Same Sex Marriage 2017: Many Gains, One Set Back

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 ā€œSame-Sex Marriageā€ Too Hot to Print | Right Wing Watch

This canā€™t bode well for Liberty Counselā€™s lawsuit against New Yorkā€™s Marriage Equality Act: the group apparently finds the phrase ā€œsame-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 ā€œsexā€ in the phrase ā€œsame-sex marriageā€:


A look through LCā€™s 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. LCā€™s Matt Barber likes to put ā€œgay,ā€ ā€œrightsā€ and ā€œprogressiveā€ in scare quotes, such as when he rants about ā€œthe ā€˜gayā€™ deathstyle.ā€ The Family Research Council, meanwhile, prefers to put its scare quotes around ā€œmarriageā€ and ā€œwedding.ā€

Then again, Liberty Counselā€™s 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.
 

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