Comments on: The Daily Agenda for Monday, October 15 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/10/15/49617 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Sat, 18 May 2013 16:32:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Russell http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/10/15/49617/comment-page-1#comment-164282 Russell Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:27:04 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=49617#comment-164282 The National Gay Task Force's founding mission was to "work nationally on gay civil rights legislation and discrimination against gay parents in custody and visitation cases." What a complete and utter fail of an organization. Forty years later, they haven't accomplished their basic goals from 1973. And their focus is increasingly on issues that earn the group points for political correctness but which have nothing whatsoever to do with gay people or gay civil rights. They have not been of any use in the 4 marriage campaigns. They haven't helped in WA or ME. MD is only minutes away from their offices, but the so-called Task Force was nowhere to be seen on Marylanders United's recent disclosure of campaign supporters. No, the "Task Force" had more important fish to fry, like its recent report on Eskimo transgenders in Alaska. No doubt the affected population, which is predominantly heterosexual and probably comprises fewer than 100 people, appreciated the shoddy study, which will now be used to gather dust on a bookshelf in the Task Force's DC offices. HRC is improving rapidly under new leadership, but the "Task Force" would do us all a favor if it would disband and stop sucking up gay money. The National Gay Task Force’s founding mission was to “work nationally on gay civil rights legislation and discrimination against gay parents in custody and visitation cases.” What a complete and utter fail of an organization. Forty years later, they haven’t accomplished their basic goals from 1973.

And their focus is increasingly on issues that earn the group points for political correctness but which have nothing whatsoever to do with gay people or gay civil rights. They have not been of any use in the 4 marriage campaigns. They haven’t helped in WA or ME. MD is only minutes away from their offices, but the so-called Task Force was nowhere to be seen on Marylanders United’s recent disclosure of campaign supporters. No, the “Task Force” had more important fish to fry, like its recent report on Eskimo transgenders in Alaska. No doubt the affected population, which is predominantly heterosexual and probably comprises fewer than 100 people, appreciated the shoddy study, which will now be used to gather dust on a bookshelf in the Task Force’s DC offices.

HRC is improving rapidly under new leadership, but the “Task Force” would do us all a favor if it would disband and stop sucking up gay money.

]]> By: Alex http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/10/15/49617/comment-page-1#comment-163622 Alex Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:30:08 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=49617#comment-163622 Remember that the reporter asking those AIDS questions was Lester Kinsolving, a notorious nutjob who currently reports for WorldNetDaily and is known for using phrases like "the sodomy lobby" to describe gay-rights organizations. Speakes wasn't exactly dealing with a sensible journalist. Remember that the reporter asking those AIDS questions was Lester Kinsolving, a notorious nutjob who currently reports for WorldNetDaily and is known for using phrases like “the sodomy lobby” to describe gay-rights organizations. Speakes wasn’t exactly dealing with a sensible journalist.

]]> By: Marcus http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/10/15/49617/comment-page-1#comment-163616 Marcus Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:18:57 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=49617#comment-163616 That White House response is unbelievably callous. Was there any backlash? I Googled and couldn't find anything. That White House response is unbelievably callous. Was there any backlash? I Googled and couldn’t find anything.

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