The Backlash Continues

A gay Florida couple's home was burglarized and the words "Die Fag" were scrawled on the front steps. [Story]

A Virginia United Church of Christ is defaced with anti-gay vandalism and an attempted arson. [Story]

A GLBT bar in Fayetteville Arkansas is hit with not one, but two arson attempts. [Story]

Arsonists burned a Brownsville, Texas GLBT bar, leaving gas cans behind. [Story]

Two lesbians walking down the sidewalk holding hands are beaten by a woman with a baseball bat in Kansas City, Missouri. [Story]

Each of these incidents have happened over the past two months.

Of course, with people like Sen. Michele Bachmann running around saying things like:

"Any of you who have members of your family that are in the lifestyle - we have a member of our family that is. This is not funny. It’s a very sad life. It's part of Satan, I think, to say this is gay. It's anything but gay." - Michele Bachmann at EdWatch National Education Conference, 11/6/04, Bloomington, MN [Link]

And Rep. Dan Severson saying things like:

"What homosexuals are seeking is not access to marriage. They want to change the fundamental definition of marriage." [Link]

And people like Tom Prichard, Dan and Michele's 'bigot buddy' saying things like:

"The fact is that vulnerable children are the ones being drawn into homosexuality and targeted by gay activists in our schools." [Link]

....it's only a matter of time before this kind of violence errupts in Minnesota. These kind of statements contribute to the Culture of Hate, as does obvious discrimination such as a constitutional ban on GLBT relationships.

Get involved or Minnesota will become like a cold Arkansas. And we know we're better than that. OutFront Minnesota is leading the effort in Minnesota to stop these people. And they are asking for our input. The Republicans will use gay marriage in 2006 to get the bigotted and ignorant folks to the polls. We can't let them use us for their political gain.