Maybe they don't hate gays, but they sure sound like they hate America...

NOM is no mystery. They're anti-gay. I get that. The real nuts are the 22% of gays that voted for Romney.

They know they are going to lose eventually, so now it is just about harming as many people as possible (gays especially) before they die.

Why these people do not realize they are on the same side as the Taliban, I will never know.

@ 1, NOM hates both gays and America (for not hating gays enough).

@3, agreed. If someone is gay and doesn't like Obama fine, but they really couldn't find a third candidate to vote for that didn't want to constitutionally enshrine them as second class citizens?

@1
"Maybe they don't hate gays, but they sure sound like they hate America... "

Not really.
They don't hate America.
They just think that it would be better if America was more like Qatar.

And really, isn't that what we all want?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar#Qatar…

50,000 people are boycotting Starbucks? Oooooohh, that's gotta sting!

0.02% of the US population? Maybe 0.07% of the people who have ever bought something at Starbucks.

Someone should try to explain the idea of signal-to-noise to Brian Brownshirt. In Starbucks sales data, 50,000 people (even if they all were previous customers) is the noise. One delayed push-back from a gate at O'Hare increases Starbucks sales by more that day then his boycott lost them.

The ends don't justify the meanies, the meanies rationalize the ends.

Is NOM trying to get American workers in foreign Starbucks shops killed? That's sure what it sounds like.

Hate makes ugly bed fellows.

The Republican Party has suicide pacts with Grover Norquist, Rush Limbaugh, the Koch Brothers, and the NRA, too.

The stupidity of Schmidt's argument is supposing that eliminating the Republican opposition to marriage equality will move gays from the D column to R. Uh, really? I can't think of any gays in my social circle who would overlook their positions on women's issues, healthcare, social welfare, and economic equality. At this point, they can only remove their opposition to marriage equality and become an "us too" party. If they really want to move people, they're going to need to show some leadership - on climate, immigration, campaign finance, or some other issue that allows them to be further left than the D's. And I have no doubt that they will never do this.

@11 Sounds like extortion to me.

The good news is that most Americans don't see gay people as threats, so NOM must resort to stirring up hatred in in Muslim countries. That NOM isn't concerned about who might get killed in protests because they don't care about a few dead innocent people if they can stop Starbucks from supporting gay marriage is quite disturbing.

When the GOP presidential candidate won't even run on his party's platform because of how it polls, you'd think they'd be more introspective.

Is NOM trying to get American workers in foreign Starbucks shops killed? That's sure what it sounds like.

Isn't it a franchise?

Why would Americans go abroad to work at a Starbucks?

Well, I guess the lack of a minimum living wage in the US, could actually make it worth the investment, now that I think about it.

Who are these 22% of gay people voting for Romney? Are you fucking kidding me? Is that real?

So they are going to make Starbucks pay in countries that kill people who are gay for being gay?

So they are insinuating violence against an American corporation, their beloved class of people... because, "ew, buttseks?"

Perverts.

Dan,

Did you just call nearly a quarter of the LBGT community "right wing nuts" ?

Translation: they lost America but they haven't lost yet in the Middle East

@15 - I'm betting that when there is the inevitable violence, they will blame the gays. "See what happens when you allow a company that supports Teh Gay into this country?" The amount of stupid is scary.

@20 - Yup, and you read it, all by yourself! Congrats, champ. You're well on your way to understanding complex thoughts.

As Charlie Sheen would say... "Winning"

I actually feel bad for these people.

When you have a life worth living, you sleep 56 hours a week, spend 40 to 50 hours a week at work, maybe 10 hours cooking and cleaning and doing errands, 5 or 6 hours at the gym or playing a sport to stay in shape, 15 to 20 hours doing things with your significant other, and hopefully devote 15 to 20 hours to a hobby or hobbies. There's really not that many hours left. And this is not a fancy jet-setting lifestyle.

If you actually have enough time to sit and brood over how much you hate the fags, formulate a plan, and follow through with it, there must be something missing in your life.

@17,

It's not a franchise. Starbucks owns all its stores. That said, I doubt there will be many (if any) Americans working those stores, except maybe to set them up initially.

Haven't NOM been found guilty of violating laws in their fundraising at least a few times? What's going on with that, and why haven't they been taken down yet?

I'm hoping and betting that whatever noise NOM stirs up in Qatar will be no more noticed and listened to than the high-pitched whine of a pesky mosquito. From reading the linked Wiki article, there are already a handful of North American universities (including scary Canadian ones, lol) operating in the country, along with certain governmental provisions granted to a Canadian and American military presence (from previous wars in the region). It's not as if the appearance of Starbucks would be so revolutionary to cause an uproar.

Not only that, is Maggie planning to personally descend in full screed to tell a sovereign nation about the evils of a American corporation? Hmm ::ponders:: I'm wondering just how hard it is for a tourist to get an appointment with someone in their government? At least Maggie would be allowed to speak and wouldn't need to have Brian speaking for her.

My points for Things I'm Not Saying are nearly as high now as they were yesterday when I saw my father and stepmother for the first time since last Tuesday. They did the most frivolous thing I've heard of yet this election cycle and actually donated significantly to the campaign of Mrs McMahon.

That's sounding dangerously close to "second amendment remedies." Except it's on foreign soil. How is this not a terroristic threat? I'm sure that those communities overseas with Starbucks are just THRILLED that some American group, regardless of persuasion, is trying to foment violence in THEIR neighborhood. That some cranky assed American is threatening violence against a coffee shop that they work at, or their kid works at, or that they patronize regularly.

Dan, can you please include links to things you cite? (e.g. the ABC News poll, the NYT article you quote, etc.)