Fundie Watch: July 2010
Interview with NOM's Maggie Gallagher
Filed by Bil Browning | July 29, 2010 4:00 PM |While I made a video combining the highlights from my interviews with NOM president Maggie Gallagher and Ryan McCann from the Indiana Family Institute yesterday, I thought I'd also put up the raw footage from my interview with Maggie. You...Read More
NOM's new logo
Filed by Bil Browning | July 28, 2010 11:30 AM |Based off the "lynch gays" sign we captured at NOM's Indianapolis anti-gay rally, Projector Rob made up a new logo for the hate group. I think you'll like it as much as I do. It seems entirely appropriate....Read More
Ted Haggard: It was all just a misunderstanding!
Filed by Alex Blaze | July 27, 2010 7:00 PM |Ted Haggard, who founded a church recently for the tax break, actually has a following and it seems like he's falling back into his old ways: "I over-repented," he said. In February 2008, Mr. Haggard asked to be released from...Read More
The DownRIGHT Crazy
Filed by Guest Blogger | July 27, 2010 10:30 AM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Matt R. Salmon is an ASU Graduate with a Bachelor's in Psychology. He works in clinical research and is the chairman of the Arizona Log Cabin Republicans. Growing up in a political, conservative, religious family instilled...Read More
Sunday Funnies: Comic Con Counter-Protesters Show Westboro How It's Done
Filed by Waymon Hudson | July 25, 2010 3:30 PM |I know I usually post videos for Sunday Funnies, but the thing that made me giggle the most this week were pictures of the counter-protesters against Westboro Baptist Church at San Diego's Comic Con. You can check out my original...Read More
Florida GOP AG Candidate Jeff Kottkamp: Gays Shouldn't Adopt
Filed by Waymon Hudson | July 23, 2010 1:00 PM |In a video interview with the Sun Sentinel editorial board, Republican Attorney General candidate Jeff Kottkamp says he fully supports Florida's ban on gays and lesbians adopting. Kottkamp is the current Lieutenant Governor under Charlie Crist. He goes on to...Read More
More NOM propaganda
Filed by Alex Blaze | July 22, 2010 8:00 PM |Davina posted yesterday on that weird NOM video in which a woman accuses LGBT activists of standing in front of her. I'm a bit more skeptical about that video than she was, but we both agree that, either way, it's...Read More
The ex-gay agenda
Filed by Alex Blaze | July 21, 2010 4:00 PM |Look what Wayne Besen turned up (trigger warning): I disagree - honest perversion is a whole lot better than what they're describing in that interview. There's nothing wrong with getting some kink on - where this crosses the line is...Read More
Hate Is Hate But Love Is The Answer!
Filed by Davina Kotulski | July 21, 2010 11:30 AM |Hate is hate no matter whose side it's coming from. In fact, I can not see the love from "our side" from this NOM video as their t-shirts ask. Here is a video that the anti-gay group NOM produced. Here's...Read More
Fringe Candidate to Protest "Homosexual Agenda" in South Florida
Filed by Waymon Hudson | July 20, 2010 3:30 PM |Every so often, a crazy fringe candidate comes along that seems so far down the rabbit hole that you assume they must be joking. From Sue "Chickens for Healthcare" Lowden to Sharron "Make Rape Lemons into Lemonade" Angle, there will...Read More
Westboro Baptist Church vs Comic Books: "God Hates Nerds"
Filed by Waymon Hudson | July 17, 2010 12:00 PM |Guess who's pissing off über-hater Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church now? Besides gays, soldiers, politicians, Americans, the French, and the rest of the crazy laundry list, that is... Nerds. Specifically the nerds at the San Diego Comic-Con, the...Read More
Republicans side with Islamic fundamentalists against gays
Filed by Joe Mirabella | July 16, 2010 11:00 AM |Apparently the Republicans have more in common with Islamic extremists than they care to admit when they talk about "terrorism." This little nugget arrived in my inbox from a friend. It is a stark reminder what a Republican majority might...Read More
One of the most deranged fundie e-mails ever
Filed by Bil Browning | July 14, 2010 5:00 PM |After seeing so many breathless missives I've become inured to the bleatings and lies of the religious right, but this fundie action alert takes the crazy to a whole new level. The Citizens for Community Values of Indiana has taken...Read More
The limits of Tentherism
Filed by Alex Blaze | July 09, 2010 3:00 PM |The right can be expected to have a hissy fit over the decisions that came out of the federal court in Massachusetts yesterday that rejected parts of DOMA. And, as always, their complaints will be about judicial activism, since a...Read More
You've Got (Hate) Mail: 'When Tea Baggers Attack' Edition
Filed by Waymon Hudson | July 08, 2010 8:00 PM |I sometimes judge the impact I'm having on the world by the amount of hate mail or threats I get. It's a way of making something that could be disturbing into something positive. Plus, they make for a great scrapbook....Read More
Yup, I'm a racist!
Filed by Bil Browning | July 07, 2010 4:00 PM |Oh, those silly teabaggers. They complain about being called racists and bigots, but I guess some of them have decided to reclaim the words. Apparently "racist" and "bigot" are the new "nigger" and "queer." Greg Skilling, a columnist for the...Read More
New Questions Around Uganda Beheading, but Situation Remains the Same
Filed by Waymon Hudson | July 07, 2010 3:00 PM |It appears that some of the details about the motivation behind the violent beheading of Pasikali Kashusbe and his connection to LGBT rights group Integrity Uganda are still very much in question. A story that some connected to the beheading,...Read More
A Call for Violence Answered in Uganda: Gay Activist Found Beheaded
Filed by Waymon Hudson | July 06, 2010 1:30 PM |There's disturbing and sad news out of Uganda today. The severed head of Ugandan LGBT rights activist Pasikali Kashusbe was found in a latrine on a farm in Uganda. Pasikali and his partner Abbey are youth workers with Integrity Uganda,...Read More
Tony Perkins testifies against Elena Kagan
Filed by Bil Browning | July 02, 2010 11:00 AM |The Family Research Council's head homobigot, Tony Perkins, testified against Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court yesterday. Of course, he railed about same-sex marriage and Kagan's stance on repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell. Perkins full testimony as prepared for...Read More
