TagsTagsAfter Breitbart blogger Dan Riehl's sexist comments about Joan Walsh were publicized, Mediaite's Tommy Christopher asked Dana Loesch for a comment, which makes sense given that Loesch works at Breitbart.com and frequently claims that the War on Women is a liberal conspiracy. Loesch, as is her usual practice, refused ...
Dana Loesch, Chip Gerdes, Misogyny, Sexism, Homophobia, Breitbart Bloggers
Since President Obama's recent endorsement of gay marriage, and the ensuing backlash from the Right, a question has been bugging me... Just why do many people - particularly religious conservatives - fear gay marriage, especially when they seem willing to at least tolerate the legality of gay behavior? I realize that ...
MSNBC Video Reince Priebus says the official position of the Republican Party is that gays and lesbians should not be allowed to marry, they do not see it as a civil rights issue, and what's more, they want a constitutional amendment to enshrine their bigotry as the law of the land, ...
Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Reince Priebus, Gay Marriage, Anti-Gay, Homophobia
As usual, the wingnut mob is in a frenzy today about an imaginary case of persecution by the evil black man in the White House: Businessman Says He Lost Hundreds of Customers After Attacks by Obama Campaign. Businessman Frank Vandersloot, the CEO of Melaleuca, has been targeted by the Obama ...
Mitt Romney, Fake Outrage, Election 2012, Persecution Complex, Right Wing, Anti-Gay, Homophobia
This Fox News comment thread is headed for some kind of record. It's the ultimate firehose of hatred, now approaching 7,000 comments overflowing with homophobia and outright racism: Obama Backs Gay Marriage, Answering Speculation on 'Evolving' Position | Fox News. WARNING: extreme hate speech. The comments are pouring in too fast ...
Fox News, Homophobia, Anti-Gay, Racism, President Obama, Gay Marriage, Hate Speech
YouTube Video Wow. Rarely are we privileged to witness such a moronic convergence of right wing bigotry, as Lou Engle of The Call says the religious right should model themselves after the Confederacy to fight "the homosexual agenda." Very bad craziness indeed. During his speech at the Christian Broadcasting Network’s “Week of ...
Religious Right, Anti-Gay, Homophobia, Neo-Confederate, Bad Craziness
A report that Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke is getting engaged prompted this nasty comment from Fox News political analyst Monica Crowley today: To a man? "Sandra Fluke Announces Engagement" — Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) April 26, 2012 As you might imagine, this led to a deluge of criticism and mockery on Twitter. ...
Fox News, Monica Crowley, Right Wing, Sandra Fluke, Misogyny, Homophobia
The American Family Association's Bryan Fischer has been thrown into apoplectic rage by Mitt Romney's choice of the openly gay Richard Grenell as his foreign policy spokesman, and today he's posted a column with a list of demands for Romney: Bryan Fischer: Re: Richard Grenell: Romney Has Some 'Splaining to ...
Bryan Fischer, American Family Association, Religious Right, Right Wing, Anti-Gay, Homophobia, Mitt Romney, Election 2012
Things aren't looking good for Newt Gingrich, so he really has no choice but to double down on hatred, bigotry, and ridiculous victimhood inversion memes: Gingrich Touts War Against Christianity, Gay Adoption In South Carolina. Here comes that old chestnut about a nonexistent "war on Christianity" again. GINGRICH: The challenge we ...
newt gingrich, Religious Right, Adoption, Anti-Gay, Homophobia, Victimhood
Today Newt Gingrich neatly summed up one of the most dishonest arguments from the right: that their "religious freedom" is being taken away when the government won't allow them to act on their anti-gay bigotry. It's an argument that tries to cast the offenders as victims and vice versa, and ...
newt gingrich, Religious Right, Adoption, Anti-Gay, Homophobia, Victimhood
Wow, Rick. You don't seriously believe that having a convicted criminal for a father is better for children than having two parents of the same sex, do you? MANCHESTER, N.H. -- For the second time in as many days, Rick Santorum on Friday drew attention away from his efforts to ...
Rick Santorum, Anti-Gay, Gay Marriage, Homophobia, Religious Right
Rick Santorum received another round of boos today in New Hampshire, for stating what is a completely mainstream Republican Party position: "Gays Aren't Entitled To Marriage Or Military Service." Santorum argued that gay people shouldn’t have the “privilege” of enlisting in the armed forces or marrying because “we decide what’s ...
