Category: Famliy “values” organizations
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You Know You’re in Trouble When Alan Keyes is Your Hero
I’m sad I missed the “Values Voters Presidential Debate”, but I’m not alone. All the first-tier presidential candidates skipped it as well. The big winner was apparently Mike Huckabee according to the World Nut Daily, he apparently was the most hateful of them all. But the nuts are clearly upset at being snubbed by the…
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Crank Science Alert
Box Turtle Bulletin has been tracking the latest ex-gay study that purports to show a 30-50% efficacy in making homosexuals into heterosexuals through the Exodus ex-gay ministry. Initial problems with the study which went to a Christian publisher rather than peer review – the authors Stanton L. Jones and Mark Yarhouse (of Regent University have…
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Bad news for lying “Family Values” associations
One of the problems with denialists is that they simply can’t accept that science doesn’t conform to their ideology. For instance, it’s not enough to just be morally opposed to abortion, the anti-choice organizations have to misrepresent risks of the procedure, including promoting the false link (NCI) between abortion and breast cancer. Recently, Talk to…
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Who’s Afraid of Gay Incestuous Monkey Sex?
Sociologists are. Or so says Inside Higher Ed. Sociologists — especially those who study sexuality — have for years done research that was considered controversial or troublesome by politicians or deans. Many scholars are proud of following their research ideas where they lead — whatever others may think. But at a session Monday at the…
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Congressional Bigotry
What is it about “family” organizations and bigotry? That’s some definition of family they’ve got there. The latest comes courtesy of the American Family News Network, and features the lovely hate of Congressman Bill Sali. “We have not only a Hindu prayer being offered in the Senate, we have a Muslim member of the House…
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FRC wants gays out of baseball, mom’s apple pie
Sounds dirty doesn’t it? But the homobigot fake family values group, the Family Research Council, is dead serious about keeping teh gays out of baseball games. This past Sunday, at the San Diego Padres baseball game, what was advertised as a “Free Floppy Hat Night” for kids under 14 turned out to be a double…
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Family Research Council endorses Homobigot Surgeon General
Bible Belt Blogger brings us this excerpt from the Family Research Council’s “Dear Praying Friends” letter: Surgeon General Nominee under Fire – Dr. James Holsinger, President Bush’s nominee for Surgeon General, has been harshly condemned by pro-homosexual activists for a 1991 paper he wrote for the Methodist Church describing male gay sex as unnatural and…
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Good and bad signs from the Chronicle
The San Francisco Chronicle wrote this article Monday on a recent effort to encourage gay and lesbian couples in San Francisco to foster children. The problem? They uncritically cited Paul Cameron and his bogus research which is just self-published bigotry and hatred, with no scientific validity. But there are signs of hope…
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Who are the denialists? (Part II)
What kind of family value is lying? That’s the foremost question in my mind when I consider the family values organizations that use false research, lies and denialism to justify their agenda of disparaging contraception, sex education, homosexuality, and exaggerating the dangers of abortion. In light of Falwell’s death, I thought it would be appropriate…