SpongeBob Activist Retires

After 33 years of leading the pro-family, anti-indecency group he founded, the Rev. Donald Wildmon has resigned for health reasons and left leadership of the American Family Association to his family, more specifically, his son Tim.

Like Focus on the Family, which sponsored the Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad, the American Family Association is an activist group. While you may not have heard of its founder or even its name, you’ve likely heard of its boycotts.

This is the group that speculated that the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants was “gay” and being used to promote acceptance of homosexuality.

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AFA Upset Over AAA “Family” Discount

Here we go again.  The anti-gay American Family Association, lead by the Religious Right nut job Donald E. Wildmon, (living proof that Satan is alive on earth and more than likely never finished the second grade) has his panties in a wad over the American Automobile Association’s decision to offer Gay & Lesbian couples a “family” membership.

On AFA’s website, they have an email form in place where anti-gay bigots can email AAA’s CEO to proclaim their displeasure with the organization for treating GLBT citizens as…well…citizens.  Below is the text of that email.

Dear Mr. Darbelnet:

My family and I are deeply shocked and saddened that AAA would alter its Family Membership policy to include recognizing homosexual couples as being “married.”

Thirty states have overwhelmingly voted to define marriage as being between one man and one woman.  Yet AAA is treating homosexual couples as if they are married.

My family and I ask you to immediately reverse this policy of recognizing homosexual couples as if they were “married.”

I will share your response with my family and friends.

“Deeply shocked and saddened.”I suppose Donny has failed to remember that certain states have ended marriage discrimination against Gay and Lesbian couples, and I suppose he also has failed to remember that many of those couples have children which make them…well…a family.

I think we should all send an email to AAA to let them know how pleased we are with their decision to treat LGBT families as citizens and thank them for taking a step in the right direction by not letting religious ideology that promotes hate, intolerance, bigotry and discrimination.

You can send a note of thanks to:

RDarbelnet@national.aaa.com

Or write a letter of thanks to:

Robert L. Darbelnet, CEO
AAA
1000 AAA Dr.
Heathrow, FL  32746

Or simply pick up the phone and call:

1-800-521-8124

Let’s do our part to assure AAA their efforts towards equality and inclusion are greatly appreciated!

When You Care to Send the Very Best

Hallmark Cards is gearing up its greeting card business for those who have “same-sex” couples and families on their mailing lists.

The greeting card giant says they are responding to changing consumer needs and demand by offering more cards for more occasions. They expect to start selling gay-friendly cards as early as this summer.

Last year, Hallmark created a wave of controversy by introducing its first congratulation cards for same-sex marriages and civil unions, and with the success of that line, Hallmark is now moving forward with a mass release of “LGBT friendly” greeting cards, meeting demands for the growing number of states that have ended marriage discrimination.

Looks like members of the AFA, won’t be drinking Pepsi, or sending their very best any more!

Weekend Rant: Donald Wildmon’s AFA – Tax the Hate!

Not that it is surprising, but Donald Wildmon’s anti-gay hate group of bigots are crying the blues over the Iowa court decision that a ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional. According to a post on One News Now,

Douglas Napier, senior counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, explains to OneNewsNow that the court overturned the state’s Defense of Marriage Act. “The Iowa marriage law was simple, settled, and overwhelming supported by Iowans for 170 years in the history of Iowa,” he notes. “There was simply no legitimate reason for this court to redefine marriage.”

“No legitimate reason.”   I see there is simply no legitimate reason for all the hate, intolerance and bigotry.  When are these idiots going to get it…oh, that’s right, they don’t want to get it.  The anti-gay movement is what funds the lavish lifestyles of these so called “Religious” leaders.  The only thing religious about them is their dedication to spreading their lies, fostering hate intolerance and bigotry for their own financial gain…religiously!

Just in case you didn’t know, which if you read my post, you probably do, Jerry Fawell, the founding father of the “Moral Majority”, which is neither, built his following, and his bank account, on preaching segregation just prior and during the Civil Rights Movement, other white and Southern tax-free groups followed.  Once preaching segregation was no longer PC, or a money maker, those same groups turned to fighting what they coined as the “Gay Agenda”.  They tapped into the fact that most of the white, conservatives of the South were undereducated and they used lies and scare tactics to raise millions of tax-free dollars and built multi-million dollar empires on hate of a minority group…the LGBT community.

It is a sad state of affairs, but yet it holds, that such groups, including Donald (living proof of Satan) Wildmon’s AFA, are still capitalizing on hate by spreading lies.

Even though the Iowa court did the right thing, because anyone with half an education knows that bigotry is not a commendable quality, and that being gay is NOT a choice, yet religious beliefs are, now is the time to step up.  We can not underestimate the power (and tax free dollars) of the under-educated bigots of such organizations.

Even though the Iowa court decided that LGBT people are part of the human race, we still face a great deal of opposition from those who “pray” upon those who fear (homophobes) by spreading lies that perpetuate hate.

This is a call for taxation.  Anyone in this country that promotes inequality should NOT be treated as tax-free entity.  Why should brandishing hate be an expense burden to this nation?

As much as I believe in freedom of speech, we also know you can’t yell fire in a movie theater because it endangers the lives of others.  That is exactly what groups like the AFA are doing…yelling fire in a movie theater.  What they say, claim, preach and manifest are lies.  Since when was lying and stealing the “Christian” way. It is time to shut them down!

Stealing? Yes stealing!  The AFA is stealing rights from those of us who pay taxes yet aren’t equal citizens.  The AFA, and similar groups are funding hate campaigns and doing it tax free.  The AFA is stealing your rights. They are stealing money from those who literally buy into their lies. They are stealing the very essence of what is is to be American!

This is a call to put an end to these hate mongers.  This is a call to SHUT DOWN THE AFA AND ALL THOSE GROUPS WHO SPREAD HATE AND DO IT TAX FREE!

This is a time for action.  Let’s keep the momentum moving forward.  Let’s not let the undereducated followers of these groups prevent tax paying, hard working, honest Americans from gaining equality.  Equality is our birth rite, there is NO room for compromise here.   If they (the AFA and the other hate groups) want a fight, let’s give it to them, because we have one thing on our side in truth, amd we all know truth wins out!

I would like to invite anyone from Donald (I am the devil) Wildmon’s hate group to a debate.  I know he and his followers are way too fearful to ever consider it, as they know they have nothing to back their horrific lies, but the offer is out there.  You may fear me, but I sure don’t fear you!  Bring it, and bring it while you can, because I sure plan on giving it to you!

Watch out AFA, James Hipps is coming for you!

A Time to Reflect: Are We Doing Oursleves Justice?

As most of our LGBTQ communities await the California Supreme Court’s decision on Prop 8, LGBTQ new sites and blogs have been full of stories, and comments, and discussions. In the meantime, stories about the repeal of DOMA, and terribly hideous stories of hate-crimes and beatings have been splashed across the blogs as well. stories about ENDA, the repeal of “DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL” has garnered it’s fair share, as has coverage of state-by-state coverage of the FOF and AFA and their attempts at defeating state measures that would enhance our basic human rights. Adoption rights, gay tax equality, LGBTQ parental-rights have all been prominently displayed in the news and covered by the plethora of LGBTQ blogs.

Read the rest at Steve Tabarez: Keeping it Real!

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