As noted in prior posts, the religious extremists at The Family Foundation ("TFF") are most unhappy that their anti-gay Marshall-Newman Amendment has been struck down. In addition to making insulting remarks about Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen - who is black, and therefore not a "real American" or credible jurist to the Kool-Aid drinkers at TFF circles - Victoria Cobb and her minions are encouraging their cretinous followers to launch a letter writing campaign to give the appearance that a majority of Virginians support TFF's religious based bigotry. The hate group even has set out "talking points" for its ignorant followers to use on its blog. Amazingly, some of the comments are great (and haven't been deleted as yet) and eviscerate the bull shit that is the norm for TFF. My favorite comments are these:
JIM SMITH: Don’t bother.
* One federal judge should not disenfranchise the votes of more than one million Virginians. – Actually, that is precisely the role of the judge in our democracy – to ensure that the rights of minorities are protected from mob majorities.
*The state’s only primary interest in marriage has always been the well-being of children, not the love-lives of adults. – Wrong. Marriage is civil recognition of the relationship of two consenting adults who may or may not have children.
* Social science proves that children do best in a home with a mom and a dad. – Wrong. Research indicates that children of gay couples do as well or better as children of heterosexual couples.
* Judge Wright-Allen has politicized her decision by rushing it out the night before Valentine’s Day. – Fabulous!
* The decision by the judge on the issue of marriage is not based on any of the facts of the case, any of the evidence presented in hearings, or any of the truth surrounding the state’s interest in marriage. – Wrong. Read the case. The judge refuted all the junk science presented by the defendants and relied on the accepted conclusions of professional organizations.
* This decision will open the door for polygamy and other forms of “marriage” which will continue to degrade the God-ordained institution of marriage. – Marriage doesn’t belong to ‘god’ or any religion. It’s a civil matter.
* Freedom of religion and speech are already being threatened in states that have recognized same-sex “marriage.” Wrong. Religious freedom does not trump civil rights. Don’t like gay marriage? Don’t marry someone of your sex. Beyond that you’re overstepping.
* Attorney General Mark Herring took the unprecedented step of siding with the plaintiffs in this case against the Virginia Constitution he took an oath to uphold – which was precisely the right thing to do.
Face it. Gay marriage bans are falling like dominos nationwide as reasonable folks are coming around to the conclusion that unconstitutional discrimination is best left to history.
And another- M MIRABELLE:
The Family Foundation needs new legal council. No majority can vote away equal treatment and protection under the law. Same as no majority can vote away your right to own a gun or practice free speech or assemble or practice your faith.
It’s baffling why TFF keeps harping on this, mistakenly complaining that the judicial review process subverts the will of the people. When TFF misrepresents the legal process, what TFF is actually doing is dumbing-down their constituents, misinforming their supporters. TFF actually trains their supporters to be legally illiterate. Then their supporters go out into the public running their mouths about things they’ve been mis-taught by TFF and they wind up looking like buffoons, doing nothing to advance TFF policy ideas. In fact, the public buffoonery and ill-informed behavior of these folks is a big part of what drives the public to increasingly support gay marriage.
Come on, TFF! Start working on some coherent, cogent legal reasons why gay marriage should be banned, and start sharing these with your people. Calling the judge names and accusing her of using Valentines Day for political maneuvering is really grasping at straws. Really, really, really grasping at straws.
So is that all you’ve got? . . . .. what will TFF leadership say – that they took everybody’s donation money and produced a short-lived, fatally-flawed, illegal statute . . . . . ?
These comments will, of course go right over the heads of the morons who slavishly listen to TFF for marching orders and likely get their news from Fox News, a/k/a Faux News, and pastors in pulpits trying to fleece them by telling that they will go to Hell if they do not tithe. Far right religion is a real racket that seeks to allow folks like Victoria Cobb to live comfortably while disseminating hate and falsehoods. These people feign piety but in truth they are nothing more than con-artists. Would that the sheeple in the pews would figure this out.
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