(2014/03/26) Sadly grasping at cakes (LGBTQ Rights)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 26 March 2014
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Edition #812
Pathetically grasping at cakes
Today we look at the last gasps of the anti-LGBTQ movement in the US but also take a glimpse at Uganda where we can see the types of laws the religious fundamentalists would like to impose here if they could.
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Right Wing Christians Preach Hate In Africa & Now People Will Die - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 02-18-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: Uganda - Matthew L. Fisher
Ch. 4: Act 2: The Miracle of Anti-Gay Denial - @MarkFiore Animation - Air Date: 03-22-14
Ch. 5: Song 2: Power of denial - Thomas Newman
Ch. 6: Act 3: Michael Sam comes out as gay before NFL draft - @gibblertron Throwing Shade - Air Date 2-12-14
Ch. 7: Song 3: Throwing Shade Theme song
Ch. 8: Act 4: Attention Anti-Gay Pro Athletes: WTF Are You Talking About? - @majorityfm - Air Date: 02-12-14
Ch. 9: Song 4: Shower the people - James Taylor
Ch. 10: Act 5: 1st Southern State: VA Gay Marriage Ban Overturned - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 02-24-14
Ch. 11: Song 5: Married by the sea - Theo Bard
Ch. 12: Act 6: The WE DO Campaign via- @CSElive - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 13: Song 6: Activism - Shihan
Ch. 14: Act 7: Was Arizona's Anti-Gay Bill Really Anti-Gay - @FAIRmediawatch - Air Date 2-21-14
Ch. 15: Song 7: Le nuit - David Ari Leon
Ch. 16: Act 8: CNN's Cuomo Call Out The Extremist Group Behind Arizona's Anti-Gay Bill - Media Matters Minute (@mmfa) - Air Date: 02-24-14
Ch. 17: Song 8: Le nuit - David Ari Leon
Ch. 18: Act 9: A Warning To Fascist Gays From The American Family Association - @majorityfm - Air Date 2-27-14
Ch. 19: Song 9: T-Shirt Weather - The Lucksmiths
Ch. 20: Act 10: Where did all the anti-gay bills come from - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 02-26-14
Ch. 21: Song 10: I believe in that - Chip Taylor
Ch. 22: Act 11: This Appears to be the End of Discrimination Bills - Rachel @maddow - Air Date: 02-27-2014
Ch. 23: Song 11: Get over it - OK Go
Ch. 24: Act 12: Nothing's Changed - Arizona's Homophobic Law Was Totally Unnecessary - @fakedansavage - Air Date 3-4-14
Voicemails:
Ch. 25: Thoughts on leadership in Russia and the comparison to Hitler - Andy from Austin
Ch. 26: The importance of the discussion of privilege and perspective - Bill from St. Petersburg, FL
Ch. 27: The history of the conflict in Ukraine - Andy from Austin
Ch. 28: Response to Neanderthal discussion - Margarete from Ashville, NC
Ch. 29: Libertarians and the whole point of labels - Hamish from California
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 30: Final comments previewing the next episode on reproductive justice
Closing Music:
Here We Are - Patrick Park
ACTIVISM:
We Do Campaign from The Campaign for Southern Equality
Southerners for the Freedom to Marry
Sources/further reading:
"How Resistance Will Change the South: The We Do Campaign is looking for a public official in the South who will issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple as an act of conscience.” via The Advocate
"SPLC Sues for Marriage Equality in Alabama” by John Becker, at The Bilerico Project
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by:
Jay! Tomlinson
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| 0:17.5 | Turks, MarkFury.com, Throwing Shades, The Majority Report, The David Pakman Show, Activism |
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| 0:26.9 | The Rachel Maddo Show and Dance Appage. |
| 0:30.2 | The President of Uganda has set to sign legislation that would punish gay people with a lifetime |
| 0:36.4 | in prison, should they be caught in any type of homosexual act, or if they are spreading |
| 0:41.6 | any type of homosexual propaganda. |
| 0:44.4 | Now this is legislation that was proposed in Uganda as far back as 2009, however originally |
| 0:51.0 | there was a portion in the bill that would allow for the literal murder of gay people by the |
| 0:56.6 | government if they are convicted of gay crimes. |
| 1:00.1 | So the EU has chimed in on this as far back as November of last year, and they have said |
| 1:07.3 | that if laws like this get passed in African countries, they will grant gay people asylum |
| 1:14.1 | in Europe. |
| 1:15.4 | So we'll see what happens, but Parliament was in favor of this, the people of Uganda were |
| 1:20.0 | in favor of this, and the President originally did not want to sign this legislation, so |
| 1:25.0 | we had a panel of scientists research gay people, and they said, you know what, since we |
| 1:30.4 | can't pinpoint a gene that determines that people are born gay, it's a lifestyle choice, |
| 1:36.2 | therefore we should throw them in prison for the rest of their lives. |
| 1:39.3 | The part that pisses me off the most, well look, of course the thing that makes me the |
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