Box Turtle Bulletin
News and commentary about the anti-gay lobby“Now you must raise your children up in a world where that union of man and box turtle is on the same legal footing as man and wife…”
News and commentary about the anti-gay lobbyJanuary 12th, 2011
Former GOP legislative district chair Anthony Miller
More madness in the culture war. The Arizona Republic reports that Arizona Legislative District 20 Chairman Anthony Miller and several others in the Phoenix suburb of Ahwatukee have resigned their party posts hours after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’s shooting over fears for their lives and their families’ safety:
Miller, a 43-year-old Ahwatukee Foothills resident and former campaign worker for U.S. Sen. John McCain, was re-elected to a second one-year term last month. He said constant verbal attacks after that election and Internet blog posts by some local members with Tea Party ties made him worry about his family’s safety.
In an e-mail sent a few hours after Saturday’s massacre in Tucson that killed six and injured 13, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Miller told state Republican Party Chairman Randy Pullen he was quitting: “Today my wife of 20 yrs ask (sic) me do I think that my PCs (Precinct Committee members) will shoot at our home? So with this being said I am stepping down from LD20GOP Chairman…I will make a full statement on Monday.”
…The newly-elected Dist. 20 Republican secretary, Sophia Johnson of Ahwatukee, first vice chairman Roger Dickinson of Tempe and Jeff Kolb, the former district spokesman from Ahwatukee, also quit. “This singular focus on ‘getting’ Anthony (Miller) was one of the main reasons I chose to resign,” Kolb said in an e-mail to another party activist. Kolb confirmed the contents of the e-mail to the Republic.
…a series of accusatory e-mails was exchanged among party members. Some blasted Miller’s support of McCain, called him a “McCainiac with a penchant for violating the rules” and a “McCain hack.” …
Miller said he hadn’t intended to resign, but changed his mind after Saturday’s shooting. “I love the Republican Party,” he said, “but I don’t want to take a bullet for anyone.
Latest Posts
Featured Reports
In this original BTB Investigation, we unveil the tragic story of Kirk Murphy, a four-year-old boy who was treated for “cross-gender disturbance” in 1970 by a young grad student by the name of George Rekers. This story is a stark reminder that there are severe and damaging consequences when therapists try to ensure that boys will be boys.
When we first reported on three American anti-gay activists traveling to Kampala for a three-day conference, we had no idea that it would be the first report of a long string of events leading to a proposal to institute the death penalty for LGBT people. But that is exactly what happened. In this report, we review our collection of more than 500 posts to tell the story of one nation’s embrace of hatred toward gay people. This report will be updated continuously as events continue to unfold. Check here for the latest updates.
In 2005, the Southern Poverty Law Center wrote that “[Paul] Cameron’s ‘science’ echoes Nazi Germany.” What the SPLC didn”t know was Cameron doesn’t just “echo” Nazi Germany. He quoted extensively from one of the Final Solution’s architects. This puts his fascination with quarantines, mandatory tattoos, and extermination being a “plausible idea” in a whole new and deeply disturbing light.
On February 10, I attended an all-day “Love Won Out” ex-gay conference in Phoenix, put on by Focus on the Family and Exodus International. In this series of reports, I talk about what I learned there: the people who go to these conferences, the things that they hear, and what this all means for them, their families and for the rest of us.
Prologue: Why I Went To “Love Won Out”
Part 1: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Part 2: Parents Struggle With “No Exceptions”
Part 3: A Whole New Dialect
Part 4: It Depends On How The Meaning of the Word "Change" Changes
Part 5: A Candid Explanation For "Change"
At last, the truth can now be told.
Using the same research methods employed by most anti-gay political pressure groups, we examine the statistics and the case studies that dispel many of the myths about heterosexuality. Download your copy today!
And don‘t miss our companion report, How To Write An Anti-Gay Tract In Fifteen Easy Steps.
Anti-gay activists often charge that gay men and women pose a threat to children. In this report, we explore the supposed connection between homosexuality and child sexual abuse, the conclusions reached by the most knowledgeable professionals in the field, and how anti-gay activists continue to ignore their findings. This has tremendous consequences, not just for gay men and women, but more importantly for the safety of all our children.
