Family Council, LGBT activists pan FCKH8 video

Personally, I support the video and group. Instead of pussyfooting for our rights, we need to get angry and FCKH8. Social conservatives are not going to give in on this issue until we have won.

Furthermore, I enjoy the diversity of people in the video. Most of the people I saw are not what one would consider “white, middle-class.” The LGBT/Queer community is not one homogeneous blob.

As far as kids kissing in the video, what’s wrong with kids kissing? It’s not sexually explicit, and it lets queer youth know they shouldn’t be ashamed to show public displays of affection.

My only dissatisfaction with the video is that it’s in support of same-sex marriage, when I don’t believe that’s the most important issue facing the LGBT/Queer community. But, whatever.

At least it’s a breath of fresh air compared to Human Rights Campaign.

Frankly, this whole sordid matter prompts me to ask whether everyone has gone out of their freaking minds?

There is nothing cute at all about profanity. I didn’t see any kids in this particular video; all the actors/actresses definitely appear to be at least 18 years of age.

It’s rather creepy to concern ourselves with how “some of the top gay bloggers in the world” might feel given that we who are LGBT still have yet to achieve full equality under the law and acceptance of who we are.

However, this silliness and pettiness is NOTHING compared to the ugliness of the extremely offensive, persistent and shrill anti-LGBT animus and bigotry pushed on the Minnesotans by the Minnesota Family Council, the Roman Catholic Church and extremist, self-serving Republicans.

Bah on everyone involved in this.

I consider PQ’s stance justified because we’ve had years of so-called “Minnesota Nice” on this issue – and look where we are today. Meh.

Loved it! Now I have to run find them on FaceBook. If religious groups feel it ridicules them, that’s because it cuts a bit too close to the bone for their comfort. At the point at which those religious groups (and note, this isn’t EVERY religious group, just the extreme ones) are advocating a ban on gay marriage for religious reasons, they are absolutely opening themselves to the counterarguments that a) these religions were apparently fine with slavery and stoning, and b) NO religion is law in this nation.

I don’t get the problem with the kids kissing. How many TV shows have younger actors kissing the opposite sex for a scene? How is this different? It’s not like there was crazy sloppy tongue or something.

Totally disagree with your headline. Falls for the ‘false equivalency’ argument used by the right wing to minimize their extreme positions, and also serves to divide the anti-amendment community.

To say that “the Family Council and the LGBT activists pan the video” when you actually have one person from the campaign announcing they had no coordination with the message stop period. And one blogger had issues with how ‘edgy’ the message was.

I remember reading Toxic Sludge is Good For You and learning how the corporations fight campaigns against them – they demonize the radicals, play footsie with the ‘moderates’ and try to get posers and lamers into the ‘establishment’ groups that don’t actually make waves. By making the FCKH8 people out as crazy you take the heart out of the movement, frankly.

Look at the Right – they’ve seized control of government by voting their craziest into office. (Actually, they’ve got Stormfront and some more extreme haters still on the bench, wait to see what happens if Obama gets re-elected) Why does the Left always let their radicals get pushed out? Take a look at what the Red Scare did to the American labor movement – set it up to fall.

Sorry; I’m a huge fan of Andy’s writing and coverage of these issues. They’ve been seriously important, but the framing of this one is totally bad.

OK – now I’ve actually watched the video. I think it’s awesome. And I can see the reason the Family Council is getting so rabid – they go right after the religious justifications for discrimination and mock them. They hate it when you mock their close-mindedness.

Why is it that if opposite-sex kids of the same age did the same kiss, people would go “aawww, cute!” but when they’re of the same sex it’s condemned as exploitation?

I loved the video and thought it was great until the end when the two kids kiss….now that just gives the religious right more amino to fire back at our community..

I absofxkingluteky love the video. I’m liking it on fb!!!

If you don’t get the video, you’re either too old or too uncool.

Fckh8 is the bomb!

Im for whatever it takes to keep these religious Nut jobs OUT of OUR secular Gov’t Laws! Free Speech is FREE SPEECH!!! Too bad American Taliban…..don’t like it…here’s a thought, Don’t watch it! Don’t like gay people,fine…don’t marry one. Don’t like Violent Video Games, Don’t Play one. Stay the FK out of OUR Lives, and keep your BuyBull to yourselves…and in your churches. You ARE America’s Taliban with YOUR Version of Chrisitian Sharia Law you’re TRYING to PUSH on the Rest Of US. BUt the FK out!

Silas
Comment posted August 4, 2011 @ 1:37 am
I loved the video and thought it was great until the end when the two kids kiss….now that just gives the religious right more amino to fire back at our community..

..Yea, they’d rather have kids Firing Guns at one another…cause, well…THATS more MASCULINE and religious….((SNARK)) …and well, kids never kiss each other???

The kids “kissing” at the end isn’t really creepy. It’s not like they are sucking tongue or anything. It’s a small quick peck. Kids at that age (early to mid-teen) often kiss their boyfriends/girlfriends. I see nothing to get creeped out about. I think it says more about Kevin Farrell’s own insecurities than it does about the kids in the video. The end of the video is the least offensive part of the video because it says that what this thing is about are these kids’ futures.

Lighten up tenderella’s! This is awesome, awesome and more awesome. I especially like it if it empowers GLBTI youth who are confronted by baby bigots who pummel and harrass with their “YOU”RE GOING TO HELL” messaging (mimmicking) used to push youth passed their tipping points.

I liked it AND it supports a great cause! I even like that it’s got the Neo-Puritans skirts in a whirl. LOL

I think Tom Prichard of the MN Family Council should just get over himself and make his own video of himself in hot pink briefs and put it up on YouTube. That should raise a lot of money for his cause.

Kneeling while bound Tom Pritchard in leather jockstraps, bulldog harness and rubber ball gag securely in his mouth would be more fitting … with the funds going to the anti-marriage campaign and a lawsuit to take away the RCC’s tax-exempt status!

[...] Within State Publications Family Council, LGBT activists pan FCKH8 video- MinnPost A video about Minnesota’s battle over a ballot measure that would ban marriage for same-sex couples is being panned by both sides of the issue. FCKH8, a California-based group, has created a video in support of efforts to defeat the amendment in 2012, and it’s a video that is purposefully offensive… http://minnesotaindependent.com/85493/family-council-lgbt-activists-pan-fckh8-video/ [...]

Superb video! It’s takes a diversity of voices and campaigns to fight this obsessive attack on our civil rights and safety. It’s energetic, irreverent, fresh and direct – much needed in this fight for equality. Young voices have a stake in this oppressive climate.

It’s really high time for us to stop this Minnesota Nice (not a praise word, mind you) attitude, and tell it like it is. Not just behind their back, or in private company.

Minnesota Niceness empowers those ideologues don’t want to be challenged for their undemocratic beliefs.

This is a disgusting campaign. How about gay rights supporters show a little class?