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Benham brothers urged city of Charlotte to deny permit for gay pride event

Jeremy Hooper at Good As You has found something of a smoking gun that shoots down the Benham brothers claims that they “love homosexuals” and that they have never protested against them.

At a November 1, 2004 city council meeting in Charlotte, NC, the brothers urged council members to deny a permit to gay pride organizers. Not only deny the permit in question – but EVERY permit requested by the gay pride organizers.

From page 23 the city council meeting transcript:

David Benham, 6130 Ferncliff Road, said I would agree 100% that this type of activity is destructive, and a tragedy. If you will look in your packet you will see one of the shems, his name was Steve the Drag Queen. He described some of the acts he witnessed and feels the Council has had the wool pulled over their eyes because the permit says for celebration and fellowship for the lesbian, gay bisexual transgender community. I saw first hand what celebration and fellowship was all about. This is filth, this is vile and should not be allowed in our City. I have a one-year old, a three-year old and a five-year old and I want them to grow up in a city that will honor the folks that are in it.

Jason Benham, 761 Harris Street, Concord, said I have a 6-month old daughter and a 2 ½ year old little boy and when I stood out there in Marshall Park and heard the comedian say I am an out lesbian, I love 4-year old girls and I call them ” dykes on triks, they are hard to come by but, boy are they good.” I stood out there crying in my heart that only 40 or 50 of us Christian men went out there to try to give these homosexuals another answer. We were not there to bash them, we were there to tell them that Jesus loves you just the way you are, but he refuses to leave you that way. They have a right to apply for this permit, but you have a right and responsibility to deny it. I employ you not to be governed by the fear in which you feel. If you deny them this permit you will open a can of worms but you in your leadership position have to take that responsibility and you have to not allow the fear of making this homosexual community mad. You have to accept that responsibility and deny them every permit that they ask for.

Bolding is mine.

“This is filth, this is vile and should not be allowed in our City.”

“They have a right to apply for this permit, but you have a right and responsibility to deny it.”

Remember folks – the Benham brothers told the world on CNN last night that they LOVE homosexuals.

Great work Jeremy Hooper on revealing who these guys really are.  On TV, they are all love and brotherhood.  And yet in public and at town meetings, they seem to show another side of themselves.

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Benham Brothers: “HGTV was bullied into cancelling our show”

David and Jason Benham discuss the decision HGTV made to cancel their upcoming show in light of their comments.

Playing the victim card, the brothers make a point to say that HGTV was “bullied” into cancelling their show. 

I disagree. Once the brothers’ anti-gay statements came to light, the network had to make a business decision. HGTV is not a place for anti-anything. The truth came out and the marketplace responded.

I should point out that no LGBT organization issued any statement on the Benham brothers before HGTV made the decision to cancel their show. 

The brothers weren’t cancelled because of their Christian beliefs; they were cancelled for their anti-gay activism.

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Washington lobbyist wants to boycott any team that drafts out NFL hopeful Michael Sam

Washington DC lobbyist Jack Burkman (who would like a federal law passed banning gays from the NFL) says he is planning to organize a boycott of any football team that picks openly gay football player Michael Sam in the NFL Draft.

From Christian Post:

In a release issued Thursday, Burkman said he would “leverage his political clout” to ensure that the franchise that selects the 6-foot-2, 260-pound defensive end from Missouri would get “roughed up financially.”

“We shall exercise our First Amendment rights and shall not stop until the drafting NFL franchise cannot sell a single ticket, jersey or autographed football,” said Burkman. “In short, we shall be relentless.”

Burkman claims in the release that he is currently mobilizing “powerful grassroots organizations in 27 of the 50 states,” as well as a “coalition of Evangelical Christian leaders from across the nation to take part in a protest if Sam is drafted.”

(h/t JMG)

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Benham Brothers on cancelled HGTV show: “Anyone who suggests we hate homosexuals is misinformed or lying”

David and Jason Benham have the sadz over their now cancelled HGTV show.

Via USA Today:

The first and last thought on our minds as we begin and end each day is; have we shined Christ’s light today? Our faith is the fundamental calling in our lives, and the centerpiece of who we are. As Christians we are called to love our fellow man. Anyone who suggests that we hate homosexuals or people of other faiths is either misinformed or lying. Over the last decade, we’ve sold thousands of homes with the guiding principle of producing value and breathing life into each family that has crossed our path, and we do not, nor will we ever discriminate against people who do not share our views.”

The brother also said:

“We were saddened to hear HGTV’s decision. With all of the grotesque things that can be seen and heard on television today you would think there would be room for two twin brothers who are faithful to our families, committed to biblical principles, and dedicated professionals. If our faith costs us a television show then so be it.”

You will note the statement does not address David Benham’s statements on the radio show of an extreme religious right activist, where Benham went off on “homosexuality and its agenda that is attacking the nation.”

According to Right Wing Watch, David Benham has also compared fighting same-sex marriage to fighting Hitler’s Nazis, he’s written that same-sex marriage “erodes the moral fabric of our society,” and cited Leviticus to say that gay men will never find true love.

Faith didn’t cost these two a TV show. Hate did.

Folks are allowed to have anti-gay views.  But others are allowed to their response to those views.

By the way, just to get a sense of the “faith” the Benham family promotes in public, take a look at the twin’s father Flip Benham sharing his “faith” in the video below.  Let me know if this sounds like “shining Christ’s light” to you:

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HGTV green lights then cancels new series starring anti-gay extremists

Well, that was fast.

Right Wing Watch is reporting on a newly announced and now cancelled series for HGTV featuring two anti-gay extremists, the Benham brothers.

