There werenât supposed to be any media at Sundayâs anti-gay marriage convention in Augusta, Maine. Ooops.
The reporters are CBS/WGME attended anyway, handicam in hand. Not much that you wouldnât expect: The Family Research Councilâs Tony Perkins gave a history lesson; Maineâs Roman Catholic Bishop Richard Malone invoked god to defend his discrimination; and the 1,500 attendees clapped along.
Supposedly it was Perkins who didnât want the media there â he wanted guests to feel safe, not persecuted ⊠like the gay Mainers theyâre going after.
At least thatâs the story from Stand for Marriage Maineâs campaign director Marc Mutty, whoâs already known for taking orders from better bigots than he.
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But the most amusing part is the reasoning why Perkins & Co. wanted the doors closed to the press: Because theyâre tired of everyone label marriage equality foes as âbigots.â Which they are. So continue doing so. Early and often.
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GeoffM
If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck….it’s a duck.
Brian
Religion speaks again.
Sapphocrat
Would they prefer “fucking bigots”?
Steve
@Sapphocrat: There’s no need to be crude. The correct description is “hateful bigots.”
schlukitz
@Steve:
And make the word bigot look non-crude?
Jake
So they expect even their opposition to lie for them …
Their arrogance has no bounds.
GrrrlRomeo
Bigot is too general. Be specific, call them straight supremacists or hetero supremacists.
They believe straight people are superior and entitled to more rights than gays. They openly admit it.
Jeff
RIGHT ON GRRRLROMEO! Nicely said!
TikiHead
“Sapphocrat
Would they prefer “fucking bigots”?”
No, they would not, but it’s even more apt. Are there even enough foul words to suffice for this pollution that calls itself ‘Christianity?’ (or religious, for that matter?)
GeoffM
@Sapphocrat: I think you described it perfectly.
Robert, NYC
They denigrate us because they are the overwhelming majority and they know they can get away with it because much of the country is just like them, no matter the party they belong to. Yes, they ARE bigots because none of them go after their own kind who commit adultery, some persistently, father children with different women, seek out escort agencies (a favorite of politicians), go on sex trips to South America while chanting the sanctity of marriage and denying equality legislation to gay taxpayers and voters. If that’s not bigory, I don’t know what is. I can’t name one leading republican who called Sanford or Ensign on their hypocrisy, can you? They look the other way because they’re straight and its acceptable behavior. Then there’s that C street scandal in DC, do we hear Michael Steele, Eric Cantor, John Boehner saying anything? Of course not, because they’re straight and that’s ok, they can do what they want.
Brian
@Robert, NYC: “They denigrate us because they are the overwhelming majority and they know they can get away with it because much of the country is just like them, no matter the party they belong to.”,/i>
It’s because the “overwhelming majority” is religious. 70% of Americans are religious and 70% of Americans believe “homosexuals are morally wrong.”
That’s not a coincidence – religion makes homosexuality wrong.
schlukitz
@Robert, NYC:
@Brian:
“Birds of a feather, flock together”. ;>)
Chitown Kev
OK.
How about bigoted cunts?
Robert, NYC
@Brian:
Brian, Schlukitz, both absolutely right! Its ironic when you think that although we’re supposed to have separation of religion and state, although that is debatable at times, most of western Europe has state religion yet it does not impact legislation or induce referenda to vote away LGBT rights, look at Holland roughly 50% roman, Belgium, Spain virtually 100% roman cult, then the two Lutheran countries Norway and Sweden and to a lesser extent the UK, anglican. I also note that when their candidates run for the highest office, religion doesn’t play any role nor is it mentioned. I just don’t understand why this nation is so damned religious and that nobody can become president unless they profess a religious belief system that resonates with the electorate. Its mind-blowing and worse yet, we allow it.
schlukitz
@Robert, NYC:
John Kennedy, as you well-know, was the first Roman Catholic President to be elected in this country.
As you may also recall, there was much controversy as to his election because of that fact.
Apparently, the electorate “got over it”, and hence the religious mess this country has become since his election.
It’s not so much that we allow it. It more like the fact that the religious right has taken over the “bully pulpit” and they are the ones running the show now, unfortunately.
Darrien
@Sapphocrat: Awwwwww, aren’t you sweet. You actually think they have a sex life? You should change your name to Charity because you clearly try to see the best in these people. đ
Darrien
@Chitown Kev: A cunt is more attractive (even to gay men) and definitely provides a greater service, both in terms of happiness and utility, to mankind as a whole.
Steve
@schlukitz: The word “bigot” has a definition in the Oxford dictionary, and in most other English dictionaries. There is nothing crude about that word. When used to describe the recent behavior and speech of some people who call themselves “Christian”, I think it is an accurate description.
schlukitz
@Steve:
You’re absolutely right! ;o)