Trump supporter believes that Jim Carrey is pretending to be President Biden

Jim Carrey, not President Biden

This may not be LGBTQ-oriented per se, but then again maybe it is.

This video of a Trump supporter insisting that Jim Carrey is masquerading as President Joe Biden would be hilarious except for two things - this is the type of element Republicans across the country are speaking to as they push these awful anti-transgender and 'Don't Say Gay' bills state by state. And she votes. 

Elections matter. Every time. 

Just something to keep in mind.

Talked to people at the Trump rally who believe Joe Biden is currently being played by multiple actors. pic.twitter.com/pLxlnj1jen

— The Good Liars (@TheGoodLiars) April 26, 2022

'Gay Republicans supported anti-LGBTQ legislation. Now they're upset at how bad it is' & other Tue midday news briefs

Gay Republicans supported anti-LGBTQ legislation. Now they’re surprised some of it is bad.​ - Surprise! Teasing rabid dogs will in fact cause them to bite you, oh rabid dog teasing party. 

Kansas City area district bans teachers from having ‘safe space’ signs for LGBTQ kids - Awful but there is a wonderful silver lining. The decision is getting a LOT of pushback from angry parents, teachers and students.

College football star poised to become 1st NFL player with same-sex parents - Just don't tell any kids about them in Florida.

Doctor Strange 2 Banned in Saudi Arabia For Having a Lesbian Character - Talk about your spoilers.

Thank you Franklin Graham for exposing DeSantis's 'Don't Say Gay' bill

 Wow, I never thought I would ever find myself saying this but thank you Franklin Graham:

Graham's entire Facebook statement is as follows:

LGBTQ activists are using corporations to force their agenda on the public, and companies may want to take another look at what they are allowing to happen. Disney has gone too far. The people of Florida have revolted, and it’s going to cost Disney big time. Disney had a special tax status in the state which they benefitted from in a huge way—but because they came out against the parents of Florida, the governor and legislators have revoked that status.

 What has happened at Disney is moral failure. Walt Disney had a vision for wholesome family entertainment. He was committed to the family. The morals of the corporate leadership of Disney today are in the gutter, and they want to redefine family counter to God’s original design and flaunt sin. Thank God for Governor Ron DeSantis who is willing to take a bold stand. We need more leaders like him. God bless him and the Florida legislature. 

 I’m in Orlando right now with our Samaritan’s Purse Operation Heal Our Patriots military veteran couples and it is absolutely beautiful! I can tell you there’s a TON of fun things for families to do here other than supporting Disney.

What I want to know is what happened to all of the stuff folks were saying about how DeSantis and Florida was trying to protect kids from 'groomers' and pedophiles? Graham didn't mention any of that and this is probably because the 'Don't Say Gay' bill was never about protecting children. It was about  mandating, by the full weight of secular law, the idea that LGBTQ families are something to be ashamed of or erased because they supposedly don't fit 'God's design,' as determined by Graham and company. 

It's about legal sanction of homophobia, transphobia. and simple prejudice. It's especially about imposing far-right Christian fascism. And that last part especially pisses me off.

Obviously Graham must think the entire nation is stupid. He spent four years kissing Donald Trump's ass, defending Donald Trump's lies and himself lying for Donald Trump and then thinks he can place himself on some mantle in which he gets to judge people and mandate families to be sinful inferiors?

Who in the hell does Graham think he is? What gives him the right to point out people as sinners when he has yet to acknowledge his very public sins? 

Graham must have prayed that God give America amnesia to wipe away the Trump years from our minds.  Well, I've got news for him.

It didn't work.

Editor's note - Graham or his people weren't happy with me talking about 'far-right Christian fascism' on his Facebook page, so I am blocked. Oh well. I don't take any of it back.

'Some Republicans fear party overreach with attack on LGBTQ people' & other Mon midday news briefs

Some Republicans fear party overreach on LGBT measures​ - They already have and they don't care. More opportunity for us, if we are smart. 

Oklahoma bill that could require school counselors to out students advances - Exposing the kids to danger from hateful parents. Oh yeah, this is going to far. 

GMHC Has Been Helping People Living with HIV for 40 Years - This organization has been a lifesaver for so many people.

Parents challenge Alabama law banning treatment of trans kids - And I hope the parents win.

Opinion: The anti-LGBTQ backlash could have deadly consequences - I'm both scared and pissed. But more pissed than scared.

Franklin Graham, Family Research Council embarrass themselves with weekend of anti-LGBTQ hypocrisy and lies

 

Franklin Graham's hypocritical support of DeSantis's attack on Disney only demonstrates his hatred for LGBTQ people.

For the first time a long time on this blog, we have a two for one when it comes to religious right hypocrisy, lies, and basic hatred for LGBTQ people.

First, leave it to Franklin Graham back up Florida and Governor Ron DeSantis in their war against Disney over the 'Don't Say Gay' law:

Whether or not Disney will suffer is a serious question. The popular opinion seems to be that neither DeSantis nor the Florida legislature thought their actions through when passing the bill to revoke Disney's status. And it looks like the company won't even suffer while Florida residents will see an increase in their taxes.

But this is about Graham's hypocrisy when it comes to governors and private companies. I can remember when he wasn't so congenial to elected officials, particularly in 2016:

The Rev. Franklin Graham has strongly condemned Mayor Bill de Blasio's call for a boycott of popular fast-food chain Chick-fil-A, which is opening a new location in the New York City borough of Queens, just because its Christian owners believe in the biblical definition of marriage. 

