Phil Burress? Ah yes. He's the homophobic porn addict who feels he has a mission to impose his beliefs on the rest of the world, particularly the state of Ohio. (See photo)Burress is famous for leading a fight against strip clubs and X-rated bookstores, as well as his real passion--same-sex marriage. He's agin' it! The "gay agenda," in Burress' mind, is a huge threat to fundamentalist Christian beliefs and traditional family values. Thus he has fought for constitutional amendments defining marriage as between a man and woman, and in the process has developed a large organization of conservative advocates.
Ohio has been the focus of his efforts. Back in 2004, The New York Times reported that "Mr. Burress plans to take his grass-roots movement in Ohio to a new level, using a computer database of 1.5 million voters to build a network of Christian conservative officials, candidates and political advocates.
"He envisions holding town-hall-style meetings early next year in Ohio's 88 counties to identify issues, recruit organizers and train volunteers. With a cadre of 15 to 20 leaders in each county, he says he believes religious conservatives can be running school boards, town councils and county prosecutor's offices across the state within a few years."
Burress is a representative of what I call the American Taliban (right-wing Christian fundamentalists trying by means fair and foul to impose their beliefs and doctrines upon all the citizens of our fair land). The methods and goals are the same as Afghanistan's Taliban, now resurgent against American and NATO forces. Who knows, maybe we'll have to call in Ohio's National Guard to put the SOB down!
His personal life is the stuff of dime novels. Burress is a porn addict. Or, as Ian James says, "A self proclaimed thrice married porn addict whose third wife reads him porn so that he can avoid being overly titillated..." In 2007, non-titillated, Phil went to work to make enact draconian measures against strip clubs in that state to ensure that no one else might get overly titillated.
He was named "Girlieman of the Week" by the King's Right Site for advocating legislation which would impose his beliefs upon the adult entertainment industry. It was such activity that led King's Right to describe him as "that most dangerous kind of despot, a man who is so terrified of his own cravings ... that's he's compelled to remove any/all temptation, through Nanny State coercion."
As a confirmation of his crazed mendacity, in 2006, Burress, president of Citizens for Community Values, (a group that promotes abstinence), argued that drugstores should lock up condoms. "It's a lie that condoms prevent all sexually transmitted diseases anyway," said Burress.
Phil Burress is the latest extremist of the Christian right to put his imprimatur upon Senator John McCain.
Onenewsnow.com reports that Burress, until recently, held a "strong dislike for John McCain." Burress said "We don't like him and he doesn't like us," referring to the relationship between McCain and "values voters."
About a week ago, however, McCain met privately with six conservative "activists" from Ohio, a group that included Burress. Burress praised McCain, saying that he treated the group courteously and took notes on what they said "about issues such as the sanctity of life, marriage, and judges."
Burress fairly glowed: "It was so refreshing to me because he was so different than any other politician that I have ever met." Burress said that McCain was not swayed like other politicians.
"...[I] don't care whether you threaten this man, whether you offer him money, however you try to approach him -- [whatever] sways most politicians, he won't have any of it. He believes what he believes and his mind can be changed if you have the facts..."
Maybe Burress met with someone other than John McCain? Or maybe Burrress is simply a moron.
"...[I] left there a changed man," says Phil. Ok, he's a moron.
Not only so, but Burress was pleased that, in the course of the meeting, Dr. Jack Wilke explained to McCain the moral and ethical problems related to human embryonic research in such a way that McCain could not possible support the federal funding of "embryo-destructive research."
Burress does not like Barack Obama. Barack Obama, says Burress is a "borderline idiot," and has a "scary" political record. He thinks "the best thing McCain can do is let Obama talk."
I wonder how long it will be before the MSM picks up on this meeting and McCain is renouncing the endorsement of Phil Burress and friends?
1 comment:
I am afraid many of our politicians do not believe the Constitution is to be followed. We have seen lots of evidence but allow it to go on. We do not even find ways to get the Supreme Court to look into some abuses. Short of impeachment, there seems little anyone can do if they believe someone in government is acting unlawfully. Who can arrest a sitting President or Vice President for corruption? We used to have faith in our free press to expose wrong doing but not anymore. We deserve what we get, perhaps.
Bob Poris
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