Today we’re taking a look at Texas hate preacher Johnathan Shelley. He’s been keeping busy laughing about slur words and storming local council meetings to rant about gay people. What a delight. TW for homophobia on the highest level.
I am going to highlight a few passages, but the main point to be made is that according to these people the US is already a Christian theocracy where the rules of the bible they want followed are to be what the laws of the nation are based one. Also notice the slur and accusation that the gays target children is baked into their narritive. Scary. Hugs
COLUMBUS, OH — APRIL 23: J.D. Vance, candidate for the U.S. Senate speaks at the Save America Rally featuring the former President Donald J. Trump, April 23, 2022, at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, Delaware, Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for the Ohio Capital Journal.)
Republican Ohio U.S. Senate nominee J.D. Vance would oppose legislation to codify the right to marriage for same-sex couples, according to Mission: America, a Columbus based non-profit which bills itself as a ministry.
In a joint statement with Ohio Value Voters, Mission: America president Linda Harvey criticized the Ohio Republican congressmen who voted to pass the Respect for Marriage Act in the House.
“Homosexual couples embrace an ancient sin often involving high risk practices,” Harvey wrote. “These couples are never blessed with their own children, just one of the many limitations of such relationships. But homosexuals in America are often quite willing to corrupt other people’s children.”
Harvey went on to insist it’s actually the LGBTQ movement that is “intolerant,” and that they are responsible for everything from porn to “unnatural identities.” Separately, Harvey is concerned about witchcraft invading the church.
In his response to Mission: America, Vance explained he’d vote no on the Respect for Marriage Act if he were in office. According to their press release, he went on to state “the religious liberty piece of this is very bad.” No language in the bill directly implicates religion, and Vance’s campaign didn’t provide additional comment to explain his statement.
The measure, HR 8404, passed the House last week with broad bipartisan support. In all, 47 Republicans backed the proposal, including Ohio Republican Reps. Mike Carey, Dave Joyce, Mike Turner and Anthony Gonzalez.
Vance’s opposition to the bill marks the second time in a little over a month that the Republican nominee has taken a stance against notable, bipartisan legislative efforts. In June, he told a Breitbart radio show he would not support the gun control package negotiated by Sen. Chris Murphy, D-CT, and John Cornyn, R-TX.
At the time, Vance highlighted misgivings about so-called red flag laws, which allow courts to temporarily seize firearms after determining someone is a danger to themselves or others. Vance dismissed the provisions, calling them a “slippery slope.”
Murphy and Cornyn’s legislation, which was signed into law by President Biden late last month, does not impose a national red flag law. Instead, it sets aside federal funding to assist with administration if states choose to impose red flag laws of their own.
Ohio’s outgoing U.S. Senator Rob Portman, who Vance is running to replace, was one of the ten Republican senators to initially sign on to that gun control framework, signaling the legislation had a real shot at passage. He’s also one of two Republican co-sponsors of the Senate version of the Respect for Marriage Act.
Because of the Senate’s filibuster rules, Portman and other supporters will again need 10 Republicans to back the bill to bring it to a vote. In a press call this week Portman invoked Republican support in the House and emphasized the measure only codifies the “status quo.” Still, he stuck to cautious optimism.
“More than a million Americans in same-sex marriages and their families rely on that. It makes it clear that as a matter of federal law, just as is the status quo, that same-sex marriages will be given recognition across the United States,” Portman said.
“My hope is that the Senate will take it up and pass it, and send it to the president,” he said. “I don’t know the timing of that.”
As longtime JMG readers will recall, Linda Harvey has appeared here many times over the years, most recently when she declared that the rainbow flag is a “flagrant violation of God’s trademark.”
Harvey has called televised same-sex kisses “depraved airborne infections.” In 2018, she bizarrely declared oral sex to be “the practice of homosexuals.”
In 2017, Harvey called for prosecuting LGBTQ activists for “normalizing homosexuality.”
