The Gaytheist Agenda

It took outspoken Mormon board member Orson Scott Card (yes, that Orson Scott Card) to expose them for what they are, but at last it was done. No more can NOM pretend they’re victims “protecting” marriage from the big, mean Gay Mafia. Card wants to re-institute laws against homosexuality:

Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books…to be used when necessary to send a clear message that those who flagrantly violate society’s regulation of sexual behavior cannot be permitted to remain as acceptable, equal citizens.

As if that wasn’t enough, should the government dare allow same-sex marriage:

How long before married people answer the dictators thus: Regardless of law, marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government and bring it down, so it can be replaced with a government that will respect and support marriage, and help me raise my children in a society where they will expect to marry in their turn.

Biological imperatives trump laws. American government cannot fight against marriage and hope to endure. If the Constitution is defined in such a way as to destroy the privileged position of marriage, it is that insane Constitution, not marriage, that will die.

So there you have it. They want to return to the days where gay people were jailed, if not put to death, just for being gay. And should the government dare to oppose them they want to violently overthrow it so they may implement their Theocracy.

They have never been victims, but instead have always been the victimizers. But now their intentions have been spelled out for the world to see. The question is will people finally see them for what they are or keep believing their lies?

 
Hat tip TipsQ and Chino Blanco.

 

Despite the hideous lies and fearmongering of the RRRW, including outrageous claims that Matthew Shepard’s death was “a hoax”, the House of Representatives passed HR 1913 by a wide margin!

The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, also known as the Mathew Shepard Hate Crimes Act, passed the U.S. House of Representatives with a 249 to 175 vote. A total of 231 Democrats voted in favor of the legislation with 17 voting against, while 18 Republicans voted for the legislation with 158 voting against, according to Stonewall Democrats.

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This description comes from HRC:

During debate on hate crimes legislation taking place today on the floor of the United States House of Representatives, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) claimed that Matthew Shepard’s death was “a hoax.” While Matthew’s mother, Judy Shepard looked on from the House gallery, Foxx, who managed the floor for those opposed to the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, spoke saying, “the hate crimes bill that’s called the Matthew Shepard Bill is named after a very unfortunate incident that happened where a young man was killed, but we know that that young man was killed in the commitment of a robbery. It wasn’t because he was gay. This – the bill was named for him, hate crimes bill was named for him, but it’s really a hoax that that continues to be used as an excuse for passing these bills.”

You have to love those Republicans and their “family values”. Nothing screams “morality” like supporting violent crimes against people just because you think they’re icky. Watch some of their antics yourself, courtesy of Think Progress.

The bill now goes to the Senate where it is anticipated voting will be close. Hopefully, though, the Senate will do the right thing, as the House did.

 

Related posts:

The Hate Crimes Bill, Critical and Long Overdue.

Hate Crimes Bill Gets OK By House Judiciary Committee. RRRW Goes Berserk.

 

Some facts about world hunger:

* More than 840 million people in the world are malnourished — 799 million of them live in the developing world.

* More than 153 million of the world’s malnourished people are children under the age of 5.

* Six million children under the age of 5 die every year as a result of hunger.

* Malnutrition can severely affect a child’s intellectual development. Malnourished children often have stunted growth and score significantly lower on math and language achievement tests than do well-nourished children.

* Lack of dietary diversity and essential minerals and vitamins also contributes to increased child and adult mortality. Vitamin A deficiency impairs the immune system, increasing the annual death toll from measles and other diseases by an estimated 1.3 million-2.5 million children.

* While every country in the world has the potential of growing enough food to feed itself, 54 nations currently do not produce enough food to feed their populations, nor can they afford to import the necessary commodities to make up the gap. Most of these countries are in sub-Saharan Africa.

* Most of the widespread hunger in a world of plenty results from grinding, deeply rooted poverty. In any given year, however, between 5 and 10 percent of the total can be traced to specific events: droughts or floods, armed conflict, political, social and economic disruptions.

Even within the US, a supposedly first world industrialized nation, hunger and poverty are pressing issues. Hunger is a reality for approximately 1 in every 8 US citizens.

