon recent events (the Trump presidency, the fake "War on Christmas," the Hallmark nonsense, how the evangelical right have gotten out of control thanks to Trump), this needs a respost. We NEED this lesson from Saturday Night Live more than ever now. All of us. But honestly speaking, some of us need it more than others.
SNL Peanuts tv funhouse from john on Vimeo.

'Students would be allowed to sue if they see a trans person in the bathroom if new bill passes' & other Fri midday news briefs

Students would be allowed to sue if they see a trans person in the bathroom if new bill passes - Seriously? Good grief! Talk about out of control hysteria.

Thousands petition Hallmark Channel to 'reject' LGBTQ content - It's bad enough when some folks think that our lives consist of solely sex. But when they try to fight folks trying to combat that ignorant point of view, it's worse. 

Ben Shapiro - the fake intellectual attempting to save Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer from the LGBTQ community - Reposting this from last night because it's one of my best and I want more folks to read it. 

Republicans Confirm Judge Rated ‘Not Qualified’ For Being ‘Lazy,’ ‘Arrogant’ - When mess like this comes back to haunt the entire country, remember who made it so.