Dan Gonzales wrote last Friday with an update on the American Family Association and Concerned Women for America.
Knight, of CWFA, claims three times in an AFA/AgapePress release that the United Way is supporting "pro-homosexual groups" but Knight does not name them. Were he to name them, Gonzales notes, public scrutiny of Knight’s bizarre claims would be possible:
- "it openly supports numerous pro-homosexual groups with its money."
- "a major portion of the money the charity collects is being given to pro-homosexual groups."
- "the organization’s ongoing financial support of the homosexual agenda."
Knight further justifies his boycott against the United Way and Target with the rationale that one declines to support the Boy Scouts of America and the other has ended its holiday support of the Salvation Army. BSA and the SA discriminate on the basis of religious affiliation and sexual orientation, though that is not the reason for Target’s withdrawal of support.
Meanwhile, Gonzales notes, the AFA has broadened its boycott against gay-tolerant Procter and Gamble with a press release blasting "Will & Grace" and "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy":
The sitcom Will & Grace
regularly promotes homosexuality and explicit sex-talk with jokes about
male and female genitalia, masturbation, oral sex … and even anal
sex. The series’ two male stars are both homosexual. From the
beginning, the series has been about nothing but sex. …
"Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" depicts five homosexual men remaking the "cluttered, straight men of the world" so that they look, dress and act in the manner of the "cool" and, by implication, superior "gay" community. The program consistently seeks to validate and glorify the homosexual lifestyle.
Apparently AFA has never watched either show.
The fact the Cincinnati initiative passed by an overwhelming 60% or so really should be rubbed in Focus’ face more often whenever they assert gay issues will never win a “vote of the people.”
How can they say the two male stars of “Will and Grace” are gay? Two of the four main CHARACTERS (the men, ‘Will’ and ‘Jack’) portrayed on “Will and Grace” are depicted as gay, but Eric McCormack is straight and married. I think Sean Hayes is gay, but not sure. Doesn’t much matter whether they are or not. Gay men have portrayed straight characters all along (e.g., Rock Hudson), so what’s the problem with straight guys portraying gay characters (such as in the movie, “Big Eden”, among many others).
That Cincinnati vote was to remove a city charter amendment that said that glbt could not be a class in city law (ie, no non-discrimination, no hate-crimes, and so on) – in other words, similar to Colorado Amendment 2, struck down by Supreme Ct of US. The Cincinnati vote did not give actual rights to glbt, merely allowed for their political participation on the same level as other citizens. It is still perfectly legal for city govt to fire glbt, to cancel contract with glbt, for private employer to fire or cancel contract, for landlord to evict, for city-owned public hospital to bar partner visit.