Anti-LGBTQ hate groups wants you to pray for Karen Pence (and ignore the bigoted message she sends to same-families & children)

Tony Perkins (first picture) and FRC wants America to pray for Karen Pence (second picture) while ignoring the negative message she is sending to LGBTQ children and same-sex families 

It's not surprising that the Family Research Council stands with 2nd Lady  Karen Pence's decision to associate herself with a school which bans LGBTQ children and employees. And it's also not surprising how the organization attempts to falsely frame the situation as one with regards to Pence's "religious beliefs" instead of her duty as 2nd Lady to send a message of inclusiveness to the nation.

Nor is this third thing surprising. In its message for people to pray for Pence, FRC  doesn't even mention why the controversy is huge or the same-sex families and children who are sent a negative message by Mrs. Pence's actions:

Over the last couple of weeks the Vice President and Second Lady have endured more than their share of insults and harassment after Karen announced she was going back to teach part-time at Immanuel Christian School. While most people probably wouldn't object to the teaching, they certainly objected to the "Christian" part. 

When the liberal media threw rocks, tens of thousands of you joined us in sending our prayers to the Pences instead. More than 34,000 of you pledged to pray for the Second Family and stand with them as they live by their faith. At a Wednesday meeting at the White House with the president on the immigration crisis, I had an opportunity to deliver our prayer pledges personally to the vice president. I know he was encouraged by your support. More importantly, I know he has no intentions of backing down from the fight until every American has the ability to live and work by their faith

Continue praying for him and for Karen, as well as President Trump and Melania as they work to bring a revival of freedom to this country!

Freedom for who? Apparently, not the LGBTQ community, our families, nor our children.

No matter how FRC and the Pences attempt to sugarcoat it, this controversy is about two people elected and paid to represent us sending the message that we don't rate in their world. And using their religion to hide their prejudice. The LGBTQ community isn't going to forget it and we aren't going to let anyone else forget it either. How about we pray for or at least remember the LGBTQ children and families harmed by the Pences' message.


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Randy Rainbow blisters Trump corruption, SCOTUS justice's wife keeps causing problems for LGBTQ community, & other Mon midday news briefs

Let's start off Monday's news briefs with the best cataloguer of the bull that is the Trump years in America, Randy Rainbow

In other news:

Trump met with anti-LGBTQ activists led by a Supreme Court justice’s wife - Disgusting. Ginni Thomas has been acting the fool for a long time, even before Trump took office, and sooner or later her nonsense is going to blow up in Clarence Thomas's face.

Trump Administration Sits on Hands As Chechnya Disappears LGBT People - According to the article, Trump Administration policies are making things more difficult.

Utah lawmaker wants to erase transgender identities from birth certificate records - The point folks have to remember is that there is no justifiable point or purpose to laws like these. Just mean-spirited attacks on the transgender community.

Two percent of US high school students identify as transgender - This why the news brief above makes me so angry. Stuff like this negatively affects this kids and they don't need people heaping junk on them.

TX conservatives claim pro-LGBTQ equality bill would ban the Bible, GLAAD Award nominees a diverse list, & other Fri midday news briefs

Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters received its fourth GLAAD Media Award nomination.

Texas conservatives claim LGBTQ equality bill ‘bans the Bible’ - A test run, no doubt, for the latest anti-LGBTQ moral panic.

South Dakota Lawmakers Kill Bill Targeting Trans Student Athletes - WONDERFUL!

Pragmatism versus inclusion? LGBTQ activists fight over bills in Florida. - A situation in Florida demonstrates a conflict which really shouldn't be one. Either/or is a false argument. Why not a little from this and a little from that, whichever best suits the situation.

24 Images of Trans Women From the Most Dangerous Place in the World - These are some brave sisters.

 Last but not least: 

 2019 GLAAD Noms Reflect Peak Queer TV, Film, and Video Games - This includes the following:

Outstanding Blog:
Gays With Kids
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters
My Fabulous Disease
Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents
TransGriot

This is fourth nomination for Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters. It's always an honor to be nominated and to receive the award in 2017 was a high which I still haven't come down from.

I am overwhelmed by the kindness of GLAAD and those sending me notes of congratulations. Good luck to my fellow nominees because all of you deserve to win!!!

It's about about not 'religious freedom.' It's about homophobia.

Religious right groups don't want families like this to exist.

The news that the Trump Administration's Health and Human Services is providing a waiver for a "faith-based" adoption agency in South Carolina to discriminate against non-Christians - and especially the LGBTQ community - while still being allowed to receive tax dollars has gotten a lot of folks angry. And understandably so.

With that in mind,  I am pulling a few posts out of the archives to show just how evil and ingrained this plan is with anti-LGBTQ groups and leaders undermining same-sex families under the guise of "religious freedom."


Hate group shields hate group - Family Research Council defends Alliance Defending Freedom's war on gay adoption - Two hate groups heavily involved in these efforts to steal gay tax dollars  to give to these "faith-based" foster care and adoption agencies.  Naturally they will protect each other from public scrutiny.