* In 2007, 37.3 million people (12.5%) were in poverty.
*In 2007, 7.6 (9.8%) million families were in poverty.
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*In 2007, 13.3 million (18%) children under the age of 18 were in poverty.
*In 2007, 3.6 million (9.7%) seniors 65 and older were in poverty.
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* In 2007, 36.2 million Americans lived in food insecure households, 23.8 million adults and 12.4 million children.
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*In 2007, households with children reported food insecurity at almost double the rate for those without children, 15.8 percent compared to 8.7 percent.
*In 2007, households that were more likely to experience food insecurity were households with children (15.8%), households with children headed by single women (30.2 percent) or single men (18 percent), households with incomes below the poverty line (37.7 percent), Black non-Hispanic households (22.2 percent) and Hispanic households (20.1 percent).
*In 2007, 6.5 percent of households with seniors (1.7 million households) were food insecure (low food security and very low food security), a statistically significant increase from 6 percent (1.5 million households) in 2006.
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*In 2007, food insecure (low food security or very low food security) households were 17 times more likely than food-secure households to have obtained food from a food pantry.

 
There are ways to help.

-Donate money, food or other goods to a food pantry/food bank, or other organization that provides aid to the hungry. A list of suggested organizations is at the bottom of this post.
-Volunteer your time at a shelter, food pantry or other such organization.
-Play Free Rice. For every correct answer 10 grains of rice are donated through the UN free rice program. You increase your vocabulary knowledge and hungry people get free rice.

 
Suggested organizations:

Feeding America (Formerly America’s Second Harvest)

Oxfam America

Action Against Hunger

The Hunger Project

 
Related posts:

Next on The Homosexual Agenda: Hunger in America.

 

I wish I’d written this hilarious and brilliant piece but, alas, I didn’t. Nonetheless I highly recommend you head over to slactivist for his dissection of the NOM’s “Gathering Storm”. . But here are a few excerpts:

We could go through a point-by-point refutation of the ad’s innuendo about the Big Gay Stormtroopers menacing California doctors, Massachusetts parents and tax-free beach-front property managers in New Jersey, but it would be wrong to dignify such brazen BS by pretending that anyone shoveling this crap might even slightly believe it to be true.

So instead we’ll just stick with the two-word rebuttal of everything this ad darkly hints will come to pass down the slippery slope of equality: Fred Phelps.
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“My freedom will be taken away,” says one woman in the NOM ad.
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It’s hard to imagine just what it is that would entail. Phelps shows up at military funerals and celebrates the death of soldiers for defending America as a “fag-enabling” country. Perhaps this young lady wants to do the same, but also, I don’t know, to fling feces at the honor guard.

And she’s afraid that marriage equality might threaten her freedom to do that.
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Fred Phelps is a free man, so if you think your freedom is going to be restricted, you must be planning to outdo Fred Phelps.

So there’s the two-word answer for every Tony Perkins or James Dobson or Damon Owens who makes up some dubious claim about being persecuted or punished or threatened or jailed or whatever for their anti-gay beliefs.

“I’m a California doct– ” Fred Phelps! He’s a free man. Are you worse than him? No? Then shut up, ‘kay?

“I’m part of a church group in …” Fred frikkin’ Phelps, buddy. I don’t wanna hear it.

“I’m a Massachu …” Phellllps! Fred Phelps. No one is persecuting you, but your whining is giving me a headache so please just go away now, thanks.

Here are some of the current news stories from around the world.

 

*Zapata family delivers emotional statement and calls for federal hate-crime statutes
*Andrade gets life for murder of transgendered woman.

 
*2,000 LGBT New Yorkers Plan Trek to Albany to support LGBT civil rights.

 
*In MD, a new hate crime law would protect homeless people. This would be the first of its kind in the US. Having worked with people who were homeless, and knowing how vulnerable these individuals can be, I really hope this one passes.

 
*Gay hate crime convictions have doubled in Wales over the past three years.

 
*NH committee recommends killing gay marriage bill.

 

*Man sentenced to six years for attempted murder of “bisexual transvestite”. (Quotation marks from original headline. While the headline and the court say “transvestite”, the fact that the victim was in the process of obtaining gender reassignment indicates she’s transgender. )

 
*Youth pastor allegedly molested several girls and impregnated one.

