May 10, 2015 5:28 AM

More great moments in religious freedumb

Once again this week, the fine folks at This Week in God © bring us the…um, “best” from the news of religion. It’s interesting that a country founded by those fleeing religious persecution in England has fallen into the habit of persecuting and discriminating against those not “enlightened” enough to share a belief in their flavor of Imaginary Friend.

Despite those who would have us believe that America’s a Christian nation, we’ve somehow managed to keep religion out of politics. Perhaps it’s the recognition of what theocracy has done to places like Pakistan, Iran, and Somalia. Perhaps its respect for the Constitution. Perhaps it might even be recognition of the reality that America’s a secular nation with a Christian majority, NOT a Christian nation. More likely, it’s that those righteous sorts who would intermingle their God with our government simply haven’t yet figured out how to force their theology on the rest of America.

Because God Is Great ©, so why shouldn’t the rest of the country be forced to follow The One, True, and Only Faith ©?

Without further ado, here’s this week’s collection of those who couldn’t lead a Christ-like life if you handed them a guide dog and step-by-step instructions:

Arizona lawmaker wants church attendance to be mandatory: The real problem behind gun violence is “corrupted souls?” How about authoritarian Conservative Christians who believe that freedom OF religion doesn’t mean freedom FROM religion? Never mind the separation of Church and State…or religious wingnuttery from common sense.

Tom DeLay: People keep forgetting that God ‘wrote the Constitution’: Just another authoritarian “Christian” who hasn’t bothered to read the Constitution…or the Bible, for that matter. The derp is strong in this one….

Sam Rodriguez: Gay Marriage Leads To Anti-Christian Discrimination, Hate Speech Laws: Because, as Jesus preached, only Christian hate speech and discrimination should be legal.

Pastor warns gays: Marriage equality means no one will be left to make babies for you to adopt: When gay marriage is outlawed, only outlaws will marry gays. Or something like that.

Franklin Graham Furious That Marvel’s Iceman Is Gay: If the biggest problem in your life is the sexuality of a cartoon character, perhaps your not quite the model Christian you believe yourself to be. And perhaps Rev. Graham would be well advised to get his own affairs in order before waxing self-righteous over a fictional protohuman.

Arkansas pastor’s wife turns him in after finding ‘tens of thousands’ of child porn files: Suffer unto him the little children…or, in this case, hopefully not.

Ed Miliband: I don’t believe in God: The new British Labour Party leader’s atheism seems to be something of a nonstarter across the pond. Here it would get him burned at the stake. Remember, freedom OF religion doesn’t mean freedom FROM religion.

Pastor told gay ‘paramours’ he wished God would kill his wife months before she was found murdered: Because God is great, isn’t he? Who says She doesn’t answer prayers?

Mike Huckabee Defends Ex-Gay Therapy, Warns Gay Rights Will Outlaw Christianity: ‘God Help Us All’: When Christians are denied the right to harrass, discriminate against, and destroy others, then surely America will be in the fast lane on the expressway to Hell.

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