Alabama Mayor Under Fire For Call To 'Kill Out' LGBTQs

Mayor Mark Chambers is under fire for social media posts calling for 'killing out' LGBTQs

An Alabama mayor is facing criticism after posting controversial comments to his Facebook page.

Carbon Hill Mayor Mark Chambers wrote on his Facebook page in all capital letters:

“We live in a society where homosexuals lecture us on morals, transvestites lecture us on human biology, baby killers lecture us on human rights and socialists lecture us on economics.”

Chambers’ constituents responded to the post, but one response from a Facebook friend got the mayor’s attention.

"By giving the minority more rights than the majority,” wrote the supporter. “I hate to think of the country my grandkids will live in unless somehow we change and I think that will take a revolution.”

Having singled ‘homosexuals’ and ‘transvestites’ as the issue, Chambers wrote back, “The only way to change it would be to kill the problem out. I know it’s bad to say but without killing them out there’s no way to fix it.”

“To kill the problem out.”

"Without killing them out there's no way to fix it."

Chambers' original statement on Facebook which was quickly deleted

Local news affiliate WBRC contacted the mayor to clarify the social media statements.

Initially, the mayor denied posting the comments telling WBRC reporter Brittany Dionne, “I don’t think I posted that, I think that’s somebody else’s post.”

Dionne pointed out she was on the correct Facebook page noting photos of his family and birthday greetings, and asked if someone might be using his identity on Facebook.

Chambers replied with a meek “I don’t know.” When Dionne asked to meet in person, the mayor hung up.

Chambers did call back a few minutes later wherein he admitted to writing the post but argued it was being “taken out of context.”

“I never said anything about killing out gays or anything like that,” he told WBRC. Chambers explained that his comments were in reference to what might happen in a “revolution.”

“If it comes to a revolution in this country, both sides of these people will be killed out,” he said.

During the second call, Chambers also claimed that immigrants were taking over the country and called them “ungrateful.”

The mayor added that the post was meant to be a private message and didn’t intend for the public to see it.

He complained that he didn’t realize his Facebook page was available to the public, and shortly after the call with Dionne, his page went to private status.

You can watch the full report from Brittany Dionne at WBRC's website here.

Chambers was elected mayor of Carbon Hill, population 2,000, in 2014.

(source: WBRC)

NYC Lawyer Whose Racist Rant Went Viral Apologizes: "I Moved To NYC For The Diversity"

NYC attorney Aaron Schlossberg

After his bigoted, racist rant in a Midtown Manhattan lunch spot went viral, pro-Trump lawyer Aaron Schlossberg has become the target of much attention.

Reporters following him down streets and into buildings; folks have thrown mariachi parties in front of his building on the Upper West Side.

Well, it seems as though Schlossberg has raised a white flag of surrender.

Today, the New York City-based attorney issued a public apology telling the world seeing himself on video "opened" his eyes, and who we see in that hate-filled rant "is not the person I am."

Here's the full message:

To the people I insulted, I apologize, seeing myself online opened my eyes — the manner in which I expressed myself is unacceptable and is not the person I am. I see my words and actions hurt people, and for that I am deeply sorry.

While people should be able to express themselves freely, they should do so calmly and respectfully. What the video did not convey is the real me, I am not racist. One of the reasons I moved to New York is precisely because of the remarkable diversity offered in this wonderful city.

I love this country and this city, in part because of immigrants and the diversity of cultures immigrants bring to this country. Again, my sincerest apologies to anyone and everyone I hurt.

Not to be cynical, but in all honesty, what other move could he make without being a pariah now that he's so famous as a bigoted, racist?

The man who spoke so freely in that video does NOT love diversity.

By the way, check out the ratio between "Likes" and "Comments" on Schlossberg's tweet. When you're that upside-down, you're not getting high fives in the Comment section.

pic.twitter.com/xrefxi5Oyg

— AaronSchlossbergLaw (@ASchlossbergLaw) May 22, 2018

Some reaction from the Twitterverse:

Aaron Schlossberg, the NYC lawyer who harassed restaurant workers for speaking Spanish, released a statement:

“I see my words and actions hurt people, and for that I am deeply sorry ... I am not racist."pic.twitter.com/DwCsehrYBS

— AJ+ (@ajplus) May 22, 2018

You're only apologizing because your career is being impacted.

Let's see what the New York attorney disciplinary board thinks about your years-long pattern of harassment and bigotry...

— Pé Resists (@4everNeverTrump) May 22, 2018

I fixed Aaron Schlossberg’s apology. pic.twitter.com/U1iXQd0WDJ

— Hispanic Pixie Dream Girl (@mathewrodriguez) May 22, 2018

Trump Judicial Nominee Admits He Discriminates Against Gays: "Does That Mean I Can't Be A Judge?"