Anti-gay activists often cite the “Dutch Study” to claim that gay unions last only about 1½ years and that the these men have an average of eight additional partners per year outside of their steady relationship. In this report, we will take you step by step into the study to see whether the claims are true.
Tony Perkins’ Family Research Council submitted an Amicus Brief to the Maryland Court of Appeals as that court prepared to consider the issue of gay marriage. We examine just one small section of that brief to reveal the junk science and fraudulent claims of the Family “Research” Council.
The FBI’s annual Hate Crime Statistics aren’t as complete as they ought to be, and their report for 2004 was no exception. In fact, their most recent report has quite a few glaring holes. Holes big enough for Daniel Fetty to fall through.
“Google” is a trademark of Google Inc.
© Box Turtle Bulletin. All Rights Reserved.
Posts 
Posts via daily email:
tim
January 12th, 2011
“but I don’t want to take a bullet for anyone”
Not even for his family, country? Sounds a bit cowardly to me.
Timothy (TRiG)
January 12th, 2011
I don’t want to take a bullet for anyone either. I might be willing to, but I don’t want to.
TRiG.
Jim Burroway
January 12th, 2011
He wouldn’t be taking a bullet for family or country. It’s not like he’s a governor or congressman or even a state representative. I don’t think taking a bullet over a party district chair position is worth it. He’s not even in public office. But hey, if you disagree, I know where there’s an opening.
TampaZeke
January 12th, 2011
This is EXACTLY how terrorism works and wins.
I understand these people’s fears and concerns but their actions send a dangerous message to terrorists that their actions get results.
Soren456
January 12th, 2011
I’m not going to second-guess him; he knows the territory better than I do, and he may be right.
But as Zeke says above, this is how terrorism wins.
Paul J. Stein
January 12th, 2011
Damn, a GOP member resigning over getting targeted. I guess Gabby has more balls then he does. Yap, Yap,Yap! Then run like hell. Good Day Sir!
Ryan
January 12th, 2011
I’m really shocked by the callous comments of so many on here. If any of you thought you might get shot if you went into work tomorrow, you wouldn’t go.
Priya Lynn
January 12th, 2011
I agree Ryan. Its one thing to assert you’d risk your life and quite another to actually do so.
Jim Burroway
January 12th, 2011
Ryan,
I agree wholeheartedly. I’m sitting here in Tucson working through a lot of ugliness here, and I come online briefly and see the same thing among a couple of commenters.
Six people were killed, 13 injured. Another man has been threatened and people here are cheering this man’s circumstances.
Disgusting. Absulutely disgusting.
How about changing places with Mr. Miller if you feel so strongly that way?
L. Junius Brutus
January 12th, 2011
Jim, I can only see two posts (sort of) cheering this man’s circumstances or criticizing. Are you talking about the posts bemoaning how terrorism wins? Because that is in fact true, and it’s a great shame.
Jim Burroway
January 12th, 2011
To be specific, I’m responding to Paul J. Stein’s comment in particular. But more broadly, I really like how others can come in here and leave comments talking a brave game without even leaving their full real names, let alone actually walk in Mr. Miller’s shoes who actually needed to think about his wife’s fears and not just himself.
Mark F.
January 12th, 2011
“That Giffords down there that’s running for Congress, instead of running for Congress, they ought to have her and shoot her. Put her against the wall and shoot her.” —
Did a tea part activist say this?
No, I just changed a quote from a Democratic Congressman. The actual quote:
“That Scott down there that’s running for governor of Florida, instead of running for governor of Florida, they ought to have him and shoot him. Put him against the wall and shoot him.” — Former US Representative Paul Kanjorski (D-PA) (2010)
Mark F.
January 12th, 2011
For perspective:
Assuming Giffords pulls through, in all of U.S. history only one Congressman has been murdered (Leo Ryan in 1978). Four were shot and injured in 1954 and one was killed in a dual in the 1800’s.
It’s not an especially dangerous occupation.
Leave A Comment