Comments on: The Daily Agenda for Thursday, February 21 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/02/21/53892 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:57:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: soul searching http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/02/21/53892/comment-page-1#comment-252875 soul searching Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:56:48 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=53892#comment-252875 Regarding Eric Rudolph's quote, “Whether it is gay marriage, homosexual adoption, hate crimes laws including gays, or the attempt to introduce a homosexual normalizing curriculum into our schools, all of these efforts should be ruthlessly opposed,” do not Peter LaBarbera, Bryan Fischer, and the Family Research Council -- which is now a co-sponsor of NOM's Supreme Court demonstration next month -- share this opinion on every point? Brian Brown and Maggie Gallagher really should find that quote disquieting. I mean, it again reveals -- as David Blankenhorn had figured out -- that they are the on same side as some undeniably animus-motivated, ill-intended folk. In addition to Eric Rudolph, this includes the Westboro Baptist Church, with their current vigorous campaign against "f*g marriage." Regarding Eric Rudolph’s quote, “Whether it is gay marriage, homosexual adoption, hate crimes laws including gays, or the attempt to introduce a homosexual normalizing curriculum into our schools, all of these efforts should be ruthlessly opposed,” do not Peter LaBarbera, Bryan Fischer, and the Family Research Council — which is now a co-sponsor of NOM’s Supreme Court demonstration next month — share this opinion on every point?

Brian Brown and Maggie Gallagher really should find that quote disquieting. I mean, it again reveals — as David Blankenhorn had figured out — that they are the on same side as some undeniably animus-motivated, ill-intended folk. In addition to Eric Rudolph, this includes the Westboro Baptist Church, with their current vigorous campaign against “f*g marriage.”

]]> By: Ben in Oakland http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/02/21/53892/comment-page-1#comment-252764 Ben in Oakland Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:14:44 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=53892#comment-252764 I remember this. The language of the bill was virtually identical to that provided by that fascist little twerp, John Briggs. Ah, Oklahoma. The Mississippi of the South! I remember this. The language of the bill was virtually identical to that provided by that fascist little twerp, John Briggs.

Ah, Oklahoma. The Mississippi of the South!

]]> By: Jay http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/02/21/53892/comment-page-1#comment-252752 Jay Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:22:13 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=53892#comment-252752 RE the Oklahoma law that banned gay teachers. It is not quite true that "the United States Supreme Court finally struck down the law in 1986." In 1985, the Supreme Court considered an appeal on the law from the Tenth Circuit. The Supreme Court, on a 4-4 vote, failed to reach a decision. The tie vote meant that the Tenth Circuit's decision declaring the law unconstitutional was upheld. But the Supreme Court decision did not per se declare the law unconstitutional and has no precedential value. RE the Oklahoma law that banned gay teachers. It is not quite true that “the United States Supreme Court finally struck down the law in 1986.” In 1985, the Supreme Court considered an appeal on the law from the Tenth Circuit. The Supreme Court, on a 4-4 vote, failed to reach a decision. The tie vote meant that the Tenth Circuit’s decision declaring the law unconstitutional was upheld. But the Supreme Court decision did not per se declare the law unconstitutional and has no precedential value.

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