2005 Year in Review
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foster greater understanding of cultural
differences,” wrote Ed Vitagliano.
“However, a short step beneath the surface
reveals that one of the differences being
celebrated is homosexuality.”
• Focus on the Fomily (FOF)
In November Macy’s stood by helpless
ly as FOF tried to distribute 5,000 “stress
balls” during Macy’s Thanksgiving Day
Parade to promote a website it operates
that claims homosexuality is a disorder
that can be changed through faith. The
undertaking, overshadowed by a balloon
accident, is part of a major effort by FOF to
reach a wider audience during the holi
days. Each ball carries the name of its
advice site* www.troubledwith.com.
Throughout the year FOF has contin
ued its make no bones about it attack on
LGBT familes with programs like its Love
Won Out “ex-gay” ministry and its contin
uing support of constitutional amend
ments banning same-sex marriage
throughout the country.
During the controversy surrounding the
Supreme Court nomination of Harriet
Miers, FOF’s lames Dobson suggested on
his radio show that the White House had
made guarantees to him that Miers would
oppose gay rights and abortion.
In lanuary Dobson turned his sights on
Canada, attacking the country verbally for
allowing same-sex marriage. In May, FOF
ceased doing business with Wells Fargo
because they felt the company was too
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gay supportive. Their latest effort was a
call for a boycott of Ford Motor Company
because of that company’s support of var
ious LGBT events and advertising in gay
publications. Although FOF initially cried
victory when Ford agreed to their terms,
reaction from LGBT activists prompted
Ford to reverse its decision and agree to
continue advertising and supporting LGBT
community events. AFA’s Donald
Wildmon’s final words on the matter:
“Continuing the boycott is still a consider
ation.”
• The liberty Counsel (LQ
Under the direction of Matt Staver, a
graduate of the University of Kentucky Law
School who holds a Master’s Degree in
religion, the Liberty Counsel may perhaps
be best described as the antithesis of the
American Civil Liberties Union. In October
LC had their hands in Florida’s efforts to
ban same-sex marriage. They’ve battled
same-sex marriage in practically every
state of the union and gone gung-ho after
companies offering benefits for domestic
partners as well as states attempting to
enact hate crimes laws.
• Fonnly Reseordi Council (FRQ
On the sugar-coated website, the state
ment of purpose for the The Family
Research Council says they “champion
marriage and family as the foundation of
civilization, the seedbed of virtue, and the
wellspring of society. FRC promotes the
Judeo-Christian worldview as the basis for
a just, free, and stable society.” Blah, blah,
blah. Dig a little deeper and you’ll find a
hate-filled organization under the direc
tion of Tony Perkins, a man committed to
stepping in the way of any civil rights
advancements for LGBT Americans.
Their most successful anti-gay family
activities have come from their “Justice
Sunday” television productions, which are
shown via satellite across the country and
frequently feature the worst of the most
conservative politicians. In April Justice
Sunday trotted out Bill Frist to get their
double-speak gay hate speech over the
airwaves. Comic Bill Maher summed up
the group’s agenda succinctly in an inter
view with Jay Leno: “‘Activist judges’ is a
code word for gay. The judges verbally
tarred and feathered are those who have
decriminalized gay sex as they once did
abortion and Ithosel who countenance
marriage rights for same-sex couples.”
Tying the knot
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marry his partner Kenny Goss.
Michael said he and Goss, who have
been a couple for nearly 10 years, have
planned a “small, private ceremony. I’m
not very romantic about it to be honest,”
he said. “I think Kenny probably would be
if i let him, but it’s just not me.”
Michael said that legalizing their rela
tionship provides them with protections if
something should happen. We want to
do it, just in case," Michael said. “You
never know, 1 could get hit by a bus and
the poor man could have nothing.”