The Church: The Engine of Bigotry
November 5, 2009 by Lynn
Posted in Catholicism, Christianity, bigotry, church/state, marriage equality, politics, religion, religious word play | 15 Comments
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“We are definitely aggressive. . .”
“It’s a pincher movement. . .”
It’s not just the bigotry that belies his belief, it’s the hostility.
Marriage as the religious bigots view it is not something that has existed as they see it for as long as they suggest and is an outdated institution.
The church is losing its clout, and they don’t like that, so they fight tooth and nail to maintain any tiny little bit of control before they find themselves where they belong.
If the catholics had just left the issue alone, how many hungry and homeless, how many sick children could they have helped?
Also, if you go back to the beginning of this fight, after the Maine legislature accepted that gay tax paying citizens deserve to be treated equally under the law, back to the petition drive that began all this, there were a number of illegal moves and inconsistencies that were overlooked from the very beginning. The anti equality groups then spent several months telling lies to stir up the people of Maine. None of this should even have been allowed to happen, but that’s what christians do apparently, lie and cheat to keep their dirty little hands in other people’s pockets.
JJ: “it’s the hostility”
And, it’s smug hostility, worst of all.
sam: “gay tax paying citizens deserve to be treated equally”
…from dirty-handed groups that don’t pay taxes.
sam: “The church is losing its clout,…”
It’s a matter of time. Not too far off, people will look back at their parents and grandparents (taking part in this crusade) as a source of shame and guilt by association. The weak claim, “Well, it’s the way things were back then, people didn’t know any better back in those days” will be ridiculed and met with endless documentation of this smug and hostile bigotry.
Yes. I have to give you smug.
Interviewer asks: “Why don’t they spend that much energy fighting divorce?”
If you have ever hung around any parenting or homeschooling forums with lots of xians you would see why. Because the vast majority of them and their spouses have been divorced at least once, if not more. The whiny posts about why-doesn’t-my-blended-family-look-like-the-Bradys? often outnumber the ones asking for prayer for a sick cat or whatever fucking football team they worship on the weekends.
whatever fucking football team they worship on the weekends.
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Careful, Audrey. You are among football nuts here.
Not me, of course. I agree with your assessment. :)
Nance
God chose America (Navy) over Christians (Notre Dame) yesterday. Does this prove once and for all that we are not a Christian nation?
Look at it this way — it could just mean the military is more Christian and less gay than the Catholic Church these days . . .
God’s still mad at Notre Dame for letting Obama speak there, right?
God chose America (Navy) of Christians (Notre Dame) yesterday.
Navy over Notre Dame. That just means The Gord works in alphabetical ways.
Or maybe like earthly dictators (created in his image?) the Christian supreme leader sports mess dress braid and brass rather than long hair, beads and a flowing robe?
How does one explain that LA Galaxy beat Chivas USA in the Western Conference semifinals today? They tied last week in game one and won today off a Landon Donovan free kick. This is the same Donovan who I’m still pissed at for being woefully silent for the US men’s natl. team in ’06’s World Cup which is also the reason I still cheer for any team playing against Galaxy.
Come on, Sam. Everyone knows God doesn’t follow soccer. Not enough ass grabbing.
Audrey, I think god doesn’t follow soccer because it’s not American, and as we all know god loves America more than those other bastard, soccer loving, free love having, etc. other countries to whom we send missionaries in the hope that we can bring them to Jebus.