 

This is far more convincing than the banana. It’s also helpful if you’re cornered by one of those “the penis was designed for the vagina and doesn’t belong anywhere else” types.
***Warning. NSFW***

Irving’s Thomas Haley Elementary School (TX) requires students tuck their shirts in as part of its dress code. Dyker Neyland claimed her daughter Javé should be exempt from the rule as her “religious beliefs” dictated modesty and cited the following Bible verse as support:

1 Timothy 2:9
I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

What leaving a shirt untucked has to do with “modesty” I don’t know. Ms. Neyland claims it has to do with her “behind” showing but unless the child goes to school sans pants her behind won’t be showing if she tucks her shirt in. She, of course, played the “I’m being persecuted for my beliefs” card the moment she was met with the slightest resistance. How predictable. Mind you, she doesn’t go to church (Supposedly can’t afford a “nice dress”. Funny, I thought church was supposed to be about worshiping God, not putting on a fashion show). What else is there, you ask? Take a look at this picture and tell me, in reference to the above Bible verse, what you find wrong with it.

Did you notice the braids both mom and daughter were wearing? I did. Now go back and read the verse again. Why is it Neyland objects to a tucked in shirt under the guise that it’s not modest while she finds braids just fine? Could it be she’s being utterly dishonest about why she wants her daughter to not have to follow a rule everybody else in school does? I’ll leave you to form your own conclusions as to why she, or the child, really have issues with shirts being tucked in.

The district’s attorney, James Deatherage, said that in Texas, parents may get exemptions to uniform rules if they cite religious beliefs.

And here we have the crux of the problem, not only in this school system but society at large. You don’t want to follow the rules or the law? Just cite your “religious beliefs”. You don’t have to prove anything. All you have to do is make the claim and you’re exempt. The thing is with all the holy books out there you can easily find some verse, and interpret it how you want to, to exempt yourself from anything.

I can’t help but wonder how long it will take the Powers that Be to catch on to these charlatans and end this insanity.

 

The House Judiciary Committee voted 15-12 Thursday on a bill that would amend the federal hate crimes law to include LGBT individuals. As I’ve said before this merely adds LGBT people to the list of others who are already protected by that legislation. But of course the RRRWers are rending their garments, and lying through their teeth.

 
From WorldNutDaily

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“Instead of treating all crime victims equally, it creates a caste system where select groups, such as gays and lesbians, are given greater priority in the criminal justice system. This is not progress; it is political correctness. In other nations and states, the adoption of hate crimes legislation has been the first step toward widespread suppression of speech and ideas critical of homosexuality,” he said.
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Um, no it doesn’t. LGBT people are being given the same protections others are. We’re merely being added to the federal hate crimes statute that already protects people on the basis of their religion, race, ethnicity, disability and other characteristics. But then that’s what bigots really can’t stand is LGBT people being treated equally. They want a caste system, but with us at the bottom.

 
OneNewsNow provides its spin on the matter:

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Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) told Democratic members that “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” are vague terms that need to be specifically defined since courts will be analyzing those terms.
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While you’re at it have them define “religious” and “faith” since they’ll be analyzing those terms and you’re constantly asking for special exemptions to every law on the books based on your “faith” and “religious beliefs”.

 
Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council says:

This measure would allow the federal government, for the first time ever, to prosecute any violent crime anywhere in the country that “is motivated by prejudice” against a number of protected characteristics, including “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.”

Liar. Hate crimes legislation goes back as far as 1979 (in MA) with a federal statute which protected people on the basis of of a person’s race, color, religion, or nation origin being implemented in 1999. Hate crimes legislation is nothing new, and to pretend it’s all about LGBT people is disingenuous at best. Perkins blathers on:

“Additionally, this poorly-worded legislation shows contempt for the moral and religious views of millions of Americans by including ’sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity’ as protected categories at a time when a large plurality of our fellow citizens rejects the implied meaning of those labels. The bill sends a message that disapproval of homosexual behavior alone - even if expressed peacefully and lovingly - constitutes a form of ‘hate’ that is equivalent to racial bigotry.

The bill addresses violent crimes. If your idea of “loving disapproval of homosexual behavior” involves violent crimes against LGBT people you should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Furthermore illogical and baseless bigotry against LGBT people does constitute a form of hate that is equivalent to racial bigotry. Hiding it behind your “deeply held religious beliefs” doesn’t hold water with me or most rational people even if it does make you look like an upstanding guy with “a large plurality of your fellow citizens”. Some 50 years ago a large plurality of fellow citizens thought racism was acceptable but that didn’t make it right.

