Have a Happy Homophobic Christmas: I wish I were kidding....

Conservatives are so openly homophobic that the scene below is a bragging point to the cackling conservative talker, Vicki McKenna:

Back in 2012, I wrote this:

Did you know that businesses have constitutional rights that gay Americans don't? It's true:

NY Times: "We heard about the protests against Chick-Fil-A, so we came over to support the rights of small business owners and the rights of business owners to say what they believe," said Keith Chillquist. "There's this thing called the Constitution, and Democrats try and take it and do whatever they want with it but we think that's wrong." 

GOP Bigots, Blasted by Big Business for Arizona "License to Discriminate" Bill, now Changed their Minds.

It wasn't that the "discriminated against gays" bill looked bad and bigoted, no, that wouldn't have been enough to force the manic GOP backtracking. What turned things around for the GOP was the unintended consequence of pissing off their big business base of supporters. The NFL, Apple, Marriott, Delta Airlines, Intel....not happy!

As the Washington Post's Harold Meyerson put it:

"As patriotism can be the last refuge of scoundrels, so religion can be the last refuge of bigots."

The very idea of giving business owners a chance to discriminate based on their religious beliefs is mind boggling.
My question now to my homophobic Republican friends trying to backtrack; what about your principles? Here's a compilation of clips showing Americans the control business has on Republicans, and how this ridiculously hateful bill has actually spread nationwide.

HRC: With the passage of SB 1062, the “License to Discriminate” bill in Arizona, opposition to the bill has been growing. Many businesses and organizations in Arizona understand that this bill does more that it says it would. It would allow any individual, corporation, institution, or business organization may be permitted to refuse services to LGBT people on the basis of religious freedom.

Businesses across Arizona are contacting Governor Brewer and letting Arizonans know that they are “Open for Business to Everyone!”

Walker chose Homophobic and Racist Staff then and Now!!!

MSNBC's Chris Hayes hit on the real revelation of the newly released stack of emails. Hayes points out "the shear jaw dropping offensiveness" of a few of those emails.

Hayes: "What kind of work environment exactly would it be all okay to get this in your inbox and then forward it to an unspecified amount of coworkers and subordinates...but think about the kind of work environment in which a chief of staff sends this kind of email to his subordinates. An email that is explicitly homophobic, racist, antisemitic and offensive in every way possible? ... These are the thoughts people who are in charge of things like, oh I don't know, running the states welfare system." 

He nailed it. But the press here is about to move on because, as they claim, the state is already firmly divided, so no one wins, no one loses. Really? Or are they just a little too lazy to ask Walker why he likes these people?



Cap Times reporter Jack Craver said this about his current staff on WKOW's Capitol City Sunday (9 am):

Gay Pride Parade in Wausau? Bigoted Fringe group, Wisconsin Family Voice’s President Julaine Appling, would deny Constitutional freedoms if she could for Backers.

Did you ever get the feeling the biggest defenders of the constitution are the ones over compensating for their lack of belief in it? Follow your gut on this one.

The only thing missing is a KKK like uniform for these authoritarian bigoted religious zealots. Of course they have every right, every freedom, to show the ugliest side of human nature. They are also carrying on an old tradition of using Christianity to prosecute and destroy people’s lives.

Grand Inquisitor Julaine Appling continues to spread her disease to every part of Wisconsin:

Wausau's plans to host its first gay pride parade are sparking complaints from a conservative family group, as well as at least one city alderman.

The plans were announced in the spring … a city committee in April signed off on a permit for the June 22 parade, and gay groups in the region said they planned to participate.

That didn't sit well with Wisconsin Family Voice, whose president, Julaine Appling, said last month in a blog post that pride parades are "nothing more than a display of immorality and propaganda."

Appling is such a good Christian role model. WAOW takes a look at the homophobe rantings of Ald. David Nutting: 

Ald. David Nutting echoed those sentiments Tuesday when he said at a City Council meeting that the parade is inappropriate and shouldn't be hosted, WAOW-TV reported.

"I ask that all residents stay away from the parade, or if you do go, stand with your back to the parade of deviant behaving individuals," Nutting said at the meeting.

County Board Member Jim Rosenberg, a former City Council president, called such a reaction "a big mistake.""We should be a big enough community to embrace all of the people that want to be a part of it, and that includes people that are gay," Rosenberg told the TV station.

The Raving lunacy of Tennessee Republican State Sen. Stacey Campfield

If Republicans want to open the “mentally ill” can of worms regarding firearms, than let’s start by keeping guns away from the deeply homophobic sicko in Tennessee, State Sen. Stacey Campfield.

There’s no question this guy is a hair trigger away from trying to shoot us out of the gay epidemic he thinks is such an urgent safety issue.

If I've got this right, Republicans would make it much easier to commit a sick son-of-a-bitch like this for gun safety. Check out his other folly referenced in the picture. People really voted for this fuck:

Opposing Views: Sen. Stacey Campfield’s proposed bill mandates that a school counselor, nurse or principal inform parents if their children's "circumstances present immediate and urgent safety issues involving human sexuality."

This new proposal comes on the heels of Campfield’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, a measure he introduced last year that would have banned the teaching of gay issues in elementary and middle schools.

(He) received this letter from one of his concerned constituents: "I am appalled at your thought of [the bill] and how it will protect children. I [used] to be proud to call Tennessee my home but after this I am not so sure. Your mind set is pathetic as well as this bill. Imagine, if you have kids and one was gay, how this bill would affect them and you."

