John Stemberger remains spectacularly clueless - his own kids will require deprogramming

John Stemberger is the mediocre Florida lawyer (of equally mediocre intellect) who attempted to spearhead continued discrimination on the part of the Boy Scouts of America. Stemberger not only lost the vote but he got his ass kicked.

It is abundantly clear that Mr. Stemberger has no interest in self-reflection or even analysis. According to a statement released this evening on his website:

John Stemberger Indoctrinates Children With Hate

Here is Mr. Stemberger "welcoming" Scouting delegates last night while using children as props.

He has managed to get the assistance of four or five young teens in addition to the usual evangelical whack jobs asking the Scouts to sustain their policy of discrimination. Perhaps a couple of these kids are his unfortunate children. While I am at it, below is the advertisement that Stemberger, in concert with Family Research Council, ran in Dallas newspapers:

Mohler "Boy Scouts at the Brink"

Albert Mohler is president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Apparently the national council of the Boy Scouts of America is "actually deciding the future of the entire organization."

According to Mohler:

In 2000, the B.S.A. prevailed at the U.S. Supreme Court when the nation’s highest court ruled that the Boy Scouts had a constitutional right to exclude openly gay boys and leaders from the organization ...

Stemberger claims that the BSA vote will affect the marriage cases at SCOTUS

John Stemberger, head of Florida Family Policy Council, is a Florida lawyer with a mediocre legal education and mediocre intellect. He has become the right's point man on Scouting discrimination.

Today, in an email:

Homosexual activists, having convinced BSA leadership to spearhead the proposed change in policy (which would force every Scouting unit to allow open homosexuality among its boys), know that losing this issue would be the biggest set-back for the homosexual agenda in America yet, also affecting literally millions of young Boy Scouts.

NOM unhinged: 'Help us fight our legal battle against the IRS! Make a donation today'

Has National Organization for Marriage given up on marriage discrimination entirely? Presumably they think that they can raise more money off of the IRS than banning gay marriage.

Of course, this path is fraught with peril. This all started with an uredacted tax return [PDF] (identifying donors) getting into the hands of HRC. NOM claimed with absolute certainty that someone at the IRS conspired with HRC. Of course, that is easily debunked. Indeed, even Maggie Gallagher claims that a low-level employee was duped into sending the return to someone who sent it to HRC. Stretching it even further, the current controversy with the IRS involves additional scrutiny before approving 501(c)4 applications from Tea Party groups. That has nothing to do with NOM but why ruin an opportunity for NOM to claim victimhood     again?

NARTH trots out pseudo-science in support of Boy Scouts discrimination

NARTH pretentiously postures as a serious scientific organization in contrast to the religious group that it really is.

According to an email, NARTH has released a "BSA White Paper." A "white paper" is supposed to be an authoritative source of information. Well, I'll just provide bullets of the bullshit. According to NARTH:

May I indulge in some idle speculation?

One of NOM's largest donors is Sean Fieler and Sean Fieler is heavily invested in gold.

H/T (chart) Krugman