"Can you imagine a city where a popular, successful business is singled out and attacked by the mayor who calls for a boycott — all because the business owners let it be known that they operate by Christian principles and believe in God's definition of marriage?" Graham, the president of Samaritan's Purse and Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, wrote on his Facebook page.

 "That's exactly what just happened to one of America's most successful businesses. Chick-fil-A has almost 2000 restaurants and sales of more than $6 billion annually. You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone that doesn't like their chicken sandwiches — and their high quality service," Graham adds. 

 De Blasio is backing openly gay Councilman Danny Dromm who has jurisdiction over the area where the restaurant will be situated and is calling for an all-out boycott of the fast food joint, NY1 News reported.

The only thing sadder than Graham's blatant hypocrisy is the reason behind it. He supports DeSantis because the governor is acting against the LGBTQ community and he got angry at de Blasio because that mayor's actions was against Chick-fil-A's anti-LGBTQ record.

So the only consistency with Graham here is just how much he hates LGBTQ people. 

And not to be outdone by Graham's homophobia and hypocrisy, the Family Research Council decided to corner the market on blatant lying with the following tweet:

That lie is so easy to refute with the following links:

Trans Youth With Access to Early Medical Care Have Better Mental Health Outcomes

Gender-affirming care can improve mental health outcomes in transgender youth 

What does the scholarly research say about the effect of gender transition on transgender well-being?

Better mental health found among transgender people who started hormones as teens

These two situations with Franklin Graham and the Family Research Council merely underscore the simple fact that for all of their talk about being religious and pro-family, we are talking about people and entities who are power hungry and willing to stoop to any level and tell any lie to gain more advantage and clout. 

Christianity and morality is simply a props for them and as long as they can hide behind these identifiers, they will continue to play these games and harm LGBTQ people. Our job must be to expose them every time we have the opportunity. 

'Irony alert - Florida Lt Gov accuses Disney of grooming to journalist fired for sexual harassment' & other Fri midday news briefs

Florida Lt. Gov. accuses Disney of 'sexualizing children' in latest embrace of QAnon-style rhetoric​ - And the irony of the statement is who she said it to. Eric Bolling, the Newsmax 'journalist' who got fired from Fox News for sending pictures of his penis to women at the network.

Florida Legislature Exacts Revenge On Disney Over Anti-Gay Law - Meanwhile Florida in general has lost it's mind. They did not think this one through.

Two Becker school board members resign following anti-LGBTQ presentation - Bye. 

Oklahoma library ditches sex assault support group & romance bookclub after board bans LGBTQ display - Whoops. See what happens when you let ignorant people influence policy.

EXPLAINER: What medical treatments do transgender youth get? - This explainer should have been published a long time ago.

Family Research Council counting on people's Biblical ignorance in effort to dehumanize LGBTQ Americans

Taking advantage of this recent trend of smearing LGBTQ people as 'groomers of children,' hate group the Family Research Council has the following on its webpage:

A few things about this stands out to me. FRC yet again dehumanizes LGBTQ people. Apparently we aren't human beings. We are an 'ideology.' Worse than that, we are like those aliens in Invasion of the Body Snatchers in that FRC implies that we are trying to infect children to supposedly 'refreshen our ranks.'

It's a rude assertion and totally incorrect. If LGBTQ people could actually recruit, why bother with children when there are so many wealthy people in the world. Who needs kids. I want money.

Also, that part about 'advancing a worldview of marriage and sexuality grounded in Scripture.' What exactly does that mean anyway? We know what FRC wants people to think it means - some Leave It To Beaver fever dream of a family which probably includes the 2.5 kids and the pet dog.

Forget the reality of single parent homes, and definitely not LGBTQ homes.

Also, FRC's idea of a Scriptural foundation is highly confusing.

If we are to talk about a 'Scriptural' view of marriage, we could talk about Jesus, who was never married. Or we could talk about polygamy with such as examples as King David and his son Solomon (two Biblical heroes) who had more wives than they could count. Then there was Jacob who had two wives (they were sisters). And then there is the idea that marriage after divorce was considered to be adultery. And then there the certain passages in Bible which reputedly approved of child brides (Numbers 31:17-18).

And let's talk about sexuality. There was Onan who was reportedly punished by God for not impregnating the widow of his brother (historically the story had been used inaccurately to call masturbation a sin ),  Then there was Lot and his daughters (the less said about that, the better), and while so many people have interpreted the story of Sodom and Gomorrah as being a prohibition of homosexuality, no one talks about the story in Judges 19 - 21 in which the exact scenario of gang rape (but involving a woman instead of angels) enhances the theory that Sodom and Gomorrah was not a prohibition against homosexuality, but against mistreating guests in your country or city.

The Family Research Council's commitment to 'advancing a worldview of  marriage and sexuality grounded in Scripture' is not as admirable as one would think. It's a testament to FRC's exploitation of the fact that so many people have images of what's supposed to be Scriptural, but have absolutely no idea what's in the Bible.

And then there is the simple fact that not everyone is a Christian and not every Christian interprets Scripture in the same manner.

Seems to me that it would be easier and safer to stop undermining the lives and rights of LGBTQ people.