Here’s an interesting group that may actually give WyWatch a run for its money as far as preaching a message of hate and intolerance; let me introduce you to the Minnesota Family Council. I took this from their website;
Minnesota Family Council (MFC) is a non-partisan, grassroots, Christian organization dedicated to strengthening the family – the bedrock of society – by advancing foundational biblical principles in churches, the media, government, and the public square throughout the state of Minnesota. We mobilize Christians to transform Minnesota’s culture so that it cherishes life, affirms religious liberty, and preserves marriage and the family.
Mmmmm…. Sounds tasty! Yes Please! May I have some!
This obviously doesn’t sound like my kind of group, but it does sound eerily familiar to what all our friends at WyWatch are about.
Here are a couple of statements from the leadership at MFC, “LGTB youth commit suicide because they live an unhealthy lifestyle.” This little morsel is from Tom Prichard MFC’s president. He went on to say Gay Straight Alliances are “sad and harmful to students as they promote homosexuality.” And he wrapped up his brilliant comments by saying, Matthew Shepard’s murder wasn’t a hate crime, and that his death “served an important ideological purpose for homosexual activists.”
This group sends its members to the Minnesota Capital to lobby against anti bullying bills. They claim that anti bullying legislation is promoting a homosexual agenda in America’s schools. They actually blame supporters of gay rights for school bullying saying that they “are the ones that are contributing to an atmosphere that can even increase bullying as more kids get into this kind of lifestyle” and that “homosexual behavior is one of the most hazardous behaviors that kids could get into and start practicing.”
The MFC’s Barb Anderson told anti-gay activist Peter Labarbera that “the greatest threat to our freedom and to the health and well-being of our children is from this radical homosexual agenda which is just so pervasive” and that she considers it “a badge of honor to be called a hate group.”
These kind of intolerant radicals scare me. Here again we have a group promoting hate and doing it in the name of Jesus Christ. I always want to ask them “Is Jesus going to judge me for loving, or is he going to judge you for hating?”
Anyway, they are having their annual dinner in May and guess who the two keynote speakers are going to be; none other than Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachmann, two probable presidential candidates in 2012. The two are speaking on “vigorously defending our God-given freedoms in our communities, schools, at the Capitol and the ballot box.” They hope to “rediscover god and the vital role of faith and family in our American freedoms.”
Where can I get my tickets?? Who wants to join me? What an impressive day in American politics!
Jeran
Jeran:
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to pass on the dinner, as will many moderate and progressive Minnesotans. Newt and Michelle have to keep catering to this right-wing fundie base or they won't have any support at all.