CNN Grills Homophobe Tony Perkins Over His Views

Yes, Brooke. That is precisely the expression you should
always present to this douche! Image from Raw Story.

I am greatly annoyed that cable news and other outlets keep spotlighting hateful people like Tony Perkins (blood, Mother, blood!) of the Family Research Council. The FRC--like most organizations with "family" in its name, oddly enough--has been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law center. They exist to torment gay people, and virtually no other reason I can discern. CNN and others put people like Perkins out there in a misguided attempt at "balance." Because, if you have a controversial "issue," it must have a counterpoint, right? Yes, but that counterpoint isn't always equally valid.

Not that Tony Perkins!

Anyway, if they must put this cretin on, I'm thankful that the host toyed with him like a mouse. Good work, Brooke Baldwin!

NOTE: This is something I'm going to post in every future story having to do with same-sex marriage and religion: Civil marriage is not holy matrimony. Civil marriage only includes religion if you want it to. No matter what you feel about "God," it is irrelevant unless you want to start outlawing interfaith marriages, or marriage between atheists.

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CNN host probes Tony Perkins: ‘Why do homosexuals bother you so much?’


Family Research Council President Tony Perkins found himself in an awkward situation on Thursday when one CNN host insisted he explain why “homosexuals bother you so much.”
When Perkins agreed to appear on CNN to hype his press conference supporting the Defense of Marriage Act, he probably didn’t expect host Brooke Baldwin to make the conversation personal. . .

Read more at: Raw Story

Sharron Angle: Doesn't Want Gay Money, But She'll Take Their Kids Away!

Image from source, Politico

This woman--to borrow a phrase from Keith Olbermann--is an idiot. And a nasty one as well.  Let's take stock of a few of the groups of people that have been royally pissed off at Sharron Angle and her current crop of compatriots in the Republican Party:

- Gay people
- Latinos and others sensitive to immigration issues
- Black people
- American Muslims
- The unemployed
- Believers (or nonbelievers) of religions/sects other than Fundamentalist Evangelical Christianity
- Sane persons

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Sharron Angle opposes gay adoption

Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sharron Angle believes that gays should not be allowed to adopt children and that religious leaders should be allowed to endorse political candidates, contrary to a federal ban on churches participating in political campaigns on behalf of candidates, according to a questionairre [sic]obtained by the Associated Press. . .


Read more on this story at: Politico

Meanwhile, there's this:

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Sharron Angle: I would refuse money from company that supports gay rights



Sharron Angle has taken some extreme positions, but this one is remarkable even by her standards: She said on a candidate questionnaire that she would refuse political contributions from a private company that backs equal rights for gays and extends benefits to partners of gay employees. . .

Read more at: Washington Post

Florida Rules Against Anti-Gay Adoption Ban

Photo from source, PageOneQ

With all of the bad news gay rights activists got on election night, it's nice to see there is some good news for a change.

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Florida judge: Adoption ban has 'no rational basis

A Miami judge has struck a blow against a Florida law banning adoptions of children by gay people. . .

Read more at: PageOneQ

John McCain Against Gay Adoption

Image from Velvet-Mag

Former Hillary Clinton supporters are still making noise about how bad Barack Obama is, and how they--hardcore Democrats--intend to vote for John McCain. This is despite the fact that Obama's positions are nearly identical to Clintons. And it is despite the fact that John McCain's positions are 180-degrees from Clinton.

One of the big policy position where McCain ought to be a "no" vote to a Democrat is his intention to put Supreme Court justices on the bench that would overturn Roe v. Wade. There are many others, but here is the latest: McCain is opposed to adoptions by gay parents. Now, there is the strong possibility that these "Nobama/PUMAs" are largely made up of mostly of Rush Limbaugh's Operation Chaos, and not Democrats at all. But if they do exist, I'd love to have them come here and explain themselves.

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The NY Times Interview: McCain Against Gay Adoption

Q: President Bush believes that gay couples should not be permitted to adopt children. Do you agree with that?

Mr. McCain: I think that we’ve proven that both parents are important in the success of a family so, no I don’t believe in gay adoption. . .

Read more at: The Independent Streak