Analyzing and refuting the inaccuracies lodged against the lgbt community by religious conservative organizations. Lies in the name of God are still lies.
While SC Governor Nikki Haley and Attorney General Alan Wilson succeeded in temporarily postponing the inevitable by getting the state Supreme Court to halt the issuing of same-sex marriage equality licences, they got upstaged by the generosity and progressive thinking of Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin.
Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin wants to extend full family benefits to
same-sex couples that work for the city who have a valid marriage
license from any state in the country.
In a letter to city
council, City Manager Teresa Wilson, and the city's human resources
director, Benjamin said it was time to extend those benefits because of
the "significant amount of recent movement regarding marriage equality"
in South Carolina.
That letter was submitted hours after
Charleston County probate judge Irvin Condon began accepting same-sex
marriage applications.
Benjamin says he realizes new costs may come up as a result of his new benefits offer, but he expects them to be minor.
"Let
me be clear," Benjamin said. "This is no longer a discussion of faith,
politics, or even law. It is simply a matter of time. But we have an
opportunity now to demonstrate leadership, foresight and the
responsibility the of Columbia should expect from their city."
However,
city officials say given Thursday's ruling by the State Supreme Court
to halt all marriage licenses to same-sex couples until the matter is
fully settled by a higher court, Benjamin's request has been put on
hold.
While the lgbt community is on the threshold of a HUGE victory regarding marriage equality, it's important that we don't forget where we came from in terms of struggles. The following commercial should remind you:
This is an actual commercial from a 1998 nationwide campaign called Truth In Love. Several anti-gay organizations united to create television ads, newspaper ads, and articles claiming that people can be "set free" from homosexuality.
It was huge, making the cover of Newsweek and featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
It was also a big flop. The commercial above carries a very nasty twinge. According to Wayne Besen, of Truth Wins Out:
In Aug. 2003, Truth Wins Out founder Wayne Besen received a call from
Virginia attorney Michael Hamar. He had a client who believed he may
have been infected with HIV from 'ex-gay' leader Michael Johnston.
Johnston
was the founder of National Coming Out of Homosexuality Day. He was
Rev. Jerry Falwell's personal ex-gay leader. Johnston also starred in a
video for the American Family Association, "It's Not Gay, and an ad for
Coral Ridge Ministries. Additionally, he partnered with anti-gay
activist Peter LaBarbera, who paraded Johnston around and hawked his
tale of change.
In Aug. 2003, Besen took the train down to
Norfolk, where Hamar introduced him to two men who claimed to have had
unsafe sex with Johnston. Others have since been identified.
Atlanta's
GLBT newspaper Southern Voice broke the story. In the article, a
spokesperson for the American Family Association admitted that Johnston
had what he called, a "moral fall." Johnston was shipped off to Pure
Life Ministries, a sex addiction facility in rural Kentucky. He never
left the facility and works there today.
So whenever you get overwhelmed by this fight over marriage equality, always remember the fights we had to endure and what we have overcome.
Galvanized by SCOTUS decision which will probably sooner or later pave the way for marriage equality in South Carolina, lgbts and their allies in the Palmetto State held a rally at the State House then delivered a petition to Attorney General Alan Wilson. The petition, with over 5,000 names, calls for Wilson and SC Governor Nikki Haley to stop defending the state's marriage equality law, which the two have pledged to do:
Jeff Ayers, chairman of the S.C. Equality board, said Gov. Nikki Haley
and Wilson’s decision to defend the ban is being influenced by the fact
they are up for re-election. He added said the lesbian, gay, bisexual
and transgender community will keep their actions in mind on Nov. 4.
. . . S.C.
Equality supporters at the rally held signs that said: “Nikki + Alan
give it up and move on.” And the statue of George Washington, on the
north steps of the State House, was adorned with a rainbow flag.
Read
more here:
http://www.thestate.com/2014/10/08/3731915_richland-charleston-counties-issuing.html?sp=/99/205/&rh=1#storylink=cpy
The crowd was further galvanized by the news that Richland and Charleston counties are issuing marriage license applications to same-sex couples. Charleston Councilwoman Colleen Condon and Nichols Bleckley (who attended the rally) made history as the first gay couple to receive a marriage license application in the state. According to The State, a probate judge in Greenville rejected three marriage license application. The article also said if the SC Supreme Court does not deliver an injunction, marriage licenses would be given after 24 hours.
