The unhinged Mr. Staver - again

“With understanding comes the gentle kindness and common courtesy of using gender appropriate pronouns.”

Mat Staver, leader of the hate group Liberty Counsel is obsessed with all things LGBT. Rights and courtesies extended to LGBT people drive him to distraction. As I previously noted, Staver has come unglued over an Education Department  memorandum requiring people to use gender-appropriate pronouns. He sees this as an affront to his Christian beliefs.

Mr. Staver is also a Young Earth Creationist. Must we entertain the notion that the universe is less than 10,000 years old?

In Mississippi There Remain a Number of Options

As most of you have probably heard by now, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth District reversed and injunction issued by a lower court that prohibited Mississippi's HB-1523 from taking effect. At the same time they dismissed the case which is captioned Campaign for Southern Equality v. Bryant. The cased was dismissed because the plaintiffs lack standing. That means, rather than an actual injury (which is required by law) the Court found that the injury was prospective or hypothetical.

According to the panel:

Hate groups continue to assert that they are victims of SPLC

Guidestar's listing for Liberty Counsel is headed by this image

While hate group leaders maintain that the Southern Poverty Law Center is irrelevant, they seem to be considerably dismayed by the listing of their group.

Guidestar is now indicating nonprofit organizations designated as hate groups by SPLC. To put it mildly, this has upset some folks who love to embrace victimhood. Victims? These are the organizations that oppress LGBT people, Muslims, immigrants and others yet lack the introspection on the part of their leaders to cease the activities that invite the SPLC listing in the first place. Guidestar is providing information that might be important to people investigating nonprofit organizations.

Arts Not Parts

Irregular Labs (studio and think tank) has launched Arts Not Parts, a creative call to action in support of and solidarity with trans and gender nonconforming youth.

Speaking of Diminished Intellect ...

And by the way it's “judgment” — just one e

We can always count on the tag team of AFA's Charlie Butts and Greg Quinlan (of some obscure New Jersey hate group) to submit, for our entertainment and review, examples of their incapacity to grasp simple concepts.

On Wednesday at American Family Association's “news” blog, Butts writes: “Celebrating mental illness Jersey-style.” Mr. Butts is apparently proud of his employer's designation as a hate group because his headline refers to transgender children. AFA will be labeled a hate group in perpetuity.

No Major Religious Group Supports Denial of Service to Gays and Lesbians

The highly respected Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) has a new survey out Wednesday.

Some of the findings include:

• Not a single major U.S. religious group where a majority of members support denying service to same-sex couples. Fifty percent of white evangelical Protestants supported such service denial. That's the closest to a majority that they get. 42% of Mormons, 34% of Hispanic Protestants, 25% of black Protestants and 25% of Jehovah's Witnesses believe businesses should be allowed to deny services to same-sex couples.

Governor Rick Scott Has Broken His Promise to Protect LGBT People

One year ago, representatives of Equality Florida asked Governor Rick Scott to honor the victims of the Pulse massacre by taking action to reduce workplace discrimination. The expectation was that Scott would issue an executive order protecting state employees from discrimination and ensuring that taxpayer funds went to contractors who would not discriminate.

Workplace equality has a direct effect on reducing anti-LGBT violence. By working together diverse people find common ground. They realize that people are not defined by their sexual orientation or sexual identity. This would be a very good place for Governor Scott to influence his constituents in a positive way.

Hate Group Leader Exposes the Mediocrity of His Wit

The unhinged Mat Staver doesn't want students addressed by preferred pronouns. In an email to supporters he writes: “DOE Gets Failing Grade for So-called Transgender Student Memo.” At the risk of being pedantic, “DOE” is the abbreviation for the Department of Energy. The correct shorthand for the Department of Education is ED. Staver should know better. His take on how vulnerable children should be treated is similarly limited by ignorance.

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a memo to public schools and teachers explaining that refusal to refer to so-called transgender students by their preferred pronoun or name could be grounds for an investigation.

