Voter Alert? From Family Action in Orlando

[sheclown]

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Did anyone else get a "Voter Alert" today from Florida Family Action in Orlando? It said in big letters. Voter Alert!! And goes on to say..."Did you know that a number of the City Council Candidates support "Gay Rights" legislation that would compel Jacksonville's citizens to violate their religious beliefs? Did you know these same candidates also support Gender Identity & Expression legislation that would re-define male and female?" And goes on to list who does and does not support gay rights, defined as those supported by the new Florida LGBT Leadership PAC. It's a tri-fold brochure with all kinds of stuff, but too big to fit in my scanner. Ugh.

BTW...Kimberly Daniels is the first name on the list of people who oppose granting special rights and supporitng religious freedom.

[Josh]

I got one. Probably because I'm registered GOP.

I appreciate them making it easier for me to know which bigots to avoid voting for.

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[vicupstate]

The politics of fear, is the GOP's and the Right's stock in trade. Multiplication by division.  This should surprise no one. The only surprise is that they didn't go to the trouble to get a JAX address for the mailing.     

[jaxlore]

sickening.

[Spitfire]

Things like this and Kimberly Daniels' ad in the Times-Union last week, just make me sick to my stomach. I'll never understand why making your fellow human being suffer is an okay thing to do, especially when not so long ago, you could have been in their shoes.

[Jax native]

Lisa king got attacked on Facebook by someone at her church (who is friends w/ her) saying..." I didn't know you were against Religious Freedoms??? Blah, blah, blah.....can't believe you feel this way!  Lisa's friends gave her support, but is was bizarre how this woman who sat next to Lisa in Church 2 days ago, went to FaceBook to try and humiliate her.   My fears; there is a large religious contingent who are not willing to listen or face reality.  Blind Faith means nothing. 

[Cheshire Cat]

Here is who runs this thing.  To read their "agenda" click this link:  http://flfamily.org/who-we-are/

Detail by Entity Name

Florida Non Profit Corporation
FLORIDA FAMILY ACTION, INC.
Filing Information
Document Number
N05000000086
FEI/EIN Number
331108736
Date Filed
01/03/2005
State
FL
Status
ACTIVE
Principal Address
4853 S ORANGE AVE SUITE C
ORLANDO, FL 32806
Mailing Address
4853 S ORANGE AVE SUITE C
ORLANDO, FL 32806
Registered Agent Name & Address
STEMBERGER, JOHN
4853 S ORANGE AVE SUITE C
ORLANDO, FL 32806
Officer/Director Detail
Name & Address

Title Chairman

MUTZ, BILL
1430 W MEMORIAL BLVD
LAKELAND, FL 33815-1231

Title Treasurer

WATSON, ROBERT
11715 N FLORIDA AVE
TAMPA, FL 33612

Title Secretary

MANSOUR, MARK
2610 SE 40TH STREET
FT LAUDERDALE, FL 33308

Title President

Stemberger, John T
4853 S ORANGE AVE SUITE C
ORLANDO, FL 32806

Title VC

Addison, Steve
4853 S ORANGE AVE SUITE C
ORLANDO, FL 32806

Title Director

O'Donoghue, Bruce
4853 S ORANGE AVE SUITE C
ORLANDO, FL 32806

Title Director

Tragos, George
4853 S ORANGE AVE SUITE C
ORLANDO, FL 32806

Title Director

Ertl, Thomas
4853 S ORANGE AVE SUITE C
ORLANDO, FL 32806

Title Director

Fenwick, Dale
4853 S ORANGE AVE SUITE C
ORLANDO, FL 32806

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[Cheshire Cat]

I have no doubt that the person that is hooked up to this organization and drove this mailer is Kimberly Daniels with the help of a couple of candidates and sitting council members.  Daniels is hooked into all of the organizations in the state that adhere to the philosophy of allowing their religious beliefs to trump civil rights as well as federal, state and local law.  They are fanatics the lot and the organization gains strength from a variety of pastors and churches who promote bigotry toward gays by using the bible, their money and fear.  Daniels is the poison that spoiled the barrel here in Jacksonville and it should be no surprise to anyone that those supporting her like sitting Councilman Reggie Brown and Congresswoman Corrine Brown are all well aware of these efforts.  Shameful stuff.

[Cheshire Cat]

Gloria, is there any statement on the flyer saying it is a political advertisement and that it is "paid for" by this organization?

[Cheshire Cat]

So who is John Stemberger?  Try this on for size. He has been up in his homophobia for a very long time.

By Jeremy Hooper, Special Projects Consultant |
May 2, 2013
We sure are seeing a lot of John Stemberger lately.

On background, he is the longtime "pro-family" activist who was behind prominent campaigns like the amendment that banned marriage equality in his home state of Florida.  In the more immediate sense, he is now the public face of the current national effort to keep the Boy Scouts discriminatory, which he calls "On My Honor."  But who is John Stemberger really?

He claims his current cause against the Boy Scouts is non-discriminatory. However, this is the same guy who opposed basic nondiscrimination ordinances in his home state of Florida because he claims equality activists are "a radical group of political operatives who want to force their aberrant views on human sexuality upon the rest of society by the mandate and penalty of law."

He denies that he is out to harm any kinds of families, yet he admits he sees two moms or two dads as "an objectively inferior choice" amid claims "that homosexuals as a population have disproportionally higher rates of social, mental and physical pathologies." He's even claimed that "ased upon the best interest standard the law probably ought to also prohibit gay foster care, but it does not."

He acts like he has no problem with Boy Scouts who have what he refers to as "same sex attractions." But for years now, his organization, the Florida Family Policy Council, has hosted an extensive resource page on "leaving the gay lifestyle," with links to truly fringe groups like the Restored Hope Network.

He chastises corporate support for equal scouting. Only thing? He had no problem promoting a prominent fast food COO's claim that marriage equality is "inviting God's Judgement on the nation."

He pretends he is fine with kids living as they are, so long as what he sees as a political cause is kept out of scouting. But this is the same person who once gave a political speech where he used (read: exploited) a transgender kid's story and his opposition to it as an example of what motivates him to do his own advocacy work. He decried that this five-year-old's gender identity as being "a sinful little thought."

This weekend (Sunday, 5/5), Mr. Stemberger will team up with the Family Research Council, an organization that has never met an LGBT-accepting cause it couldn't decry, for an event they are calling "Stand with Scouts Sunday."  But I ask again: who is this John Stemberger and what really motivates him to join forces with groups whose leaders make no bones about their animus  and pastors who compare same-sex unions to those that might exist between a human and a dog or horse?  Is Mr. Stemberger's cause, which he positions as one of "honor," really just about this one institutition and its supposed need to "protect" young boys from gays?

For full article click link:
http://www.glaad.org/blog/who-john-stemberger-and-whats-really-driving-his-boy-scouts-crusade