One of the things initially missed in the so-called "Marriage Pledge" that the toxic National Organization for Marriage ("NOM") wants politicians to endorse is the establishment of a "presidential commission to investigate harassment of traditional marriage supporters." That's right - the organization that puts out constant lies and untruths about LGBT Americans and their families is playing the victim yet again. NOM's hypocrisy truly knows no limits. If any commission is needed it's one that would investigate organizations like NOM and its Christianist allies and put them out of business. Or at least revoke the tax-exempt status of all such groups. As I've said many times before, Maggie Gallagher and Brian Brown make the most tawdry whores look virtuous in comparison to themselves. Alvin McEwen looks at this batshitery from NOM:
While there is a lot of noise being made over the National Organization for Marriage's pledge to supposedly "protect marriage," a passage in that pledge is escaping some much deserved scrutiny. Amongst other things, those presidential candidates who signed the pledge, should they get elected to the presidency, has promised to: Appoint a presidential commission to investigate harassment of traditional marriage supporters.
First of all, who would be on this committee? Maggie Gallagher, Brian Brown? Or how about Peter Sprigg or Tony Perkins? Or even worse, Matt Barber? I would say Peter LaBarbera but even I'm not that crazy.
And just what would they investigate or rather how would they investigate certain matters? Remember during the Clinton Administration, how investigations of Whitewater "magically" pivoted to other matters having absolutely nothing to do with legal matters but more about Clinton's personal life?
Whose to say that this "commission" wouldn't turn into a fishing expedition determined to undermine and destroy pro-gay organizations? And I haven't even mention bloggers. Imagine being called before a committee and forced to give personal testimony about some false claim (which will no doubt be played up heavily by Fox News, conservative bloggers, and religious right groups) simply because you published a fact as to how religious right groups lie.
No doubt, a list of pro-gay organizations and bloggers to be "investigated" is already forming in the minds of NOM and its allies.
The gay community would do well for itself to lose its jaded pose and get itself into the game of the 2012 election. We already seem to have a huge target on our back this election cycle - as unfortunately we always do every election cycle - so it seems to me that the best thing to do is to stop griping about being targets and start establishing a few targets ourselves.
Alvin has a point. I know some theocratic far right elements - e.g., The Family Foundation - follow this blog and they do not exactly hold me in high regard since I tell the truth about them while they lie about LGBT citizens. On the positive side, since I've tightened the requirement to leave comments on this blog I've stopped receiving death threats - all from "loving Christians," of course.
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