God bless the ACLU
March 26th, 2006Today, a reader directed my attention to this blog post from Justinsomnia about that blogger’s legal entanglements with a group calling itself Exodus International, one of those “we can turn gay people straight so they won’t be evil faggots anymore” organizations that have cropped up in the past few years.
The subject was a parody image that the blogger had created mocking one of these bigoted shitbags’ billboards…
So, naturally, Exodus reached into their bag of legal tricks, and pulled out that favorite weapon of humorless dickheads, the cease-and-desist letter. So the blogger called up the ACLU, who wrote a fine little response to the bastards reminding them of exactly what constitutes parody and fair use.
For anyone who’s ever found themselves scratching their heads about some of the sillier causes the ACLU has championed over the years, cases like these are a reminder of why this organization exists, and why they’re needed. When well-funded shitbirds like Exodus can pull legal arguments out of thin air and wave official-sounding legalese around in an attempt to bully their critics into submission, we need organizations like the ACLU to stand for the rights of the people. God bless ‘em.
April 4th, 2006 at 12:23 am
I have an old friend from HS that I had lost touch with, and when I did come into contact with him again I found that through a horrible set of circumstances he had not only been put through an anti-gay camp (this one’s called “Love in Action” in TN), he’s now in charge of admissions for the place. It hurts me to the core to see someone with such promise throw their life and talent away to something so…evil. ::shakes head:: With so many other things that are pressing in the world, it seems to me that people like this would be more concerned about, oh, I don’t know, people starving to death or killing each other needlessly than who their neighbor’s fucking or who’s making fun of them on the internet. ::shrugs:: Reason never wins out, I suppose.
April 4th, 2006 at 7:03 am
“Love in Action?” Oh, for Christ’s sake. Talk about hypocrisy.
April 6th, 2006 at 8:40 pm
@Po’kchop & anyone else who may read this…
This organization (Exodus) is about as bigoted and hypocritical as they come. My own parents attend these Exodus meetings and donate their hard-earned money to this industry of lies. It’s sad… they prey on the false hopes of religious fundamentalists with GLBTQ loved ones and often permanently fuck up the lives of everyone involved. I’ve written this on several other blogs, so I may as well write it here… What amazes me most about these organizations is that they are quick to tout dubious statistics concerning the “cure” (damage) rate of those who submit to their “reparative therapy”, yet they don’t mention a thing about the rates of mental illness and suicide in the years following this supposed “therapy”. Look into it for yourself, does this really sound like “Love In Action”??!!!
April 6th, 2006 at 10:02 pm
I’ve added a link on my Links page to a blog called Ex-Gay Watch, which chronicles the misadventures of some of these crusading douchebags.