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Know your opposition: 700 Club's twisted report on marriage in Iowa

Submitted by admin on Fri, 2010-09-03 12:20

The 700 Club and Pat Robertson are not likely strangers to many of you who follow the anti-gay industry. While their supposed news stories dangerously twist the truth and misrepresent everyday Iowans, it's good to know what we're up against.

Feel free to point out factual errors, misleading comments, and errors of omission in the comments section. We'll start by pointing out how a story supposedly focused on Iowa opens with a rally in Rhode Island.

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One Iowa potluck in Iowa City!

Submitted by jennifer on Fri, 2010-09-03 11:57

Join us in Iowa City for an evening of fun and morale building with other LGBT people and allies!

Sunday, September 26
5-8 pm
Lower City Park, Shelter 12

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Iowa Independent: Group spending ‘a couple of hundred thousand’ to oust Iowa judges

Submitted by admin on Fri, 2010-09-03 10:30

Bryan Fischer, the director of issue analysis for government and public policy at the American Family Association, said Thursday on his radio show that his organization has “put a couple of hundred thousand dollars into this campaign” to oust three Iowa Supreme Court justices up for retention votes this fall.

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Iowa Senator: Boycott anti-gay radio advertisers

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2010-09-01 16:52

from The Des Moines Register

An Iowa senator is organizing a boycott of businesses that advertise during WHO-AM talk radio’s Jan Mickelson program.

His first target: Toyota of Des Moines even though he drives a vehicle purchased from the dealership.

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Iowa GOP’s war on courts could result in partisan judges

Submitted by jennifer on Wed, 2010-09-01 10:36

from The Iowa Independent

Starting from the days of Brown v. Board of Education, through Roe v. Wade and up to a federal judge overruling Proposition 8 in California last month, many conservatives have viewed the courts with contempt. The term “judicial activism” is often thrown around, usually meant to convey some variation on the idea that a judge implemented progressive policy against the will of citizens (though in a post-Citizens United world some liberals have taken to using the rhetoric of overreaching court decisions).

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