Today's Cultural Warfare Update

This is an incomplete update, but it's got some good bits in it, if by "good," you mean "awful," as I usually do in these things. Sorry about the incompleteness, I'll try to get caught up more tomorrow.

No Room for Contraception - website working against contraception rights, as the next step to follow the ending of abortion rights. Asserts first and foremost that birth control causes abortion. Yes, really. Also includes assertions such as the rhythm method being the only valid method of birth control, that condoms don't prevent conception or STD spread, that most hormonal forms of birth control "can act as... abortifacient[s]" and so on; it's overtly theological; link courtesy elfs;

Moscow mayor calls gay pride parade "satanic," vows he will never allow one; last year's was assaulted by right-wing protesters and broken up by the police, with many participants detained;

Focus on the Family news article opposes "abortion reduction" bill because it's pro-birth-control, and again issues the "emergency contraception can cause abortions" meme, which, as I've noted many times in these CWUs, is a lie;

FotF condemns reciprocal beneficiaries (civil unions, sorta) bill in Hawai'i;

FotF story condemning San Francisco officials for not condemning a porn company doesn't mention that the building they're moving into is a national landmark that the company in question is saving; it's been empty for years and the company plans to restore it under landmark guidelines, as well as using portions of it as a film studio. I've seen pictures, it's a great building and I'm glad someone is going to step forward to restore it;

FotF advertises an Pennsylvania theocon political organisation workshop;

FotF: Texas AG calls for abortion prosecutions via the Texas Occupations Code;

FotF: South Carolina anti-marriage amendment working its way through the legislature;

FotF: National media "ignore public-school sex scandals"; Concerned Women for America's Robert Knight says that if it weren't for the implied cover-up, Americans would be reconsidering the validity of public schools as an institution; CWA has flirted with the Exodus Mandate effort in the past;

FotF: attempt to ban courts from hearing challenges to the "Under God" portion of the Pledge of Allegiance introduced in Congress again; it's of interest mostly because of the extended and continuing attack on the independent judiciary;

FotF article condemning a state court ruling saying that Arizona cannot exempt transport for medical care involving abortion from their prisoner medical care transport system;

FotF: "Episcopal diocese of Virginia is threatening to defrock priests who follow biblical teaching on homosexuality" - which is to say, Focus on the Family's vision of biblical teaching, which is to say, fags all burn in hell;

Wyoming anti-marriage legislation being worked on; Focus calls it "one of the toughest... in the nation," which presumably means it compares to Virginia's, which bans any hint of anything like civil unions, recognition of parental rights, and so on; if it's tougher, it may have the original Virginia language which threw out contract rights between GBLT people, but I haven't seen the text;

FotF promotes the American Family Association claim that their anti-gay boycott of Ford is in part responsible for Ford Motor Company losses; the AFA is condemning Ford for advertising to GBLT people and demanding all such advertising, as well as all anti-discrimination activities and so on, stop;

FotF condemns Santa Cruz city council action to join the Pro-Choice City Campaign;

FotF, other groups, condemn sex education funding; the interesting part here is the headline, "NARAL Tells President Bush What to Do";

FotF critical of State of the Union address for not addressing the theocon social agenda; wanted mentions of abortion, stem-cell research, a Federal marriage ban;

FotF happy with Sen. Brownback for reintroducing "Foetal pain awareness act" in the latest variation - the point, as always, is to get doctors parroting theocon positions at abortion-seeking women;

FotF supports HR223, which would send Federal funding to anti-abortion "pregnancy resource centres";

Focus on the Family is very happy that "three states want to bring sacredness back to marriage," which is to say, three state legislatures (Michigan, Wisconsin, and Virginia) have bills floating around which would bar "no-fault" divorce; the practical effect would be that both partners have to agree to divorce, and if one doesn't want to, the other is screwed. There are exceptions - for now, anyway - in the bills;

Concerned Women for America condemns a German teenager's gender reassignment; CWA's Matt Barber declares "the homosexual agenda" to be of a "truly destructive, bleak and evil nature";

CWA calls upon membership to support "Pledge of Allegiance Act," which would prohibit court challenges as described above;

CWA links to a newspaper article about a Dr. William Struthers going around saying pr0n is "crack for the eyes," and "just as addicting, or more so, than drugs"; anybody know anything about this guy?;

CWA links to commentary condemning the HPV vaccine - that prevents cervical cancer - on the Washington Times. The columist, Terence P. Jeffrey, calls the vaccination shot "an invasive procedure [the child] does not want and may not need," and asserts that including it in the standard vaccine regimen is "aimed at socializing the risk of promiscuous sexual behaviour" and says it's aimed at "creating [liberals'] sought-after, if never attainable, Utopia where people can engage in promiscuous sex without fear of consequence";

Christian Post, Concerned Women for America condemn Sundance Film Festival;

Concerned Women for America's Mike Mears cranky about rumours that California governor Schwarzenegger may be willing to sign a GBLT marriage bill if the legislature passes it again.

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