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Today's Second Cultural Warfare Update
Jun. 21st, 2007 12:08 amTonight's CWU includes a big transcription of a Concerned Women for America audio report, with CWA's Matt Barber gaybashing while Elaine Donnelly, President of the Center for Military Readiness (which exists mostly to oppose women in the military) bashes about women serving in the armed forces. I like to check the audio-only reports, because that's where CWA puts its real red-meat material, and this one is very, um, meaty. They're really pissed off that fellow theoconservative General Peter Pace is out as Joint Chiefs head, Matt Barber because he likes General Pace's anti-gay rant of several months ago, Elaine Donnelly because she thinks his replacement nominee is too friendly towards women soldiers. Oh, and it's all Hillary Clinton's fault, and emboldens Our Enemies. YAY
But now, tonight's news.
Focus on the Family reports that Nebraska "won't give gays... special rights" by including sexual orientation in antidiscrimination law. It's still worth noting yet again that "special rights" was the same language used to oppose antidiscrimination law on race, as well;
Texas to offer "Bible class" in public schools;
Oklahoma bans abortion in state hospitals; Pro-Life Action League president Joseph Scheidler condemns exemptions for the health and life of the mother, calling it "an emotional ploy"; yes, a brain-dead foetus is worth more to this asshole than a woman's life;
Focus on the Family endorses the Creation Museum, the young-earth Creationist "natural history" museum in Kentucky, describes it as "biblical truth" and condemns "liberal group" DefCon for opposing its abuse of science; I think I had some slight doubts over whether Focus on the Family was young-earth Creationist, but I think it's pretty clear now that they are, and the "intelligent design" bit is as much of a fraud as its founders intended it to be;
Focus on the Family's ad that same day is for the the videos Unlocking the Mysteries of Life and Icons of Evolution, both of which claim to "refute" evolutionary theory;
Focus on the Family ACTION ITEM to support North Carolina anti-marriage Constitutional amendment;
Focus on the Family condemns Ohio executive order banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and sexual identity in executive branch hiring, calling it "special protection"; the governor notes that such laws can't be extended into the private sector under the anti-marriage/anti-gay amendment passed in 2004 (also endorsed and supported heavily by FotF);
Astronomer upset that he was denied tenure in part because he's an "intelligent design" creationist;
FotF condemns bill "aimed at indoctrinating kids"; it would prohibit teaching material in California schools that reflects "adversely upon persons because of their disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation";
FotF condemns global warming "alarmism" as a liberal plot: “If they can convince people that global warming alarmism is real, then they feel that everyone will fall in line and agree with their agenda," he said. “This is not a scientific problem that found political support, this is about politicians who found a scientific issue they felt could leverage them into office";
Faith and Freedom Network kinda-sorta admits that the whole "Hate the Sin but Love the Sinner" thing is mostly bullshit, claims it has "some validity," but mostly ascribes that capability to Jehovah and not to individual anti-gay fundamentalist Christians;
Faith and Freedom Network calls GBLT people "abnormal and perverted" in their reaction to a school in Olympia bringing in a GBLT panel to talk about their experiences being abused and bullied as part of an anti-bullying programme; FFN is, of course, outraged;
FFN outrage over comments reportedly made by Dr. Joel Becker at "a recent panel sponsored by University of Colorado’s Conference on World Affairs" talking about responsible sex and use of drugs; apparently part of it was about the politically-hijacked therapeutic drug now called "ecstasy," made Schedule 1 in clear violation of the text of Schedule 1, which states that drugs can have no known therapeutic use. (The drug was in use therapeutically when elevated to Schedule 1 in response to some teenagers getting ahold of some and using it at raves in Texas);
FFN follows Focus on the Family's lead and condemns the Cannes Film Festival critics for awarding the Palm d'Or to 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days, about a woman trying to obtain an abortion in communist Romania, which was illegal; they also follow FotF's lead in applauding the film Bella, saying it "focuses on life and pro-family themes." The two articles are strikingly similar;
