Hate Mongers Gather at the Capitol Today
Shawn Dixon July 30th, 2007
If you want to see some of Kentucky’s most hateful people on display, look no further than a rally being held today at the state Capitol by the Family Foundation. Please don’t let the name fool you, the Family Foundation is anything but pro-family.
From the Courier Journal website:
The Lexington-based Family Foundation called the rally because it wants lawmakers to pass a bill that would block state government institutions - particularly the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky — from offering health benefits to domestic partners.
What makes the rally so disgusting is that their protest runs much deeper than even homophobia – it’s simply a pro-hate rally.
Of course I’ve come across people who, for one reason or another, think that homosexuality is immoral. I disagree, but fine. However, I don’t know any one of those people who would deny healthcare to another human being just because of their sexual orientation. That is exactly what the Family Foundation is advocating today.
Right here in America, nearly 18,000 people die every year simply because of a lack of healthcare coverage. With nearly 1 in 6 people in the country living without access to healthcare, we should all be rallying in favor of anything that helps cover more Americans. Anything less is simply unconscionable.
Shame on you Family Foundation. If only you would work half as hard for families as you did spreading hate, you might actually make a positive difference in our state.
- Family Foundation , Family Values , Health Care , Homophobia
- Comments(12)
I think we’re all pretty tired of the Jesusistan “family values” of unremitting hate, denigration of women, and bloodlust. “Mooch” McConnell and “Junket John” Boehner crassly pander to these hatreds. They have to, since the 6 years they were pre-eminent was an era of failure upon failure.
My mother, a devout Republican, had an encounter with the “Family Values” crowd not too long ago.
They mailed her several pamphlets because of her involvement with Rep politics here in Louisville, and when she contacted them about one the pamphlets they were very upset with her.
She had the audacity to question some their “facts” about homosexuality, my sister is gay, and the person to whom she was speaking said (to paraphrase); Since we already know where you live we can send someone by to speak to you and your family.
The woman then went on to tell my mother how many children she had, and some other personal information.
My mother took it as a veiled threat, and although she remains committed to the GOP she, along with many Republicans, is not too happy with the kowtowing to the Religious Fanatics.
I think long term it’s going to hurt the GOP as more and more people are turned off by these intolerant cretins.
Rep. Kathy Stein (Fayette) still holds the trump card on these hate mongers when she asked them, “What are you doing about the high divorce rate among married people?” To which there never is a response.
Amen, Eric. I don’t understand why religious people don’t understand themselves that the way to transform lives isn’t through legislation, it’s through living what you preach. Oh, that’s right: the latter is far harder than the former, isn’t it? These people will be the death (well, perhaps just the near-death) of organized religion in the nation. The younger generation isn’t buying their hate and their arrogance and their hypocrisy.
One must wonder by how much the so-called Family Foundation crowd would have been thinned today had the adulterers, fornicators, whoremongers and hypocritical closet queens been excluded. By a tithe? By a quarter? By half or more — much more?
That’s exactly right. I wonder if those people would ever consider banning healthcare coverage for anyone who has ever been divorced or is in their second marriage? Of course not, because this isn’t about principle, it’s about ignorance that they harness and turn to hate.
The title of “Family Foundation” is oxymoronic to the concept of banning access to health care for anyone.
After all, we all start off with and usually still have someone who is a member of our Family. My Family members who are gay are still loved by me. I mean, what kinda Family person would I be if I turned my back on them just because they have a sexual identity that’s different from my own? And since they’re my Family, I want them to have completely equal access to medical insurance for health care, and I want that for them and their own loved ones regardless of the sexual choices of any of them.
My God, they’re my Family, for Christ’s sake. What else am I supposed to do about this issue?
So, how can this political organization legitimately call themselves “The Family Foundation” when they’re so angrily against my Family, generous, kind, loyal, honest, caring, and hard-working, taxpaying, God-Fearing Americans Americans all?
You know, most of our family members aren’t chosen. They’re just there, and we love’em. That’s it. Not too much more calculation is required. So, if one or more of my family are gay, that’s largely irrelevant, in fact, completely irrelevant, and certainly so when asked if I think they should have access to health care. Hey, I even think of my In-Laws as family, regardless of their sexual orientation, too.
So what’s a family loving guy, maybe even some of whose family members are devout Christian people, to do when a bill like this one comes along?
Love your Family, of course, and do everything you can to defeat any Bill that restricts your Family’s hope for medical treatment. Anyway, you likely do have a member of your Family, especially extended family, that’s gay.
So tell me, how does this blatant political organization of Little Christoes get to represent that they are the end-all and be-all of right-living for Families, and yet Work to stop my own Family, not to mention their own, from proper access to health insurance?
Their name is the exact opposite of their action that would stop health insurance for Families. Holler Boy.
The expressions of fairness on the issue are well stated and thoughtful. I wonder if some legislators are taking a stand against this issue, because of MONEY?
There has been, since the continuous media exposure about HIV, a steady “push back” by the larger insurance companies to make it as difficult as possible to qualify for health insurance.
Yet, Congress makes it easy for major pharmacy corporations to ship HIV treatment medication world wide and make huge profits.
“What makes the rally so disgusting is that their protest runs much deeper than even homophobia – it’s simply a pro-hate rally.”
Wow, homophobia. What a misnomer. I guess if I believe stealing is wrong, that would make me a kleptophobic.
What’s the flaw in your logic, Joel? It’s that the fairy tales that you believe have any bearing on what’s right and what’s wrong. The rest of us shouldn’t have to live our lives according to literal interpretations of what nutters like you consider to be the will of God. About 4 billion people on this planet don’t believe it in the first place, and a good number of the 2 billion Christians don’t, either. So, take your fundamentalist Christianity and stick it where it belongs: in your fundamentalist church. Don’t bring the ugly thing out again.
Let’s be honest DigMe. It’s really not about that anyway. The Intelligent Design movement advocates theistic evolution and many atheists are still against it. My question as always been, in regards to naturalism, is - if it all just happened by chance (referring to the perfect order of the universe)then how did it all start? If you can answer that, you’ve come a long way in making me change my mind.If not, then how is that different then accusing people of believing in a God that they can’t see?
People don’t believe in those “fairy tales” because they can’t get past the “fairy tale” of philosophical naturalism. Many amazing things about the Bible are easily dismissed by people because of their preconceived views of naturalism and their determined attitude not to look at them objectively.I could go into a few examples, but like I said, this isn’t the place and probably many people here are not interested.
Also, regarding your comment on 4 billion people on the planet not believing, I’m sure that true. However, a majority of people on the planet aren’t atheists either, so what’s your point? Having a majority/minority of people on the planet believe something or not doesn’t change the truth of that thing anyway. Also, the 2 billion Christians, you speak of,who don’t believe the Bible are simply wrong. You can’t deny the source of what you say you follow. It doesn’t make sense for me to say that I follow the teachings of Jesus or his revealed word, and then to turn around and deny some of those teachings. It’s inconsistent.
You tell us not to force our beliefs on you. Well, I respectfully ask that you not do the same either.
Joel, I think DigME’s point was, why in the hell should any of us care what the f’ing bible says in regards to government? He doesn’t have answer “where it all started” because that’s not a question that government concerns itself with. That’s what religion is for. That’s why it exists. Government does its own thing. Please stop mixing your childish religion in the government that the rest of us have to live with. The former is a bunch of mumbo-jumbo, the latter directly effects the lives of every person in the nation.