Stephanie Miller Vs. Dennis Prager Kamala Harris Vs. Harry Jackson

Last night on CNN newly out radio host Stephanie Miller took on conservative asshat Dennis Prager and Maryland carpetbagger Harry Jackson over marriage equality. San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris, who we haven't seen much of so far, also weighs in. In the second clip Jackson bizarrely warns that same-sex marriage will lead to legalized prostitution.

Stephanie Miller: "Every little girl has a dream, Larry, and I have a new one. I want to be gay-married by Kathy Griffin to a black woman. I want Laura Schlessinger to be my maid of honor, at a mosque. So that every right wing head will implode simultaneously."

Harry Bishop At NOM's DC Hate Rally

In case you didn't catch the live stream yesterday.

Harry Jackson Calls On Haters Nationwide To Help Stop Marriage Equality In DC

Pam Spaulding points us the latest bile from Bishop Harry Jackson, DC's head homophobe. Spaulding rants:

This is outlandish. Harry Jackson, the loudmouth carpetbagging preacher from Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Maryland is filing to collect signatures to put marriage equality on the ballot in DC. In order to raise the profile of his anti-gay efforrt, he's also released a video targeting voters from other states. He wants them to pressure Congress to act and review the DC City Council's vote to recognize marriage equality. This man is infesting DC with his bigotry and it's clear what he is going to do -- he is going to pit the black community against the largely white out LGBT community there, framing it as all the "privileged white gays" working to deny black voters the right to vote on an issue -- that's a powerful, sick message to cultivate. And he will do it. And there will be precious few out POC stepping up to refute his charges.

How has Jackson not been charged with voter fraud? It was established that he lives in Maryland but registered to VOTE in Washington, DC.

Hate Crimes: Count The Lies

Get out your Liars Bell and give it a DING every time you hear the Family Research Council lie about hate crimes in this clip. Special guest appearance from voter registration fraudster Bishop Harry Jackson.

On Monday, Senate Democrats attached the Matthew Shepard Act to the Defense Department's annual appropriation bill, something the NY Times calls a "must-pass measure." Right now the bill is being discussed on the Senate floor, although most attention remains on the Sotomayor hearings and there is no quorum. Go to C-SPAN2 for limited live coverage.

DC Wingnut Blames Dick Cheney For Failure Of Federal Marriage Amendment

One of the good failures of Dubya's administration was the non-passage of the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA), which would have required approval by Congress and by a two-thirds majority of all the state legislatures. Any amendment to the U.S. Constitution would be an enormously ambitious undertaking - much less one with scant support from half of Congress. But the virtual impossibility of the FMA's passage doesn't seem apparent to DC's Bishop Harry Jackson, who, in light of Dick Cheney's recent endorsement of same-sex marriage, now says that it may have been Cheney himself who scuttled the FMA.

Jackson, a Washington-area pastor and chairman of the High Impact Leadership Coalition, says ironically, at the same time President Bush "lost steam" on the marriage issue in 2006, Dick Cheney's daughter Mary was talking openly with the media regarding her lesbian lifestyle. Bishop Jackson"I believe that Cheney's own ambivalence that has now manifested itself into what seems like a backhanded pro-gay approach was one of the things that kept the President [Bush] from going forward," he contends. "So, I'm outraged that we've been promised things by the GOP -- specifically by the president -- that haven't really come into fruition." Last week Dick Cheney suggested to reporters that he supports same-gender marriages.

RELATED: In 2004 Dubya secretly paid NOM head Maggie Gallagher $21,500 to write opinion pieces in support of the FMA.

Fundie Leader Complains About Mark Buse AND Sarah Palin

While the economy mess has made the MSM too busy to pay much notice to the revelation that John McCain has a gay chief of staff, notorious homophobe Bishop Harry Jackson has taken interest. Jackson is the pastor of Hope Christian Church in Maryland and is on the board of the National Association of Evangelicals. Jackson on the Mark Buse revelation:

"The pro-gay, anti-church groups see themselves in a death-lock in a war -- and they hope to create a sense of disunity among Christians around [the question] 'can we really trust McCain?'" According to Jackson, the announced "outing" of Buse is a calculated political move. "I think this attack has come at this moment because of the issues of marriage amendments in these states and the issue of a pro-family agenda," the pastor suggests. "And I wish [McCain] was more engaged positively, because he's getting the negative attack no matter what."

On Friday Jackson appeared on Michelangelo Signorile's show on Sirius XM to complain that the Buse revelation should have McCain more forcefully defending "traditional" marriage so people don't think he's soft on gay issues. (Who could think THAT?) But Jackson also admitted that the right is fighting a losing battle, at least on civil unions.

"My concern about John McCain stepping up and being articulate about the marriage amendments is more about protecting the definition of marriage as one man and one woman as cultural guardrails...The reason I say I will work with civil unions, etc. -- that may not have been my original position, but I think it's a reality. We have had laws in New Jersey, all over the country. The reality is gay civil unions are going to be the law of the land all over the country...You may call it movement [on my part.] I call myself a realist...I think this would be a split issue [on the Christian right], a lot of people would disagree with me. But I think we're embroiled in a battle that's unfolding."

Jackson then complains that Sarah Palin was "wishy-washy" on gay marriage during her debate.

"A lot of folks were upset that she didn't say there is a marriage amendment on the ballot in Florida, California and Arizona...She missed an opportunity to say 'I'm for marriage'...She could have defined that thing clearly and she would have a lot more people enthusiastic about her campaign. There have been people [grumbling]...I do think she seemed a little wishy-washy and unclear on the marriage issue. She left making it sound like she and Mccain and Biden and Obama were exactly the same and they're not."

Whee! In-fighting amongst the fundies! Listen to Jackson's interview on Signorile's site.