Republican Ohio U.S. Senate nominee J.D. Vance would oppose legislation to codify the right to marriage for same-sex couples, according to a questionnaire he filled out from a right-wing religious nonprofit group that shared his answer in a release.https://t.co/fFKKC9Kadg
— Ohio Capital Journal (@OhioCapJournal) July 28, 2022
Linda Harvey (resident of a Columbus suburb) tried to have a rally in her suburb to gain traction for the anti-T “bathroom bill.” Under a dozen people showed up. So she moved the next rally to a more small town/rural/exurban big box store and just over a dozen showed up. She stopped having rallies.
This is not a big “get” for Vance. It will not add one vote he doesn’t already have, may lose him some.
“But homosexuals in America are often quite willing to corrupt other people’s children.”
Seriously, focus on all the pedo priests your religion is turning a blind eye to as they instead point to the gays, who, by the way will still be gay if you prevent them from getting married. No logic.
They coming hard with the queers are pedophiles stick. I wish our leaders would start coming back at em with info about all the people who are really getting arrested everyday for child rape
I wish actual christians would go after the christians that are molesting children. But we hear nothing from them. That’s because they really don’t care how filthy and empty their faith is.
To be fair, Republicans have long been slow in accepting progress or the sea change in American views regarding homosexuality. It’s all that FOX News, coupled with their embrace of the extremist Evangelical cult, and hate groups that blinds them to the general cultural trends.
A number of the more “sane” Republicans know that overturning Roe has fucked them over in the polls by at least 10 points, and their more rabid & puritanical political colleagues among them are not helping by trying to craft more misogynistic punitive laws.
SOOOO they trot out the old Rovian/Bush solution of using gay rights as their piñata. Except, those old tactics of 2000-2004 won’t work anymore, when the majority of Americans seem to be fine with the LGBTQ being LGBTQ among them, as well as seeing them married.
To be fair, Republicans have long been slow in accepting progress or the sea change in American views regarding homosexuality. It’s all that FOX News, coupled with their embrace of the extremist Evangelical cult, and hate groups that blinds them to the general cultural trends.
A number of the more “sane” Republicans know that overturning Roe has fucked them over in the polls by at least 10 points, and their more rabid & puritanical political colleagues among them are not helping by trying to craft more misogynistic punitive laws.
SOOOO they trot out the old Rovian/Bush solution of using gay rights as their piñata. Except, those old tactics of 2000-2004 won’t work anymore, when the majority of Americans seem to be fine with the LGBTQ being LGBTQ among them, as well as seeing them married.
That’s something mainstream Democrats don’t understand, yet. Providing a solid legislative effort—especially if the effort is “behind the scenes” in any way—does NOT cement a political narrative among the majority of voters. Those voters use cemented narratives to guide their votes.
Coming up with “groomer” talking points, getting all your people into lockstep using those phrases, saturating social media with them, getting all your pundits to bang the drum, AND introducing bill after bill in state after state—with significant coverage in the media—cements a narrative.
It’s mind boggling to me the extent to which conservatives have gotten this lockstep “groomer” approach instilled in intelligent people who clearly know better, people such as Andrew Sullivan and J D Vance.
The Democrats have nothing resembling the conservative “roll out” of their marketing/propaganda.
“High-risk practices”. You meant the same things that straight couples do, at a much higher rate (due to the overwhelming number of straghts).
No one says “we need to ban straight marriage because some straight people have oral and anal sex.”
And somehow childless couples are worthless? There are a lot of straight couples who can’t have or don’t want children, and yet they are free to marry.
What the hell is he talking about. Push it to the next step? Push what? The sexual revolution? Is he still on that old trope from the 1960s. Really? Take where it has never been before. The Respect for Marriage act protects marriage equality for same sex and interracial couples. What is taking it to where it has never been to protect marriages that have been the law for some time? They cannot directly attack marriage equality without sounding like a bigot and a racist, so they try to sell fear. Be afraid, they are going to crush you if you don’t love the gay marriage. He acts as if everyone will be forced to have at least one same sex marriage in the family even if no one is gay. I am so tired of these assholes misrepresenting, misdirecting, and misinforming their followers. His whole thing was designed to give him a segment on Fox and to be repeated in right wing hate media. A part of the public is going to lose their legal rights to marry the person they love and have the legal benefits of that recognized marriage just so republican right wing bigot racists can beat their chest they made their god happy. Because clearly their god hates the same people they do and is powerless to stop crying unless the humans who follow him get to be cruel to others. Hugs
From the Family Research Council:
During today’s episode of “Washington Watch with Tony Perkins,” Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) announced for the first time that he will vote against H.R. 8404, marketed as the “Respect for Marriage” Act, if it comes to the Senate floor.
