Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Fucked By Jesus Again?
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer
on Monday hinted that an executive order protecting “religious
freedom” was coming.
When asked by the Daily Signal
whether the rumored order was still in the offing, Spicer replied: “I
think we've discussed executive orders in the past, and for the most
part, we're not going to get into discussing what may or may not come
until we're ready to announce it. So, I'm sure as we move forward
we'll have something.”
Over the weekend, former Ohio Secretary
of State Ken Blackwell, a senior fellow at the Family Research
Council (FRC), a Christian conservative group opposed to LGBT rights,
told SiriusXM Progress' Michelangelo Signorile that the order was on
its way.
“In the final analysis, what we want
is an executive order that will meet the scrutiny of the judicial
process,” Blackwell
said. “If there is no executive order, that will disappoint social conservatives. But a good executive order will not. So
we're still in the process.”
Blackwell added that the “anchor
concept” of the order would be protecting opponents of marriage
equality.
“I think small business owners who
hold a religious belief that traditional marriage is between one man
and one woman should not have their religious liberty trampled upon,”
he said. “I would imagine that that will be, strongly and clearly,
the anchor concept.”
Last month, the White House downplayed
reports that President Donald Trump was considering signing such an
order.
Monday, February 27, 2017
Because Christians Feel Like They Are Missing Out On All The Fun
From Pink News:
Trump officials are still working on an anti-LGBT ‘religious freedom’ order despite denials, his former policy chief has said.
A draft executive order leaked from inside the White House last month that would actively permit religious discrimination against LGBT people.
The leaked order would protect people who discriminate based on “the belief that marriage is or should be recognised as the union of one man and one woman [or that] male and female refer to an individual’s immutable biological sex as objectively determined by anatomy at birth”.
It was reportedly benched after feuds within the administration, but a Trump advisor has confirmed plans are still on the table in the long term.
Ken Blackwell of the Family Research Council, who served on the Trump transition team as head of domestic policy, confirmed at the Republican CPAC conference that officials are “in the process of redrafting” the order so that it is less vulnerable to court challenges.
According to HuffPo, he said: “What we want is an executive order that will meet the scrutiny of the judicial process.
“If there is no religious liberty executive order, that will disappoint, but a good executive order will not. So we’re still in the process.”
Mr Blackwell said questions about its legality should be “the lawyers… who are in the process of redrafting it”.
“I think small business owners who hold a religious belief that believes that traditional marriage is between one man and one woman should not have their religious liberty trampled upon.
“I would imagine that that will be, strongly and clearly, the anchor concept [of the order].”
As competing factions within the Trump administration jockey for control of the Presidency, it is unclear who within the White House gave the green light on the original order – but it is remarkably similar to an anti-LGBT law signed by Pence while serving as Governor of Indiana.
The Supreme Court Bitch Slaps The Liberty Council And NOM's Lawyers
The Supreme Court last week rebuked
three anti-LGBT groups for misgendering Gavin Grimm, the transgender
teen at the center of the transgender bathroom access debate.
Grimm is the Gloucester High School
senior who is challenging his school district's policy that prohibits
transgender students such as himself from using the bathroom of their
choice. The Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments in the case
on March 28.
Three briefs in the case filed in
support of the school district – one filed by Liberty Counsel and
two filed by the National Organization for Marriage together with the
Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence – incorrectly used a female
pronoun to refer to Grimm in the their front page captions, altering
“his” to “her.”
Liberty Counsel confirmed that it had
not made a mistake.
“Gavin Grimm is a biological girl who
now says she subjectively 'identifies' as a 'boy,'” the group told
Slate.
In letters to the groups from the
Office of the Clerk, the court informed the groups that they had
violated Rule 34 of the Rules of the Supreme Court, which requires
that each brief “shall bear on its cover … the caption of the
case as appropriate in this Court.”
“Please ensure careful compliance
with this requirement in this and other cases in the future,” Clerk
Scott S. Harris wrote.
Slate
noted that these groups were “so eager to deny Grimm this basic
dignity that they intentionally flouted the rules of the Supreme
Court of the United States. It is difficult to imagine a justice
citing anything these groups' briefs say – even those who vote
against Grimm.”
Sunday, February 26, 2017
HRC Trolls Closeted Republicans At CPAC
The Human Rights Campaign paid for a brilliant Grindr ad during a Republican conference.
The
Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) brings together
Republicans from across the country, including closeted Trump
supporters.
So the Human Rights Campaign stuck this ad up on Grindr:
The ad references closeted gay men having discreet gay hook-ups in hotel rooms but spouting anti-gay rhetoric publicly.
Using targeted geo-location, the ad showed up at the bottom of the home screen as users logged on to the app.
President Trump stripped back protections for trans kids this week and the Republican party platform is infamously anti-gay.
One escort claimed to have made $16,000 over the course of the Convention.
So the Human Rights Campaign stuck this ad up on Grindr:
The ad references closeted gay men having discreet gay hook-ups in hotel rooms but spouting anti-gay rhetoric publicly.
Using targeted geo-location, the ad showed up at the bottom of the home screen as users logged on to the app.
President Trump stripped back protections for trans kids this week and the Republican party platform is infamously anti-gay.
Male escorts can’t keep up with the demand
At the Republican National Convention last year, reports indicated a huge boom in clients for male escorts.
‘Business has been way better. I’ve seen 10 clients so far,’ said one hustler to the New York Post.
‘Most of them were first-timers.
You could tell they were nervous, but once they became more comfortable, they seemed to be having a good time,’ he revealed.
‘Most of them were first-timers.
You could tell they were nervous, but once they became more comfortable, they seemed to be having a good time,’ he revealed.
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