Editor's note - Due to the marriage equality rally at the South Carolina State House at noon today, there will be no midday news briefs post
Other than Reince Preibus, Republicans have, for the most part, been intelligently silent on the recent marriage equality victories enjoyed by the lgbt community. My guess is that they are attempting to play it cool. Some pundits and experts are claiming that they have a good shot to win the Senate in this upcoming election so they are probably not trying to create a controversy. Unfortunately, for "evangelical Republicans," such as Mike Huckabee, that's not a course of action they agree with. Yesterday, Huckabee had a full bodied tantrum, even invoking the standard right-wing threat of leaving the Republican Party when they can't get their way:
The day after a SCOTUS decision destroyed the marriage equality ban in five states, two more states follow today:
A federal appeals court has struck down gay marriage bans in Idaho and Nevada.
The
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco made the ruling
Tuesday. It did not decide on a similar case in Hawaii, which legalized
gay marriage in December.
State and federal court judges have been
striking down bans at a rapid rate since a landmark U.S. Supreme Court
ruling last year. The 9th Circuit ruling comes a day after the Supreme
Court effectively legalized gay marriage in 11 more states, for a total
of 30, when it rejected a set of appeals.
The appeals court ruled
that gay couples' equal protection rights were violated by the bans.
Judge Stephen Reinhardt said during oral arguments in September that he
expects the Supreme Court ultimately will decide whether gay marriage
bans are constitutional.
The Right's New Strategy After Gay Marriage Loss: Finding the Gay 'Partial Birth Abortion' - As this excellent article by Michelangelo Signorile demonstrates, the anti-gay right is determined to continue the fight against marriage equality in spite of their losses. The lgbt community would do itself good to pay attention to their plans and tactics. We celebrate when we get full marriage equality. Until then, we fight like hell.
The Erasure of 'Gay' From Black History & the Black Community Must Stop - And finally, a piece I wrote EXCLUSIVELY for The Huffington Post. It takes on the argument of comparing the lgbt civil rights movement vs. the African-American civil rights movement and then shoots it up to an entirely new level. I'm surprised at the immense positive reaction it has garnered. It is the fastest post I've ever written to go viral and it is still being shared.
If liberals should be anything, it's worried. When it comes to
marriage, time is not on their side. Deep down, the Left knows it needed
the Court to force same-sex "marriage" on America before more people
saw the fallout for Christians like Aaron and Melissa Klein. Or sportscasters like Craig James. Or CEOs like Brandon Eich.
Ask them if same-sex "marriage" is just about two people who love each
other. For them, it was about losing their business, their livelihood,
and their freedom.
If the Supreme Court thinks America isn't ready for same-sex
"marriage," they're right. As more states are forced to recognize it,
people will see the ensuing attacks on religious freedom. They'll feel
the wedge driven between parents and their children when school
curriculum is changed to contradict the morals moms and dads are
teaching at home. They'll shudder as more people lose their jobs because
they refuse to celebrate (not just tolerate) same-sex "marriage." Maybe
then they'll realize that the true goal is not about the marriage altar
-- but fundamentally altering society. - Family Research Council president Tony Perkins' deluded statement about the recent SCOTUS decision
In spite of today's SCOTUS ruling, SC Attorney General Alan Wilson will continue to fight for the state's ban on marriage equality:
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson says he will keep fighting to uphold the state's constitutional ban on gay marriage. Wilson
issued a statement Monday hours after the U.S. Supreme Court decided
not to hear an appeal of a ruling allowing same-sex marriage by a
federal appeals court with jurisdiction over South Carolina.Wilson
says no ruling has been made in a lawsuit by a same-sex couple legally
married in Washington, D.C., who live in South Carolina. They are asking
to overturn the state's gay marriage ban. Wilson says he will keep
fighting until there is a ruling in that case.
A
lawyer for the same-sex couple, Carrie Warner, says she'll be filing
paperwork soon asking for an immediate ruling in their favor.
Wilson's decision to keep on fighting, which is supported by Governor Nikki Haley, is going to be interesting because South Carolinians who support marriage equality and, no doubt invigorated by today's ruling, will be uniting on the State House steps in Columbia at noon on Wednesday.
