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January 25, 2005
Here. Hat Tip: Stacy Harp.
Keith Olbermann comments, and shows the complete controversial video here.
What's interesting to me is that what Dobson is objecting to is not gay sex or gay relationships or gay identity, or any legislative or judicial proposal. What he objects to is tolerance of gay people, or teaching children that gay people deserve respect. That's SpongeBob's crime! Revealing, no? Now, recall that this man is the most powerful social conservative in Bush's Republican party.
filed under: Bigots
January 21, 2005
From the New York Times:
Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee, has asked an Ohio Republican who supports some abortion rights to be his co-chairman, stirring the ire of social conservatives.Mr. Mehlman's choice is Joann Davidson, who was chairwoman of the Bush campaign in the pivotal Ohio Valley region and a former speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives. In an interview on Thursday, Ms. Davidson declined to discuss her views on abortion. ''My focus is on building a stronger party,'' she said.
Her nomination awaits approval by the Republican National Committee.
She has been a member of the advisory board of the abortion rights group Republicans for Choice since its founding in 1990, according to a statement posted on the group's Web site congratulating her.
''We look forward to working with her to help make sure the concerns of pro-choice and moderate Republicans are heard within the Republican National Committee headquarters,'' the statement said.
I was unable to find this statement on the Republicans for Choice website.
They are criticising her for being Pro-Choice on abortion, and Pro-gay. Horrors! From the Wingnut Daily:
The Pro-Family Network of Ohio, however, says Davidson "does not represent the values of the rank and file of the GOP."Greg Quinlan, executive director of the group, disputes part of a New York Times story in which Davidson says the issue of homosexual rights "had not come up" during her tenure as speaker.
"Ms. Davidson is suffering from a lapse in memory," said Quinlan in a statement. "Legislation to add sexual orientation to the existing hate-crimes laws in Ohio went down to defeat when three former homosexuals testified against the measure while Ms. Davidson was speaker. She told her Republican caucus at that time that she supported the sexual orientation legislation, even though it was introduced by a Democrat."
Quinlan also goes after Davidson for not killing a bill on marriage.
"Davidson's memory loss becomes even more suspect with the Defense of Marriage Act in Ohio," he said. "Not once, but twice, the measure was introduced and never had a vote in committee because, as speaker, Ms. Davidson had the measure killed and is on record calling the legislation 'unnecessary.'"
Though the party is hailing Davidson as being key to Bush winning Ohio, Quinlan says it was pro-family voters who came to the polls to support Issue 1, which banned homosexual marriage and civil unions in the state, that made the difference for the president.
"Issue 1 was the mobilization for the grass roots," said Quinlan. "These citizens and their churches registered Ohioans to vote and got them to the polls. Davidson had nothing to do with these pro-family, pro-life, pro-parent voters going to the polls."
Concludes Quinlan: "The RNC needs to ask Ms. Davidson why she supports gay marriage and abortion. After all of our hard work in the past election, Republican voters have a right to these answers."
The Family Research Council is also disturbed.
Devaluing the Values VoterThe New York Times reported today that incoming RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman
has tapped former Ohio legislator and pro-abortion activist Joann Davidson
as the party's vice chairman. Davidson established a poor rating with Ohio
Right to Life during her tenure in office and serves on the advisory board
of the Republicans for Choice PAC. Yesterday, the Republicans for Choice
website had a congratulatory message for Ms. Davidson saying,
"Congratulations to JoAnn Davidson (OH) one of our RFC Advisory Board
Members, who is going to be named as the co-chair of the Republican Party
at the Winter Meeting of the GOP. JoAnn Davidson has been a member of the
Republicans for Choice Advisory Board since our founding in 1990. She has
proven to be a tireless campaigner and brilliant political strategist so it
is no wonder Ken Mehlman and the Bush operation have tapped her to be the
Party's new national co-chair. We look forward to working with her to help
make sure the concerns of pro-choice and moderate Republicans are heard
within the Republican National Committee Headquarters..." This morning
after The New York Times story was released, the message on the RFC website
was taken down and replaced with a message that the site was under
construction. While many people vouch that Ms. Davidson is a tireless
campaigner, her record and reputation on life and key family issues like
marriage put her at odds with the hundreds of thousands of families that
worked tirelessly, not only in Ohio, but across the nation to protect
marriage and advance life. Some say that Davidson's elevation is a bow to
the GOP's "Old Bulls,"but those bulls are old for a reason. They remind us
of the party's minority past not its hopes for a majority future.
