Keeping gays in their place

From T-shirt Humor.com


OK, now that we've got your attention, there is a very informative piece from Stateline.org, the news service sponsored by the Pew Foundation, on the Alliance Defense Fund -- the evangelical law firm retained by Assembly Republicans to make sure no gay state employees get health benefits. It's worth a read just on the theory that you should know your enemy.

"The Alliance Defense Fund has been very effective at finding local conflicts that symbolize a bigger fight and using those local conflicts as an opportunity to make a larger statement," said Charles C. Haynes, a senior scholar for the First Amendment Center. They have become the "go-to organization" for religious conservative activists, Haynes said.

Some of us have suggested that the firm may be a little far out there, given that Alan Sears, the group's leader, has suggested that cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants may be gay. Earlier post Hence the illustration above.