Anti-gay football analyst sues Fox Sports for religious discrimination | Gay Star News

A former college football commentator Monday (3 August) filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against Fox Sports who he claims fired him over his anti-gay views.

Craig James by was hired by Fox Sports Southwest in August 2013, only to be fired days later. He is seeking at least $100,000 in damages and a jury trial to hear his claims of breach of contract and discrimination.

‘Fox Sports fired Craig James because of his religious beliefs about marriage and his expression of those beliefs during a debate when James ran in the Texas Republican primary for United States Senator,’ the suit reads.

During that debate, the former New England Patriots running back said LGBTI people chose to be gay and would ‘have to answer to the Lord for their actions.’

‘We should not give benefits to those civil unions,’ he added.

Anti-gay football analyst sues Fox Sports for religious discrimination | Gay Star News

Oops: Franklin Graham moves bank accounts from gay-friendly bank to one that sponsors gay pride events

I'm sorry but this to me is just priceless. Obviously Graham has forgotten who helped found FRC, George 'Rentboy" Renkers.  But as this comment points out, we have this to consider:

Graham said he thinks banks should stick to banking. Well, that goes for the other shoe, too - Chik-fil-A should stick with unhealthy and unchristian junk food and Hobby Lobby should stick with arts and crafts.

Evangelist Franklin Graham has found a new bank to handle his organization’s financial needs after pulling his money out and calling for a boycott of Wells Fargo Bank because he felt they were promoting a “godless lifestyle” by using gay couples in their ads.

Unfortunately for Graham, his new bank is a major sponsor of the Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade as well as sponsoring a “Legacy Couples” program that celebrates committed relationships between same-sex couples.

As Right Wing Watch reports, Graham went on a radio show sponsored  by the Family Research Council and told host Craig James that he was moving his accounts to North Carolina-based BB&T.

Saying he only wants a bank that tells him what interest rates they will pay and what his service charges will be, Graham said he thinks banks should stick to banking.
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BB&T is listed as a sponsor of the Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade,  as well as a major sponsor of the Legacy Couples program in South Florida, honoring committed gay couples.

Oops: Franklin Graham moves bank accounts from gay-friendly bank to one that sponsors gay pride events

David Barton’s Unreal Appearance on Family Research Council’s Washington Watch

David Barton was on Family Research Council’s Washington Watch Live yesterday to talk about his version of America’s founding. The host sitting in for Tony Perkins was Craig James.

As I was listening to Barton rattle off some of his usual distortions, it occurred to me again how far apart Barton and the Family Research Council are from Christian academia and the real world of scholarship. For instance, James introduced Barton as “one of the most respected historians in America.”

In what universe does Craig James’ America exist? James works for the same Family Research Council that once entered the real world and removed one of David Barton’s Capitol Tour videos from view because they acknowledged numerous historical errors. Now FRC hires Barton to give the tour again and James lauded the tour.

Respected historians don’t have their books removed from publication by their Christian publisher; nor do they have the same book voted least credible by other historians.

Barton again botches the Donald Lutz study of quotes from the Founding era. Barton made it seem as though Lutz studied the founders’ quotes when that was not the case (see this post for what the study actually did). Barton never tells his listeners that the Federalists didn’t cite the Bible in their defense of the Constitution.

Something that struck me was Professor Throckmorton's response to the credibility of FRC, a question posed in the comments:

Do you see FRC as a credible organization in any way? You point to distortions here. We know they use serious distortions regarding people who are gay to "fight the normalization of homosexuality". Their ostensible raison d'être may be noble (i.e., to encourage the flourishing of families), their strategies and tactics are insidious. They completely lack integrity and use "the sanctity of the family" as an excuse to advance specific narrow religious beliefs.

They are incredible. They are professional fear-mongerers. Is the fact that they give Barton a platform really the only thing that gives you pause?

To which Throckmorton replied:

No, not at all. But it is the thing that this post is about. I don't pay any attention to FRC anymore as a source of information or advice or credibility for many reasons, not just Barton. However, in this case, it just struck me how out of touch this interview was. And the amazing thing to me from a social psychological perspective is that I think Craig James really things he is right. He is in such an echo chamber; social reality has been so controlled and shaped that he believes Barton really is a respected historian.

And that sums up the feeling I got out of listening to the 10 minutes of said interview.  Although to be blunt, it was more of a WTF moment for me.

David Barton’s Unreal Appearance on Family Research Council’s Washington Watch

Audio: AFA Radio caller calls for executing gays; FRC-employed host doesn't even challenge him, much less condemn - Good As You:: Gay and Lesbian Activism With a Sense of Humor

For those that may think that individual, know nothing preachermen like Steven L. Anderson do not influence the populace at large, think again,,,

When a caller phones in to your radio show and calls for the execution of gay people, you should be sure to repudiate that call for genocide in the firmest way possible. Right? And this is particularly true if you are an employee of one of America's most anti-gay organizations, yes?

Well not according to Craig James. While filling in for FRC's president, Tony Perkins, on last Friday's edition of his AFA Radio show, the former sportscaster, onetime US Senate candidate (he lost to Sen. Ted Cruz in the 2012 Texas Republican primary), and current Family Research Council employee couldn't even condemn a caller who admitted he'd like to execute gay Americans. James only gave the caller a mealy-mouthed "I don’t know about the executing" before proceed to build on the caller's thoughts, saying that he does believe people who oppose LGBT rights "have to be bold and firm and much stronger." Chilling audio below,,,

Audio: AFA Radio caller calls for executing gays; FRC-employed host doesn't even challenge him, much less condemn - Good As You:: Gay and Lesbian Activism With a Sense of Humor

Religious Right’s latest lunacy: Change the Constitution to eliminate ‘myth’ of trans people

Christian conservative activists have staked out a possibly new front in the culture wars by suggesting a constitutional amendment to regulate gender identity.

Peter Sprigg and former NFL player Craig James, who are spokesmen for the Family Research Council, said Monday on the “Washington Watch” radio program that transgender rights were the next battlefield in the religious right’s ongoing battle with LGBT people, reported Right Wing Watch.

“I think the ideal policy for government with respect to [transgender rights] is that your sex is your biological sex,” Sprigg said. “My view is, that if your biological sex is unambiguous at birth — if your internal sex organs, your external genitalia, and your chromosomal makeup all are unequivocal in declaring you to be of one sex – then that is your sex for life, and that is your only sexual identity that the government will recognize.”

Religious Right’s latest lunacy: Change the Constitution to eliminate ‘myth’ of trans people