Religious Right & Ex-Gay Movement Inspired By Hate Crimes Bill to Lie More, Be Hateful

Riese —
Oct 30, 2009
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EX-GAY: Is there any way to exorcise the Ex-Gay demons from the ex-gays? Because really all the hateful offensive bigotry aside, what a bunch of whiners! They’re all like “mememememee” and won’t even let us have our MOMENT!

The Christian Anti-Defamation Commission is concerned that emotionally & physically abusing young people who ALREADY want to leave the gay lifestyle (seriously though how much gay lifestyle can a guy have in a small town without a fake ID? Don’t get mad, he just got started) will be considered a hate crime rather than what they see it as — a big ‘ol hug from Jesus : Where is the tolerance for a church who tried to help a young man who freely asked for help to overcome homosexual temptations? No church deserves to be maligned for trying to help a troubled teen who asked for prayer.

Also, Freud called bullshit on conversion therapy like 75 years ago. (@queerty)

Meanwhile, Pat Robertson is telling his people: “You know, there’s a law – what about a law that says it’s a federal crime to attack somebody because of his religious beliefs? Not a chance!” — yeah, THAT’S A LIE. (@crooks and liars)

I can’t wait ’til fifteen years from now when in addition to appreciating the beauty of Adam Lambert’s album cover, we’ll also be able to look at the craziest people in the world, who for some reason feel comfortable exorcising their mother’s emotional molestation (you know, the root of all gayness) by slamming a hammer into a kitchen counter on CNN and satisfying safe male bonding affection by cradling a (seemingly dead) man on your lap without getting a boner. As displayed here, when Current TV’s THAT’S GAY does conversion therapy:

WANDA SYKES: Wanda Sykes says pressuring Obama on gay rights is like complaining that the guy who gave you CPR has bad breath – Wanda Sykes: Obama Is ‘Failing’ On Gay Rights, But ‘He’s Doing a Great Job. (@queerty)

MATRIMONIO: Argentine Congress considers same-sex marriage:“We can’t expect social equality if the state is legitimizing inequality,” said Maria Rachid, president of Argentina’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Federation. “We now have the social and political context necessary to change the law.” Fun fact: Argentina would be the first Latin American country to fully recognize same sex marriage.

HATERS: ’Americans for Truth’ Too Homophobic Even for Maine Marriage Equality OpponentsAt a press conference, the Maine Grassroots Coalition’s leader, Paul Madore, who a local newscast said “brought” AFTAH and Camenker to Maine, repeated the claims that marriage equality would lead to a campaign to silence critics of gay families, made the claim that a “national campaign” to bring out-of-staters into Maine and defraud voters on election day. However, as the newscast also reports, the official Yes on 1 campaign, which seeks to rescind marriage rights for Maine’s gay and lesbian families via a Proposition 8-like voter initiative, “disavows” Madore and AFTAH.”

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Riese is the co-founder of Autostraddle.com as well as an award-winning writer, video-maker and LGBTQ+ Marketing consultant. Her work has appeared in nine books, magazines including Marie Claire and Curve, and all over the web including Nylon, Queerty, Nerve, Bitch, Emily Books and Jezebel. She had a very popular personal blog once upon a time, and then she recapped The L Word, and then she had the idea to make this place, and now here we all are! In 2016, she was nominated for a GLAAD Award for Outstanding Digital Journalism. She grew up in Michigan, lost her mind in New York, and now lives in Los Angeles. Follow her on twitter and instagram.

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