TheProgressivePatriot
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From the stupid as hell prude archives. This is an old story but it is still funny as shit
Liberty Counsel Censors Its Own Press Release, Finds the Phrase āSame-Sex Marriageā Too Hot to Print | Right Wing Watch
Liberty Counsel Censors Its Own Press Release, Finds the Phrase āSame-Sex Marriageā Too Hot to Print | Right Wing Watch
This canāt bode well for Liberty Counselās lawsuit against New Yorkās Marriage Equality Act: the group apparently finds the phrase āsame-sex marriageā too steamy to print on its own website. In the headline of a press release today about the New York lawsuit, the group made sure to censor the word āsexā in the phrase āsame-sex marriageā:
A look through LCās press release archives shows that this is not the first time the group has censored the phrase in its own press releases.
Religious Right groups, including Liberty Counsel, routinely struggle with the vocabulary of gay rights, often opting for the liberal use of scare quotes to distance themselves from the ideas of equality. LCās Matt Barber likes to put āgay,ā ārightsā and āprogressiveā in scare quotes, such as when he rants about āthe āgayā deathstyle.ā The Family Research Council, meanwhile, prefers to put its scare quotes around āmarriageā and āwedding.ā
Then again, Liberty Counselās self-censorship might just be an attempt to get around the tough Internet filters that groups like FRC and Focus on the Family recommend their members use.