A grand jury has indicted a New York woman for making phone threats to several Denver-area LGBQT businesses shortly after the Club Q shooting (read story here). Sharon Robinson, 40, was arrested for calling four businesses and saying she was going to “shoot them up” and they were “[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Anti-Gay Discrimination’
Pence claims being trans infringes on religious freedom
Republicans have long claimed to be defenders of freedom, but WTF? Banning books, free speech, and rainbows? And an entire group of people? “Republicans have frequently cited the idea of freedom … to support arguments against gender-affirming policies,” The Hill noted on Tuesday, M[...]
McCarthy implies LGBQT people’s humanity is just “politics”
GOP House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, like any top-ranking political leader, makes lots of TV appearances. McCarthy was a guest on CNBC‘s “Squawk Box,” hosted by Becky Quick, on Thursday, April 27, 2023. They talked about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s feud with Disney, set off by t[...]
March 28th, 2023 - 12:20 am § in News Media
Are conservative media exploiting a school shooting to demonize LGBQT people?
A person named Audrey Elizabeth Hale, age 28, gunned down 3 teachers and 3 children at a private Christian school before being killed by police gunfire. The incident occurred in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday, March 27, 2023. That evening, the Fox News headlines blared, Nashville police identify tw[...]
Flags of our fathers
Jay Collins (photo, right) is an American hero. A career Army sergeant and Green Beret, he returned to duty after losing a leg in combat (see his bio here). Collins, a Republican, was elected to Florida’s state senate in the state’s 2022 “red wave.” The first-termer is among [...]
March 3rd, 2023 - 5:59 pm § in Religion, Republicans
DeSantis wages religious war against Disney
For half a century, Disney managed its sprawling Florida properties through an entity called “Reedy Creek Improvement District.” Last year, Disney got into a pissing match with Gov. DeSantis over the latter’s bigoted, discriminatory “Don’t Say Gay” bill, so the GO[...]
February 14th, 2023 - 7:51 pm § in Christianity, Schools & Colleges
Don’t call yourselves a Christian college when you do this
“The King’s Singers, a Grammy Award-winning British a capella vocal ensemble, announced Monday that their planned concert at Pensacola Christian College was abruptly canceled two hours before the show due to ‘lifestyle’ concerns,” the Pensacola News Journal reported on Tues[...]
December 14th, 2022 - 9:31 am § in Hypocrisy, News Media
Another example of why Fox is disreputable
Fox doesn’t do news, it does persuasion. Its talk shows, which are pure demagoguery, are by far its most popular fare. And its hosts are close-minded, intellectually dishonest pot-stirrers and hatemongers. They’re also liars. Take Laura Ingraham, for example, one of Fox‘s worst off[...]
December 10th, 2022 - 1:23 pm § in Law and Courts
Denial of service
In this exchange, TV host Michael Smerconish and Victoria Cobb, president of the Family Foundation of Virginia, debated the right of businesses to deny service to customers in a discriminatory manner (read story here). Smerconish, who has a law degree, argues “everyone should be served” [...]
December 5th, 2022 - 4:47 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
Justices Alito puts KKK robes on black kids and laughs
A bizarre scene unfolded in the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, December 5, 2022. Lawyers were arguing over whether a Colorado graphic designer has a religious right to refuse service to gay couples (spoiler alert: she’ll win). Justice Jackson, who’s black, asked the designer’s attor[...]