Just Sniping

Marriage equality does garner the thought that somebody is going to get shot in a wheat field, right?  North Carolina's Family Policy Council wants everybody to think that.  They want everybody to believe that if an upcoming vote on a constitutional ban on gay marriage doesn't go their way, gays are just going to shoot unsuspecting heterosexual couples. (JoeMyGod)

Now the council says it is a "nonpartisan, nonprofit research and education organization dedicated to the preservation of the family and traditional family values."  But they also say they support values "which are embodied in the Ten Commandments and in the founding documents of our nation."  That sort of sounds like a Christian organization.  When you use the commandments to make your point, it makes it seem that.  (NCFPC.org)


Haven't heard of any sniping in states where marriage equality is legal.

Christmas Cards

They go out every year about this time (or actually a bit earlier if you are prepared).  But, not everybody is happy with every card.  Sarah Palin has some things to say about The Obama Family holiday card in an article on Fox News Radio.  (HuffPost)


The card has a picture of Obamas' dog, Bo, sitting in a very Christmas-like setting, with a fireplace decorated with wreaths and red ribbons, and a table with a poinsettia plant and presents. Sarah says that it is "odd".  She is wondering why the president's Christmas card highlights his dog instead of traditions like 'family, faith and freedom.'"


Doesn't having a nice, warm hearth and a cozy dog show something about freedom and family?  Inside the card it says "From our family to yours, may your holidays shine with the light of the season," signed by the Obamas and Bo. There's some family for you.


But, Sarah is entitled to her opinion.  Makes you wonder what her opinion about the Fox News holiday card is.  Not a whole lot of family, faith or freedom on that one.  A picture of a fox, racing competitors (ABC, CBS, NBC) on sleds being pulled by sheep - with Fox in the lead.As for the poem inside, this year it is to the tune of Joy To The World and features lyrics like:

“We are the ones to beat
Defeat we shall not meet
So into the background the rest do retreat.”
(Deadline.com)

I guess Fox and Sarah will just let this one slide.

Oh, the Hypocrisy of it all...

So, let's talk politics.  Today, Newt Gingrich won an endorsement for his political attempt from the American Family Association, well their chairman emeritus, anyway.  (TheHill.com)  That says a lot.  It says a lot of hypocrisy.


Look at "About AFA" on their website, they say they spur activism directed to the Preservation of Marriage and the Family.  They also try to "convince individuals of sin and challenge them to seek Christ’s grace and forgiveness."  (AFA)


Maybe, Newtie has sought Christ's grace and forgiveness.  But he hardly seems the "right guy" to be endorsed by this group.  "Gingrich is currently married to Callista Gingrich, his third wife. He divorced Jackie Battley, his first wife in 1980, after having an affair with Marianne Ginther, whom he later married in 1981. They got divorced in 2000 following a long-term affair with his current wife, whom he married later that year."  (HuffPost)

Now, he did get another endorsement...  Ashley Madison, a "pro-adultery" website whose slogan is "Life is short. Have an affair," seems to endorse him too.  (HuffPost)


Fits better

Marriage is NOT the Thing

So, in the U.S. less than half of those over the age of 18 are married.  Those getting married in 2010 were 5% less than those who got hitched in 2009.  And "the overall number of married couples has declined by more than 20 percentage points since 1960."   (HuffPost)


Now, Rick Santorum (go ahead, google his name) blames this marriage decline on allowing same-sex marriage and redefining marriage.  His tweet “Here is 1 effect of changing definition of marriage “@HuffingtonPost: Marriage rate in America drops to new low”. (LezGetReal


But good ol' Rick might just be wrong.  There has been a drop since 1960.  Well, then something else must have been going on between 1960 and 2004.  "Until 2004, same-sex couples couldn’t wed anywhere in the country." (StateLine) The definition of marriage didn't change until then.

ThinkProgress points out, the survey does not attribute the decline to same-sex marriage, but to a variety of other social factors: "other kinds of living arrangements that are socially acceptable: living on your own, or even living as a single parent; getting an education done and launching a career before marriage.”


But leave up to good ol' Frothy to blame teh gays.

Faux News and its War on...

Well, just about anything.  But this week it seems it is on kids and, for goodness sake, Christmas.  First - the kids.  On the network's "Follow the Money" program, host Eric Bolling has deemed that the Muppets are commies.  He says that Kermit and Miss Piggy are following the so-called liberal agenda with their new Disney-released movie. (HuffingtonPost.com)


The story line features an evil oil baron, Tex Richman. And show guest Dan Gainor of the conservative Media Research Center, says that it is manipulating the kids and "give(s) the anti-corporate message." Now, in the movie, there is no mention of actual oil drilling.  Good Ol' Tex is trying to destroy the Muppets' Theater and they are just trying to save it.


On another Faux News front, Gretchen Carlson, the co-host of the Fox News morning show Fox & Friends, hosted a debate on the show between George Giuliani, professor of special education at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, and Brad Stine, the conservative stand-up comedian about... Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. 


Stine was trying to take down Rudolph because he is a "positive image of a kid who overcomes bullying and adversity."  (NetworkedBlogs)  Stine pointed out that at least Rudolph didn't sue Santa Claus because it was a hostile work environment.  (Mediaite.com)


What's next, Faux News?  Are you gonna attack the Bible? 

If a Picture Paints a 1,000 Words

Then this one of Michelle Bachmann at least has to say one.  And the words she is saying also say a lot about her.  "Every American citizen has the right to avail themselves to marriage but they have to follow what the laws are.  And the laws are you marry a person of the opposite sex," Ms. Bachmann told some folks in Iowa.  (JoeMyGod)

Now, she said this in Iowa.  Same-sex marriage is the law in Iowa.  So, the words that are painted here?  Crazy?  Stupid? Wrong?  Lyin' Ass Bitch?

Scary as all hell?