“The far-Left is trying to say we want to be able to push this to the next step” of the sexual revolution and “take it where it has not ever gone before,” said Lankford. “And we are going to absolutely oppose that.”
Overzealous federal bureaucrats, left-wing legal groups, and LGBTQ pressure groups are no longer saying, “We demand recognition” of same-sex marriage, said Lankford; they’re now saying, “We’re going to crush anyone that opposes our belief in gay marriage.”
“They want to take it the next step and then use” the bill “as a weapon [against] others” after this bill passes, Lankford forecasted.
.@SenatorLankford states he will “absolutely oppose” a bill redefining marriage nationwide, warning that liberal activists plan to “use it as a weapon” to drive Christians out of the public square. https://t.co/ayNUxdjoD3
“The far-Left is trying to say we want to be able to push this to the next step” of the sexual revolution and “take it where it has not ever gone before,”
By voting on legislation for SOMETHING THAT IS ALREADY LAW?
Go ahead and vote against it, because voting against same sex marriage AND interracial marriage is such a popular position. Extending the marriage contract to same sex couples is “not sexual revolution.” It polls somewhere in the neighborhood of 60%-70% percent support for same sex marriage and over 90% support for interracial marriage. If by “crush people” you mean expect them to act like adults and not impose their extreme religious beliefs on everyone else, then yes, we expect that.
There is no far-left equivalent to the far-right fascists who attacked the Capitol and tried to overthrow the government. And the only ones looking to “crush” people are the right-wingers who want to overturn the Obergefell ruling and force their chosen religious beliefs down our throats.
How amusing. The very same people accusing us of pushing gay and “sexual agendas” on America are the very ones imposing their bullshit into women’s uteri.
Bitch, please. These are the same arguments they used to oppose Obergefell. It’s been seven years. None of those things happened. The only people affected are county clerks and gay couples who want to get married. All this law does is get rid of the last bits of DOMA so that when SCOTUS overturns Obergefell, gay couples in red states still have federal recognition of their legal marriages.
While a no vote will get little pushback or political damage here in Oklahoma I DARE R’s to collectively vote it down. That and their anti women agenda will hopefully blow up in their faces in November.
Justice Samuel Alito mocked foreign leaders who were critical of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in remarks to the Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit in Rome. NBC’s Pete Williams reports.
The Republican war on women has escalated on recent weeks. Radical Right Republicans candidates Matt Birk and J.D. Vance hit the campaign trail in the past week, making multiple disgusting statements regarding reproductive rights, women, and marriage. The candidates’ despicable statements included telling women to stick with their violent spouses, and warning that abortion can lead to women having careers. The horror! Medias Contributor Texas Paul reacts.
Radical Republican House of Representatives member Glenn Thompson voted last week to prevent same-sex couples from having the right to marriage, then just a few days later, attends his own son’s same sex marriage. Meidas Contributor Texas Paul reacts and shows us a secret recording from the wedding.
Ultra MAGA Republican Lauren Boebert is back at it again spewing more hate and nonsense. Boebert recently went on the Charlie Kirk show where she said that she opposes same-sex marriage because it’s a part of the Democrats all-out assault on America’s traditional values. Meidas Contributor Tennessee Brando reacts
A brilliant ad released by the Mothers Against Greg Abbott clearly shows the emotional and traumatizing experience women go through while trying to access reproductive care in states with abortion bans and trigger laws. The doctor in the ad says only one man can make the decision for a woman to have a medically induced abortion, and that man just happens to be Gregg Abbott, the governor of Texas. Ana Kasparian and Farron Cousins discuss on The Young Turks.
