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Aw, c’mon, ST, why break precedent? From the front-page (false) stories about McCain fooling around with a lobbyist, to the hyperventilating about Troopergate, to the late cheap shots and innuendo about Cindy McCain, have facts mattered much to the NYT? Or to the MSM in general, but in particular to the NYT?
Spotlighting the Mormons feeds the NYT’s agenda: religions (with the exception of radical Islam) are bad, and the sooner we all become a totally secular society that worships government bureaucracy, the better. Pointing out that black Californians voted overwhelmingly for Prop 8 won’t serve that purpose, even though the black support was more instrumental in the outcome (compare the number of blacks voting to the number of Mormons voting). Besides, blacks and homosexuals are supposed to be part of the new governing coalition, and it’s their job to make sure that coalition succeeds, remember? If you didn’t get that memo, maybe Chris Matthews can fax you a copy.
Why should they start now?
Between 2003 and 2008 116 pieces of legislation have been sponsored, favored and opposed by Equality of California – all in the name of equality for the LGBT community. These 116 pieces of legislation have originated either in the California Assembly or Senate. Some official policies have been chaptered into law immediately by the California Secretary of State. The franchise has been taken away from all of the citizens of California on these 116 pieces of legislation – regardless of orientation.
If anyone should be angered by this, it should be every California citizen who did not have an opportunity to vote on any one of these 116 pieces of legislation and official policies.
Moreover, I felt even more betrayed when I learned on the Equality California website about 43 pieces of legislation that were passed and became law between 2003 and 2008.
How is it that a minority (1.7%) smaller the the LDS population in California (2.0%) can use intimidation and public humiliation from publicly posted voting cards to publicly humiliate Senators and Assembly members who do not vote with the LGBT community. You will see this posted on the Equality California website.
This same intimidation has raised its ugly head again with continued death threats and violence against the LDS. One can find this on the internet in blogs. But then again, the LDS I know are not strangers to fear and intimidation.
I also wonder how this minority can receive more than $150 million from Federal and State government funds in California alone through 501(c)(3) nonprofits reported on pages 1 and 3 of one of their form 990 nonprofit returns. In that one year 53 LGBT nonprofits reported more than $388 million of government grants and fees on pages 1 and 3 of their form 990.
The LGBT is a very powerful lobby group that uses GLAD to silence those who come out against the issues they hold near and dear to their hearts.
How can the 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) nonprofits that the LGBT community has formed have any tax exemption whatsoever for their roles in sponsoring monetarily legislation in the California Assembly and Senate? The Equality Federation shows how the LGBT community has organized in some 43 states.
It is obvious that the LGBT 501(c)(3) are organized to make grants to 501(c)(4) organizations to sponsor LGBT friendly legislation. The 501(c)(4) nonprofits engage in influencing legislation – despite IRS guidance condemning this practice. If the IRS were to learn how the directors on the boards of these 501(c)(3) and 501 (c)(4) nonprofits are identical, they would move toward removing their Tax Exempt status under 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4).
Lastly, the 2007 State of the State report on the Equality Federation website lists the first projected issue for 2008 as “schools/Youth”. The eighth projected issue for 2008 for the LGBT community is marriage. It is obvious the LGBT want to protect LGBT youth in schools; however, the legislation now being passed will have a disparate impact on non-LGBT youth in our schools.
There is so much more the LGBT community is not telling the rest of California about their agenda. After all Equality California is an activist group and not your average 501(c)(4) nonprofit corporation.
As a black guy, I have known about “our community’s” negative view on gay and lesbian marriage for a LONG time. Didn’t surprise me a bit. First of all, LGBT leaders pretty much assumed that black folks were on-board simply because they voted for Obama. Little did they know there is a strong streak of social conservatism in the black community (not to mention tremendous influence of traditional Christian values as well).