Jeff Mateer

VICE News has compiled remarks from two speeches given by Jeff Mateer, Donald Trump's nominee to become a district judge in Texas.

Currently the first assistant attorney general in Texas, Mateer told the National Religious Liberties Conference in 2015 he openly discriminates against gay people:

“Guess what? I attend a conservative Baptist church. We discriminate, alright. On the basis of sexual orientation, we discriminate. Does that mean I can’t be a judge? In some states, I think that’s true, unfortunately.”

Vice News combined remarks from two speeches, each an hour long, into a single audio file, with beeps indicating editing.

Just a few of the thoughts Mateer shared with his audience:

• diversity training is “brainwashing” and “reprogramming”

• the “separation of church and state” is nowhere in the Constitution

• gay marriage is unconstitutional

• LGBTQ-friendly workplaces force Christians to approve of their policies

• gay marriage is a “challenge” for Christians.

This guy is nominated to be a federal judge. Think on that.

Saying his comments disqualify him, 36 LGBTQ advocacy organizations sent a letter to the Senate on Tuesday demanding that its members vote down Mateer’s nomination.

Listen to the compilation below.

Former NC Gov. Pat McCrory: I Can't Get A Job Because People Think I'm A Bigot!

Pat McCrory

Excuse me if I can't find any crocodile tears for former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, who says his support for anti-LGBT HB2 last year is now making employers reluctant to hire him.

The former governor complained to Christian podcast WORLD that even though he's left office, HB2 “has impacted me to this day, even after I left office. People are reluctant to hire me, because, ‘oh my gosh, he’s a bigot’ – which is the last thing I am.”

As folks know, HB2 struck down local nondiscrimination ordinances and requires transgender people to use the bathroom that corresponds to the gender on their birth certificate while they are in schools and other government facilities. The legislation has cost North Carolina millions and millions in lost revenue through cancelled conventions, business, sporting and music events.

He then went on to blame his current situation on liberal advocacy groups: “If you disagree with the politically correct thought police on this new definition of gender, you’re a bigot, you’re the worst of evil,” he said. “It’s almost as if I broke a law.”

Along the way, he took a swipe at transgender people saying, “You ask the doctor if it’s a boy or a girl; you don’t ask the baby.”

The North Carolina Democratic Party has no pity for the pious McCrory, either, issuing this statement:

“North Carolina has already lost hundreds of millions of dollars in economic activity and thousands of jobs as a direct result of House Bill 2, but I guess we can start adding Gov. McCrory’s career to the total as well.”

(source)

Donald Trump Calls HIllary Clinton A "Bigot" #Sad

And the political discourse descends even further into the abyss.

While Republican Donald Trump has referred to Democrat Hillary Clinton’s “bigotry” in the past,  he's now gone full tilt boogie on the accusation last night during a rally in Jackson, Mississippi.

From CBS News:

“Hillary Clinton is a bigot who sees people of color only as votes, not as human beings worthy of a better future,” he said. “She’s going to do nothing for African Americans. She’s going to do nothing for the Hispanics. She’s only going to take care of herself, her husband, her consultants, her donors. These are the people she cares about.”

Clinton responds to Trump labelling her a “bigot”

“She doesn’t care about you,” he said, addressing African American voters, who were not in the room to hear his pitch.

“You’ve had her policies. Democrats running some of the inner cities for 50, 70, 80 even over a hundred years. And look what you have right now. Poverty, no education, crime, you can’t walk down the street with your child,” Trump continued. “We’re going to fix it. Hillary Clinton has no remorse.”

While Jackson is predominantly black -- nearly 80 percent of its residents are African American -- the audience at Trump’s rally was predominantly white.

I keep wondering - if Trump wants to appeal to black voters, why doesn't he go meet them face to face like in a predominately black church or school or community? How about some honest to go retail politicking?

Trump has brought this campaign season to so many all time lows. #Sad

At Mississippi rally, Donald Trump says "Hillary Clinton is a bigot." https://t.co/7zQti3tHhH https://t.co/oTtSV7wfsN

— ABC News (@ABC) August 25, 2016

Even some of Trump's supporters were shocked by the rhetoric.

Watch woman's reaction to Donald Trump calling Hillary Clinton a 'bigot' https://t.co/oPbgukEF0R https://t.co/pcj9oalXAh

— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) August 25, 2016

Alabama: Birmingham News Says "Roy Moore Is Delusional About Roy Moore"

 The AL.com editorial board in Alabama has a scathing op-ed addressing misguided, anti-gay State Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore and his latest attempts to stop same-sex marriage in his state.

Just an excerpt - from the folks who know him best:

It is time Roy Moore realized that he is wrong. He is wrong on this issue, he is wrong in thinking he might ever be governor of Alabama, he is wrong in seeing himself as of presidential timber, he is wrong in thinking that he matters.

