Branstad host hate fest in Ames yesterday

[rurallib]

Iowa governor Terry Branstad hosted a gathering of the Family Leader, a subsidiary of the Family Research Council (FRC) in Ames yesterday. The FRC has been labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, for its strident anti-LGBT rhetoric

Matt Sinovic of Progress Iowa tweeted from the event yesterday here:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/09/1320127/-Live-updates-from-the-anti-LGBT-anti-immigrant-Family-Leadership-Summit?showAll=yes

This one tweet pretty well summarizes the tone of the conference:
10:49 AM CT: "It could be a very dark time" if we don't use government to follow God's will, says Vander Plaats.

I have a take on the hate fest at blogforiowa here:
http://www.blogforiowa.com/2014/08/09/governor-hosts-hate-fest-in-ames-at-9am-today/

[Cirque du So-What]

1. I remember another government that imagined themselves as following God's will

and we all remember how that turned out.

[msongs]

2. yes but there is another truce in Gaza today nt