Ryan T. Anderson & McHugh, Mayer and Hruz Promote the Transgender Catechism

At Heritage Foundation's blog, Ryan T. Anderson writes: “New Paper Says Puberty Blockers Aren’t the Answer to Gender Confusion.” The “paper” that Anderson is referring to is a piece at the New Atlantis which is nothing more than a pretentious Christian blog. Titled Growing Pains, the post was written by Paul W. Hruz, Lawrence S. Mayer and Paul R. McHugh. It is a literature review that is not peer reviewed and is subject to selective observation. The subtitle reads: “Problems with Puberty Suppression in Treating Gender Dysphoria.”

Should an Indiana Christian School Be Permitted to Discriminate - With Tax Dollars

Lighthouse Christian Academy of Bloomington, Indiana publishes an admissions brochure that says the school has the right to decline to enroll LGBT students. According to the brochure the LGBT “lifestyle” is prohibited by the Bible. The Lighthouse brochure states that the Bible does not allow homosexual, bisexual or “any form of sexual immorality” and if a student’s “home life” violates biblical rules, the school can deny them admission or expel them.

Restored Hope Network: Purveyors of Deceit and Dismay

Anne Paulk

This past weekend, Restored Hope Network, advocates of gay conversion “therapy,” held its annual conference at a San Diego church. The event was titled Hope 2017. This year's gathering even featured a supposed ex-transgender by the name of Linda Seiler.

Linda Seiler once had plans to have sex reassignment surgery, change her name to David, and live happily ever after. But God. Today, she is living the dream, content in a female body and wholly attracted to men. Linda shares candidly from her own struggles coupled with a strong Scriptural foundation and the latest scientific research regarding the origins of homosexuality and gender dysphoria.

NOM's Impressive Marriage March

NOM's marriage march on its arrival at the Supreme Court

Photo via Right Wing Watch

Right Wing Watch has the photos. Brian S. Brown and National Organization for Marriage have laid another rotten egg. Take away NOM staff and some curious onlookers and we wonder if anyone showed up for the 2017 March for Marriage.

Adding to the shame is the fact that they have been raising money off this silly event since at least May 1 with this missive from Mr. Reverse-Midas himself:

May 1, 2017:

…I'm writing to ask for your help with the upcoming 2017 March for Marriage, which is scheduled for Saturday, June 17th in Washington, DC!…

NOM gives supporters 36 hours to pony up

I just received the latest email money-grub from Mr. Misadventure, Brian S. Brown of National Organization for Marriage. It is titled: “...36 Hours to Save This.”

I hate to tell you this, but we are nearly $12,000 short of our $100,000 goal as we hit the final 36 hours of the Spring Matching Campaign. Once the campaign ends on Saturday night, that's it. Anything that we have failed to raise will be lost forever, and then some. If, for example, we fall $8,000 shy of the goal, that's $16,000 we will miss out on, never to get it back. We not only lose the $8,000 that wasn't contributed, we also lose the match of $8,000. The thought of losing out on that kind of money is heartbreaking, because I know how much good we can do for our cause if only we were fully funded.

An enviable effort by an Orthodox priest to look spectacularly stupid

The headline by Father Mark Hodges at LifeSiteNews: “‘Disgusting:’ McDonald’s introduces ‘gay pride’ fries, Christians call for boycott.” I have absolutely no idea why the word disgusting is in quotes. I will get to Hodges' bigotry but there's some preliminary business to take care of:

Personally I think that they should boycott McDonald's as well as all of the other companies that are supportive of fair treatment for LGBT people.

The first thing that they are going to have to do is to throw away their cell phones. Between Apple (iPhone) and Google (Android) there are no reasonable choices. Apple even has the temerity to employ an openly gay CEO. What kind of message does that send to impressionable children? How many kids choose to be gay in order to be just like Tim Cook? Hodges can probably supply us with a statistic.

Proof that there are some really crazy Jews too

Arthur Goldberg is an orthodox Jew and, by the way, a convicted felon (for a $2 billion security fraud). Goldberg did 18 months as a guest of the federal government. He got off light. Unable to deal with the fact that his son is gay, Goldberg was a co-founder of JONAH (Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing). JONAH was put out of business for consumer fraud.