FFN invokes the great Fandom Wank rule of "the emailers support me" and quotes part of a letter supposedly received from an anonymous Olympia school-bus driver saying that "the homosexual agenda is much closer to coming true than I had previously thought"; it smells like bog-standard email sockpuppetry to me, but, of course, I don't know that for sure; they also explicitly condemn "homosexual-friendly environments" that teach "anti-bullying";
FFN thrilled that the American Idol winner this year is an anti-abortion activist, and also involved in the abstinence-only movement;
FFN condemns evolutionary theory as "far more dangerous" than "any amount of carbon dioxide" in an article condemning the idea that population growth is a problem;
FFN has an article up that references the Kansas fishing expedition into medical records ordered by previous Atty. General Phil Kline, quoting Dr. Paul McHugh's analysis of these private medical records. As expected, the fishing expedition is being used to fuel anti-abortion activists, with condemnations of women having abortions for reasons other than a pregnancy that would cause "substantial and irreversible impairment";
Marriage rights advance in New York State as Assembly passes law allowing same-sex couples to wed; the vote was overwhelmingly partisan, though four Republicans did cross over to support; however, the Republican-controlled Senate apparently has little to no interest in taking action on the bill. Link courtesy![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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Concerned Women for America's Matt Barber decries "The 'Gay' Gospel," declaring any GBLT-friendly Christian philosophy "a false gospel." The scare-quotes around the word Gay are in the CWA original; he's talking with Joe Dallas of Genesis Biblical Counseling; unfortunately, the audio links point to the wrong mp3 files, so I can't transcribe anything;
CWA calls the dismissal of Marine General Peter Pace from the Joint Chiefs of Staff "disturbing"; they're quite fond of him, as a fellow theoconservative and anti-GBLT; CWA's Matt Barber talks with Elaine Donnelly, President of the Center for Military Readiness, which exists mostly to oppose women in the military; Elaine Donnelly wants to see Don't Ask/Don't Tell revoked in favour of active expulsion of even closeted GBLT people from the military and calls women in the Navy a "health risk"; alleges Hillary Clinton is secretly behind the change; it's kind of funny watching Elaine Donnelly bash women in the military over and over again while Barber keeps trying to turn the focus of the interview to be more strongly anti-gay; Donnelly is okay with that but is really focused on being against women as soldiers, but in the end goes along with a key focus of strengthening the ban on GBLT people in the military, scrapping the Don't Ask/Don't Tell policy, and purging all queers from the armed forces.
( Articles, excerpts, and transcriptions below )
But now, tonight's news.
Focus on the Family reports that Nebraska "won't give gays... special rights" by including sexual orientation in antidiscrimination law. It's still worth noting yet again that "special rights" was the same language used to oppose antidiscrimination law on race, as well;
Texas to offer "Bible class" in public schools;
Oklahoma bans abortion in state hospitals; Pro-Life Action League president Joseph Scheidler condemns exemptions for the health and life of the mother, calling it "an emotional ploy"; yes, a brain-dead foetus is worth more to this asshole than a woman's life;
Focus on the Family endorses the Creation Museum, the young-earth Creationist "natural history" museum in Kentucky, describes it as "biblical truth" and condemns "liberal group" DefCon for opposing its abuse of science; I think I had some slight doubts over whether Focus on the Family was young-earth Creationist, but I think it's pretty clear now that they are, and the "intelligent design" bit is as much of a fraud as its founders intended it to be;
Focus on the Family's ad that same day is for the the videos Unlocking the Mysteries of Life and Icons of Evolution, both of which claim to "refute" evolutionary theory;
Focus on the Family ACTION ITEM to support North Carolina anti-marriage Constitutional amendment;
Focus on the Family condemns Ohio executive order banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and sexual identity in executive branch hiring, calling it "special protection"; the governor notes that such laws can't be extended into the private sector under the anti-marriage/anti-gay amendment passed in 2004 (also endorsed and supported heavily by FotF);
Astronomer upset that he was denied tenure in part because he's an "intelligent design" creationist;
FotF condemns bill "aimed at indoctrinating kids"; it would prohibit teaching material in California schools that reflects "adversely upon persons because of their disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation";
