Comments on: More Anti-Gay Math Problems http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/02/26/1482 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Fri, 24 May 2013 02:17:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Timothy Kincaid http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/02/26/1482/comment-page-1#comment-6963 Timothy Kincaid Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:13:36 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/02/26/1482#comment-6963 David, thanks for the info David,

thanks for the info

]]> By: David http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/02/26/1482/comment-page-1#comment-6946 David Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:04:53 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/02/26/1482#comment-6946 Nice visual. As it happens, I attended a lecture by David Blankenhorn today at FRC (aka Satan's Lair), hosted by none other than Peter (Paul & Mary) Sprigg. Here is the video of the lecture: http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?c=HOME A couple of things jumped out. First, Blankenhorn emphasized the importance of a spokesman, such as himself, who argues for the denial of marriage equality while distancing himself from ugly, anti-gay rhetoric. Somewhat discomforting for him, right after he had delivered this message my husband and I were on the receiving end of a display of ugly, anti-gay rhetoric by one of the other attendees, an FRC staffer of some sort named Bob Patterson. Second, in response to a question from a legislative aide to Iowa Rep. Steve King, Blankenhorn all but admitted that they are engaged in a lost cause. He gives the overall assessment that they "are losing this battle," that "the dynamic is going against us," and that young people strongly oppose the anti-equality position with a "go-to-the-mat intensity." From my notes, this exchange is at approximately 1:06:20 on the video. I have the event recorded also, including the vile harassment of us by Patterson. The lecture was podcast, but the in-person attendance was around 25 at most. It seemed to be mostly interns from AGI thinktanks, Patrick Henry College factulty and such. -David Weintraub Equality Loudoun Nice visual. As it happens, I attended a lecture by David Blankenhorn today at FRC (aka Satan’s Lair), hosted by none other than Peter (Paul & Mary) Sprigg.

Here is the video of the lecture: http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?c=HOME

A couple of things jumped out. First, Blankenhorn emphasized the importance of a spokesman, such as himself, who argues for the denial of marriage equality while distancing himself from ugly, anti-gay rhetoric. Somewhat discomforting for him, right after he had delivered this message my husband and I were on the receiving end of a display of ugly, anti-gay rhetoric by one of the other attendees, an FRC staffer of some sort named Bob Patterson.

Second, in response to a question from a legislative aide to Iowa Rep. Steve King, Blankenhorn all but admitted that they are engaged in a lost cause. He gives the overall assessment that they “are losing this battle,” that “the dynamic is going against us,” and that young people strongly oppose the anti-equality position with a “go-to-the-mat intensity.” From my notes, this exchange is at approximately 1:06:20 on the video. I have the event recorded also, including the vile harassment of us by Patterson.

The lecture was podcast, but the in-person attendance was around 25 at most. It seemed to be mostly interns from AGI thinktanks, Patrick Henry College factulty and such.

-David Weintraub
Equality Loudoun

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