Sticking close to its parent organization’s anti-gay agenda, CNSNews.com has been making a notable effort in recent days to highlight what it apparently considers excessive gayness in the world.
A June 24 article by Katie Bell highlights how grocery chain Food Lion “is celebrating June as “LGBT Pride Month” by inserting a message championing the ‘Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgendered (LGBT) community’ in flyers advertising a weekly list of product deals.” More importantly, Bell highlights a right-wing organization’s efforts to “e-mail Food Lion’s president, Cathy Green, to let her know that they object to the food chain endorsing homosexuality.”
A June 27 article by Penny Starr stated that “Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday that the State Department played an instrumental role in ‘sealing the deal’ for pop-rock star Lady Gaga to perform at a gay pride rally in Rome, Italy.” Starr goes on to quote lyrics from Lady Gaga’s song “Judas,” which she said “sparked controversy.”
Starr followed that up with an article the next day quoting Clinton as saying that “officials meeting with ‘sex workers’ in the cause of protecting LGBT rights is an example of ‘people-to-people diplomacy at its best.'”
Meanwhile, a June 30 article by Fred Lucas begins: “At the urging of homosexuals gathered at the White House on Wednesday, President Barack Obama praised gay ‘spouses’ in his speech marking lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ‘Pride Month.'”
These articles were written not because CNS is interested in celebrating gay rights; rather, it opposes gay rights, and is simply attempting to rile up homophobia in its readers. That’s all too clear in the comment threads on the articles. One comment on the Food Lion story reads: “Will they support ‘shoplifter pride’ next? Kleptomania, as well as LGBT-lifestyles, should be remedied, not celebrated.”
Is fomenting hatred something a responsible news organization should do? We don’t think so.