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That’ll show SCOTUS! Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: Vision America recently posted a new promotional video celebrating the organization’s work mobilizing pastors for the purpose of getting their congregations more involved in politics, which featured footage of Rick Scarborough literally throwing a copy of the Supreme Court’s gay marriage decision to the ground and stepping on it while …

Over at BarbWire some nutjob with the American Family Association has rewritten Little Red Riding Hood with the murdered grandmother as traditional marriage and the wolf as a gay activist.  Here’s how it ends: “Oh grandmother,” she said, “What big ears, eyes, hands, and mouth you have.” “Certainly you can appreciate diversity,” replied the wolf. And just when he thought …

Pastor Randy Smith [photo] and the Family Foundation of Kentucky will today attempt to meet with Gov. Steve Beshear to present their demand on behalf of Kim Davis and other anti-gay county clerks. They claim that a 10AM meeting is scheduled but the governor’s office says no such meeting is planned. Beshear has refused to call a special session of …

And just when Tony Perkins thought the scandal had finally died down. E Online reports: It’s finally happening: Law & Order: SVU is putting its spin on the Duggar family of 19 Kids and Counting and the controversy that has surrounded the reality TV stars—and there are twists galore. In “Patrimonial Burden,” the Wednesday, Nov. 4, episode of the long-running …

Theodore Shoebat is apparently so revered among those on the religious right that he was chosen to star in Janet Porters latest anti-gay hate film alongside Mike Huckabee, Rep. Louie Gohmert, Rep. Steve King, Porno Pete, and other leading anti-gay figures. Porter’s film has been endorsed by Mat Staver, World Net Daily, David Barton, and Matt Barber – the last …

In their prayer of the day, the Family Research Council tells its followers to ask God to make everybody stop lying about Kim Davis and her meeting with Pope Francis. They write: The leftwing and mainstream media have radically distorted the Papal audience, characterizing it a chance meeting, a casual encounter, a few brief words to a woman in the …

The American Principles Project, a right wing think tank co-founded by former NOM chairman Robert George, has issued a call for “all federal and state officeholders in the United States” to defy the Supreme Court’s Obergefell ruling. They write: If Obergefell is accepted as binding law, the consequences will be grave. Of the results that can be predicted with confidence, …

You’ve been waiting for this one, right? “Dear Joe, A homosexual ‘married’ couple is featured prominently with a young boy (their son) in the new Campbell’s Soup advertisement. Campbell’s #RealRealLife campaign aims to change the face of the American family. It starts off with the first man feeding soup to the little boy and in a ‘Star Wars’ Darth Vader …

And of course he’s exploiting the news with a money beg: Big win! Kevin McCarthy, the California Congressman who supported pro-same sex marriage Republican, Carl Demaio has dropped out of the race for House speaker! As you know NOM worked hard to help defeat Carl Demaio and other pro-same-sex marriage Republicans in 2014. Now the fight is on for a …

“Peter LaBarbera was sent to jail in Canada for his pro-marriage views. Kim Davis was sent to jail for practicing her faith as an elected office-holder in Kentucky. Now Troy Newman was taken to jail in Australia for his pro-life views. How do we overcome the Criminalization of Christianity? Find out how in the film, Light Wins. Both Peter LaBarbera …

After months of screaming, dodgy petitions, and outrageous lies, the haters forced a public referendum on repealing Houston’s LGBT rights ordinance. According to a poll issued today, 52% support retaining the law. Early voting begins on October 19th and the Family Research Council is busy inflaming their troops. Via press release: Money for Parker’s crusade has streamed in from all …

Tony Perkins needs a lot of money to stop the Equality Act, which he today tells supporters will strip Christians of their employment rights. Via email: “I was wrong. I thought we had just about beaten ENDA — the dangerous Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would force Christians to employ people utterly opposed to their own values. But the Left has …

“If you ever wondered about the power and reach of the homosexual lobby, wonder no more. The Christophobic zealots of Big Gay have so much juice they can even push around the pope. The pope, at the Vatican’s initiative, arranged for a private meeting with Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky who courageously has staked everything on fidelity to …

In a cutesy clip posted today by the Heritage Foundation, anti-gay Washington state florist Barronelle Stutzman flatly declares that she did not break the law when she refused to serve a gay couple. State courts, of course, have disagreed and earlier this year Stutzman was fined a paltry $1000. Stutzman has received at least $174,000 in crowd-funding. (Tipped by JMG …

We don’t usually hear much about Liberty Counsel co-founder Anita Staver, wife of Mat Staver, but we’re guessing this tweet will get her a bit of attention. Anita Staver’s Twitter profile photo, it must be pointed out, shows her peering through the scope of a rifle pointed at the camera. (We assume it’s Mrs. Staver on the end of that …

Obviously Brian Brown hasn’t seen today’s headlines. From his just-issued money beg: It was recently revealed that Pope Francis met privately in Washington with Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who was jailed for refusing to sacrifice her conscience and authorize same-sex ‘marriages’ that violate her deeply held religious beliefs. As you know, NOM has helped lead efforts to support Kim …

He just doesn’t fucking know when to stop: “Neither Kim Davis nor Liberty Counsel ever said the meeting was an endorsement of her legal case. Rather, the meeting was a pastoral meeting to encourage Kim Davis in which Pope Francis thanked her for her courage and told her to ‘Stay strong.’ His words and actions support the universal human right …

As the Liberty Counsel’s web of lies spectacularly implodes this morning, props are being given to Esquire writer Charles Pierce, who yesterday speculated that enemies of Pope Francis conspired to insert Kim Davis into a receiving line of others scheduled to meet him. Scott Kaufman writes at Salon: Pierce wrote that we must “stipulate that there are more than a …

The Sixth Circuit Court today agreed to a Liberty Counsel request to consolidate all their various appeals on behalf of Kim Davis. Equality Case Files has the order: The defendant-appellant moves to consolidate these three appeals for briefing and submission. She also moves to extend the briefing schedule previously set in No. 15-5880 and for leave to exceed the word …