Rick Santorum, Anti-Gay, Gay Rights, DADT, Bigotry, Homophobia, Republican Party
Ron Paul has been running like a scared rabbit away from his racist newsletters, because he knows that ugly, overt racism has become political poison. But there are some kinds of bigotry that still play well with the conservative base. Soon there will come a day when haters like Ron Paul ...
Ron Paul, Bigotry, Homophobia, Racism, Misogyny, Republican Party
Right on cue, Ron Paul's spokesman Jesse Benton is actually going to try to deny that Ron Paul wrote the overtly racist and homophobic direct-mail advertisement revealed yesterday by Reuters. Even though his signature is on it. Ron Paul’s campaign tells TPM that the presidential candidate did not write a signed ...
Imagine my surprise that more evidence of Ron Paul's long history of racism and far right fear-mongering is now coming to light. Reuters has unearthed a blatantly racist and homophobic direct-mail advertisement for the infamous Ron Paul newsletters: In ad for newsletter, Ron Paul forecast race war. A direct-mail solicitation ...
It's no secret that the Republican Party has made it part of their platform to spread hatred for gay people, but nevertheless most Republicans try to put a smiley face on it, and avoid coming right out and saying how they really feel. Except Newt Gingrich, who was asked by a ...
Tonight, Andrew Breitbart is suddenly very concerned about "vocational harm:" It is with sincere regret that I announce I must step down as a GOProud advisory member. On numerous occasions I have spoken with Jimmy LaSalvia and Chris Barron of the significant impact the practice of “outing” had in my ...
Andrew Breitbart, Right Wing, Far Right, Gay Rights, Homophobia
Rick Santorum is infamous as one of the most determined religious fanatics in US politics, an activist who believes Christian creationism should be taught to all American children in science classes, and a persistent Republican advocate for injecting fundamentalist Christian religion into the political process at every level. Speaking at the ...
Rick Santorum, Anti-Science, Republican Party, Homophobia, Right Wing, Religious Right, Bad Craziness
Rick Perry's homophobic advertisement has now smashed all YouTube records, and stands at an astonishing 450,000 dislikes. But Perry has learned his lesson. His new video, an attack on health care and "big government liberals," has ratings turned off. Take that, liberals.
Last night the Rick Perry gay-bashing ad stood at 42,000 dislikes at YouTube, so I had to check back and see where it was today -- and it's just about to go over 250,000. I think that's a fail record of some kind at YouTube, perhaps rivalled only by Justin ...
Rick Perry, Advertisement, Homophobia, Religious Right, War on Christmas
Oops. Whoever posted Rick Perry's new gay-bashing ad at YouTube forgot to turn off the Like/Dislike button.
Rick Perry, Advertisement, Homophobia, Religious Right, War on Christmas
Rick Perry's sick new campaign ad is chock full of gay-hatred and phony fundamentalist victimhood, trashing gay troops while attacking President Obama and "liberals" for a nonexistent "war on religion." What a disgusting campaign this is. I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian, but you don't need to ...
Rick Perry, Homophobia, Gay Rights, War on Christmas, Idiocy, Fanaticism, Religious Right
According to Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry, Americans shouldn't care about human rights for gays. Texas Gov. Rick Perry said today that using foreign aid to combat human rights abuses against homosexuals in foreign countries is “not in America’s interests” and attacked President Obama’s decision to require U.S. agencies operating ...
Rick Perry, Gay Rights, Homophobia, Hate Speech, Right Wing, Bad Craziness
Yesterday in Iowa, Michele Bachmann clarified her position on gay marriage -- she has no problem at all with gay people getting married. As long as they're marrying a person of the opposite sex. JANE SCHMIDT: One of my main concerns is government support for the LGBT community. So my question ...
Michele Bachmann, Homophobia, Gay Rights, Right Wing, Bigotry
Forget everything you thought you knew about Michele Bachmann. Forget her claim that census data could be used to put people in concentration camps. Forget her crazy claim that Planned Parenthood is setting up "sex clinics" in schools, with free abortions for 13-year old girls. Forget her fanatical fundamentalism, and her bizarre claim ...
Michele Bachmann, Bad Craziness, Creationism, Fanaticism, Far Right, Homophobia, Anti-Science, Anti-Choice