Jeffrey Dugas

One Million Moms, an organizational arm of the American Family Association, has been involved in an epic battle against gay superheroes since May. In light of DC Comics’ recent announcement that the widely-beloved superhero Green Lantern is gay, which followed Marvel Comics’ announcement that openly gay superhero Northstar would wed his boyfriend in a coming comic book issue, One Million Moms is setting itself up as an archenemy to gay superheroes everywhere.

Time magazine’s June 11 article “Does God Want You to Be Thin?” celebrates Rick Warren’s faith-based weight loss initiative, with barely a mention of the conservative evangelical pastor’s homophobic teachings. While the “Daniel Plan” and Rick Warren’s incredible shrinking waistline receive five pages of gushing praise, Time glosses over the fact that this “inclusive” plan–open to Christians, Jews, and Muslims, too–mixes getting-in-shape advice with condemnations of sexuality that deviates from Warren’s expectations of normative heterosexuality and sexual identity.