Agape Press:
...Pro-family groups are demanding the Republican National Committee reconsider a proposal to appoint a pro-abortionist to be the party's vice chairman. After learning late last week that Joann Davidson of Ohio is being considered for the high ranking job, a long list of pro-family leaders signed a statement expressing outrage over the selection. Davidson has served for more than 10 years on the advisory board of Republicans for Choice PAC, and many Christian leaders feel it is nothing short of a betrayal, after pro-life Christians and other pro-family values voters did so much to help re-elect President Bush, to even consider giving the vice-chairmanship to someone who favors so-called "abortion rights." Also, the protesting pro-family groups note that Davidson, during her tenure as speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, refused to endorse Ohio's recently passed marriage protection amendment. Meanwhile, she supported a failed attempt to add sexual orientation to that state's existing hate crimes law, even though it was introduced by a Democrat. Obviously, pro-family groups hold out little hope that an apparently pro-abortion, pro-homosexual Republican will represent their interests. The signers of the protest statement, which has been sent to the White House and members of the RNC, charge that the personnel in an organization or party have dramatic influence on its policies, and pro-family conservatives simply do not trust Davidson to uphold the GOP's pro-life and pro-marriage platform. [Fred Jackson]
Despite the whining from the wackos, Davidson was elected unanamously to this post. From GOP USA/Talon News
Davidson's selection to become co-chairman of the Republican Party was unanimous at the RNC Winter Meeting in Washington, DC on Wednesday. She succeeds outgoing RNC co-chairman Ann Wagner."I look forward to spending the next two years traveling the nation exciting the grassroots base that is the heart of our party and spreading the President's conservative message," Davidson stated upon becoming RNC co-chairman. "Grassroots supporters propelled the GOP to historic gains last year, and will be the key to our success as President Bush implements the American people's Election Day mandate."
Congratulations to Joann Davidson!
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January 16, 2005
Hat Tip: Gay Patriot....
Well personally, I think the legislature had the responsibility to repeal these stupid laws - but they avoided their responsibility.
Log Cabin Republicans in Virginia were major pushers of repealing the sodomy law in Virginia.
How about it, Gay Patriot - why not call for the Legislature to repeal both these stupid laws. Does Government really belong in the bedroom?
Will there now be calls for a Federal No-Fornication Amendment? (FNFA) Will there be screeching and whining about "Activist Judges"?
filed under: Family Values
January 12, 2005
An Alabama Sheriff posts an anti-gay letter on the official Sheriff website. It's been picked up by the Alabama mainstream press.
Michelangelo Signorile interviewed Sheriff Malcomb. During the interview, Malcomb mentioned the President Bush fully supports him. I might call Malcomb to follow up. Malcomb also seemed rather obsessed with "what gay people do".
Hopefully the Signorile show will rebroadcast this interview in it's entirety.
Developing. . .
Sheriff: Mac Holcomb 425 Blount Avenue Guntersville, AL 35976 Phone: (256) 582-2034 Fax: (256) 571-7774 Email: sheriff@marshallco.org I am proud to be an American and that I was fortunate enough to be born in Alabama. The state that has its motto "We dare defend our rights". I was raised in era, the 1940's as a child and the 1950's as a teenager, which I remember with great affection.During this era, love of God, family, and country abounded. Men were men and women were women and there was no mistaking which was which. Both were proud of their individual roles. Homosexuality was very queer and a despicable act… an abomination.
During this era, those parents that owned televisions didn't have to worry that their children might be subjected to filth on television such as nudity, the use of God's name in vain, and other profanity because it was unheard of. Parents could allow their children to go to a movie without having to screen it first because the good guy always wore the white hats. There was no question who the "Good Guy" was. Even the "Bad Guy" in the movie didn't use foul language. During this era our nation had a conscience including the television and movie industry.
Children's school days started with the recitation of the "Lord's Prayer" and the "Pledge of Allegiance" to the flag of the United States of America.
It was a shame to break the law. Convicts worked our roadways in unmistakable clothing (black and white prisoner uniforms that clearly identified them as convicts). Their rights were to be sentenced to jail at hard labor as retribution to the victims and their crimes.
The "Ten Commandments" were proudly displayed as a reminder that the real Commander in Chief and Final Judge is God and that this nation was founded on Judeo/Christian principal. Neighbors helped each other instead of jumping at the chance to file a lawsuit.
A man's word was his bond. My word and bond to you, the citizens of Marshall County, is to do my very best to devote all my energy to do my part to return our society to the values that we once held dear.
Please join me. I need your help. Our children deserve no less.
filed under: Bigots
January 01, 2005
Christian has posted much recently about Senator Gerald Allen from Alabama. It turns out the Minnesota version of Gerald Allen, Michele Bachmann also met with Bush recently - and talked about Bush's "economic agenda".
