First there was SpongeBob
then Buster becomes
friends with a lesbian couple
Its enough to make a grown up God loving man want to
create a new cartoon for all the
little impressionable minds out there...
Now children, let me introduce Right-Wing Ralphie,
he's not gay you know, cause God doesn't like that
Take them away Ralphie!
2.07.2005
It's not so quiet now
American Groups funnel money to fight equal marriage!
The National Post reports on connections and close ties between Focus on the Family Canada and Focus on the Family US. The last two years available show up to 1.6 million dollars have been funneled into the Canadian branch from the US parent group.
Add to this the cost of Dobson's radio broadcast that aired on 130 Canadian radio stations. All the production was done in the United States in Dobson's studio. Expect to hear of many more examples of American money funding the fight against same-sex marriage in Canada.
"How much money are the Americans willing to spend to prevent Canada from passing same-sex marriage legislation? Appearntly money is no object."
Check out more on this from Voice in the Wilderness! Peace, order and good government, eh? and No More Shall I Roam . There's more still at True North.
Thanks to guy that sent me an email tipping me to today's National Post front page!
Protect the Charter, defend our right to marriage:
The National Post reports on connections and close ties between Focus on the Family Canada and Focus on the Family US. The last two years available show up to 1.6 million dollars have been funneled into the Canadian branch from the US parent group.
Add to this the cost of Dobson's radio broadcast that aired on 130 Canadian radio stations. All the production was done in the United States in Dobson's studio. Expect to hear of many more examples of American money funding the fight against same-sex marriage in Canada.
"How much money are the Americans willing to spend to prevent Canada from passing same-sex marriage legislation? Appearntly money is no object."
Check out more on this from Voice in the Wilderness! Peace, order and good government, eh? and No More Shall I Roam . There's more still at True North.
Thanks to guy that sent me an email tipping me to today's National Post front page!
Protect the Charter, defend our right to marriage:
| Equal Marriage | |||||
US religious groups quietly sending money to Canada
Powerful United States religious groups are quietly sending money and support to Canadian allies in the same-sex marriage fight says 580 CFRA - News Talk Radio
As suspected U.S. groups say they are prepared to spend whatever it takes to ensure same-sex marriage does not become legal north of the border.
The Knights of Columbus head office in the US just paid over $80,000 printing the two million postcards arriving at your local branch of the Catholic church in Canada.
The largest opponent of same-sex marriage in Canada remains Focus on the Family Canada, a branch office or Canadian affiliate of James Dobson's mega empire in the United States. Dobson's agency is under investigation in the United States for spending money endorsing George Bush in the Presidential election.
Dobson recently devoted his weekly radio program, broadcast on 130 Canadian radio stations encouraging listeners to call on their MP's to vote against same-sex marriage or face the consequences in the next election.
2.06.2005
Rebuttals to anti-gay arguments opposing gay marriage
Moron's.org have a number of helpful things going on for them. Here is a direct form of response for when you need it in a hurry to respond to that anti-gay ranter.
The canonical list of rebuttals to anti-gay arguments opposing gay marriage
The table of contents is set to easily retrieve the info you need right now. Try it out.
Table of Contents:
Homosexuality is a choice.
Homosexuality is just a behaviour! Behaviours don't have associated rights.
Marriage exists to support sexual reproduction. Gays can't reproduce!
The list goes on and on ... at Morons.org
The canonical list of rebuttals to anti-gay arguments opposing gay marriage
The table of contents is set to easily retrieve the info you need right now. Try it out.
Table of Contents:
Homosexuality is a choice.
Homosexuality is just a behaviour! Behaviours don't have associated rights.
Marriage exists to support sexual reproduction. Gays can't reproduce!
The list goes on and on ... at Morons.org
TYING THE KNOT
TYING THE KNOT
Don't miss this one.
Sunday February 6, 2005 at 10pm ET/PT CBC NewsWorld
Repeating Saturday February 12 at 10pm ET/PT
Tying the Knot
When a bank robber's bullet ends the life of Florida police officer Lois Marrero, her wife of 13 years, Mickie, discovers a police department willing to accept the women's relationship, but unwilling to release Lois's pension. When Sam, an Oklahoma rancher loses his husband of 25 years, cousins of his deceased spouse challenge his will and move to evict Sam from his home. As Mickie and Sam take up battle stations to defend their lives, Tying the Knot digs deeply into the meaning of marriage today. This eye-opening exploration of the embattled institution looks at rights, privilege and love as gay activists and right-wing politicos lock horns in the fight for marriage.
FILM WEBSITE: The original director's cut of this film will be released on DVD on May 2. Visit the film website for more details.
Don't miss this one.
Sunday February 6, 2005 at 10pm ET/PT CBC NewsWorld
Repeating Saturday February 12 at 10pm ET/PT
Tying the Knot
When a bank robber's bullet ends the life of Florida police officer Lois Marrero, her wife of 13 years, Mickie, discovers a police department willing to accept the women's relationship, but unwilling to release Lois's pension. When Sam, an Oklahoma rancher loses his husband of 25 years, cousins of his deceased spouse challenge his will and move to evict Sam from his home. As Mickie and Sam take up battle stations to defend their lives, Tying the Knot digs deeply into the meaning of marriage today. This eye-opening exploration of the embattled institution looks at rights, privilege and love as gay activists and right-wing politicos lock horns in the fight for marriage.
