We're done, folks!
I know it's been a rather lengthy ride, but I wanted to detail the falsehoods as best I could. If only one person read this and decided to actually research what is being told to them, then it was worth all the time and effort put into it.
To sum up, the FRC utilized uncited and unnamed 'studies' to support their own religious ideology regarding same-sex marriage.
They spoke about SSM as if we live in a theocracy instead of a democracy, and indeed they think that is how it should be.
They perpetrated the horrible school of thought that seeks to 'repair' and 'convert' homosexuals into heterosexuals (as if such a thing were actually possible), and used a uterine-demon-banishing wacko as one of their 'success stories'.
Not only did they try to convince us that this change was possible, but they suggested it is also necessary; and willfully ignored the opinions of the experts in the field, flying in the face of just about every mental health group out there.
They skewed numbers within their own supposed 'studies', and blatantly fabricated the resulting data, insulting us all by assuming the public would be too dumb or too dumbfounded to notice.
This group - which is rightfully labeled a hate group by the SPLC - could do more damage to LGBT children and teens and their families than just about any other, simply because of their wide reach and deep pockets.
It is our right and our duty to continue to call out groups like this, individuals like this, and not let their hateful and harmful rhetoric destroy what we have worked decades to achieve - equality, respectability, acceptance, tolerance, and the chance to finally just live our lives without having to constantly be looking over our shoulder.
I hope you enjoyed this little series, and if not I hope you at least learned something.
I know I did.
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