{"id":12995,"date":"2008-08-25T06:41:15","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T13:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/08\/25\/card-controversy.html"},"modified":"2014-11-06T07:34:04","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T14:34:04","slug":"card_controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/08\/25\/card_controversy.html","title":{"rendered":"Card Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s the end of the world as we know it! Amidst cards for such sacred occasions as Halloween and Grandparents Day and Secretary’s Day and Armed Forces Day and Mail Carrier Day and so forth, Hallmark now has the audacity and impropriety to offer cards up to … homosexuals<\/small>.<\/p>\n

Yes, Hallmark now evidently is willing to sell stores (at their request) cards that actually suggest that gays might have loving relationships that they might want to celebrate.<\/p>\n

Which, of course, has the American Family Association all a-twitter<\/a> over the promotion of the “homosexual lifestyle” by Hallmark. <\/p>\n

Ask them to stop promoting a lifestyle that is not only unhealthy, but is also illegal in 48 states. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What? Homosexuality isn’t illegal anywhere in the US any more.<\/p>\n

Hallmark Greeting Cards has announced<\/a> it will begin selling same-sex wedding cards, even though same-sex marriage is legal in only two states. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ah! How cleverly disingenuous — because gay arriage isn’t legal except in two states, Hallmark is promoting something that is “illegal in 48 states.” Or, more properly (but less provocatively) something that is not recognized <\/em>in 48 states. It’s not illegal (in a criminal sense) for gays to get married in, say, Colorado — it’s just that the state doesn’t recognize it as a marriage.<\/p>\n

But that doesn’t make it sound as eeeeeevil as “illegal.”<\/p>\n

Note, of course, that there are also states that recognize civil unions between gay <\/small>couples, and even in other states there are (not-legally-binding) union ceremonies and blessings that take place. One would presume these cards would be useful there, too. If it weren’t eeeeeevil. <\/p>\n

(In fact, the article linked to by the AFA specifically notes “The language inside the cards is neutral, with no mention of wedding or marriage, making them also suitable for a commitment ceremony.” But let’s not let facts get in the way.)<\/p>\n

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The purpose, they say, is to satisfy consumer demand. It appears that their purpose is also to push same-sex marriage. Last year Hallmark began offering “coming out” cards – as in “coming out of the closet” — a euphemism for announcing homosexuality. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not that Hallmark and other card companies aren’t above promoting nonsense holidays to boost their own sales, but I really don’t see them as part of the Master Homosexual Agenda Cabal. Rather, it sounds like there was a consumer demand that they chose to fulfill. I understand they sell cards for Jewish holidays, too — those folks at Hallmark are real progressive thinkers. <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The AFA offers a web page to send a protest letter to Hallmark<\/a>. If you think that Hallmark’s actions are actually a positive thing, I suppose there’s nothing stopping you from using the AFA’s site to send Hallmark a message to that effect, too …<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

(via Terry<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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