Thursday Goldberg writes at Witherspoon Institute's pretentious, pseudo-intellectual blog: “Same-Sex Attraction and Therapy: It’s Time to Let People Choose.” As wrote earlier today, no scientist uses the term “same-sex attraction.” It is religious BS to liken being gay to something like a predisposition to abuse alcohol. The comparison is ridiculous and offensive.

Polemicist: Be very kind but that does not include trans and gay people

Circa 2013 photo of Vincent Weaver or
@ChastityMan via Twitter

Vincent Weaver has no bio at National Catholic Register. He seems to be a professional Catholic whose Twitter handle is @ChastityMan. Thursday, Weaver writes: “Be Kind, But Don't Kill People With Kindness.” The subtitle of this mess reads:

Jesus told us not to judge. But he also obligated us to address harmful behaviors and told us that “The Truth will set you free”.

Weaver's truth doesn't really mean truth. Not at all. Truth to Weaver means the uncritical acceptance of Church teachings in spite of the fact that many of those pronouncements are the product of Bronze Age beliefs. Other Church edicts reflect the opinions of priests and prelates who have no scientific training or experience.

What is most irritating about this and similar pieces is the author's proposition that he is an authority on human sexuality. What medical school did he go to?

Conforming Science to Scripture Infects More Than LGBT Rights

It is part of an intellectually dishonest mindset. People obsessed with religion work reason backwards. Rather than an hypothesis they start with a conclusion which they adopt as absolute truth because religious teachings and scripture are presumed to be inerrant. These folks are selective observation prodigies. It is how we end up with junk science. Junk science satisfies a need by offering something that people want to believe. Its accuracy and (oddly enough) probity are irrelevant. The people who produce the junk are either cynics

We are told that Michael J. New is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Alabama and a fellow at the Witherspoon Institute. Mr. New is not listed among the faculty at the political science department at University of Alabama. People associated with Witherspoon Institute are defenders of the faith (Witherspoon's head is an Opus Dei numerary).

LifeSiteNews is obsessed with LGBT people

Wednesday, Matthew Cullinan Hoffman is incensed that the New York Archdiocese of the Catholic Church is a bit more progressive than his personal tastes permit. Hoffman is a rather odd individual. An American, he lives in Mexico City and writes orthodox Catholic screeds for the faithful. Hoffman has seemingly surrendered whatever remains of this critical thinking skills to the Church.

Today's polemic is titled “‘Catholic’ LGBT ministries in New York run by gay drag queen, abortion advocate.” Among the tags that Hoffman has assigned is the pejorative term, “Gay Mafia.” Seriously. These imbeciles manage to alienate most of polite society and then they claim victimization over the well-earned ridicule that attaches to them.

Washington State Anti-LGBT Scam Redux

Joseph Backholm of Family Policy Institute of Washington seems to be stealing money — again. At issue is a initiative committee “Just Want Privacy” which is trying to end transgender accommodations in the state. This is their second time around. Last year the committee failed to get enough signatures for their initiative (I-1552) to be on the ballot.

Last year the committee provided someone by the name of Omah Ekott with $175,000 to gather signatures. Ekott does not appear to have an organization and he lives about 1,100 miles away in Fullerton, California. According to his LinkedIn profile he is the CEO and founder of “BarwOrC Ent. & Beat Club Clothing” for which the Secretary of State of California has no record (I tried various combinations).

The Klan Shows Up at a Pride Parade in Alabama

Pride parades are not a frequent occurrence in northwest Alabama. Gays are expected not to offend “normal” citizens with a display of their sexuality. Nevertheless, Pride parade participants in Florence, Alabama were shocked Sunday when the KKK showed up. According to Benjamin Newbern, executive director of Equality Shoals after the shock set in, attendees were embarrassed.

Alabama is a breeding ground for ignorance and hate. State law requires public schools to teach that homosexuality is a criminal offense.

