Despite the fact that young people overwhelmingly support LGBT rights — including marriage equality — and despite embarrassing results the last time it tried targeting youth (Raising up a community of young Latino “ethnic rebels” around support for marriage discrimination? Really?), the paradoxically-named National Organization for Marriage is continuing its efforts to sell toxic anti-LGBT bigotry to young people. Will Kohler of Back2Stonewall reports that NOM’s latest attempt comes in the form of a weekend youth conference sponsored by the Ruth Institute, NOM’s “education” arm:
The (ITAF) conference, is geared towards introducing students to prominent anti-gay activists in order to prepare them to defend “natural marriage.” (NOT“traditional marriage” but “natural marriage” ) so they will be prepared to fight at home and in their schools..
According to Kohler, the conference will take place from July 26-29 at the Skyline Wesleyan Church in La Mesa, California. Check out Kohler’s full article here for a complete list of the homophobes who will be indoctrinating youth presenting seminars at the event, including the Ruth Institute’s virulently anti-gay president, Jennifer Roback Morse (pictured above). It’s an all-star cast.
Oh, by the way: the host pastor, Jim Garlow, apparently pals around with the nuttier-than-a-fruitcake Glenn Beck! For some reason, I’m not all that surprised. . .
Oh, it’s “natural marriage” now is it? There’s very little monogamy in the natural world, except for birds. They should just call it “bird marriage”
“Natural Marriage”, whatever “think tank” thought that up should be fired.
WOW! These asshats are really getting desperate!
It sounds like boot-camp for bullies-in-training.