The Senator wrote back: "You seem to have some serious, deep anger issues. Have you ever thought about therapy? I hear they are doing some wonderful things with medications these days. Yours in service, Sen. Stacey Campfield."

Chick-fil-A customers: "It's like seeing someone coming out of a porn shop all sweaty, with a box of goodies. Yuck."-me

Does the Constitution protect bigots from looking like lousy Americans? Nope. Hate and seething homophobia may produce long lines at Chick-fil-A, but it's bad PR, and makes every customer look grotesque.

It’s like seeing someone coming out of a porn shop all sweaty, with a box of goodies. Yuck.  Here's what you'd expect to see from the Fox News coverage:

An Op-Ed in the NY Times by Steve Salbu, who says he’s gay, supports Dan Cathy’s right to be a big business bigot. Don’t you love tolerance? But tolerance is the weapon of the right, because it’s an invitation to push the envelope with little or no blowback. I’m thinking “tea party.”

When Republicans target Planned Parenthoods, is it big government discrimination? They’ve even threatened boycotts of businesses that ban firearms. But ASKING Chick-fil-A to go away because they’re homophobic losers? That’s going too far?

(What was) troubling was that officials in a number of cities expressed not only their ire but also their desire to keep Chick-fil-A out of their towns. In Boston, Mayor Thomas Menino urged Chick-fil-A not to open a restaurant, explaining to The Boston Herald: “You can’t have a business in the city of Boston that discriminates against a population.” In Philadelphia, the City Council member James Kenney wrote to Mr. Cathy, instructing him to “take a hike and take your intolerance with you.” A Chicago alderman opposed the opening of a new Chick-fil-A restaurant in his ward. And Speaker Christine Quinn of the New York City Council endorsed a movement by students at New York University who are pushing for the removal of Chick-fil-A from the school’s campus.

As a gay man, I’m disheartened. A society that truly believes in individual freedom will respect Mr. Cathy’s right to his views. Those who disagree with him are free to boycott Chick-fil-A in protest. But if our elected officials run Chick-fil-A out of town, they are effectively voting for all of us, regardless of our respective beliefs, and eliminating our individual freedoms. And freedom, after all, is at the heart of the controversy over same-sex marriage.

We made this happen, by never showing outrage over bigoted comments like those from Dan Cathy. Cathy’s religious freedom allows him to vilify and belittle others who have the same First Amendment rights as he does, but unfortunately for them, aren’t allowed to enjoy them.

Yet the comments above were opinions, and not a governmental efforts to stop the chain from opening their rancid sandwich shops. It'shard to disagree with any of the viewpoints:

In a statement to FoxNews.com, Sarah Hamilton, a spokeswoman for Emanuel, said that the mayor said that Cathy did not share Chicago’s values. “He did not say that he would block or play any role in the company opening a new restaurant here,” Hamilton said in a statement to FoxNews.com. “If they meet all the usual requirements, then they can open their restaurant, but their values aren't reflective of our city.”

And in a letter Philadelphia City Councilman James Kenney wrote a letter to Cathy criticizing him for his comments. "As an American you are legally entitled to your opinion, regardless of how insensitive and intolerant it may be, but as a fellow American and an elected member of Philadelphia City Council; I am entitled to express my opinion as well," Kenney wrote. "So please – take a hike and take your intolerance with you. There is no place for this type of hate in our great City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection."

Did you know that businesses have constitutional rights that gay Americans don't? It's true:

"We heard about the protests against Chick-Fil-A, so we came over to support the rights of small business owners and the rights of business owners to say what they believe," said Keith Chillquist. "There's this thing called the Constitution, and Democrats try and take it and do whatever they want with it but we think that's wrong." 

We did nothing to it but object, but the authoritarian nature of conservatives won't stand for our free speech rights. And just to make sure enough people showed up, free gift cards from a right wing fringe group:  

The Wisconsin Family Council purchased 300 $5 gift cards as a "thank you" to those stopping at the restaurant to eat. Julaine Appling, president of the group, said with the turnout so much greater than anticipated, they had to buy more gift cards to try and keep up.

What a con.

Chick-fil-A boycott has nothing to do with Free Speech, everything to do with Bigotry, Homophobics.

I don’t get the free speech crap these whack-a-do’s profess to be supporting when they go out and buy their chicken sandwiches for gay bashing.

The boycott against Chick-fil-A is the ultimate in free speech, and the owners of the chain have every right to freely and publicly hate gay people. Their religious freedom is also on full display, using God to support their ignorance, intolerance and bigotry.

The gay community and their supporters are free to boycott and not encourage bigoted businesses.

But Racine’s homophobic losers turned out in force, and weren’t afraid to parade their petting hatred in public. See the picture, and remember the faces.

jsonline: Hundreds of people participating in a national effort to support the fast food chain Chick-fil-A are gathered at its only Wisconsin restaurant, in Racine's Regency Mall, Wednesday. Wisconsin Family Council is handing out 200 to 300 gift cards of appreciation at Chick-fil-A as part of the show of support.

Free food...no wonder so many turned out.

Chick-fil-A has been at the center of a nationwide controversy because Dan Cathy, president of the chain has been public about his opposition to gay marriage - and to political efforts to recognize same-sex marriages.

Customers are saying they are not affiliated with any specific group - some say they're here to show their support for the company's view on gay marriage, younger customers say they are here to in support of free speech. 

This show of chicken sandwich strength isn't in support of free speech, it's in support of bigotry.