Republican Activist Makes Up Story of Being Beaten by Homophobic Liberals | Laura Gottesdiener @ AlterNet
Wood’s story actually fit very nicely into the new narrative of anti-gay groups, who are struggling to reframe the debate as the inevitable legality of gay marriage has become obvious. Here’s their new, bizarre platform: gay marriage rights activists are actually oppressing and persecuting the anti-gay marriage folks, who are simply defending their religious beliefs. And if any of the heterosexual marriage folks get attacked for defending their moral conviction–well, even better.