Comment Cleanup

I finally have a working computer. While I try not to ban users I did ban one today (Stan) with a mass delete. Sorry for the delay and thank you all for flagging inappropriate content.

BTW an I7 with a solid-state drive flies.

I have much to do today to get back up to speed but I wanted to let you all know about the comment section. I greatly appreciate your participation.

Hate Group Leader Offers a Generous Helping of BS on White Bread

Tim Wildmon is either colossally  stupid or he thinks that his supporters are. Well, maybe it is a bit of both. According to Wildmon, in an email to supporters:

Target's dangerous policy of allowing men into women's dressing rooms has claimed another innocent victim of sexual voyeurism.

Just last week, in The Woodlands, Texas, a woman was sexually violated when a man freely entered the women's dressing room and began videotaping her trying on bathing suits.

A terribly sad anniversary

Today marks the first anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida. It is a sobering reality and memory. The carnage — 49 murdered, 53 injured — is too great for us to properly process. While the scale of the slaughter is difficult to adequately appreciate, it is all too easy to assign blame to one deranged individual.

John Colin Collette v. Archdiocese of Chicago

According to Christian media the the former music director lost his case against the Archdiocese of Chicago for discrimination. Collette was fired from Holy Family parish in Inverness in July 2014 after announcing his engagement to his partner on social media. He had been in the employ of the parish for 17 years as music director and director of worship.

We can create idiotic victims too

I have no sympathy for Brian Talbert. Talbert is the gay guy who was barred from having a float in the Charlotte Pride Parade because he is a Trump supporter. According to The Washington Post Talbert is a member of a group called Deplorable Pride. Evidently, Talbert is Deplorable Pride.

ACPissed ACPeds

Dr. Jack Turban

The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) responds to an article in Psychology Today by Dr. Jack Turban. ACPeds is a minuscule, right wing Christian hate group that should not be confused with the real peer organization, The American Academy of Pediatrics. Needless to say, Turban's article is highly critical of ACPeds because they are at odds with medical science.

Hate Group Demonstrates Uncompromising Ignorance at Every Opportunity

At American Family Association's news blog Laurie Higgins (Illinois Family Institute) is again warning people about "pro-LGBT rules" adopted by Illinois' Department of Children and Family Services. They have not manufactured a victim — yet. Eventually they might find some poor schmuck in the employ of DCFS who will claim to be a Christian who has been discriminated against. At the moment, Higgins and Co. are trolling.

Priestly Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy

Most of us can agree on what an "LGBT student" is. A student is someone attending school at some level and in this case they are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

Msgr. Andrew Cummings (out of Baltimore and currently at the Vatican) doesn't see things that way. "Truth," for Cummings, is defined by religious doctrine. Science, society and our very culture must conform to the catechism of the Catholic Church.

Bam-Bam and Elaine Donnelly Arise for a Hate Group

On its "news" blog, American Family Association is heaping praise on Trump for not acknowledging June as Pride Month. According to Chad Groening, writing for the hate group:

It's obvious that radical homosexual groups aren't happy that Donald Trump has thus far chosen not to celebrate June as "LGBT Pride Month" with an official proclamation, like Barack Obama did for several years. LGBT advocacy groups, while not surprised, are calling it "deeply disappointing."

... why they march

Brian S. Brown, on behalf of the anti-LGBT National Organization for Marriage, has sent out an email titled: ...why we March. According to Brown:

Someone asked me the other day why we are going to the time and trouble to expend substantial financial and human resources on the upcoming 2017 March for Marriage. It's a good question, and I have a simple answer: Because we must.

Hate Group Leader Exploits the Sad Death of a Child

Monday evening, Tony Perkins of Family Research Council took to his organization's blog with Gender Distortion and Tragedy. We can be spared several paragraphs of bloated prose with a summary of the circumstances:

Matt and Erin Georgia allowed their gender dysphoric daughter Jane to socially transition to their transgender son, Jay. Jay was in counseling but he ultimately killed himself. Gender dysphoric people are at risk for self-harm. It is a virtual certainty that Jay did not kill himself because of gender affirmation. There is overwhelming consensus in the mainstream medical community that:

ACPeds' OTHER Site

Monday at National Catholic Register Marcia Segelstein is extolling the virtues of the American College of Pediatricians, a designated hate group (not to be confused with the real peer organization, the American Academy of Pediatrics).  Segelstein's "logic" coincides with my post earlier in the day. She has adopted the notion that conformity with scripture offers reassurance, if not scientific truth.

