I personally believe some of the quiet mistakes of LGBT civil rights movement make are in not knowing our enemy what our enemy believes out of our collective earshot, and not thinking clearly about how to counter what they say/what they do.
Well, below is some text and a link to some readily available reading from the Concerned Women for America...They talk about the perceived evils of the upcoming Obama Administration.
So, from the Concerned Women For America's Spellbound by Obama: What it Means for America, discussing The Good and the Bad about Obama (bolded emphasis added to text below):
The Bad
The bad news about an Obama Administration far outweighs the good news. We can count on it: Obama may wait awhile, but he will do the things that will assure his second term, and he is definitely a Marxist "true believer" who will not deviate from his socialist goals, even when the current financial or political climate means their implementation has to be delayed. He chose Rahm Emanuel, a member in good standing of the down-and-dirty Chicago political scene, for the White House Chief of Staff position-which means the president can count on strong-arm tactics for any opponents who have to be "persuaded" to come into alignment with the president's goals.
Even before his inauguration, Mr. Obama has revealed plans for an enormous domestic spending package--the largest public construction program since the 1950s, including roads, bridges, schools and technological development. It is also essential for his reelection that he establish national health care, a Democratic priority, by 2012; he will do so by implementing its various aspects incrementally--an "under the radar" scheme that will achieve his goal without raising public objections. He will likely try the same strategy with abortion, the feminists' top priority. He has promised to sign the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), a measure that would turn back all prolife gains and remove all regulations and restrictions on abortion. He probably won't use all his political chits to fulfill that promise immediately, as he said he would, but ultimately he will give the feminists that victory and he will give the homosexual activists their two priorities, federalizing same-sex "marriage" and revoking the current "don't ask, don't tell" policy that bans open homosexuality in the U.S. military services. Though he campaigned as a candidate opposed to same-sex "marriage," he fully intends to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)--legislation that has been enacted in 44 states to protect husband-wife, traditional marriage at the state level.
Obama will support the so-called Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) and indicates his support for expanding the bill to cover "gender identity." Further, he favors adoption rights for same-sex couples as well as condom distribution throughout the world as an AIDS prevention measure. He has also said that he will strengthen and expand dangerous federal "hate crimes" legislation...
The CWA goes on to state that "the greatest threat" of the upcoming Obama Administration (their words: "of the Obama agenda") will be his left-leaning judicial appointments.
(Frankly, I'm more worried that all Obama will lean too far to the center with his appointments. I want civil rights protected; I want to see judges who consider how the fundamental rights of minority individuals and groups need to be protected from governmental or corporate abuse.)
And hey, the CWA -- their founder and chairman in particular -- has a lot to say about a woman's right to choose too. Mainly, they don't want women to have a right to choose, and they're motivated to push back against that fundamental right.
Know your enemy. We don't always know enough about what they believe considering how well they have been mobilized in the past. When you think about it, it usually takes identifying clear enemies to get people motivated enough to create a movement -- think about what the removal of fundamental civil rights of LGBT Californians has done recently for the LGBT civil rights movement. We have identifiable enemies that did wonders to mobilize the broader, LGBT community when they took away LGBT Californian's fundamental right to marry.
The CWA trying to manufacture an enemy in President-elect Obama to mobilize their concerned women troops. They haven't succeeded as yet, but you can bet the Concerned Women For America going to keep trying. We need to be ready if they and their peer "Christian" organizations again succeed in mobilizing their troops against the fundamental civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans.
Besides having our own, positive, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender messages about civil rights and equality, we need to be ready to counter their arguments...their movement to crush equality, liberty, and justice for all.
I turned on the TV and there was right-wing homo-hating hag Rep. Michele Bachmann (MN-6th) hanging all over the Chimp in Chief, slobbering away. Here's a shot (avert your eyes if you have a tender stomach):I think Barack Obama (and the rest of us) can release a sigh of relief on this front. (Think Progress):
At the 2007 State of the Union address, she famously gripped onto President Bush's shoulder until he leaned in and gave her a kiss. But when asked if she would also kiss President-elect Obama, she replied, "Will I be sitting in the well? Probably not."Related:
* But was there Bachmann tongue?
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