The strib finally published Kevin Duchschere's piece about Michele Bachmann. I was interviewed for the piece this fall. One of the photos (unfortunately not available online) had this caption: Bachmann and her daughters all tried to catch a bouquet thrown by the girls' dad afte the girls performed a wedding between a doll and a stuffed Dalmation toy...."
Now was this an opposite sex couple?
Republican Activist Sarah Janecek, Outfront Minnesota's Ann DeGroot and yours truly all got asked to comment.
Lightning rodBachmann's new leadership position may force her to become more of a team player, said Sarah Janecek, co-editor of Politics in Minnesota and a Republican activist. With her demands for a vote on the gay marriage amendment last session, Janecek said, Bachmann single-handedly ground the Senate to a halt.
"She's become a lightning rod because she's so unwilling to set aside her issues for the greater good," Janecek said.
Bachmann inspires as much distaste as praise, although even opponents acknowledge her skills. Few legislators have Web sites dedicated to their political demise, but Bachmann has at least two, including a "Dump Michele Bachmann" blog maintained by Eva Young, president of the state Log Cabin Republicans, a pro-gay-rights group.
"She's much more dangerous to gay people than someone like Arlon Lindner [a legislator, defeated in November, who made controversial comments about gays], because she's articulate and very good on TV," Young said.
Ann DeGroot, executive director of OutFront Minnesota, the state's largest gay advocacy group, calls Bachmann an extremist and her approach mean-spirited. "She sees [the marriage amendment] as loving, but we don't see it as loving or the role of government to tell anybody how to live their life," she said.
But DeGroot added that Bachmann is smart and persistent. "She's an effective woman. ... I wish she were working on our side."
Erik "Recall Hatch for not defending the Sodomy Law" Lipman also weighs in:
Bachmann certainly doesn't fit the caricature of a rigid ideologue, one of the labels often attached to her. She is smartly dressed and coifed, and disarmingly self-deprecating."What's frustrating to some and inspiring to others is that she puts the lie to the stereotype that folks who believe in traditional concepts of marriage or family are somehow politically Amish or ugly or hateful," said former GOP legislator Eric Lipman of Lake Elmo.
I'm not sure what Lipman means by "politically Amish". Bachmann is adept at tayloring her message to different audiences. She was interviewed by Lavender Magazine last summer, and came across as reasonable rather than rabid. If you listen to her on Olive Tree Ministries, she gives a whole different impression.
Lipman continues:
"She's a modern, successful, suburban woman in the mold of many of the people that she represents."
Really? Just listen to Bachmann talking to Jan Markell at Olive Tree Ministries about the need for the Bachmann constitutional amendment. This is a "ticking time bomb", that "there is a very real threat that an Activist Judge Strike down DOMA this year." "They are targetting our children... Then we will have sexual anarchy as the norm in the land."
Senate Majority Leader - and Lutheran Pastor, Dean Johnson disagrees with Lipman.
Senate DFL Majority Leader Dean Johnson said he suspects that Bachmann is using the gay marriage ban to solidify GOP support for a future run for higher office. On a recent visit to her district, he said, he detected little interest in the issue."I think Senator Bachmann's singing in a different choir and a different hymn than her constituents," he said.
Interestingly enough, Michele Bachmann was one of the Jimmy Carter Democrats who changed political party in the late 70s. Her law degree comes from the Bible-based Coburn Law School, an affiliate of Oral Roberts University.
At Winona State she also met Marcus Bachmann, a social work major who shared her growing interest in politics and who, like her, was a born-again Christian. They began dating while working on Democrat Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign, and later attended his inaugural.But Bachmann became disillusioned with Carter and the Democratic Party; the president wasn't strong enough on family issues, she thought, and the social progressive voices she heard at school seemed to clash with the words of the Founding Fathers.
Once, while on a train reading -- with growing dismay -- Gore Vidal's iconoclastic novel "1876," Bachmann said, she put down the book and asked herself, "Am I kind of going Republican?"
This ofcourse was when the Reagan campaign made the faustian deal to get support from the Leviticus Crowd in 1980.
Also rather interesting:
And she was one of 40 legislators from around the country recently honored at the White House for promoting President Bush's economic agenda.
I wonder if this was the same meeting with Bush that Senator Gerald Allen of Alabama attended. Allen, who has become notorious for introducing a bill to ban books that contain positive depictions of homosexuality ("Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "Picture of Dorian Gray") from Alabama school libraries and college libraries, described the meeting with President Bush as covering taxes.
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