The Methodology Behind a Pseudo-Intellectual "Eureka!"

At Witherspoon Institute's blog, one John Skalko explains human sexuality. We are told that Skalko is an adjunct professor at St. John’s Seminary and a PhD Candidate in Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas. His post is titled “Why there are only two sexes.”

Witherspoon's blog — Public Discourse — is edited by Ryan T. Anderson. Apparently both Anderson and Skalkos are wed to the belief that a part-time instructor at a Catholic seminary in pursuit of a PhD in philosophy is qualified to inform us about sexuality. Why is that I wonder?

A new "expert" on gender identity

Doug Mainwaring

Note: This post is not as much about transgenderism as it is about the pervasive and pernicious penchant of conservative Christians to redefine science and reality. More and more I realize the portability of their bigotry. With few changes they can re-purpose anti-gay arguments or anti marriage equality arguments to become anti-trans arguments.

At LifeSiteNews.com, Doug Mainwaring writes: "Christians who reject transgenderism banned from adoption, working with children in Illinois." Apparently, conservative Catholics in the employ of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services must be permitted to impose their superstitions on the families and children in their care.

Trump managed to remember to forget that June is Pride Month

Trump has issued proclamations recognizing June as National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, African-American Music Appreciation Month, National Homeownership Month, Great Outdoors Month and National Ocean Month. If you are looking for some LGBT acknowledgment from this White House, don't hold your breath.

Oh that great friend of "the gays" isn't so friendly after all. We, our families and our allies greatly outnumber the conservative Christians but Trump knows that they pull levers. We were not quite as dependable - or President Clinton would be doing something wonderful for June.

Don't you just love when Christian crackpots make assertions about science?

Julaine Appling

Julaine Appling is with Wisconsin Family Action. She is also astonishingly confused about science, gender, sexuality and just about everything else that doesn't conform to scripture. Appling is distressed that a federal appeals court ruled in favor of a Wisconsin trans high school boy, Ash Whitaker.

Back to the gift for Brian S. Brown

Brian S. Brown, on behalf of National Organization for Marriage, writes:

We're now just over two weeks away from the critically-important 2017 March for Marriage, and I received some great news today that the Spring Matching Campaign will be extended through June 17th so that every donation we receive to support the March for Marriage will be matched dollar for dollar (up to a total match of $100,000)!

Saddleback's pedophile does not prove that gay men are a threat to children

Alleged pedophile Ruven Muhlenberg

According to the Orange County Sheriff's office, a Saddleback Church youth mentor — Ruven Muhlenberg — allegedly molested two young boys. I see that the Christian right is busy claiming that this demonstrates the depravity of gay men. Actually it demonstrates the depravity of Christian youth couselors.

ADF probably has a good case but their client is an obnoxious bigot

This matter involves Steve Tennes and Country Mill Farms, a fruit orchard in Michigan. In addition to selling fruit, Tennes uses the orchard to host weddings. He posted the following to Facebook:

Federal Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Trans Student

Ash Whitaker

A three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago unanimously upheld a district court’s earlier decision to halt the enforcement of the Kenosha Unified School District’s restroom policy against Ash Whitaker, who first filed a lawsuit against KUSD in July 2016.

“The School District has not demonstrated that it will suffer any harm from having to comply with the district court’s preliminary injunction order,” the ruling stated.

A perfect Trifecta of Ignorance and Hate

On Wednesday we have a coalescing of the hate group American Family Association plus their most bigoted polemicist, Charlie Butts plus Hate Group Leader Jonathan Saenz of Texas Values.

