It Reads Like One Giant Anti-LGBT Yearbook Page...
Published August 06, 2009 @ 07:26AM PT
It should come as no surprise that the folks who will be speaking at this year's Value Voters Summit (sponsored by the Family Research Council) have a track record of anti-LGBT statements. From Ken Blackwell to Phyllis Schlafly to Tony Perkins to Sarah Palin and Sen. Jim DeMint, the scorecard for this line-up might just mean a hotel conference center chock full of anti-LGBT ire. Here's just a few of the people who will be participating in the Value Voters Summit, as well as some of their more infamous statements when it comes to the subject of civil rights. Just remember that when these people refer to 'value voting,' they really mean 'only vote for candidates who will take away civil rights for LGBT people, and foster homophobia and intolerance.' But I guess that's too long a title to put in a conference header :)
Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minnesota): "If you’re involved in the gay and lesbian lifestyle, it’s bondage. It is personal bondage, personal despair and personal enslavement." (Let's also not forget that Bachmann said that gay marriage was the biggest threat our country has seen in the past thirty years. You know, because terrorism, the economy, and global warming were so 1960s...)
Gary Bauer (commenting on Vermont simply recognizing civil unions, way back in 1999): "I think what the Vermont Supreme Court did last week was the worst form of terrorism." (So civil unions equal a form of terrorism?)
Conservative Radio Host Kevin McCullough: "...a woman who engages in lesbianism will never know the joy of lovemaking that creates within her the product of that union – an actual human life. She will never know the security of a true man protecting her from the dragons of the world and providing for her an environment where she can nurture and give love to that little life once it arrives, or the stamp of approval that God puts on such an experience. And because she and her partner know this, they must defy reason, biology and sexual function to create children and experiences that serve as faulty substitutes for that God-ordained picture. Likewise, a man who seeks his perverse kicks by depositing the seed of life in, shall we say, non-life-giving cavities, may know orgasm, but never complete union, as he uses anatomy in ways for which the Creator did not create it." (obsessed with gay sex a little too much?)
Sen. Tom Coburn: "The gay community has infiltrated the very centers of power in every area across this country, and they wield extreme power ... That agenda is the greatest threat to our freedom that we face today. Why do you think we see the rationalization for abortion and multiple sexual partners? That's a gay agenda."
There's many more anti-LGBT folks making the annual pilgrimage to the Family Research Council's conference. Mitt Romney, Gov. Bobby Jindal, the entire staff of Fox News (seriously - Glenn Beck, Brit Hume, Bill O'Reilly, and Sean Hannity will all be there), Jeb Bush, Rep. Roy Blunt...even newly-minted GOP recruiter (and former Miss California) Carrie Prejean will be there.
Let's just remember that this values summit ain't so much about values, as much as it is bitching and moaning about homosexuals, and providing a place for radical right activists to gather. Which is why it's so interesting that a number of potential GOP 2012 Presidential candidates are making an appearance. Romney, check. Palin, check. Huckabee, check. Gov. Tim Pawlenty, check. Do these folks also believe that homosexuality is as big a threat as terrorism?
On second thought, I'm not sure I want to hear the answer to that question.
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"She will never know...[straight love]... And because she and her partner know this..."
Seriously, does she know it or doesn't she know it? Non-sense... utter non-sense.
Posted by Jay Says on 08/06/2009 @ 09:21AM PT
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Mike,
Just a couple of corrections. As of now, Bachman, Romney and Palin are only "invited speakers," they have yet confirmed (they don't have an asterisk by the their names.) But I'm sure they will be on the *asterisked* list soon...LOL.
However, I'm really disappointed in Kirk Cameron. You know I thought for sure he would have been one of the first to accept the invitation. UGH! I can't believe I actually thought this guy was cute way back my pre and early teen years. Actually I can't believe I'm admitting that! LOL!!!!!!
And what's up with Prejean? With her new found fame and all. You would think that the new anti-gay posterchild would have jumped at a speaking engagement. But then again, if the Miss USA pageant was any indication of her speaking abilities, she would have mangled the English language worse than Shrub Jr.
Posted by Dave Hershey on 08/06/2009 @ 01:52PM PT
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I condemn the Value Voters Summit because it's an event on spreading the intolerance of intolerant conservatives. The comments by the conservatives are of nonsense. Although some of the people who will attend the summit are well known, LGBT equality is superior and will always be superior to the intolerance which conservatives keep spewing. The Value Voters Summit has a fake name because the event is actually about spreading their nonsense.
Posted by Edwin Bonilla on 08/06/2009 @ 06:04PM PT
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Kevin, Christian priests don't have sex at all. Quit worrying about other people's sex lives.
Posted by Luella - on 08/07/2009 @ 06:31AM PT
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Luella, why do you think the church is being sued right and left-parking tickets? Maybe he's concerned because of the kids who've been damaged by these pedophile priests, and overlooked by the church for many years. Maybe it's the church who should keep their nose out of other's business!
Posted by gilbert barrett on 08/07/2009 @ 01:17PM PT
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Yor right mr. barret about the pedo-priests and the fact that the church needs to stay out of the secular and private realm but I get the impression that you may be confusing homosexuality with the pedo-priests...
Most pedophiles are heterosexual.
Posted by Reverend Boony on 08/17/2009 @ 04:53PM PT
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I know I'm really late on this. Ooops, sorry.
Luella, Christian "priests?" Huh? You must mean Catholic priests, who are restricted from marriage and thus from Church-sanctioned sex. Naturally, they are fallible, as we all are.
Many Prostestant Christian churches' Ministers do marry, some even allow/bless gay clergy.
And thank you soooo much Thomas for pointing out the confusion of pedophilia and homosexuality. Silly people with their misguided stereotypes...
Posted by sarah karp on 09/20/2009 @ 06:20PM PT
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These right wing nut jobs all act like a bad sketch on SNL- they never know when to shut up!
Posted by gilbert barrett on 08/07/2009 @ 01:18PM PT
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"a woman who engages in lesbianism will never know the joy of lovemaking" - Kevin Mccullough
Joy of love making ?
Well...Yeah...I suppose it would be joyfull provided her partner knew what he was doing BUT when she gets pregnant...Wheres the joy then ?
Talk about male chauvinistic...
Posted by Reverend Boony on 08/17/2009 @ 04:56PM PT
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"Why do you think we see the rationalization for abortion and multiple sexual partners? That's a gay agenda." - Tom Coburn
Seems to me the only folks trying to connect homosexuality with abortion and/or polygamy would be the bible thumpers and this is the first Ive heard about the abortion "connection"...
Posted by Reverend Boony on 08/17/2009 @ 04:59PM PT
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"She will never know the security of a true man protecting her from the dragons of this world" As we speak I am preparing to protest the 32% hike in UC tuitions at UCLA, where it is entirely possible we will have unpleasant encounters with the police. I do not expect men to protect me, in fact all the men I find attractive are safe and snug at home. Forget about fish and bicycles. I "need" a man to "protect" me like a shark needs an Aqualung.
Also, procreation is NOT the only purpose of sex. Sex can also be a way for two loving adults in a committed relationship to express that love.
Posted by Amanda Woods on 11/18/2009 @ 10:41PM PT
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I'm sure even many straight women would be offended by Kevin McCollugh's rant about "protecting" me against the "dragons" of the world. Prehistoric, much? But if his wordy tirade against other people's life styles have done anything, it's showed the point many of us are trying to make. Bible thumpers, how is it any of your buissness?
Posted by Ashley Morra on 02/05/2010 @ 01:16PM PT
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