Anti-Gay Industry

In an effort to win more votes for George W. Bush and other Republicans in the 2004 election, conservatives marketed false anti-gay claims to black voters in swing states.

The “Marriage Protection Week” event is about voting for same-sex marriage bans, not about actually building strong and healthy families.

Though many have speculated that same-sex marriage cost John Kerry the 2004 presidential election, there is no evidence to back this up.

During the 2004 campaign season, Republicans energized and mobilized their core constituency by emphasizing “moral values” in their messages.

The rights of members of a stigmatized minority, such as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, should not be determined by the prejudices of the majority.

This book, written by Sean Cahill, director of the Task Force’s Policy Institute, provides clear-cut and non-partisan statistical information and data about marriage equality.

Ex-gay ministries do more harm than good by claiming that gay men, lesbians and bisexuals — youth in particular — can become heterosexual through “conversion therapy.”

This report serves as a guide for challenging those who claim that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people can be “cured.”

President George W. Bush has consistently aligned himself with right-wing causes and policies, and his anti-LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) policy record is clear.

The anti-gay religious right has targeted historically progressive Massachusetts, the only state where same-sex couples can legally marry.