After the passage by antigay Californians of antifamily Proposition 8, peaceful rallies for gay equality and the freedom to marry were held in more than 300 U.S. cities.
Religious rightists ignored the peace, unfortunately, and looked for excuses to portray themselves as victims of those who lost the freedom to marry.
Antigay activists pointed to one incident (on video), in which protesters in San Francisco’s Castro district pushed antigay “Christians” out of the neighborhood, accompanied by a heavy police escort. Antigay activists’ complaint: Castro homosexuals are intolerant and inhospitable to peaceful Christian believers.
Ex-gay advocate Warren Throckmorton was among those who pandered to religious-right victimology and baselessly alluded to gay violence. (Throckmorton did, in fairness, acknowledge the hard feelings of those who unsuccessfully defended California’s freedom to marry from people like Throckmorton.
As facts emerge, however, the fairy tale of innocent Christians and intolerant gay people is being not only refuted but reversed.
Joe.My.God has discovered that some of the “Christians” were actually Christian Dominionists belonging to “Joel’s Army.” Joel’s Army — led by Focus on the Family rally organizer Lou Engle — advocates that gay Americans be stoned to death and teaches a religious mandate to violently overthrow the U.S. government and the nation’s non-fundamentalist places of worship. After executing, incarcerating, and silencing millions of supposed infidels and seizing the nation’s churches and temples, these hateful egotistical zealots would replace the Constitution and representative democracy with their own fundamentalist reinterpretation of the Bible.
Given that information, it appears that the Castro crowd was more than hospitable in its efforts to chase away provocateurs who have vowed to kill gay people if given an opportunity.
Hat tip: Box Turtle Bulletin
“Homosexuals are intolerant and inhospitable to peaceful Christian believers”
That has GOT to be the funniest (not to mention LAMEST) arguement those anti-gays have ever come up with!
It’s not Christians that are being denied rights and excessively harrassed, abused, sometimes even beaten because they are are Christian.
If a “Christian” ever said something that stupid to me, I would just say, “How do YOU like it you jerk?”
PHOTOS Prop 8 Protest St. Louis, MO (11-15-08)
Thanks so much for posting this! I can’t believe how the media and the right have been twisting the truth of this and similar situations.
I’ve posted a slow motion video analysis on my blog of the “cross stomping” incident in palm springs if any of you care to see it (or repost here).
http://www.stopthemormons.com/?p=134
You don’t have a clue what you are talking about. Get your facts straight. Here is the real story from the person who lived it. http://tinyurl.com/6h6bfk
To commenter “Michael”: Joe.My.God already discussed your “real story” in the article that I linked to. The words of a woman who chose to march with violent theocrats and provocateurs are of somewhat dubious credibility.
I invite you to discuss the facts, Michael: What organizations were represented by the “Christian” provocateurs, what organizations sponsored the provocation, and what organizations recorded and sponsored the videos?
In other words, prove Joe.My.God’s findings to be incorrect. Don’t just dismiss facts that are inconvenient.
Just remember guys, the N-word is permitted along with “Go back to Africa” or “Go back to Mexico” chants; but under no circumstance harrass or make feel uncomfortable our actual enemies, Christians(unless they’re colored people of course, then it does not matter).
No, Jay, racist chants and scapegoating are not permissible here or elsewhere — and you’re hereby banned for suggesting that they should be.
This blog values constructive discussion and action toward equality and freedom in society, as well as reconciliation in families and communities that have been divided and damaged by the religious right. Your cynical promotion of racial and sexual conflict is not welcome here.
“the N-word is permitted along with “Go back to Africa” or “Go back to Mexico” chants”
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That’s just as silly as republicans and “christians” hollering out “GO BACK TO FRANCE!!” to all liberal-minded people and democrats.
Excuse me, but I’m not from France, have never been there, and quite frankly don’t want to be anywhere where the primary language isn’t English! LOL
And the “n-word” is horrible when used to describe anyone of color. It should only be used to describe the lowest forms of life in this country – and I promise you that majority is caucasian.