Holy fuck! We thought Fred Phelps and his diabolical offspring were crazy, but Amy Contrada and her Mass Resistance pals may take the cake for their latest rat shit antics.
As a retaliation for daughter Claudia’s coming out and role in the The Laramie Project, Contrada decided to yanked her daughter from school. This bitch makes Joan Crawford seem like Betty Crocker!
Contrada’s pals at Mass Resistance were quick to hop on board, sending out a statement that accuses gay journo Mark Snyder of exploiting “special needs” Claudia into coming out and exploiting her for his allegedly abominable agenda. Mass Resistance, of course, then uses Claudia for their anti-gay crusade:
Claudia’s “coming out” was exactly what Mark Snyder was looking for. It’s unclear whether he found out from other kids he was in contact with, or whether Claudia mentioned it. But he moved pretty fast.
He persuaded her to do an “exclusive interview” with him, which he promptly published on his website, and he encouraged his friends to add comments. He then blasted it out the homosexual community everywhere he could.
Almost immediately, dozens of homosexual web sites and blogs across the country picked up Snyder’s posting and commented on it. Some of the stuff they printed is so vile that we can’t print it here. Homosexual activists began to contact Claudia via her Facebook account. As for Claudia, she couldn’t believe how “popular” she was becoming. She was excited that she was now “famous”.
Then the big guns began to hit on her. It shows how revolting these people are, and how they’re willing to take advantage of vulnerable kids for their own ends.
Oh, yeah, we’re revolting. We’re the ones tormenting a teenager and using her to further our ignorant, homophobic, backward and ultimately pitiful ideology. Right…
Oh, and the Mass Resistance leader Brian Camenker creepily posted pictures of Claudia’s Jesse McCartney-centric bedroom. That’s reportedly “proof” she’s not a lesbian. Camenker doesn’t realize, however, that McCartney’s a lesbian, too.
How about we take this to the next level?
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Ryan
This whole thing really is quite pathetic – and ironic, given the fact that her daughter was pulled from the Laramie Project. It’s a good thing Claudia seems to be a courageous young woman, because that Joan Crawford comparison may just be putting it mildly.
DavidDust
Yeah, us queers are HORRIBLE, aren’t we?
Rt. Rev. Dr. RES
I will pray for her and for other children of homophobic activists…and there are many of them…will stay firm in the advocacy of their own lives lived with integrity and with full happiness and equality .
lyssa
I feel for her. I grew up in a house like that. My openly genderqueer transwoman presentation was not well received.
I did learn what happens at an exorcism, though.
Nigel S-S
I thought that I would write independently of my spouse, Bp.RES, because I am a MA native and an American by birth and Yankee by heritage.
MA Resistance and FOF were the main antagonists in finally getting civil marriage stabilised in the Commonwealth. There are celebrity siblings and children on both sides of the political spectrum. Those whose brothers and sisters do no harm and in fact, do much good, are one thing…the siblings and children of Neocon Activists and especially Theocons, are divided in two….those who support them….like the gay sons of Phyllis Schaffly of the Eagle Forum and of Beverly and Tim LaHaye as opposed to the half sister of Newt Gingrich, or the brave daughters of this woman and the black Harvard neocon presidential candidate in 2004 whose name escapes me at the moment. Forget Mary Cheney….she is in a league all by herself.
I share my spouse’s hope that she survives this attack upon her by someone she should both love and trust.
Dawster
honestly people… will all our creativity, freedom, disposable income, and knowledge of proper footwear, isn’t there SOMETHING we can do for this poor girl?
don’t we, as a community, have a task force for this kind of thing? a hotline, a retreat, some sort of hand we can reach out in encouragement? we kind of need to stand up in times like this, no?
out of all the times we are divided as a voice, can’t we all agree on this and do something to shine a bigger spotlight on the matter?
are we just not that organized or am i just thinking like a lunatic here?
Tracey
What about all of us that are gay and are “vulnerable kids?” People say we make a choice to be LGBT? I say the only choice about it is if I decide to lie about my life or not, and I’m no liar.
The thing I’ve always found is that if someone is this homophobic, they are usually gay themselves. They have one finger pointing at a LGBT person, while they fail to notice the three fingers they have that are pointing right back at themselves. “You Spot It, You Got It” is the saying we use for homophobic, closet-cases, like this woman.
I’ve also seen, over and over, that gay people usually have a gay person in their direct family–father, mother, grandmother, grandfather, there’s usually a queer in the background somewhere, and many times that queer is a closet-case homophobe who is so freaked out by their own sexuality, that they spend their lives pointing their finger at others.
After over 30 years of being an out lesbian, I can honestly say that I’ve just never had a problem concerning homophobia with a person who accepts their own sexuality. People who accept themselves usually care less how I was born. People who hide who and what they are, are the ones who usually have issues with LGBT people.
Because of the homophobia I have faced during my life, my partner and I wrote the book “How To Be A Happy Lesbian: A Coming Out Guide,” and we have a very large website with over 1,500 free resources for lesbian and bisexual women worldwide.
Included in these resources is a free support group for women who are coming out as lesbian or bisexual. We have members in our group who are dealing with this kind of bigotry and we are there to help them through this.
This group has over 750 members worldwide, and we provide free support for any woman who needs it. If you are a woman who is coming out and you need support, please visit our website:
http://www.amazingdreamspublishing.com
Sincerely,
Tracey
kellygrrrl
they allow hate-filled bigots to adopt and reproduce, but God forbid a loving stable nurturing gay couple be afforded that right.
America is truly shameful!
lyssa
Tracey, Does your group have a policy on transwomen?
lyssa
I just checked…no mention of transwomen. Great. Another BT resource that the most vulnerable segment of women around Is Not Welcome.
Sigh. I should be used to this by now. What’s wrong with me?
Rt. Rev. Dr. RES
Nothing, Lyssa – nothing but one male politician from MA who should be ashamed of himself. The man has his own personal career goals in the Senate, and he is not a liberal, or a man who endorses Marriage Equality or a real ENDA…even for gays and lesbians that does pass neocon/theocon muster.
Just because someone shares your LGBT identities does not necessarily follow that they will support you without exception.
GirltoGo
Lyssa – Transwomen? Who cares? Lets not splinter enough that none of can get to the next level. Just shut-up and wait until the Lesbian/Gays can get some rights under the law – then we will come after you and take you in the wake. By you opening your big mouths about Transgender- just brings everyone down.
Rt. Rev. Dr. RES
Girl to go……yes, please use the term LG and maybe B instead of LGBT…..because if you let the DLC divide and conquer, you will get second tier unions for perpetuity with a constitutional amendment against marriage in the bargain….power never ever gives anything without asking for another removal of their unique rights.
Bisexuals are next….and they love those guys…it “proves” to them that homosexuality is a choice and that all gays are bisexuals and that heterosexuality can be theologically chosen and hard wired.
Barney Frank is a DLC DINO quisling who hates Marriage Equality for himself and for all of you. This man represents a district in MA with a life partner he will civil unionise but not marry. Got it !!!
Mr. B
GirltoGo, please tell me you’re just trolling. Please.
Lyssa, did that Amazing Dreams say anything about being WBW (ugh)-only or anything? It could be that they just haven’t thought that far–you might want to contact them privately.
Back to this article–What Dawster said. Seriously. This is appalling.