Anti-LGBTQ hate group employee defends anti-gay adoption law with skillful evasion - Speaking of the Alliance Defending Freedom, the organization has its hand in almost every anti-LGBTQ legislation or court action in the country. I had a very interesting twitter talk last year with a spokesperson, Kellie Fiedorek, about a piece of Oklahoma passed. The conversation demonstrates the depths that groups like ADF and people like Fiedorek will stoop to in order to avoid  the specific issue. Instead, they attempt to portray the LGBTQ community as at fault for merely defending our rights as taxpayers. Their argument  "if gays don't simply allow themselves to be discriminated against, they are preventing children from receiving good homes" is ugly and specious on so many levels.

Anti-LGBTQ groups step up effort to steal gay tax dollars via sleazily deceptive website - And then there is the sleazy website they set up to further that narrative

Family Research Council: LGBTQ rights shouldn't be protected under law because of children & 'health hazards' - While not about adoption, specifically, this is why the clarion call about protecting the "religious liberty" of so-called "faith-based" adoption agencies is a lie. The Family Research Council, one of the main groups making this argument doesn't think that LGBTQ rights should be protected under law in the first place because according to it, we are health hazards who are a danger to children.


It all basically comes down to what I said in The Advocate last year:

"For decades, conservative voices have been attacking LGBTQ people with carefully worded rhetoric. “Before they were trumpeting ‘religious liberty,’ they were all about ‘protecting marriage. Before that, it was attempting to stop gays from receiving ‘special rights.’ And let’s not forget when all of these other buzzwords don’t do the trick, there is ‘protecting children.’ That always works. I show that behind all of their buzzwords and claims is one goal: harming the LGBTQ [community] and undermining our rights and safety.”

'South Carolina proves religious exemptions being used as a weapon to undermine same-sex parenting' & other Thurs midday news briefs

By weaponizing religious exemptions, the anti-LGBTQ industry is attempting to undermine the ability of LGBTQs to foster and adopt children.

Trump gives South Carolina foster agency the right to discriminate against LGBTQ & Jewish people - With all of the madness in the Trump Administration, people are missing a lot of things. Unfortunately, a passive-aggressive war on same-sex families is on of these things. By weaponizing Christianity, right-wing evangelical groups and public figures are deliberately undermining the ability for LGBTQs to form and take care of their families. Bear in mind that the situation here in South Carolina only scratches the surface.

Christians launch deceptive social media campaign targeting gay parents - My article in LGBTQNation last year speaks on this. There is a coordinated effort to use Christianity as an excuse for "faith-based" (i.e. right-wing evangelical leaning) adoption agencies to be able to receive tax dollars while also being able to refuse to service gay clients. If this is successful, don't be surprised to see these "faith-based" adoption agencies receiving a huge share of of taxpayer funds, undermining the ability of the LGBTQ community to foster and adopt children and to generally have families.

Report shows landscape for same-sex couples wishing to adopt can be "bleak" in states with religious exemptions - A report from last year breaks it down.

Just proof how the anti-LGBTQ industry covertly works against us. They don't outright deny us the right to have families. They simply make things a bit more difficult.

In other news:

A shockingly high number of nonbinary people are denied health care in the United States - This shouldn't be happening.

LGBTQ leaders warned about a Trump presidency. Two years later, it’s clear they were right - Yep.

All of the openly gay Oscar winners . .. so far

The above video is a light change of pace at least tonight on this blog because 1. some folks seem to think I'm a big bowl of negativity  and 2. I understand their attitude to a degree. There is so much out there with Trump and the anti-LGBTQ industry that it gets tiring to spend so much time focusing on it.  And I did say that from time to time, I would post things to put folks in the mode of relaxation.

Supposedly, the upcoming awards has been called the "queerest ever." That being the case, here is a comprised list of openly gay Oscar winners so far. I have three problems with it, though.

1. It failed to mention Tarell Alvin McCraney who won the 2016 Best Adapted Screenplay for 'Moonlight.'

2. The section about actors who came out after winning the Oscars was on point. It's a shame it couldn't mention the gay Oscar winners who died while never publicly coming out. And there are a LOT of those. Speaking of which, if all of the LGBTQs Oscar nominees were listed, this would have been a very long video.

3. There are no bisexual or transgender men or women on the list. And if McCraney was added, he would have been the only LGBTQ of color on the list.

But we will work on item 3.

'Karen Pence is example of Christian right embrace of victimhood to shield their bigotry' & other Wed midday news briefs

Karen Pence

Karen Pence, LGBTQ discrimination and the Christian right's embrace of victimhood - "Willfully ignorant about the harmful cultural messaging of her actions, (Karen) Pence is the perfect symbol of “good,” Christian, white America." Can I get an AMEN up in here!!! 

 Justice Alito pens a bizarre love letter to Christian right - Yesterday, Think Progress alerted everyone to a problem which I think will become larger. Is Judge Alito already biased to rule for the concept of religious liberty in some cases regardless of what the case may be? This has been noted already in the past:

  Justice Alito says country increasingly 'hostile' to 'traditional moral beliefs'  

  The Most Partisan Supreme Court Justice Of All  

  None to the Right of Samuel Alito 

Transgender Soldiers Are Terrified, Disappointed, And Anxious After The Supreme Court’s Ruling - THIS is not the way you treat those who fight for your freedoms.

Sex Education’s Ncuti Gatwa: ‘Black, gay experience isn’t often told’ - As a gay black male, I can tell you that THIS is is a fact.