This insufferable bastard! Hey my son is gay and found someone to marry, he can have marriage equality, but not your son or daughter they don’t have that right. My daughter needs an abortion, she can have one but not you or yours, they don’t have that right. If it is good for his son, and he is as happy for his son as he claims, vote for the law to protect it nationwide. Hugs
“First of all, obviously, we hope right from the beginning, it’s all about having a healthy child. But it’s about being healthy. It’s about them being healthy. We hope for safety. We’re hoping that they find their way, find opportunity, they find inspiration.
“And as they grow and as they get a little older, we also hope and pray they’re going to find that one true love so that they have the opportunity to experience that: Someone to grow old with.
“So we’re just really thankful that you’re here. It actually goes beyond that, as parents. We love it when they find their one true love, especially when they become a part of our families then. That’s what we’re rooting for.
“We’ve been fortunate with three sons, and [REDACTED]’s done a great job of adding to the family. Every kid showed up through cesarean section so it wasn’t all pleasant, right! So this has been a really good experience, especially for Penny, to have a new son enter the family!
“So we’re just blessed, and we just want to say thank you to everyone here as part of the celebration.” – GOP Rep. Glenn Thompson, speaking at the wedding of his gay son after voting against codifying same-sex marriage.
There’s audio of the speech at the link.
Listen to the speech a Republican lawmaker gave at his gay son's wedding days after voting against marriage equality. https://t.co/csFT9wYu4w
Lauren Boebert is opposed to marriage equality and agreed with Charlie Kirk that opposing “homosexual marriage” could be “a signal boost” for Republican candidates “if handled correctly.” pic.twitter.com/MTkfDsnYDz
Boebert slammed the legislation as an “assault on America’s traditional values” on Kirk’s podcast.
“I think the federal government should not be involved in marriage,” she said. “My marriage between my husband is really between me and God, not between me and the government. But this was absolutely unnecessary. They have attacked our institutions. They have weakened the nuclear family and undermined masculinity and even femininity.”
She went on to say that the Republicans who voted in favor of the legislation—including Rep. Elise Stefanik, the No. 3 House Republican, and Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney—did so because they wanted to avoid a political backlash.
Newsweek has contacted Boebert’s office and House Republicans, including representatives for Stefanik and Cheney, for further comment.
“They are absolutely afraid of attack ads,” Boebert said of the Republicans who voted in favor. “That always is the conversation that is taking place on the House floor.”
She continued: “This happens on a regular basis, whether it be infrastructure, whether it be funding whether it be sending more money to Ukraine… but they do not want the political attacks to come against them. And Charlie, I arrived in Washington D.C. on attack ads, so I’m not really afraid of another one.”
Kirk then seemed to suggest that opposing same-sex marriage “could be a signal boost if you handle it correctly.”
“Absolutely,” Boebert responded.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) speaks during the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit held at the Tampa Convention Center on July 23, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. Boebert has said the same-sex marriage bill that passed the House “undermined masculinity.”JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES
“Look at the people who are fleeing the Democrat Party and coming over to the Republican Party,” she said.
“The only way we lose the midterms this November is if we start acting like Democrats, so we have to be firm we have to stand tall and and remain true to our principles. That is what keeps our base with us and is what is attracting Democrats to come to our party.”
The Respect for Marriage Act has bipartisan sponsorship, with Republican Senator Susan Collins serving as a co-sponsor. Republican Senator Rob Portman also recently announced he would co-sponsor the Respect for Marriage Act. Other Republican senators have also said they would vote for the bill—or were still considering it— NBC News reported.
In the Senate, which is evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, 60 votes are required to end unlimited debate and bring legislation to a vote. Though legislation only requires a simple majority to pass the Senate, lawmakers can use the unlimited debate tradition, called a filibuster, to indefinitely delay a vote on legislation.
FFS. I spent over a decade beating back these stupid arguments. I thought with Obergfell it was over. Now we have to deal with this crap all over again.
Sorry dearie, but God has nothing to do with your marriage. Marriage is a legal contract between two people — and, while many religions enjoy services which proclaim the marriage, those services are not legal, nor necessary to be married – at least in the USA. So it’s about time you read up on the actual law in the matter, for the law is the only thing that counts in this country.
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