FILM WEBSITE: The original director's cut of this film will be released on DVD on May 2. Visit the film website for more details.
Monday Report - Rant of the week.
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Rick's Rant for this week
Monday Report is Canada's answer to the Daily Show.
Rick Mercer, unquestioningly the funniest man on Canadian TV
POLL - SpongeBob is no more gay than Harper?
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Bert and Ernie 10%
Tinky Winky 12%
Squidward 6%
Moe 7%
Mr. Garrison 10%
Stephen Harper 54
Check it out at The comedy network, where they take Harper serious! Vote and vote often!
Bert and Ernie 10%
Tinky Winky 12%
Squidward 6%
Moe 7%
Mr. Garrison 10%
Stephen Harper 54
Check it out at The comedy network, where they take Harper serious! Vote and vote often!
2.05.2005
Emails to Hell: Same-sex marriage cyber war
Christian effort intensifies against same-sex marriage
In the wake of Jim Prentice's announcement that he wil be supporting same-sex marriage the Christian Conservative right is into the last stages of desperation politics. To date this group has been effective in having MP's office inundated with emails and letters. Most often the emails are of the generic form in an effort to make it as easy as possible for devotees of a cause to send their views onto MPs.
Last week an MP from Quebec said he had received over 5000 emails, most of them opposed to same-sex marriage, he said however the emails were from outside Quebec. Only 5% of the emails received were from people in his riding and they were mostly in favour of the same-sex marriage.
Email campaigns can be effective, however one must be careful to think that the sheer numbers of emails reflect the sentiments of the population. One reason to consider this is that those people opposed to a particular action are more predisposed to react, taking some kind of action vs those that believe an action is the right course.
The most recent example of the "fraud" an email campaign can pull off was the Super Bowl "clothing malfunction" case last year. The broadcasting regulating authority received over a million emails complaining that the network showing the event allowed Janet Jackson's bare breast to be seen.
A media frenzy developed, hearings were held by congress and the networks were put on notice that this will not be tolerated. At the time lawmakers and the networks were of the impression that a ground swell of the American public was behind the influx of mails. Turns out the the ground swell was from the American Family Association, motivating its membership to email their objections, often to do it many times.
So as we hear about emails in the thousands reaching our MPs, MPs need to know most of them are from outside their riding, many from outside Canada as groups like Focus on the Family encourage members everywhere to send their views to Canadian MPs.
Focus on the Family Canada and other splinter groups will also be spending great gobs of money on advertising. Focus on the Family Canada with an annual budget in excess of $11 million dollars will be using upwards to $1 million in newspaper and TV ads, especially in ridings where the MP is undecided or they feel they can pressure an MP to change their position. This is on top of the $800,000 they spent prior to the last federal election.
No other group in Canada on either side of the same-sex marriage debate can match that kind of spending. Then again no group in Canada is affiliated with the deep pockets of James Dobson and the parent organization he founded 27 years ago, Focus on the Family.
In the wake of Jim Prentice's announcement that he wil be supporting same-sex marriage the Christian Conservative right is into the last stages of desperation politics. To date this group has been effective in having MP's office inundated with emails and letters. Most often the emails are of the generic form in an effort to make it as easy as possible for devotees of a cause to send their views onto MPs.
Last week an MP from Quebec said he had received over 5000 emails, most of them opposed to same-sex marriage, he said however the emails were from outside Quebec. Only 5% of the emails received were from people in his riding and they were mostly in favour of the same-sex marriage.
Email campaigns can be effective, however one must be careful to think that the sheer numbers of emails reflect the sentiments of the population. One reason to consider this is that those people opposed to a particular action are more predisposed to react, taking some kind of action vs those that believe an action is the right course.
The most recent example of the "fraud" an email campaign can pull off was the Super Bowl "clothing malfunction" case last year. The broadcasting regulating authority received over a million emails complaining that the network showing the event allowed Janet Jackson's bare breast to be seen.
A media frenzy developed, hearings were held by congress and the networks were put on notice that this will not be tolerated. At the time lawmakers and the networks were of the impression that a ground swell of the American public was behind the influx of mails. Turns out the the ground swell was from the American Family Association, motivating its membership to email their objections, often to do it many times.
So as we hear about emails in the thousands reaching our MPs, MPs need to know most of them are from outside their riding, many from outside Canada as groups like Focus on the Family encourage members everywhere to send their views to Canadian MPs.
Focus on the Family Canada and other splinter groups will also be spending great gobs of money on advertising. Focus on the Family Canada with an annual budget in excess of $11 million dollars will be using upwards to $1 million in newspaper and TV ads, especially in ridings where the MP is undecided or they feel they can pressure an MP to change their position. This is on top of the $800,000 they spent prior to the last federal election.
No other group in Canada on either side of the same-sex marriage debate can match that kind of spending. Then again no group in Canada is affiliated with the deep pockets of James Dobson and the parent organization he founded 27 years ago, Focus on the Family.
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