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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Homo Look Out, C-SPAN, You've Got Competition

Posted by Dominic Holden on Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:12 AM

5a63/1245865210-val_on_the_internet_teevee.jpg The bigot brigade behind Referendum 71 has produced a online video, starring state Representative Matt Shea and state Senator Val Stevens, calling on Christians to join their fight against gay marriage. It is quite literally the most boring thing ever recorded. It makes state television seem artful. Says Lurleen at Pam's House Blend: "I wonder who masterminded this brilliant video? Whoever it was plopped Stevens and Shea in a funeral parlor sitting room and gave Stevens whole [seven] agonizing minutes to haltingly read Larry Stickney's debunked bwaking points from a note pad."

The script tenaciously adheres to the lies that have become the campaign's backbone, such as claiming that domestic partnerships are the same as marriage and would result teaching homosexuality in schools (even though the bill on domestic partnerships isn't about marriage and says nothing about school curriculum).

I would embed the clip here on teh Slog, but, like Pam's House Blend, when we try to embed it on our website, we get this message, "Sorry. The creator of this video has not given you permission to embed it on this domain." You'll have to watch this video over here.

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Of course, if you had guts, you could do a parody of it and post that on YouTube .... regardless of their "wishes".

Posted by Will in Seattle

on June 24, 2009 at 11:10 AM

Kelly O in a white wig, Dan or Dom doing Shea's "I'm not gay, I swear" voice. We readers will submit "facts" about gay marriage to a third party, who will put together the script for Kelly and Dan or Dom to read in bitter deadpan.

Do I have to do a frigging PayPal dare to get you guys to do this?

Posted by Baconcat on June 24, 2009 at 11:15 AM

You could easily just voiceover the vid for the parody part.

Kind of MST3K. Just saw a cool one about a game where they say "Boosh!" instead and are all spaced out druggies who are probably on E.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on June 24, 2009 at 11:40 AM

Seriously, who gives a flying fuck if it WERE taught in schools? We teach all sorts of things in our public education system that gets bigoted religious fundies panties wadded on a regular basis, like:

- people from other countries are not inherently inferior, just because they were born somewhere else

- the earth revolves around the sun

- the universe was created roughly 14 - 15 billion years ago

- homo sapiens evolved from lower primate species over millions of years

- it's okay for people from different races to mix freely

- brown, yellow, and red people have just as many rights as white people

- poor people are not morally degenerate, just because they're poor

You know, that sort of baloney.

Posted by COMTE

on June 24, 2009 at 11:46 AM

I ask again...where exactly in public school is Heterosexual marriage (let alone homo) taught? I sure as hell don't remember EVER being taught about it.

Posted by Akbar Fazil on June 24, 2009 at 11:53 AM

Watch the video? No thanks. The only reason I watch shit like that is because it's so entertainingly stupid (e.g., "gathering storm").

Posted by Urgutha Forka on June 24, 2009 at 12:02 PM

But ... my teacher said we could all ride on dinosaurs with Jesus ... and that global warming was a myth ...

Posted by Will in Seattle

on June 24, 2009 at 12:11 PM

I think they had to give Senator Val Stevens a script to avoid her usual oratorical style. Here's a sample of Steven's contribution to the debate on SSB 5336:

"Last year, we passed what is called gay rights bill for homosexuals prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity. We tried to amend it. We tried to add the amendment that would exempt such societal destroying practices such as beasteology (sic), which is sexual intercourse with animals, necrophilia, which is sexual intercourse with the dead, incest, which is sexual intercourse between a parent and a child, and...”

You can read the whole "off-road" speechifying thing here: http://gaycurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2007/0…

Gotta love that "beasteology"...

Posted by The Gay Curmudgeon

on June 24, 2009 at 1:14 PM

You can also flag the video on vimeo for "insighting hatred"

Posted by Fuck homophoia on June 24, 2009 at 1:20 PM

Go for the Paypal dare, Baconcat.

Posted by kim in portland

on June 24, 2009 at 2:55 PM

Man that was dry.

Posted by kim in portland

on June 24, 2009 at 3:00 PM

I for one am thankful they continue to use ridiculous and easily debunked nonsense as their anti-equality arguments. As long as they are willing to stand up and bear false witness they will continue to lose as they have in the past. The juggernaut of freedom can't be derailed with lies. [assumes wide shouldered, square-jawed, triumphalist pose on soapbox, head cocked upward to the right, gazing steadily into the future, ala Superman]. Progress marches onward!

Posted by mike in oly on June 24, 2009 at 4:06 PM

Val Stevens is one of the most embarrassing excuses for a legislator in this state I've ever seen. She reminds me of a medieval witch-burner. And my GOD, she is DUMB. Boring and dumb and bigoted. Legislative Trifecta.

Posted by Geni on June 24, 2009 at 4:43 PM

Your country is FUCKED!

Posted by stupid yanks on July 21, 2009 at 8:31 PM