And some people say it's just the fringe
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valarltdItem the first:
Colorado State Senator Scott Renfroe compares being gay to murder. And he quoted the Clobber Passage about making sure to execute gays.
After quoting Scripture to call homosexual behavior a “detestable act,” the Greeley Republican said it would be “an abomination according to Scripture” for the Legislature to “(take) sins and (make) them to be legally OK.”
Sub-item:
Renfroe doesn't even do the "I'm sorry you're offended" apology.
“I apologize if my use of words did upset people, I guess,” said Renfroe, a member of Eaton’s Evangelical Free Church. “I probably could have been more eloquent.”
Item the Second
Colorado State Senator Dave Schultheis votes no on prenatal HIV testing, saying that babies of promiscuous women SHOULD die of AIDS to make their mothers reconsider sex.
Quote:
“What I’m hoping is that, yes, that person may have AIDS, have it seriously as a baby and when they grow up, but the mother will begin to feel guilt as a result of that,” he said. “The family will see the negative consequences of that promiscuity and it may make a number of people over the coming years begin to realize that there are negative consequences and maybe they should adjust their behavior.”
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/25/gop-lawmakers-comments-hiv-promiscuity-cause-uproa/
from the Post article:
Today, Senate Majority Leader Brandon Shaffer, D-Longmont, said a number of Democrats have expressed outrage over the Republicans' comments.
"We can't tell people not to speak their mind at the microphone," Shaffer said. "They're expressing themselves, and they're representing their constituents as they think they best can." (emphasis mine)
This isn't the lunatic fringe. These are elected officials, representing their constituents!
Item the Third
The State of Virginia claims it can purge gay employees because sexual orientation isn't covered by the EEOC.
They aren't even TRYING to make a real reason. Just "you're gay, get the hell out."
Item the Fourth
Anyone who thinks Rush Limbaugh is NOT mainstream, who thinks he doesn't speak for the majority of conservatives needs to visit http://thinkprogress.org and watch the video of all the Republican leaders at the CPAC conference agreeing with him in their speeches.
Talk about your sore losers. We've won. We're going to succeed despite their obstructionism and they KNOW they're obsolete. But they're going to cause as much damage as they can before they're swept out the door.
Colorado State Senator Scott Renfroe compares being gay to murder. And he quoted the Clobber Passage about making sure to execute gays.
After quoting Scripture to call homosexual behavior a “detestable act,” the Greeley Republican said it would be “an abomination according to Scripture” for the Legislature to “(take) sins and (make) them to be legally OK.”
Sub-item:
Renfroe doesn't even do the "I'm sorry you're offended" apology.
“I apologize if my use of words did upset people, I guess,” said Renfroe, a member of Eaton’s Evangelical Free Church. “I probably could have been more eloquent.”
Item the Second
Colorado State Senator Dave Schultheis votes no on prenatal HIV testing, saying that babies of promiscuous women SHOULD die of AIDS to make their mothers reconsider sex.
Quote:
“What I’m hoping is that, yes, that person may have AIDS, have it seriously as a baby and when they grow up, but the mother will begin to feel guilt as a result of that,” he said. “The family will see the negative consequences of that promiscuity and it may make a number of people over the coming years begin to realize that there are negative consequences and maybe they should adjust their behavior.”
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/25/gop-lawmakers-comments-hiv-promiscuity-cause-uproa/
from the Post article:
Today, Senate Majority Leader Brandon Shaffer, D-Longmont, said a number of Democrats have expressed outrage over the Republicans' comments.
"We can't tell people not to speak their mind at the microphone," Shaffer said. "They're expressing themselves, and they're representing their constituents as they think they best can." (emphasis mine)
This isn't the lunatic fringe. These are elected officials, representing their constituents!
Item the Third
The State of Virginia claims it can purge gay employees because sexual orientation isn't covered by the EEOC.
They aren't even TRYING to make a real reason. Just "you're gay, get the hell out."
Item the Fourth
Anyone who thinks Rush Limbaugh is NOT mainstream, who thinks he doesn't speak for the majority of conservatives needs to visit http://thinkprogress.org and watch the video of all the Republican leaders at the CPAC conference agreeing with him in their speeches.
Talk about your sore losers. We've won. We're going to succeed despite their obstructionism and they KNOW they're obsolete. But they're going to cause as much damage as they can before they're swept out the door.
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Date: 2009-03-02 12:51 am (UTC)...see icon...
*growl*
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Date: 2009-03-02 01:09 am (UTC)Sadly I get to deal with this kind of 'fringe' in my own family... when I was outed last sping there was quite a lot of turmoil. A good handful of them are CoG folks, so you can imagine the horrified looks.
This is the kind of politician they like, someone who can give voice to their impotent frustrations. Personally I wish they'd all go get laid and leave me and mine and yours the hell alone. I've never understood the desire to deny someone else basic rights. :/
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Date: 2009-03-02 02:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-02 04:19 am (UTC)Whatever you think, you will not be able to change God's Word and will one day have to pay the price for not believing what God has written.
Leviticus 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Leviticus 20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, V23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
V24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
V25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, Who is blessed for ever. Amen.
V26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
V27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
SAY THIS PRAYER: Dear Jesus, I am a sinner and am headed to eternal hell because of my sins. I believe you died on the cross to take away my sins and to take me to heaven. Jesus, I ask you now to come into my heart and take away my sins and give me eternal life. http://www.armyofgod.com
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Date: 2009-03-02 04:47 am (UTC)That's not my god. Since it's your hell, you're welcome to burn in it. Mother's waiting for me in the Summerlands.
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Date: 2009-03-02 04:47 am (UTC)Aw, how precious. Lookit the cute little jesus troll! Coochie Coo!