Texas residents may have the last word on whether the state's lawmakers consider a bill to protect women and children in public restrooms.

Once again, absent any evidence in support, we are informed that trans people present a threat to women and children. It is Christianity nonsense.

General Jerry is at it again - Beware the transgender!

Tuesday, Retired General Jerry Boykin penned an awkward open letter to Secretary of Defense Mattis for Breitbart (of course). The transphobic diatribe is dishonest at the outset because it is intended for public consumption rather than Sec. Mattis' eyes.

Boykin was a perfect fit for Family Research Council. FRC is a hate group and Boykin is rabidly, viscerally anti-LGBT. In simplest terms Boykin is a bigot as well as a Christian fanatic. His opinions reflect his personality challenges more than an honest appraisal of circumstances.

Logo announces top LGBT friendly companies

In spite of its out CEO, Apple does not top the list.

Logo Network has announced its list of the 25  most LGBT-friendly companies. Unlike the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index Logo takes into consideration both workplace equality and the experience of customers. Of course this is all highly subjective. Nevertheless, it provides some indication of how we might choose where to spend our money.

Time for some pseudo-intellectual transgender BS from Witherspoon's blog

Monday, Andrew T. Walker writes: What’s in a Name? Why Christians Should Be Wary of the Word "Transgender." It is profoundly informative — of course it is. The subtitle of this mess reads:

The Christian worldview accepts the validity of people’s testimony that gender dysphoria is a real experience resulting in heartrending distress. The Christian worldview cannot, however, countenance the idea that men can become women or that women can become men.

Another Fountain of Shame From the Catholic Church

A post to the National Catholic Register has reminded me of the exploitation by the Church, not only of gay people, but of their families. The Catholic Church's Courage Ministry is modeled after the pseudo-science of Alcoholics Anonymous which is premised on the notion that being gay is somewhere between a bad habit and a pernicious addiction.

AA has Al-Anon for the families of alcoholics. The Church has  EnCourage for the families of people who have, what they insist on calling “same-sex attraction.”

Lesbian Colonel Sues Texas National Guard for Discrimination

Col. Cynthia Millonzi claims that she was denied a promotion and forced out because she is a lesbian. Millonzi was a full colonel (O-6) and also a GS14. She was the Director of Manpower and Personnel in the Texas Adjutant General’s Office. She had exemplary reviews.

Millonzi is a woman who had a great deal of authority and responsibility. The bottom line to all of this is that the Guard disapproved of her appearance in an LGBT publication. I expect her to win this suit unless the narrative is false.

At the beginning of September 2013 (in the wake of United States v. Windsor, the Texas Adjutant General directed the Texas National Guard not to process ID Cards or any benefit applications for same-sex couples at state-run facilities. This order was conveyed directly and personally to Millonzi by a Brigadier General Hamilton. Millonzi claims that Hamilton said that he did not want anyone going to the press over the policy. Millonzi took that the mean her.

Mat Staver is in Perpetually Incensed Mode

“A person with a mediocre intellect sets himself up as an apostle.”

Hate group leader Mat Staver is an angry individual. He is particularly angry at LGBT people — all LGBT people — which makes no sense at all. Today's indignent missive from Liberty Counsel is titled: “Orlando Church Promotes Pro-LGBT Agenda. Gee, that sounds serious.

The following paragraph perfectly captures Staver's irrational bigotry and why his Liberty Counsel is a designated hate group.

Robert Oscar Lopez Makes the Pilgrimage to Budapest

World Congress of Families, begins its rather odd convention in Budapest on Friday. The hatefest gathers together Christian right fanatics to kvetch about LGBT people, abortion and rubbers. World Congress of Families is a hate group and SPLC has a good rundown on some of the major players at the event this week.

Taking a look at the schedule I see that Robert Oscar Lopez is on a Friday afternoon panel titled Pro-Family Messages for Emerging Leaders. “Pro-family” isn't your family, or countless other families. Their idea of a family is limited to one cisgender male married to one cisgender female and their offspring. Extra points are available if both were virgins before marriage, neither were previously divorced, the couple forswears contraceptives and the wife is a stay-at-home mom. Round trip airfare for “Bobby” to babble is about $1,200.

