Isaac Schorr at Mediaite penned an opinion piece titled "CNN Should Apologize for Its Obscene Fearmongering Over Trump Outlawing Gay Marriage."
On Friday morning's CNN Newsroom, CNN host Pamela Brown (daughter of John Y. Brown, the former Democrat governor of Kentucky) played up the alleged threat of Trump outlawing gay marriage -- even though Trump never touched it in his first term.
Brown began:
In the November issue of Vogue, Shelby Wax writes about waking up on the Wednesday after Election Day and wondering if that wedding will still be possible. In her piece, Wax says in part -- quote -- "The one thing that scares me most is I no longer feel like I can envision my future. Will a stacked Supreme Court overturn my right to marry? Will my family be recognized as a family by my country?"
...So, Shelby, you write about how Trump's victory has spurred you and others in the LGBTQ+ community to get married now, rather than wait. That is happening. Tell us more about those conversations and what you're doing in your own life in response.
Wax referred to Justice Clarence Thomas in the Dobbs ruling suggested the Obergefell "marriage equality" decision could be reversed. That’s all there is. Schorr makes the point that in his majority opinion repealing abortion on demand in Dobbs, Justice Samuel Alito expressly said abortion is different, that no life is ended in a gay marriage.
Schorr also noted "At Trump’s direction, the GOP has removed all mention of marriage being a union between 'one man and one woman' from its party platform." Trump moved the GOP platform toward the center on these social issues.
FAKE NEWS: CNN aired a segment arguing gay couples are correct in worrying a second Trump term and the Supreme Court could ban gay marriage and gays from becoming parents
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) December 6, 2024
Tinfoil-hat stuff.
Pamela Brown then brought in a GLAD Law official to double down on this BlueAnon claim. pic.twitter.com/grl3Atg02r
Brown maintained this fiction with Wax's partner: "So, in this piece, you acknowledge that you may be acting out of fear, but that you also say that fear is valid. Olivia, what is your biggest fear now that Donald Trump is returning to the White House?"
The closest Brown came to acknowledging reality came next: "There are other data points too, that one of Trump's Cabinet picks is a married gay man, Scott Bessent, who is tapped to lead the Treasury Department. He, Donald Trump, for his part, is supported by groups like the Log Cabin Republicans, a conservative gay rights organization. Mar-a-Lago has hosted same-sex weddings. Does any of that provide solace to you, Shelby?" Wax said "not necessarily." Fear wins!
Brown asked one more softball question: "I'm wondering, Olivia, how your families have reacted. Are they supportive of your plans?" Yes.
Then Brown brought on attorney Mary Bonauto of the Boston-based law firm GLAD LAW to be supportive of the frightened lesbians, but underline that no, this is not happening. "Marriage equality is protected on many levels. As you said yourself, Pamela, Obergefell remains the law of the land. The elections did not change that. And I'm not even clear that the executive branch would want to undo marriage equality…the country has moved on.”
Why didn’t CNN listen to this beforehand and NOT put this baseless fear on the air?