 
Then there’s Rev. Michael Bresciani who is…well just read and see:

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H.R. 1913 nearly proposes that anyone who thinks something is repulsive or repugnant will move to destroy it. It further gives credence to the idea that if a thing was destroyed the destroy-ee had to have prior hatred for the thing destroyed and should suffer special penalties for the preconceived hatred as well as the physical violence done to it. This is a bill that may be crafted on the premise of ‘cuckoo is, as cuckoo does’ but it would not stand the scrutiny of a serious comparison to the freedoms allowed under the first amendment.
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If H.R. 1913 is to be taken seriously it goes beyond even thought policing and passes up to the level of ‘feeling policing.’ Here is the question; what’s next, facial expression policing, regurgitation causes policing and yucky feeling policing? Have our lawmakers become the purveyors of silliness; sadly the answer is probably yes.
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I know I have a yucky feeling after reading that nonsense.

I’ll just reiterate. Heterosupremacists have nothing to fear from HR 1913. They can still preach that gay sex is evil, perverted, sinful, etc. They can still proclaim that gays are going to burn in hell for eternity. They won’t be penalized in any way for that because HR 1913 does not address speech or, despite the lies of many, thought. HR 1913 addresses violent crime.

So unless their notion of “religious liberty” is something like beating, shooting, gang-raping, or beating and threatening to kill gay/transgender people because they’re gay/transgender you need not worry about HR 1913. If any of those are your notion of “religious liberty” you belong behind bars. In fact you belong in hell. The Satanist’s version of hell. If you don’t know what that is I’m sure Ebon would be glad to explain it to you.

 

I simply cannot describe in mere words how amazing this post by Hemant Mehta, aka Friendly Atheist, is. You’ll just have to read it for yourself to see. I’ll give you a taste and you can read the full entry at his site.

The Religious Right keeps saying gay-rights activists are “redefining marriage”:
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The same group of people also goes on about how God loves gay people:
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I say this to the religious people who oppose marriage equality:

You think we’re redefining marriage?

How can you accuse us of that when you’ve done something far worse?

You redefined love.

“Love the sinner, hate the sin”? Please…

For you, “love” means making sure gay people cannot adopt a child who needs a home.

For you, “love” means stripping away the marital status of gay couples who were legally married in California before Proposition 8 took effect.

For you, “love” means accepting someone only if they never act on their sexuality.
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For you, “love” means allowing doctors to refuse patients who need their help because the patients are gay.
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For you, “love” means telling someone else what they can and cannot do in the privacy of their bedroom.

For you, “love” means removing your children from school for a day so they can’t witness other students taking a stand for LGBT rights.
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I know we’ve heard the rebuttal to this notion of “redefining marriage” — marriage has been redefined a countless number of times. From a property arrangement to a love marriage to interracial marriage, etc. The definition of marriage has never been static.
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How dare you belittle us for trying to promote equality and marriage and civil rights?

You’re Christians. Aren’t those values you’re supposed to endorse?

We are not trying to change how your church operates or how you practice your faith. We’re not telling you how to live your life. We’re not forcing you to adopt our beliefs.

Who is showing more love here?

Score another one for the “by asking us not to bully LGBT children you’re restricting our religious liberties” crowd.

A crowd of about 60 gathered Tuesday night at the DeKalb home of Jaheem Herrera to remember the fifth-grader who committed suicide last week. The 11-year-old boy hanged himself at his home after — according to his family — relentless bullying at Dunaire Elementary School.
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After a short prayer, Bermudez told friends and parents to make sure their children understand that whatever problems they have “don’t be afraid to talk to your mother.”

As Bermudez spoke, she clung to two daughters — Ny’irah, 7 and Yerralis, 10. Yerralis discovered her brother’s body last Thursday after school.

“His sister was screaming, ‘Get him down, get him down,’” said Norman Keene, Jaheem’s stepfather.
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“We’ve created the idea that bullying is a rite of passage, and I don’t think it is,” said Errion.
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Keene said the family knew the boy was a target of bullies, but until his death they didn’t understand the scope.

“They called him gay and a snitch,” his stepfather said. “All the time they’d call him this.”

Earlier this month the suicide of a Massachusetts boy, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover — who suffered taunts that he was gay — attracted national attention.

He was also 11. His mother found him hanging from an extension cord in the family’s home.

Bermudez also said her son was being bullied at school. She said she had complained to the school.

School officials won’t discuss allegations that bullying may have contributed to the boy’s suicide. Davis said Tuesday morning that officials are legally unable to comment on student-related records, such as whether the school had received complaints that Jaheem was being bullied.
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Rest in peace, Jaheem.