During a special one hour session last night on DADT, Rep, Louie Gohmert (R-TX) launched into another attack on the Matthew Shepard hate crimes bill, perhaps forgetting where he was… Will spare you the quoting of Bible verses that followed…

When God offers up the idea of human sacrifice, and asks his loyal servant if he has reservations about killing his son Isaac, Abraham declares, “No Lord! I am your bitch!” A hysterical retelling of the Abraham and Isaac story from the hysterical British show “That Mitchell and Webb Look.”

Now for some much needed levity. Meet Betty Bowers, America’s—and perhaps the world’s—greatest Christian as she explains what traditional marriage is all about… And it’s not what you think… Enjoy.

The Illinois Family Institute (IFI) has released an insidious and homophobic piece of propaganda called “Dare to Stand” which makes NOM’s “Gathering Storm” look like amateur hour. The new video is a “rethinking” of the National Day of Silence on April 17th, a youth-driven event which calls attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools. Watch “Dare to Stand”… if you dare.

Classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, IFI purports to “uphold marriage & family, life & liberty in the Land of Lincoln.” From their website…

It is our firm opinion that these claims of discrimination, intolerance and bullying (aimed at people of faith who believe God’s Word that homosexuality is sin) are diverting attention away from GLSEN’s main purpose which has been and continues to be the normalization of homosexuality among impressionable youth.

This 6 minute video, made by a Bible believing church here in Illinois, exposes how our children are being indoctrinated, held captive and forced to accept an unproven and dangerous ideology while Biblical Truth is undermined.

“Dare to Stand” surfaces in the wake of Carl Walker-Hoover’s death, the young boy who recently killed himself after enduring repeated anti-gay bullying.

Many may view the timing as unfortunate, but “Dare to Stand” may present a wonderful opportunity for additional dialogue, shedding more light on homophobia and bullying in schools, while at the same time pushing groups like IFI further out of the mainstream and into Fred Phelps territory.

Sadly, Carl’s birthday would have been on April 17th. Hopefully many will use this day of silence to reflect on this tragedy… and how not to repeat it.