"Homosexual activist", "judicial activist", "agenda." These are demonizing buzz-words coined by Mr. Perkins himself. They may not seem as powerful as other words, but one must realize that Perkins has been using these words in the context of "destruction" of family values, "destroying" America and "demoralizing" lovers of liberty. And Perkins has used "agenda" ever since he produced his pseudo-documentary "The Gay Agenda" in 1996. This putrid piece of anti-gay propaganda is still making the rounds of churches, proving that demonization can be profitable.
And
Perkins' demonizing buzz-words will be aped by people like Bryan
Fischer and Pat Robertson (the judge, of course, signed a pact with the
devil).
Teen Suicide UPDATE:
Another
gay teen-related suicide occurred in Norman, OK. This one apparently as
a result of a city council meeting where anti-gay sentiments were
strongly voiced. Zach Harrington, 19, committed suicide one week after
he attended a Norman City Council meeting during which residents of
Norman expressed displeasure at having Norman declare October as LGBT
History Month.
[Van Harrington] feels his son may have glimpsed a hard reality at the Sept. 28 council meeting, a place where the same sentiments that quietly tormented him in high school were being shouted out and applauded by adults the same age as his own parents... Some members of the audience even suggested that any council members voting in favor of the proclamation may have trouble getting re-elected.
Sometimes the demonizers turn the tables and re-demonize: Tony Perkins recently reacted to the stories of gay teen suicides by relaying faulty and erroneous statistics showing that gays have greater mental health problems than heterosexuals in a WaPo op-ed piece:
[H]omosexual activist groups like GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) are exploiting these tragedies to push their agenda of demanding not only tolerance of homosexual individuals, but active affirmation of homosexual conduct and their efforts to redefine the family. There is an abundance of evidence that homosexuals experience higher rates of mental health problems in general, including depression. However, there is no empirical evidence to link this with society's general disapproval of homosexual conduct.
But there is evidence: Tony Perkins and all his minions have been busy demonizing homosexuals so much it's amazing that we don't have more teen suicides than we do. (NOTE: the latest suicides are only a part of the larger picture - teen suicide rates have been rising for years).
And his tactics are just as nefarious: the sources he cites have been critical about Family Research Council's free-handed jumbling of their research and statistics.
FLORIDA GAY ADOPTION BAN UPDATE:
Even
though it has been only three hours into this writing, you KNOW that
demonizing will take place concerning the latest news: (read Pam's House Blend for the full story)
"Florida has today done grave harm to the well-being of vulnerable children who will be raised in homes with role models who cannot provide them with the true vision of what family life should be," Matt Sprigg, Family Research Council
That was FRC's last demonizing response to repealing the ban.
Of
course, we have yet to hear what the Perkins cabal has to say about the
Washington Post's interview with domestic terrorist Byron Williams:
Glenn Beck UPDATE: 10/12/10 - 11:40 AM ET
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