The Family Research Council has come out and said that church attendance is declining because they don’t hate gay people enough.
I’ll let that sink in for just a moment.
This coming from the far right, one of their denizens who tweeted this:
It blows my mind that people don’t see the connection between the constant tearing down and bullying of LGBT (or those assumed to be) youth and the high suicide rate.
And yes, it’s even the small things like calling people or things “gay.” I tend to take it all in and personalize and internalize everything, and holding that pain inside has done bad things to me, but let’s for once, actually think of the children and remember that we’re commanded to love unconditionally.
Seattle had an opt-out program for phone books, which was just declared unconstitutional. The courts say phone books are protected speech. I have to disagree, but we’ll see how this progresses.
Courts have also overturned a ruling, now saying that cities can place restrictions in place barring protests (think Westboro). As strange as it is, it’s probably better if cities cannot stop that kind of speech. But then again, when they protest, they always take the risk of being taken to task. And while that is what they want (they then sue to raise money), it is great to watch this takedown as Westboro protests a funeral of a solider (only because she was a lesbian).
A law that has lost in federal courts five times, which the majority of the country opposes, and Speaker Boener had to request a special amount of 1.5 million to defend is a giant waste of time. Now that he’s run out of money, he wants more, even after a year and a half of defeats. Colossal waste of money and time.
Washington state has marriage equality on the ballot this November. This is heartbreaking:
Tears begin rolling down my cheek and I realize I can’t do this. I also happened to be the only gay person (which I find rather shameful) at this phone bank. I wanted to leave early but after I calmed down from my not so short meltdown, I was given the job of calling other supportive people
Slog wrote it up here and here imploring for help, and it’s great to see everyone step up.
It’s a sad state when we have to fight for our basic civil rights, but it’s nice to see help from the majority, without which, no minority would have the civil rights we deserve.
Remember how the republicans have been shouting from the rooftops about voter fraud? And remember how those who fight against something the most are normally committing it themselves? Yeah, republicans are committing more voter fraud.
The big Seattle newspaper is giving away free political advertising, but only to one party. They are stating it is to prove how effective their advertising is, so they can gain more business in the future. Kind of strange, and throwing objectivity out the window. Now, to be fair, they can throw it out the window, but then they can’t go back and claim to not have a bias. Anyway, a good portion of their writers have signed on to a letter, saying the policy affects their journalistic integrity.
Ben Stein went on Fox news and told them that to fix the economy we have to tax the wealthy. Also, I had no idea he didn’t believe in evolution. Guess he isn’t as smart as I thought.
This has been floating around, a great response (from a fake CEO) about maxi pad commercials:
Marriage equality is on the ballot in four states (and I have friends in each one of those states), so here’s a reminder: instead of you know, helping the poor, as Jesus said, the Knights of Columbus spent over 15 million dollars fighting equality. Guess you didn’t really need to help the sick either:
Alright, let’s see what we have for today, first up, a new version of Sim City:
The Great Barrier Reef is losing massive amounts of coral, partly because of climate change, but also because of the increase of a certain type of starfish, much like the reefs in the Caribbean are being ravaged by the invasive lionfish.
Now that I’m no longer working for the BSA, I’ve decided to share some sought-after information. There are some who will find this particularly interesting and others that won’t. But still, it will be fun.
I spoke about this earlier, but I think this will be the way to change the BSA’s policies, at least combined with showing that embracing equality would provide a net gain of membership, and thankfully, more companies are being pressured to drop their financial support for the BSA.
It’s absolutely horrible, but this new push is because of the recent denial of a gay Scout’s Scoutmaster approval to finish his Eagle (which would then have gone to a Board of Review, but you still need the Scoutmaster approval first), but these kinds of incidents, keeps the BSA in the news.
And this is part of the strategy used to defeat DADT, keeping it in the news, and in the forefront of the country’s mind. it is sad to see, but the BSA does need exposed for the hate they spit at the youth members as well.
