Tag Archives: Christianists

Posted to NOM’s Facebook page: Join us as we gather in front of the Mexican Embassy to the United States on September 23rd at noon for a demonstration in support of the family in solidarity with the Mexican people! We will join together to show support for the efforts by the Frente Nacional por la Familia (FNF) and other leaders …

Yesterday I reported that the anti-LGBT hate group Alliance Defending Freedom has been smacked down in their preliminary attempt to overturn Phoenix’s LGBT rights ordinance. Today World Net Daily reacts in typical fashion: A Superior Court judge in Arizona has adopted the position that “gay” rights outweigh the First Amendment’s protection for the “free exercise of religion” in a key …

Over at the Friendly Atheist, Hemant Mehta notes that the Ark Encounter has reduced their annual attendance forecast by 30%. But even the new number doesn’t hold up. He writes: Let’s do some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations here: If the park has been open for 71 days and has had 300,000 people show up, that’s an average of 4,225 people each …

Back in May, Alliance Defending Freedom sued to overturn Phoenix’s LGBT rights ordinance on behalf of a tiny company that produces hand-drawn wedding invitations. At that time Brush & Nib had never even been asked to create invitations for a same-sex couple, much less turned one away, so the haters filed a so-called “pre-enforcement challenge.” Today the Superior Court of …

GOP House Rep. Scott Garrett has stopped paying his dues to the RNC because they have supported the candidacy of homocons like Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu. As his reward, former NOM chairman Robert George has launched attack ads against his opponent, Josh Gottheimer. The Huffington Post reports: Rep. Scott Garrett (R-N.J.), who is facing the toughest re-election of his career …

Fort Lauderdale’s ABC affiliate reports: A former court specialist is suing Broward Clerk of Courts Howard Forman for firing her over what she is claiming to be religious discrimination. According to a lawsuit obtained by Local 10 News, Yanicka Parker also works as a minister and is a regular attendee of Faith Deliverance Tabernacle, in Fort Lauderdale. Parker claims in …

He’s panicking. Via the Charlotte Observer: Gov. Pat McCrory could call lawmakers into session as soon as next week to repeal House Bill 2 – but only if the Charlotte City Council first drops the ordinance that prompted it, his office confirmed Friday. The North Carolina Restaurant & Lodging Association has been working to broker a compromise to stop the …

Previous Family Research Council prayers of the day have asked God to stop the repeal of DADT, stop the repeal of DOMA, stop same-sex marriage, stop transgender rights, and protect Christians who kidnap the children of gay parents. Considering God’s spectacularly shitty response to all of those prayers, we can only find today’s plea encouraging. May God’s people recognize that …

Via press release from hate group leader Brian Brown: Dear Marriage Supporter, As we told you last week, our friends at Frente Nacional por la Familia (National Front for the Family) are leading a nationwide protest of citizens in Mexico to oppose the attempt of the ruling government party led by President Enrique Peña Nieto, to impose widespread legal recognition …

NCAA 2, Electric Boogaloo! Via press release: Statement from the ACC Council of Presidents: “As members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the ACC Council of Presidents reaffirmed our collective commitment to uphold the values of equality, diversity, inclusion and non-discrimination. Every one of our 15 universities is strongly committed to these values and therefore, we will continue to host ACC …

The Guardian reports: The government will propose new protections for “conscientious objectors” to same-sex marriage which marriage equality advocates fear could allow civil celebrants, registrars and even bakers and florists to refuse to serve same-sex weddings. According to briefing notes on the plebiscite prepared for the Coalition party room, seen by Guardian Australia, the legislation would allow “conscientious objectors” to …

Above is just one article on the front page of the sports section in today’s Greensboro News & Record. See the full thing below. Here’s what two college athletes are saying in an op-ed for the Raleigh News & Observer: In reaction to HB2, the NCAA’s Board of Governors will relocate all seven collegiate championship events from North Carolina in …

This morning CNN host Chris Cuomo asked Trump surrogate Rep. Steve King if LGBT families would be covered under Trump’s just-released child care program. King responded by going on a rant about God and the “natural family.” Watch below. Cuomo pushed back hard, telling King that there are studies that prove children do well in LGBT households, prompting King to …

The Tennessean reports: Fifty-three Republican state legislators have teamed with a Christian conservative group in trying to become involved in the pending divorce of two Knoxville women who are arguing over child custody. The Family Action Council of Tennessee announced that its legal arm, known as the Constitutional Government Defense Fund, is representing the legislators in filing a motion to …

“Somebody asked me yesterday, I did an interview and they said, ‘Do you think it’s possible, if Hillary Clinton were to win the election, do you think it’s possible that we’ll be able to survive? That we would ever be able to recover as a nation?’ And while there are people who have stood on this stage and said we …

This morning hate group leader Tony Perkins, who paid lobbyists to pressure the US House into not denouncing Uganda’s “kill the gays” bill, took to Fox Business where he found a fawningly receptive ear in host Stuart Varney, who agreed with Perkins’ declaration that Hillary’s “deplorables” comment illustrates just how completely horrible all liberals truly are. Watch below.

Just via press release: Dear Joe, Devour microwave meals, owned by The Kraft Heinz Company, is offending families with not one but two inappropriate commercials. Both ads use s-xual innuendo and suggestive language. Parents find this type of advertising disgusting particularly since they air during the day and prime time when children are likely watching. In “Pool Boy,” a teenager …

Remember when the Family Research Council was exposed by yours truly for lobbying the US House in support of Uganda’s infamous “kill the gays” bill? Tony Perkins thinks you don’t. Via press release: “Hillary’s use of the phrase ‘deplorable’ is as revealing as it is insulting. Hillary Clinton’s foundation has received donations from countries all over the world that imprison …

Self-proclaimed “best friend to the gays” Donald Trump is just about to take the stage at the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit, where he will speak to a room packed with anti-LGBT activists and hate groups, some of whom advocate for the criminalization of homosexuality in the United States. Watch below.

This is the same lame artwork PFOX was using ten years ago. From the Dallas Morning News: The controversial signs are sponsored by Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays, a nonprofit organization that, according to its website, was created “to be an alternative to the misinformed gay family groups which insist that parents can only prove their love for …