Unless you were living in a cave with your fingers in your ears, you know the surprising decision the United States Supreme Court made this morning in denying appeals from five states regarding federal judges overturning their marriage equality bans. The collection of articles and tweets below will give you a picture of where it all stands.
But I do say this - the lgbt community and especially our leadership organizations should be out of the gate not only explaining what these decisions mean but how we got to this point. The other side will immediately raise the talking point about "activist judges," when in fact it was their hubris, lies, and inability to fashion a coherent and logical argument against marriage equality which has led them down the path of loss.
The graphic above, taken from Think Progress, gives a view of what marriage equality looks like after today's SCOTUS decision
SCOTUS Denies Appeals On Gay Marriage From 5 States - This article from Talking Points Memo is huge. It says that marriage equality has not only come to five states (Utah, Indiana, Virginia, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin), but six other states will most likely eventually have marriage equality because of the SCOTUS ruling (Colorado, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming).
Meanwhile, the opposition is in a complete state of shock.
Bryan Fischer issued this uncharacteristically boring tweet:
The Supreme Court, by doing nothing, just issued the de facto Roe v. Wade ruling of sodomy-based marriage.
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) October 6, 2014
It's boring because we can usually count on him for visions of fire, brimstone, and an angry God knocking heads. Now Peter LaBarbera has a better, but more confusing tweet:
It's civil disobedience time in #Oklahoma + other states: OK (76% opposed) offers the best chance to reject the SCOTUS ruling on SSM. #tcot
— Peter LaBarbera (@PeterLaBarbera) October 6, 2014
What that hell does that mean? People who don't support marriage equality should refuse to attend gay weddings? Sure. Works for me.
Or does it mean come to gay weddings and interrupt the proceedings. Feel free to come to mine. We will sit you right next to the mothers of the grooms and when the preacher asks if anyone objects and you feel the need to stand up, we will take a 15 minute intermission to watch you get your behind whipped.
As fast as one anti-gay event is over (the Values Voter Summit), here comes another one.
Today marks the second annual 'Ex-Gay Awareness Month.' If you don't remember the first one from last year, it's because it was a tremendous flop.
Anyway, this is where supposed ex-gays (professional ex-gays who claim to be delivered from homosexuality so much that they get a pay check every time they portray themselves as such) gather with anti-gay groups and talking heads in a sad attempt to cast themselves as victims of gays who supposedly want to deny their existence.
It's an interesting racket, except for the simple fact that no one is buying the crap they are selling because we all recognize it as a passive-aggressive way to cause the lgbt community more consternation.
For example, one of their goals this year is to lobby Congressional leaders to NOT pass pro-lgbt legislation.
Also, if you are a glutton for punishment, take a look at their itinerary of events and who they are aligned with.
And if you need further proof of how fake 'Ex Gay Awareness Month' is, check out this video of their featured speaker, Alan Keyes - a sad man who will be remembered by history only as the man whom President Obama defeated to become an Illinois senator and thus beginning his road to the White House:
Editor's note - It is on very rare occasion that I make such an appeal but I implore you all that before or after you read these news briefs, please read my morning post, Family Research Council distorts Navy survey, stoops to new low by attacking gay servicemembers. Of all of the ugly acts of homophobia undertaken by FRC, this ranks as one of the worst because the group is not only demonizing our gay and lesbian service members, but it is exploiting a real problem in the military - sexual assault - by sending out false information. When inaccurate information is sent out about a problem, the problem rarely gets solved. FRC is doing our military a serious injustice. In other news:
It's that time again, LGBT History Month, when we celebrate and honor the lgbts who have made positive impacts in the world. I am very satisfied with this year's list, particularly with the inclusion of the late Sylvester James. Sylvester James was one of the greatest singers ever and he rarely gets his due.
Holding The Religious Right To Its Own Standard - Unintentionally hilarious piece. You know you can't do that sort of thing. They always find a way to weasel out of adhering to their own rules, particularly when it comes to Supreme Court justices recusing themselves.
Lesbian Couple Sues Sperm Bank For Providing Wrong Donor’s Sperm - A lesbian couple is suing a sperm bank for providing them with the sperm which produced a mixed race child. On its face, this sounds like a horrendous story. However, as you read the story, you get a better understanding of the issue's complexities. I still think the suit is horrendous but it says a lot, not only about sexual orientation, but the problems people create for mixed raced children.
