Comments on: Federal funds used to support anti-gay efforts in Iowa

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By: John Doe

John Doe — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:34:17 +0000

WHITE HOUSE/HHS SPONSORSHIP OF ANTI-GAY HATE GROUP AFFILIATE?
All Pro Dad, a program created by the Tampa-based organization Family First, is also known as the “Florida Family Council.” The Florida Family Council is an affiliate of the American Family Association, which has been designated as an anti-gay hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Moreover, Tony Dungy (All Pro Dad founder and spokesperson) and Mark Merrill (Florida Family Council president) are vocal critics of gay marriage and gay fatherhood. Clearly, federal funds including HHS healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood grants and contracts should not be used to promote hate, intolerance, and injustice. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20956.html

By: Erich Riesenberg

Erich Riesenberg — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:58:17 +0000

I live in Iowa and was the first person to raise this issue publicly. I had wondered about the IFPC’s funding and started reading their tax returns. Two odd things: I think Obama has expaned faith based funding, and there was at least one other group affiliated with Focus on the Family (as was / is IFPC) who have received HHS funding. One other odd thing is members of the local gay advocacy group One Iowa were apparently aware of the funding and did not speak against it. People seem to think it is normal politics.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:18:25 +0000

Same-old same-old from the big government conservatives.

By: Blaine W. Andrews

Blaine W. Andrews — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:54:50 +0000

These organizations need to be called out on their discriminatory practices as well as their hypocritically “Partisan” agenda! Small government indeed! What hogwash!!

By: Syd Diamond

Syd Diamond — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:46:41 +0000

Anti-gay conservatives are trying to take Federal dollars away from NPR and the National Endowment for the Arts. But conservatives turn around and take money from the government to use for a political purpose. Someone needs to make an undercover video on this group. Obama needs to stop funding any religious group that does not comply with basic civil rights.

By: customartist

customartist — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:34:57 +0000

Tell the President to issue an Executive Order NOW, Including elimination of funding to groups already known to have participated in discrimination.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact