Does "Gay Marriage Lead To Mass Murder?" Ask Frank Wolf What He Thinks

This story seems like it must have come from The Onion, it just can't be real (bolding added by me for emphasis):

Is there a connection between same-sex marriage and mass murder?

That's what one religious right outfit is suggesting. This week, Morality in Media disseminated a statement noting that the Iowa Supreme Court had legalized gay marriage on the same day that a gunman murdered 13 people in Binghamton, New York. The headline on the release: "Connecting the Dots: The Line Between Gay Marriage and Mass Murders." The group's president, Bob Peters, notes that the "underlying problem is that increasingly we live in a 'post-Christian' society, where Judeo-Christian faith and values have less and less influence." And, he continues, this "secular value system is also reflected in the 'sexual revolution,' which is the driving force behind the push for 'gay marriage.'"

...the success of the sexual revolution is inversely proportional to the decline in morality; and it is the decline of morality (and the faith that so often under girds it) that is the underlying cause of our modern day epidemic of mass murders.

Amazingly, this story is no joke; Peters actually believes that "those who champion gay rights are undermining the moral fiber of society and that this assault on traditional values creates an environment in which killing sprees can more easily occur." Wow.

So, who funds this guy's crazy group? That's right, our Congress, thanks to Mr. "Moderate" himself, Frank Wolf:

...this group did receive federal funding from 2005 through 2007. The money supported a Morality in Media project, ObscenityCrimes.org, which paid two retired law enforcement officers to review citizen complaints about obscenity on the Internet and to forward the best leads to the US Justice Department for possible prosecution. A total of $300,000 was provided to Morality in Media through two earmarks Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) placed into spending bills, according to Peters. And a portion of that money went to cover Peters' salary. As The New York Times reported in 2007, no obscenity prosecutions had resulted from the Morality in Media's obscenity-tracking work.

Back in August 2007, I wrote about this group on Farewell Frank, noting that "this group works to restrict the display of magazines like Cosmopolitan because there are references to - gasp! - SEX on their covers." Believe it or not, these people are also on a crusade to prove that swearing or cursing can "break up a marriage," "lead to violence," "disrupt school order," and - worst of all, no doubt - "contribut[e] to an erosion of office etiquette." How on earth funding this group is an appropriate use of government resources is beyond me, but I guess if it keeps one person from reading Cosmo or cursing, it was all worth it! :)

P.S. For more on this, see Pam's House Blend.