FotF condemns global warming "alarmism" as a liberal plot: “If they can convince people that global warming alarmism is real, then they feel that everyone will fall in line and agree with their agenda," he said. “This is not a scientific problem that found political support, this is about politicians who found a scientific issue they felt could leverage them into office";
Faith and Freedom Network kinda-sorta admits that the whole "Hate the Sin but Love the Sinner" thing is mostly bullshit, claims it has "some validity," but mostly ascribes that capability to Jehovah and not to individual anti-gay fundamentalist Christians;
Faith and Freedom Network calls GBLT people "abnormal and perverted" in their reaction to a school in Olympia bringing in a GBLT panel to talk about their experiences being abused and bullied as part of an anti-bullying programme; FFN is, of course, outraged;
FFN outrage over comments reportedly made by Dr. Joel Becker at "a recent panel sponsored by University of Colorado’s Conference on World Affairs" talking about responsible sex and use of drugs; apparently part of it was about the politically-hijacked therapeutic drug now called "ecstasy," made Schedule 1 in clear violation of the text of Schedule 1, which states that drugs can have no known therapeutic use. (The drug was in use therapeutically when elevated to Schedule 1 in response to some teenagers getting ahold of some and using it at raves in Texas);
FFN follows Focus on the Family's lead and condemns the Cannes Film Festival critics for awarding the Palm d'Or to 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days, about a woman trying to obtain an abortion in communist Romania, which was illegal; they also follow FotF's lead in applauding the film Bella, saying it "focuses on life and pro-family themes." The two articles are strikingly similar;
FFN invokes the great Fandom Wank rule of "the emailers support me" and quotes part of a letter supposedly received from an anonymous Olympia school-bus driver saying that "the homosexual agenda is much closer to coming true than I had previously thought"; it smells like bog-standard email sockpuppetry to me, but, of course, I don't know that for sure; they also explicitly condemn "homosexual-friendly environments" that teach "anti-bullying";
FFN thrilled that the American Idol winner this year is an anti-abortion activist, and also involved in the abstinence-only movement;
FFN condemns evolutionary theory as "far more dangerous" than "any amount of carbon dioxide" in an article condemning the idea that population growth is a problem;
FFN has an article up that references the Kansas fishing expedition into medical records ordered by previous Atty. General Phil Kline, quoting Dr. Paul McHugh's analysis of these private medical records. As expected, the fishing expedition is being used to fuel anti-abortion activists, with condemnations of women having abortions for reasons other than a pregnancy that would cause "substantial and irreversible impairment";
Marriage rights advance in New York State as Assembly passes law allowing same-sex couples to wed; the vote was overwhelmingly partisan, though four Republicans did cross over to support; however, the Republican-controlled Senate apparently has little to no interest in taking action on the bill. Link courtesy
zarq;Concerned Women for America's Matt Barber decries "The 'Gay' Gospel," declaring any GBLT-friendly Christian philosophy "a false gospel." The scare-quotes around the word Gay are in the CWA original; he's talking with Joe Dallas of Genesis Biblical Counseling; unfortunately, the audio links point to the wrong mp3 files, so I can't transcribe anything;
CWA calls the dismissal of Marine General Peter Pace from the Joint Chiefs of Staff "disturbing"; they're quite fond of him, as a fellow theoconservative and anti-GBLT; CWA's Matt Barber talks with Elaine Donnelly, President of the Center for Military Readiness, which exists mostly to oppose women in the military; Elaine Donnelly wants to see Don't Ask/Don't Tell revoked in favour of active expulsion of even closeted GBLT people from the military and calls women in the Navy a "health risk"; alleges Hillary Clinton is secretly behind the change; it's kind of funny watching Elaine Donnelly bash women in the military over and over again while Barber keeps trying to turn the focus of the interview to be more strongly anti-gay; Donnelly is okay with that but is really focused on being against women as soldiers, but in the end goes along with a key focus of strengthening the ban on GBLT people in the military, scrapping the Don't Ask/Don't Tell policy, and purging all queers from the armed forces.
( Articles, excerpts, and transcriptions below )