Last month, the HGTV network announced that it will launch a new reality TV show, “Flip it Forward,” starring David and Jason Benham. The twin brothers will “leverage their good-natured sibling rivalry to help families find a fixer-upper and transform it into the dream home they never thought they could afford.”

What HGTV did not mention was the brothers history of anti-gay/anti-choice activism.

From Right Wing Watch:

David Benham, led a prayer rally — Charlotte 7:14 — outside of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2012, which he told conservative radio host Janet Mefferd was needed to stop “homosexuality and its agenda that is attacking the nation” and “demonic ideologies tak[ing] our universities and our public school systems”

He told Mefferd that his brother Jason joined him in organizing the DNC prayer protest.

You can hear a bit of David Benham’s “philosophy” below. Hard to imagine this kind of character on HGTV:

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Profile in Courage: Dorchester Collection

Via Memeographs

“Does the Dorchester Collection have an opinion of the laws being implemented in Brunei [requiring women to be flogged, gays stoned]?”

“No, I don’t have any opinion whatsoever,” CEO Christopher Cowdray told CBS News.

Dorchester Collection hotels are owned by the Brunei Ministry of Finance.

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Home of openly gay teen in Michigan targeted for vandalism

A openly gay 16 year old student has become the target of vandalism to his home in Vienna Township, Michigan.

From NBC25:

The parents and the young man are speaking out tonight—saying they will not suffer in silence.

“Over here you can see the red and black paint from the arrow,” says Melanie Peabody while pointing out the damage to her home.

She and her husband tried to wipe away the graffiti but the traces are still there.

“I’m mad. My son’s not safe,” says Peabody.

A homosexual slur was spray-painted on her Vienna Township home with an arrow pointing to her 16 year old son’s bedroom.

“It does hurt,” says Levi Peabody who attends Clio High School. “As much as I don’t want to admit it, it does hurt that someone would dislike me that much to do something to my window,” adds the high school sophomore.

The Peabodys believe classmates of Levi are behind the act.

“I want the kid that did this to get caught,” says Levi’s mother.

The Peabodys have even installed a security camera in their bedrooms to try and catch the culprits but more importantly to let people know, they will not stand for this.

(via Towleroad)

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Anti-gay Bryan Fischer: “Gay activists are like leeches”

Virulently anti-gay Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association:

“The point here is that with the homosexual lobby, you cannot ever give them enough. Don’t even try. There’s no point in making concessions. There’s no point in capitulating. There’s no point in yielding to their demands. There’s no point in offering them some kind of appeasement in the hopes that they will leave you alone, that they will leave you in peace. It won’t work.”

(via Right Wing Watch)

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Bryan Fischer wishes the US had Russian-style anti-gay laws

Bryan Fischer continues to complain that the United States does not have Russian-style anti-gay “propaganda” laws. In fact, Fischer lauds Russian President Putin as “the lion of Christianity” for leading his nation’s crackdown on gays.

On yesterday’s radio broadcast, Fischer again voiced his support for implementing such laws in America, declaring that it is “inexcusable” that these sorts of laws are not being put into place here.

“That’s a policy we ought to have in the United States,” he said of the Russian laws. “It’s inexcusable that we allow vulnerable, innocent young children to be indoctrinated, brainwashed, propagandized into thinking that homosexual conduct is perfectly normal and absolutely benign behavior when it absolutely is not”:

I want to point out that the kind of activities Fischer is talking about – “indoctrinating,” “brainwashing,” “propagandizing” – in Russia, includes merely carrying a rainbow flag, or holding your partner’s hand.

The anti-gay laws in Russia have emboldened anti-gay vigilantes to literally hunt down gays and lesbians, all for the crime of holding someone’s hand.

Those are the kinds of activities and laws Bryan Fischer supports.

(via Right Wing Watch)

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Tony Perkins and FRC gins up poll to “prove” huge majority of GOP opposes marriage equality

Hate group leader Tony Perkins and the Family Research Council are at it again.

Via press release, Perkins attempts to allay fears that Republicans could actually be softening on same-sex marriage. Oh, the horror!

Today, Family Research Council (FRC) and American Values released the results of a commissioned national survey conducted by Wilson Research Strategies showing that 82 percent of Republican and Republican-leaning independents believe marriage “should be defined only as a union between one man and one woman.” 74 percent strongly agreed with this statement.

The same survey found that the voters want their elected leaders to promote this view in public policy: 75 percent of Republican and Republican-leaning independent voters disagree that “politicians should support the redefinition of marriage to include same-sex couples.” 67 percent strongly disagreed with this statement.

FRC President Tony Perkins made the following comments in response to the survey:

“Republican voters continue to resist the demands of cultural elites who want to see the party abandon the very core values that gave rise to American exceptionalism. The vast majority of the GOP base continues to believe that marriage is a non-negotiable plank of the national platform and want to see their elected officials uphold natural marriage as the national standard, a goal to stand for, encourage and promote in law.

“The results of this survey are no surprise especially considering what has taken place in recent months. Republican voters, like everyone else, have seen that redefining marriage is really about fundamentally altering all of society. Redefining marriage undermines our fundamental freedoms of speech and religion and in the case of the Mozilla CEO, even the ability to engage in the democratic process without the fear of losing one’s livelihood.”

The problem with the FRC’s poll is it doesn’t jive with what’s happening in reality OR other recent polls.

Remember, the FRC paid for their poll using  a right-leaning polling company.

According to a Washington Post/ABC News poll last month, 54% (not 82%) of Republicans oppose same-sex marriage.  Forty percent of Republicans support the freedom to marry.

I guess Tony can at least feel he “got what he paid for” – a poll that shows what he wants it to show.