Analyzing and refuting the inaccuracies lodged against the lgbt community by religious conservative organizations. Lies in the name of God are still lies.
Not only is Starnes lying, but he knows that he is lying.
Now check out what Starnes and Fox &Friends omitted. And you can bet your eyeteeth that they won't mention the following video. Now whether someone in the Army branded AFA as a hate group is irrelevant because the fact of the matter is whoever that person was had just cause:
The power of the press doesn't always lie in what's said but also what's unsaid. As long as Starnes and company don't talk about comments made by AFA members like Tim Wildmon and Bryan Fischer (as well as Tony Perkins and the Family Research Council), they will proceed to fool a lot of people about not only the nature of these so-called morality groups but also that of Christianity.
Many same sex couples in New Jersey made it official at 12 a.m. this morning:
More than 200 supporters, friends of the brides and grooms, and marriage
equality activists gathered in the rotunda to see the 12:01 a.m.
ceremony, which Booker’s office organized after a trial-court judge ruled last month that same-sex couples could begin marrying in New Jersey on Oct. 21.
And they were officially married by the newly elected Senator Cory Booker, who also had a way of dealing with hecklers:
The ceremony began just after the clock struck midnight, when Booker
announced to the crowd, “Alright, ladies and gentleman, it is officially
passed midnight. Marriage is equal in New Jersey.” Cheers filled the
room when the first couple, Joseph Panessidi and Orville Bell, two
65-year-olds who have been together now for 15 years, joined Booker up
front. From the second-floor balcony, cameras flashed down on the
soon-to-be-newlyweds as Booker recited the vows required by the state
from a black binder.
When Booker reached the line in his script
that prompts attendees for objections — to “speak now or forever hold
your peace” — a man on the south wall of the rotunda broke the silence.
“It is unlawful in the eyes of God,” he yelled, carrying a sign with
bible script written on it.
The man continued to shout, but
Booker began to talk into the microphone over him. “Well, sir. Well,
sir,” said Booker. “Could you please remove him? Please remove that
person.” After the heckler had been removed from the room, Booker turned
to the audience and said, “Not hearing any substantive and worthy
objections, I now will proceed with the vows.”
While we all celebrate the immense victory given to our community today in New Jersey, let's also take the time to spotlight members of our community who don't get their due.
The following videos spotlight famous bisexual men and women throughout history.
Many have been verified, while others have the subject of much speculation. Whatever the case may be, it's important to remember that being bisexual has nothing to do with promiscuity. The bisexual orientation is not a light switch to be turned on and off. It simply means you have an attraction to both men and women.
One more thing - to my transgender brothers and sisters, I have something special for you too, which will be featured next week. I want to create posts which specifically show bisexual and transgender men and women in their own spotlight because it's way past time that this is done.
Next list:
1) Leonard Bernstein
2) Mick Jagger
3) David Bowie
4) Kurt Cobain
5) Sammy Davis Jr.
6) Billie Joe Armstrong
7) Alec Guinness
8) Merv Griffin
9) Errol Flynn
10) Gary Cooper
11) James Dean
12) Marlon Brando
13) Howard Hughes
14) Bret Easton Ellis
15) Hans Christian Andersen
16) William S. Burroughs
17) Lord Byron
18) Walt Whitman
19) Langston Hughes
20) Oscar Wilde
21) St. Augustine of Hippo
22) King Philip of Macedon
23) Socrates
24) Julius Caesar
25) William Shakespeare
26) Abraham Lincoln
27) Alexander Hamilton
28) Alexander the Great
29) All 300 of the Spartan Warriors
Information about Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed can be seen here.
Religious right spokespeople don't simply live in a bubble. They operate in a broken down rocket ship which they have fooled themselves into thinking has cruise control when it is actually lost in the deepest parts of outer space.
Rick Scarborough invited Peter LaBarbera to address his Tea Party Unity group today, and the two anti-gay activists discussed ways to somehow file a “class action lawsuit” against homosexuality just like when attorneys general of many states filed a lawsuit against tobacco companies.
LaBarbera was also upset that Fox News and other outlets aren’t covering the “wonderful stories of happy men and women who have left the homosexual lifestyle,” explaining that he wished there was an ad “of the kid in high school who was counseled by the official school counselor to just be gay, then he comes down with HIV.”
. . . LaBarbera: We need to work on our conservative, alternate media and say, ‘look, don’t do the pro-gay thing, why don’t you rather step out and support these ex-gays?’ We should encourage Fox News to tell their stories. Fox is now telling the stories of black conservatives because the other media is not doing that, we should all get on Fox and say, ‘come on, tell these stories, these wonderful stories of happy men and women who have left the homosexual lifestyle.’
Scarborough: Peter, the whole issue of a class action lawsuit, you and I have talked about this a little bit. I just wonder if you’ve explored that, talked to anyone about it. Obviously, statistically now even the Centers for Disease Control verifies that homosexuality much more likely leads to AIDS than smoking leads to cancer. And yet the entire nation has rejected smoking, billions of dollars are put into a trust fund to help cancer victims and the tobacco industry was held accountable for that. Any thoughts on that kind of an approach?
LaBarbera: Yeah I think that’s great. I would love to see it. We always wanted to see one of the kid in high school who was counseled by the official school counselor to just be gay, then he comes down with HIV. But we never really got the client for that.
Even though I know it won't happen, I really wish these folks would actually entertain an inane idea of a "class action suit against homosexuality."
Not only would they lose, but they would lose badly. A perfect example of how they would lose is demonstrated with that ridiculous statement from Scarborough regarding the CDC. The CDC has never made any type of inference of what he alludes to. Ironically, the CDC actually does says that when gays are susceptible to diseases or bad health behaviors, its due to the negative effects of a homophobic society rather than the lgbt sexual orientation.
Just imagine what other lies Scarborough and company have deceived themselves into thinking are facts.
And that last wish from LaBarbera (regarding the hypothetical HIV positive child) is just morbid. But if we played his game, wouldn't there be more evidence to bring a class action suit against the "ex-gay industry" on the grounds he alluded to.
Remember the 1998 campaign to mainstream the ex-gay movement and its star, Michael Johnston:
For those who don't know, this is what happened after the campaign in regards to Johnston:
Any ridiculous notion of a "class action suit against homosexuality" is just that - a ridiculous notion. I've used many adjectives to describe the religious right, but I would never use the word "stupid." They have neither the guts nor the stupidity to do something so dumb. Not only would it embarrass them but it would totally wreck their credibility.
To LaBarbera in particular, the class action suit would probably end up with you still attending subcultural leather events, but you wouldn't be taking pictures in order to demonize the lgbt community. You would most likely be trying to make up the money to pay for your court loss. And that being the case, you had better work hard to make it all up.
