From the department of "You can't make this stuff up," Marco Rubio, fresh from his "no" vote on ENDA, because he said the law would lead to "frivolous lawsuits," is heading off to keynote a fundraiser next week honoring the chairman of a non-profit litigation firm and Christian ministry that is “advancing the family” through anti-gay lawsuits.
The honoree, Mat Staver, who said ENDA: “will put individuals at risk and ultimately result in significant damage and even death of some individuals,” is recently best known for suing to stop New Jersey’s new law banning gay conversion therapy for minors and accused Rubio's potential 2016 rival Chris Christie of harming children.
Staver's entry from his November 5 Liberty Alert newsletter addressing Christie's ban on gay conversion therapy, says: Governor Christie has no right coming into the therapy session of this young man and telling him what kind of counseling he can receive. Funny how the same kinds of people who say this DO feel it's their right to barge right on in to a women's gynecological exam, transvaginal wand at the ready, and tell her she WILL bear that child, come hell, high water, or an apocalyptic combination of the two. (See also: Staver's views on Texas, who solved that little problem by cutting out the middleman.)
The awards dinner where Rubio will honor Staver is being held by the Florida Family Policy Council, whose leader, John Stemberger, is known for his support to ban gay participants from the Boy Scouts.
A deep dive into the FFPC website will inform you on everything you need to know about the "gay agenda" and will point you to enlightening reading material on the incredible surge of interest in affirming homosexuality, and answer all your questions on "what homosexuals want."
FFPC covers all the basics, (and I do mean all the basics, ask them about their clean credit card processing!) gay marriage, gambling, evolution, school choice, free speech, even judicial activism and creepy "truth" training videos. They seek prayer team members, and say they're looking for people to pray for leaders and the battles they fight each day in Tallahassee and throughout Florida.
"Coincidentally" Rubio sat in on oral arguments before the Supreme Court earlier this week in a case challenging legislative prayer. FFPC honoree Staver's Liberty Counsel filed the amicus brief.
Just wading through the FFPC website you'll find virtually every talking point you've heard from GOP legislators in Florida, right down to Marco Rubio's speeches about the American dream.
When Rubio says we can't pass laws that protect against gay discrimination because he needs "further study," I guess we have at least one idea where he goes for instruction, and where he gets his guidelines on what constitutes a "frivolous lawsuit."