Already, there are citizen calls for his impeachment. He will soon go into retirement and be remembered as a bigot, disrespectful of the law and of his fellow human beings. That might be the only memory he has earned in his time in public office. And, hopefully, Alabama’s citizens will be remembered as the ones who showed him the door.

Sen. Marco Rubio Doesn't Like Being Called A "Bigot"

On CBS' Face The Nation this past weekend, GOP White House hopeful (currently trailing fourth in most polls), cast himself as the victim saying he's been called a "bigot" for not supporting equal rights for LGBTs.

"Increasingly, Americans feel out of place, because it seems like the people who have access to power and influence win, and everybody else is left on the outside looking in," Rubio said. "People that hold traditional values are often described as bigots and haters."

Arguing that President Barack Obama has said that "people that don’t support same-sex marriage are wrong," Rubio then added, "I have been called a bigot for not supporting [same-sex marriage]."

Last week, the Florida senator suggested that if he is elected president, the justices he will nominate to the U.S. Supreme Court may roll back marriage equality.

It's worth noting that Sen. Rubio has actively/publicly campaigned against marriage equality and other rights for LGBTs.

The Merriam Webster dictionary defines "bigot" as: "a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices."

I think that's a pretty fair description of Sen. Rubio's situation. He does hold to his own opinions and does not shift from those positions.

So, maybe bigot IS exactly the right word...?

Video: Proof That Donald Trump IS "Archie Bunker 2.0"

Congressman Louie Gohmert: Put Gay Couples On An Island To See If They Die Out

While speaking at Liberty University last week, anti-LGBT Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert repeated his call to test his theory that same-sex relationships are "unnatural."

“Let’s just take a totally secular approach to this. Congress is good about having studies; how about if we take four heterosexual couples and put them on an island where they have everything they need to live and exist and we take four couples of just men and put them on an island where they have all they need to survive and then let’s take four couples of just women and put them on an island and then lets come back in 100 years and see which one nature favors.”

Of course, the same could be said about infertile couples or seniors who are past the age of reproduction.

But logic never gets in the way of Mr. Gohmert.

Watch below.

Pat Robertson: God Will Wreck U.S. Financial Markets Over Marriage Equality

I can't believe I'm quoting former Vice President Dan Quayle, but as he once misquoted the slogan of the United Negro College Fund: "It's a terrible thing to lose your mind."

That would seem to be appropriate here after watching Pat Robertson blather on about God's wrath against financial entities over same-sex marriage today.

The 700 Club's resident bigot flipped out saying that the United States is becoming Sodom. robertson predicted God will cause financial ruin in America over marriage equality and equal rights for transgender folks.

Via Right Wing Watch:

“Now it’s a constitutional right for sodomites to marry each other,” he lamented, warning that “the wrath of God is revealed against this stuff.” He explained: “I don’t want the wrath of God to hit this country, it’s a great country, I’d like to see America continue strong, but this is one way of weakening it. First of all, we’re going to have this financial collapse. We’re setting up for a massive financial collapse and I think if God is going to hurt this country that’s probably the way he’d do it.”

Can you believe this man was once considered to be a "moral leader?"

Parody: Kim Davis Lives For The Applause

Rogue Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis says she never wanted all of this attention.

Riiiiight.

(h/t JMG)

Parody: "The Homophobe Tango"

Lauren Mayer, aka PsychoSuperMom, brings us her version of "The Cellblock Tango" from CHICAGO - "The Homophobe Tango" wherein she skewers the current crop of big time bigots, including Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis.

According to Mayer, she's "a good Jewish mother who secretly yearns for a gay son, so he'll never leave me for another woman, (cue rimshot)."

(h/t JMG)

Anti-Gay Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis Loses At 6th Circuit Court Of Appeals

Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis (R)

Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis lost today at the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in her request for a stay regarding a lower court's ruling which compels her to issue marriage licenses to her constituents.

The lower court issued a temporary stay on it's ruling to give Davis time to request the stay at the Sixth. That temporary ruling is set to expire on August 31st.

There is virtually no chance that SCOTUS will even take the request, let alone grant it.

See the full ruling here.

“The injunction operates not against Davis personally, but against the holder of her office of Rowan County Clerk.

"In light of the binding holding of Obergefell, it cannot be defensibly argued that the holder of the Rowan County Clerk’s office, apart from who personally occupies that office, may decline to act in conformity with the United States Constitution as interpreted by a dispositive holding of the United States Supreme Court.

"There is thus little or no likelihood that the Clerk in her official capacity will prevail on appeal.”

The day after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage, Davis stopped issuing marriage licenses in her county. No one, straight or gay, can obtain a marriage license in her county today.

Davis refuses to issue marriage licenses to gay or lesbian couples based on her 'deeply held religious beliefs.'

It should be noted that her 'religious beliefs' don't seem to affect her ability to marry and divorce. Davis is currently on her 4th marriage.

Yeah, she's really worried about the "sanctity of marriage."

Photographer Has Best Response After Losing Anti-Gay Wedding Client

Clinton Brentwood Lee has been shooting weddings for 15 years as a professional photographer.

But when he changed his Facebook profile to a rainbow to celebrate the SCOTUS ruling on same-sex marriage, a client informed him they would cancel their contract with him.

The photographer's response is perfect:

(Click image to enlarge)

(via Buzzfeed)

Arizona Pastor Says It's Ok To Pray for "Some" Folks To Die

Ah, Pastor Stephen Anderson of Arizona's Faithful Word Baptist Church. You make every well-meaning pastor's job so, so, so much harder.

You'll recall he once said America could have an "AIDS-free" Christmas if the country would just kills all the gays...?

My best friend is an Episcopal priest. I'm sure she would NOT endorse this kind of preaching.

Anderson went off again half-cocked recently and lost his mind over Caitlyn Jenner's coverage in the media.

He starts out saying it's TOTALLY cool to pray for folks you don't like to die. Just so you know.

Then, at the 1:15 mark he starts talking about Caityn Jenner (referring to her as "filthy sodomite" and "filthy pervert" and "trans-freak") who he claims he had never heard of before.

There's this bon mot: "I'm gonna pray that he dies and goes to hell."

At the 3:10 mark: "I hate him with a perfect hatred. I have NO love for this 'Bruce' freak."

By the way, Caitlyn, this guy is probably part of YOUR Republican party. Just saying...

Michigan Auto Repair Shop Owner: My Business And My Home Will Be Protected From "Evil"

Brian Klawiter, the Michigan auto repair shop owner who said he would turn away gays who brought their cars to him, has doubled down with even more heated rhetoric.

This time he says he won't serve gays because he's defending his environment against "evil:"

"The environments that I have control over (where I am responsible for what occurs) including my business and my home will be protected from evil to the best of my ability."

(via Facebook)

Apparenlty, Klawiter thinks the gays biggest problem is fighting for the right to be naked at a gay pride parade?

(h/t New Civil Rights Movement)

The Inevitable Crowd-Sourcing Fund For Anti-Gay Florist Is Here

Right on cue, a crowd-sourcing fund has been set up to "help" Barronelle Stutzman, the anti-gay marriage florist from Washington state who was found guilty of violation public accommodation laws for discriminating against a gay couple.

The goal seems to be $100,000 - to pay a $2,000 fine...

Gee, I wonder what the other $98,000 is for?

(h/t JMG)

Quote Of The Day: Gays Rights Are NOT Human Rights

"I am a strong believer in traditional marriage, and I do not construe homosexual rights as human rights." - New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith (R) at a congressional hearing for Nigeria

A Guy Being A "Jack" Ass In Colorado About A Cake

A guy named Bill Jack walks into a bakery...

Walking into a bakery and requesting a cake be made to say "God hates fags" so you can attempt to make some point about "religious freedom" just makes you an asshole.

Bill Jack says he was discriminated against based on his creed. "Creed" is defined as "a formal statement of religious belief."

In no account of this story ANYWHERE has it been reported that the baker refused on religious grounds. She admits she refused to write discriminatory hate speech.

She offered to make the cake and provide the asshole with icing so he could write his own bigoted statements. You can't force someone to write (or say) what you want them to say if they don't believe it themselves. This violates folks freedom of speech.

It's also of interest that Jack specifically would not allow the paper with his desired hate speech to leave his hands. Hmm - worried about evidence landing somewhere, Mr. Jack?

Where this differs greatly from the anti-gay bakers in Colorado last year is two issues:

1. That baker specifically said he wouldn't make a wedding cake for a gay couple's wedding because it was a gay wedding. Because "gay." Colorado outlaws discrimination based on sexual orientation. And the baker pointedly said that was what his decision was based on.

2. No one asked the baker last year to write anything specifically "pro" or "anti" anything on a wedding cake. As a matter of fact, it's never been reported if ANY writing was requested. All that was ordered was "a wedding cake." The baker was not being required to write anything specific to pro-gay messaging.

Watch the report below on Mr. Bill Jack's attempt to incite "something."

Meet Philadelphia Gay-Bashing Defendant Kathryn Knott

LGBT advocate Scott Wooledge has Storified several of Philadelphia gay-bashing defendant Kathryn Knott's Tweets to give the public a glimpse into the 20-something's mind.

According to Scott, "She seems nice. And a little racist, and a little homophobic. And frequently drunk or hungover."

I think it's interesting to note that Knott is the daughter of Chalfont, Bucks County Police Chief Karl Knott. Neighbors of the Knotts were reportedly "not surprised" by the charges brought against Kathryn.

UPDATE: All three defendant's have turned themselves in according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.