'Advocates to Congress: don't use relief bill to discriminate against LGBTQ Americans' & other Wed midday news briefs

Advocates to Congress: Don't use relief bill to discriminate against LGBTQ Americans - Don't EVEN think about discriminating. 

A Republican compared coronavirus measures to Nazis. His gay, Jewish governor wasn’t having it. - That's right. Pluck that turkey!! 

 1 in 5 Russians Want to 'Eliminate' the LGBTQ Community - The struggle is real and it's starting to get scary.

Donald Trump is merely the symptom. Fox News is the disease.

 

 The Donald Trump Administration will not last forever. Whether it will slither away or go down in a blaze of shame is irrelevant. We've been ignoring the real problem and it's not Trump. Trump is merely a symptom. The actual problem is the Fox News network and the ugly propaganda it successfully spews. Just like it helped to create the tea party:

and the Trump presidency:

and the demonization of Obama:

 

Fox News and its goons will work extensively to give birth to more liars, sheep-like protesters, and  general havoc.   One example of this is how the network is helping to undermine the fight against COVID-19 via giving a platform and support to the coronavirus protests:

While we rail at Trump, we fail to recognize that behind his rise and the basic lowering of American integrity, common sense, and basic goodness is Fox News;  propaganda network preaching that greed is good, selfishness is wonderful, and resentment is a virtue. Many of us like to say that what's happening during the Trump Administration isn't normal. We need to stretch that to emphasize that the Fox News isn't normal. And it's not healthy. 

'Marriage equality blamed for coronavirus (again)' & other Tue midday news briefs

Pat Robertson 

Pat Robertson blames coronavirus on same-sex marriage - They're at it again part 1

LGBTQ Orgs Say They're in Deep Fundraising Trouble Because of Coronavirus - And we have a serious problem. 

 Conservative Christians calls for a boycott of Disney over DuckTales episode - They're at it again Part 2

Eight of 10 most-banned books challenged for LGBTQ content - Some things never change.

Coronavirus pandemic and AIDS epidemic have one thing in common - being undermined by the same anti-LGBTQ talking head

Gary Bauer

Discussions and arguments comparing the coronavirus pandemic to the AIDS epidemic have left a lot of people bristling. I've chosen to stay out of such a controversial discussion.

That is until today because I found a sad similarity between the two. The American Family Association's online "news" source, One News Now featured an interview with conservative evangelical talking head Gary Bauer. Bauer was spinning the insane notion - without any proof - that Donald Trump's opponents and the media was exploiting the coronavirus epidemic to yank down Trump's approval rating and eventually cost him re-election:

It's just hard to know how many of the American people are buying into this Democrat media narrative that the president reacted to all of this too slowly," he tells OneNewsNow. "The whole charge is ridiculous – but nearly every media outlet in the country is promoting that idea."Bauer doesn't deny that millions of Americans are hurting financially because of the lockdown – but suggests that some of the president's opponents don't have a problem with that.

"Historically even if a president was not responsible for the economic pain, people tend to blame the incumbent of whatever party if they've lost their job, if they've lost their business," he says. "So, this is a huge challenge for the president. [But] some of these people would like to keep things shut as long as possible, because that will mean that on Election Day there won't be enough recovery for voters to reelect the president and vice-president.

By making such a statement, Bauer is spreading false information much like Fox News and Rush Limbaugh. This filters down to the protests we have seen last weekend and this week by wrong-minded fools whining about how America needs to be "re-opened." And all of it serves to undermine the fight against COVID-19 or the coronavirus pandemic. Unfortunately, this sort of thing is not new to Bauer. Before making his name as a "pro-family" talking head, Bauer worked in the Reagan Administration.  That was the time when the AIDS virus hit America. Reportedly, Bauer undermined Surgeon General C. Everett Koop's efforts to fight against the epidemic because he felt that it was God's judgment. 

'Lawsuit claims that school allowed anti-LGBTQ abuse of teen' & other Mon midday news briefs

School allowed anti-gay abuse of teen, lawsuit claims - Sue! Take it all! Folks need to learn the hard way. 

Coronavirus closed down colleges – now some LGBTQ students fear an abusive "war zone" at home - This ain't good. 

Baldwin endorses Biden: ‘He has always fought for bold, progressive change’ - Yep.

 Idaho’s Transgender Sports Ban Challenged In Federal Lawsuit - In case you didn't hear. . . 

Coronavirus pandemic villain - Pastor Tony Spell

This pandemic has brought the good in a lot of people and turned the spotlight on those professions which we needlessly take for granted. But I'm not here to talk about the good. Unfortunately, at the same time, some have chosen to exploit this critical situation to get paid, take advantage of the gullible, be selfishness or incompetent ,and basically show their verbal asses to the world.

First up on my list of the latter group is definitely Louisiana pastor Tony Spell of Life Tabernacle Church. He originally made a mockery of himself by refusing to abide by social distancing requirements for his church.   Believe it or not, he has compounded the embarrassment by urging those who receive stimulus checks to give them to either him or other churches. And he didn't even bother to be modest by asking for "some" or a "little." Not even the noted "10 percent" that is genuinely seen as customary tithing. He said give it all. To make matters worse, Spell has a disastrous interview Sunday morning on CNN.   As you can see via the above video, host Victor Blackwell didn't let him sneak by with a thing.

'Evangelical pastors using coronavirus pandemic for latest persecution lie' & other Fri midday news briefs

Evangelical Pastors Seize Political Opportunity in Coronavirus Crisis - Why am I not surprised.

Netflix’s ‘Circus Of Books’ Profiles Conservative Couple Behind Gay Porn Empire - Laaawd hammercy! 

 Americans Aren't Polarized on LGBTQ Equality, Survey Finds - That's right. There's broad support for our rights. 

 Anti-LGBT discrimination ballot drive moves to e-signatures - Meanwhile, things are hopping in Michigan.