No matter how low I think the Family Research Council will stoop to attack lgbts, the organization never ceases to astound me . Case in point is the following I received via email:
In a survey of 5,536
Navy personnel, only 27% say morale is "good" or "excellent," a
freefall from past responses, where strained troops still managed to
keep their spirits up. Now, a half-decade deep into the President's
social experiment with the military, the scars are starting to show.
Almost half of enlisted troops said they "distrust senior leaders" -- an
opinion shared by 40% of officers. And the wave of pessimism threatens
to affect more than just the Navy.
From uncertainty over their retirement to the frustration with
"excessive political correctness," most of our brave men and women
barely recognize the military they gave up their lives to serve.
Instead, sailors say they harbor widespread doubts about the men
commanding them, "complaining of poor leadership and a disciplinary
environment that tolerates absolutely no mistakes."
What they mean is no politically incorrect mistakes. What the Obama
military does tolerate, unfortunately, is a brave new world of sexual
liberalism and religious censorship -- both of which are tearing at the
fabric of America's fighting force. Sexual assaults and suicides are
through the roof since the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in 2010 --
and suddenly, the biggest cheerleaders for repeal are nowhere to be
found. The Pentagon downplayed
the effects of open homosexuality when it was implemented in 2011 --
something it will have a tough time doing now, with the rate of
male-on-male assaults at a record high. While the media highlights the
female victims, the Pentagon's 1,400-page report explains that service
men are just as affected -- if not more so.
Now, four years later, the administration is scratching its head at
the sky-high suicides and sexual attacks. Defense officials are racing
to reassure people that they're doing everything they can to get to the
bottom of these issues -- only to inject more policies that accelerate
both. They put political correctness ahead of national security and then
seem surprised when both the nation and the people that protect us are
at risk.
According to the Washington Times, the survey "was released amid complaints
by some aviators about excessive political correctness as the military
seeks to stamp out sexual harassment and misconduct in an increasingly
gender-integrated Navy." Obviously, these are complex and emotional
issues -- from personal safety to private beliefs. If we want to solve
these crises, a key component to addressing them is the same vibrant
faith this administration is trying to stamp out. Is this really the
time we want to tell service members they can't rely on God?
The Family Research Council is clearly implying that it is the Obama Administration's supposed attack on religious liberty and the decision to allow gays to serve openly which led to the survey's negative responses.
That is a lie.
Neither article linked by the Family Research Council (one from Military.com and the other from The Washington Times) mentions anything regarding "religious liberty" or gays serving openly in the military as reasons for the negative responses to the Navy survey.
The article from Military.com said:
A U.S. Navy
retention survey found that sailors are increasingly unhappy with
lengthy deployments, a high operational tempo, and recent calls to
reduce pay and benefits.
In addition, fewer numbers of Navy sailors aspire to earn positions
held by their superior officers as sailors have a widespread distrust of
Navy leadership, the independent survey found.
"Sailors are most likely to leave uniformed service because of a
perception of increasingly high operational tempo, poor work/life
balance, low service-wide morale, declining pay and compensation, waning
desire to hold senior leadership positions, and a widespread distrust
of senior leadership, all of which erodes loyalty to the institution,"
the survey states.
The Washington Times article says pretty much the same thing. Now while the headline of the article in that publication mentions 'political correctness,' the article itself only mentions the term in the following paragraph:
The independent survey was released amid complaints by some aviators
about excessive political correctness as the military seeks to stamp out
sexual harassment and misconduct in an increasingly gender-integrated Navy.
This still means that FRC's claim is a lie.
Perhaps the most vicious lie in FRC's piece is the following:
Sexual assaults and suicides are
through the roof since the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in 2010 --
and suddenly, the biggest cheerleaders for repeal are nowhere to be
found. The Pentagon downplayed
the effects of open homosexuality when it was implemented in 2011 --
something it will have a tough time doing now, with the rate of
male-on-male assaults at a record high. While the media highlights the
female victims, the Pentagon's 1,400-page report explains that service
men are just as affected -- if not more so.
A link between the repeal of DADT and the rate of male-on-male rapes in the military has not been proven, except for in the minds of people ignorant to buy into the stereotype of predatory gay males.