Do You Recall the Annmarie Calgaro Saga?

Annmarie Calgaro and her lawyer, Eric Kardaal
(the lawyer is the one the left)

A federal judge tossed out a lawsuit filed by Annmarie Calgaro, a Minnesotan who claimed that state agencies and health care providers unlawfully terminated her parental rights when they allowed her trans daughter to undergo gender affirming therapy without her consent. Her daughter was also a nominal defendant. See my post from last November.

By all accounts JDK (now EJK) is an emancipated minor and Mommy Dearest was shit out of luck.

No Mr. Stanton - You are hopelessly confused!

Isn't this preferable to another picture of the smiling imbecile?

Glenn T. Stanton, a spokesman for Focus on the Family, attempts to isolate his employer from criticism by writing his anti-LGBT tirades for unrelated outlets. Wednesday, at The Federalist, Stanton offers: “The Human Rights Campaign Is A Major Hypocrite On Trans Bathroom Policies.” Like most Christian rightists, Stanton does not like HRC and he loathes the Corporate Equality Index. The animus comes shining through.

The subtitle of this confused polemic reads:

The LGBT spear-tip Human Rights Campaign didn’t include trans bathroom access as an essential right in its corporate index, and it never has.

Time for AFA to Trot Out Their Silly Target Boycott Again

Hate group leader Tim Wildmon

By all accounts, AFA's boycott of Target Stores has had no material effect on the company's revenues. Target has had the same policy regarding transgender access for many years. It is headquartered in Minneapolis. Minnesota has protected people from discrimination on the basis of gender identity for nearly 25 years. Minneapolis has strengthened state code. This has become part of Target's corporate culture and no hate group from Tupelo Mississippi is going to change that.

Aw, Greg Quinlan is Complaining About SPLC via AFA

Quinlan circa 2013

Charlie Butts at the hate group, American Family Association, writes: “Ex-homosexual now hated for pro-family views.” The supposed hate is this from SPLC last month:

Janet Boynes Ministry, will hold Called Out, its annual ex-gay conference, July 26-29 in Wayne, New Jersey. …

Other speakers include … Greg Quinlan, a fixture on the ex-gay circuit who is also a former president of PFOX. He claims he “left homosexuality” in 1992 and he is currently the president and founder of anti-LGBT group Garden State Families in New Jersey which purports to advocate for the “natural family,” a term the anti-LGBT right uses which they define as one man married to one woman and their biological children. Quinlan has touted the false claim that childhood molestation causes homosexuality, and also claimed that “homofascism” is threatening liberty through “anti-heterosexual legislation.”

Airline Refuses Family Boarding to Gay Couple and Kids

Southwest Airlines is responsible for the nitwit who claimed (regarding two married men and their three children):

This is for family boarding only and you are not permitted to board.

My theory regarding such incidents is that someone took advantage of an opportunity to demonstrate their disapproval of gay people.

Brian S. Brown Has Both Hands Out at the Same Time

The missive from National Organization for Marriage is titled “Watch Our New Video on Religious Liberty.” Brown is asking for money. The email from the hate group World Congress of Families has the subject: “Registration for WCF XI Is Available For Limited Time.” It also asks for money. Even the faithful must have Brown fatigue. Brian has tried to get extra mileage out of each NOM appeal lately by having Frank Schubert re-send the same email as a forward. These poor schmucks who donated are getting inundated with pleas.

Speaking of Selective Observation - R/W Coverage of that Harvard Study

Poor Donald Trump! At least that's the narrative from the right regarding a study out of Harvard University titled “News Coverage of Donald Trump’s First 100 Days.” Steve Jordahl, with the hate group American Family Association writes: When even Harvard notices your left-wing slant... .

According to Spencer Irvine at Accuracy in Media:

A new report from the Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard confirms what many conservatives have known for months—that news coverage of President Trump’s first 100 days in office has been overwhelmingly negative.