Arkansas isn’t often stereotyped as a hub for reason,
rationality or civilization,
and “Arkansas Family Council Action Committee” does have an ominous ring to it.
And sure enough, it was behind a 2007 state referendum that would ban all adoptions by unmarried couples – the
explicit purpose being of course to prevent gay couples from adopting (they
really, really hate them), but the referendum targeted at all unmarried couples
since, as its executive director Jerry Cox put it, such a proposal “would
better withstand a judge’s review.” Which is, of course, rather blithely
admitting that the motivation was rank bigotry. It wasn’t very successful.
And when the courts decided to overturn the constitutional ban on gay marriage,
Cox argued that it was “judicial tyranny”, which is of course just a stupid way
of saying that he wanted a different outcome.
Cox, though, has his eyes on matters outside of Arkansas as
well. For instance, regarding California’s Harvey Milk Day – a state holiday – Cox warned everyone that by honoring Milk, children will be forced to cross-dress and have mock gay
weddings, while complaining that they never honor religious right leaders, something
for which he might inadvertently have provided a reason.
His group has also a long history of trying to convince
state legislators that helping the poor is not a government responsibility because family values.
Diagnosis:
Oh, I don’t know. Evil, twisted, sick fundamentalist with the reasoning skills
of the Taliban version of whale.to, perhaps?
Hummm...an anti-gay hater with the name of Cox.
ReplyDeleteMaybe he got a little too much teasing in elementary school?
Or, maybe he's just NUTS!