According to Media Matters:
A study by
Palm Center, a research institute focused on sexuality and the
military, has found no evidence that open service has led to increased
sexual assault. Nor, the center reported, did repeal lead to a decline
in military cohesion or morale . . . Increased reporting of incidents may well reflect Defense Department efforts to encourage servicemembers to speak up if
they've been assaulted. Emphasizing that sexual assault remains a
"heinous" problem, Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-MA), co-chair of the Military
Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus, told CNN that the rise in reports may
well reflect "legislative and military changes" encouraging people to
come forward.
As The New York Times reported in
June 2013, the military's DADT policy discouraged victims of
male-on-male sexual assault from reporting incidents, for fear that
admitting to even non-consensual same-sex relations could lead to
discharge.
Furthermore, in creating the stereotype of the predatory gay male, FRC exploits and undermines the real problem of male-on-male rape in the military.
A December 14, 2013 article in The Baltimore Sun, Breaking the Silence, talked extensively about this issue. The article noted that the problem has unfortunately existed for decades. It also noted that male-on-male rape in the military was not an issue of sex but of power and emasculation:
Military data show that the typical perpetrator is a man who has
served longer in the military than his victim and holds a higher rank.
In most cases, the assailant identifies as heterosexual.
Roger Canaff, who has trained Army lawyers in prosecuting
sexual assault cases, says many attacks amount to a particularly violent
form of hazing.
It “isn't necessarily seen as a sexual act,” says Canaff, a
former prosecutor in New York and Virginia. “It's seen as a humiliating
act. It's the ultimate act of emasculation.
“You see that in fraternity life, sometimes. You see that in the civilian world. The military has it also.”
We've seen on a number of occasions that, for an organization which talks about Biblical principles, FRC has no problem with trashing the commandment about " not bearing false witness."
This time, we are seeing that while the group talks about the greatness of America (which it did recently in celebrating the anniversary of The Star Spangled Banner), the Family Research Council has no problem disrespecting the men and women whose service has led to this country's greatness, and also exploiting their problems to demonize the entire gay community.
Ever since the Human Rights Campaign's The Export of Hate report came out, various religious right figures spotlighted in it have been screeching and complaining about how HRC is exposing them to danger or trying to silence them.
The most annoying reaction has been that of Michael Brown, founder of the FIRE School in Ministry in Concord, N.C., and host of the daily, nationally syndicated talk-radio show “The Line of Fire.”
His reaction has been a folksy, Will Rogers type of "Aw shucks. I don't know what HRC is talking about. I'm only defending Christian values."
The low key and semi comedic tone Brown has taken is a deliberate attempt to take attention away from the fact that he not only deserves to be included in Export of Hate, but he also deserves the profile given to him by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
However for my money, the most awful thing about Brown is the video above, which I don't think he has ever disavowed:
During an interview with GOD TV’s Sid Roth of It's Supernatural!, Michael Brown discussed his new book, A Queer Thing Happened To America, about the deleterious impacts of gay rights in America. Best known for its over-the-top promotional ad, A Queer Thing Happened To America focuses on “analyzing the foundational arguments of the gay civil rights movement and exposing the extreme intolerance of those calling for tolerance.” Before the interview, a trailer for the book features a boy at school imagining the terror of having same-sex parents: over-sentimental mothers who bandage his wounds and kiss him before he goes to sleep and dysfunctional fathers who tie his shoe laces and send him off to school.
I think that when Shakespeare wrote that line about "daggers behind smiles," he had folks like Brown in mind
Congressman Defends Anti-LGBT Discrimination With Irrelevant Study - Such is the dangers of ignoring times when anti-gay groups and activists use anti-gay junk science. With no proper push back, these monstrosities make their way to Congress where they can do some REAL damage to the lgbt community.
During last night's post, I made reference to an interview the American Family Association's Bryan Fischer conducted with discredited researcher Paul Cameron in 2013. Below is a video of the interview:
Two reminders:
1. Cameron is a discredited researcher who is head
the Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate group the Family
Research Institute. Almost two decades ago, he was THE go-to man for
anti-gay propaganda even though he was known to be a quack who pushed
such theories as gay men stuffing gerbils up their rectums.
His work has been cited on more than one occasion
by many anti-gay groups from the Family Research Council to the
American Family Association. As his history of fraud became widely
known, these groups distanced themselves from him without so much as an
apology for using him as a source in the first place.
But not totally. Last year, Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association conducted an interview with Cameron,
allowing him to freely cite the lies which got him dismissed and
censured from the American Psychological Association and the American
Sociological Association in the 80s.
