Monday, October 3, 2011
Via JMG: ILLINOIS: Tea Party Marriage Defender Busted For Soliciting Prostitute
Last year when the news broke that Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) had cheated on his wife, Chicago Tea Party president Steve Stevlic went on a Twitter-fueled crusade to denounce the congressman for destroying the sanctity of his marriage. You all KNOW what comes next, right? TeaCon was supposed to be the culmination of all the work that Chicago Tea Party Director Stevan Stevlic put into building the party. But Stevlic, of Cicero, ended up skipping the event Saturday after news broke about his arrest for soliciting a prostitute more than a year ago. Stevan Stevlic, then 36, was arrested June 25, 2010, in the 1600 block of South Kilbourn for misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution, a police source confirmed to the Sun-Times Saturday. The arrest was first reported on the website Gawker, which said the charges were dropped after Stevlic agreed to participate in a rehab program.Stevlic has now locked his Twitter feed so nobody can screencap all that moral outrage directed at Rep. Jackson. (Tipped by JMG reader Rich)
Via JMG: Rachel Maddow Vs. Bryan Fischer
As I've noted here many times, most of the major GOP presidential candidates will appear at this year's Values Voter Summit, an event put on by the Family Research Council, an SPLC-certified hate group. Last week it was learned that American Family Association spokesbigot Bryan Fischer will immediately follow Mitt Romney on the convention's stage. In the clip below, Rachel Maddow picks up the story.
Start the clip at 3:00.
Labels: AFA, Bryan Fischer, Family Reseach Council, GOP, hate groups, Mitt Romney, Values Voters Summit
reposted from Joe
Via JMG: SCOTUS: Humanitarian Faith Groups Can Discriminate In Hiring Practices
The Supreme Court today refused to hear the appeal of a lower court's ruling that faith-based humanitarian organizations may legally refuse to hire those outside of their religion. The suit had been brought on behalf of several former employees of the massive Virgina-based evangelical group World Vision.
In August, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that World Vision could legally discriminate in hiring based on religious affiliation. The court, upholding a lower court ruling on a discrimination suit, said World Vision qualifies as a faith-based humanitarian organization and is exempt from the Civil Rights Act. The U.S. Supreme Court Monday affirmed that appeals court decision by refusing to hear the case. “Our Christian faith has been the foundation of our work since the organization was established in 1950, and our hiring policy is vital to the integrity of our mission to serve the poor as followers of Jesus Christ,” said Richard Stearns, World Vision U.S. president, in a statement.World Vision is an international relief agency with annual donations of over $2 billion. They have been accused of deceptive practices regarding their aid to poor children in foreign countries.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Via Pedantic Political Ponderings:
Praise: President Obama at the Human Rights Commission last night
Last night, President Obama spoke at the Human Rights Commission. The video begins with a speech by outgoing head of the HRC Joe Solmonese. Mr. Obama begins to speak at about 9:55 into the video.
Here are a few lines that caught my ear:
Every single American: gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, every single American deserves to be treated equally in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of our society. It's a pretty simple proposition.
The President is, of course, correct. Equality is called for in the Founding Documents of the United States of America. It is a simple concept, but will not be a simple achievement.
The President went on to enumerate his important achievements on that path to full equality
- The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Law
- Executive Order that hospitals that accept Medicare must allow same gender partners as visitors
- Lifting of the HIV travel ban
- Comprehensive National Strategy to fight HIV/AIDS
- Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT)
Via AmericaBlogGay: Obama castigates GOP prez candidates: Commander in Chief must support gay troops
The highlight of the President's speech at the Human Rights Campaign's annual dinner was his sharp rebuke of the GOP presidential candidates for refusing to say a word while several members of the audience at the last debate booed a gay soldier. Here's that snippet, from Igor Volsky of ThinkProgress:
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Via AmericaBlogGay: DOD memos: Marriages can happen on ANY base
The Washington Post and a few other media outlets got the story wrong. The marriages are not only allowed on bases in states that permit gay marriage, contrary to what the Post reported. The marriages are permitted on any base anywhere, provided that state law doesn't prohibit the marriages taking place on a base, and no state law prohibits that anyway. State law simply says, in some states, that the state won't recognize a gay marriage - they do not prohibit men and women of the cloth from conducting such marriages, and don't prohibit them from happening on a military base. So, yes, these can happen at any base in the country. This is good.
Christianity and Marriage
If Christianity shouldn't be a basis to argue against interracial marriage, then why should Christianity be a basis to argue against same-sex marriage?
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