2. Don't take Bryan Fischer too lightly. He may spout outrageously homophobic lies but he has considerable power as a voice of the AFA, including the power to get US Congressional leaders to appear on his show .
If you aren't alarmed by this, then what is your problem?
Earlier today, I published a piece about an explosive report by the Human Rights Campaign, The Export of Hate, which pointed out how various anti-gay figures were peddling lies and propaganda to foreign countries in an attempt to spread anti-gay hate abroad.
My piece also pointed out some individuals spotlighted in the report were claiming that HRC was lying about them, targeting them for violence, and attacking them simply for their Christian beliefs.
Well the following interview refutes those lies. It's between anti-gay talking head and Colorado state legislature candidate Gordon Klingenschmitt, and another anti-gay figure who is spotlighted in HRC's report, Paul Cameron.
Based on what you are about to see and hear, these two videos need no introduction.
However, there are two things you should keep in mind.
1. Cameron is a discredited researcher who is head the Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate group the Family Research Institute. Almost two decades ago, he was THE go-to man for anti-gay propaganda even though he was known to be a quack who pushed such theories as gay men stuffing gerbils up their rectums.
His work has been cited on more than one occasion by many anti-gay groups from the Family Research Council to the American Family Association. As his history of fraud became widely known, these groups distanced themselves from him without so much as an apology for using him as a source in the first place.
But not totally. Last year, Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association conducted an interview with Cameron, allowing him to freely cite the lies which got him dismissed and censured from the American Psychological Association and the American Sociological Association in the 80s.
Cameron has visited Russia and Eastern Europe repeatedly since 2008 to peddle his “research.” In June 2008, Cameron first appeared at a roundtable on “deviation of social norms in modern society” at Moscow State University. In October of that year, he was in Moldova to lecture on the “demographic disaster” that he believes is being unleashed by contraception and rights for LGBT people and women. Cameron returned to Moldova in 2011 to lobby against anti-discrimination laws. The Moldovan government took Cameron’s message to heart and in 2013 passed a law banning LGBT “propaganda,” but it was quickly repealed as part of the nation’s drive to join the European Union. Cameron has also appeared elsewhere in Eastern Europe, including a controversial trip to Poland in 2009 when he was turned away from giving a speech on homosexuality at a university and forced to find a new venue after a newspaper learned of his background.
Cameron also returned to Russia in 2013, to address a Duma roundtable on “family values.” Cameron’s presence was intended to bolster support for a bill that targeted gay and lesbian parents and threatened to take away their children. Cameron’s testimony was full of false statistics, including the “fact” that one in three gay people support having sex with children. Duma member Alexander Sidyakin later tweeted that Cameron’s testimony was evidence that children should be taken away from LGBT parents and adopted by other families.
Even in countries Cameron has not visited personally, his influence has been felt. The original authors of Uganda’s horrific anti-homosexuality law cited Cameron’s work alongside that of Scott Lively when drafting their bill. When the bill was passed into law in 2014, Cameron openly applauded and claimed that harsh penalties were needed to discourage homosexuality, just like murder.
Just more proof that any ideas that HRC's report is an attempt to silence Christians or subject them to violence is a lie. Those who believe this tripe should be less fearful of HRC's report and more fearful that they think Cameron is the type of person who encompasses a true Christian.
Editor's note - Cameron's "statistics" were widely cited to create illustrations for the 1985 comic book, Deathstyle. I used these illustrations in my booklet, How They See Us: Unmasking the Religious Right War on Gay America. The purpose of How They See Us was to demonstrate the roots of anti-gay propaganda and how it doesn't change over the years.
Tony Perkins, Family Research Council President, On Claim Of Link Between Homosexuality And Pedophilia - Dear Family Research Council head Tony Perkins, the three word answer you gave about the organizations which have accused you and your organization of linking homosexuality to pedophilia only proves your hypocrisy, lack of integrity, and total disregard for truth, particularly in light of the fact that you are on record making this link. You do nothing but underscore that the Family Research Council will collapse under the weight of all of its homophobic lies. If I were you, I would buy a hard hat.
Faith, LGBT People, & the Midterm Elections - GLAAD comes out with a guide for journalist who challenge anti-gay spokespeople who claim to be speaking on the grounds of faith. This is an excellent resource to have.
