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Peter Hitchens and Serial Mom

Peter Hitchens in his column says:

"I might add that Christ himself was subject to the death penalty, and his sayings were recorded when sentence was passed on him and while it was being carried out, and He did not take the opportunities offered to condemn it in principle. I agree that arguments from silence are not always reliable. But in this case, the silence is pretty eloquent."

Compare his quote to this one from "Serial Mom", a 1994 comedic movie.

Father Boyce: Jesus said nothing to condemn capital punishment as he hung on the cross, did he?
Congregation: No.
Father Boyce: If ever there was a time to go on record against the death penalty, wasn't it that night? Capital punishment is already the law in the state of Maryland. So what are we waiting for, fellow Christians? Let's just do it.
Congregation: Amen.

We laughed at this idea in 1994.  What's happened to the world that now people are taking it seriously?

"I now support full marriage equality."

Louis Marinelli, activist for the National Organization for Marriage and founder of their 2010 "Summer of Marriage" bus tour, has announced today that he now supports full marriage equality. Gay rights blog Good As You has a detailed rundown of the story, including a spotlight on NOM's immediate efforts to discredit Marinelli's involvement in their organization.

"Lastly, I came to understand the difference between civil marriage and holy marriage as in the sacrament of the Catholic Church. Let me rephrase. I understood that but either willingly chose not to accept it or just didn’t see it. Regardless, I see it now and the significance of that is as follows: Once you understand the great difference between civil marriage and holy marriage, there is not one valid reason to forbid the former from same-sex couples, and all that is left to protect is the latter. Indeed Christians and Catholics alike are well within their right to demand that holy matrimony, a sacrament and service performed by the Church and recognized by the Church, remains between a man and a woman as their faith would dictate. However, that has nothing to do with civil marriage, performed and recognized by the State in accordance with state law."   Louis Marinelli

 Via Metafilter

Legalized Gay Marriage Pie Chart

A quick note on Republicans and racism

Apparently 46% Of Republicans In Mississippi Think Interracial Marriages Should Be Illegal 

From this PDF.

What's really strange is that a higher percentage of young conservatives in Mississippi think interracial marriage should be illegal.    (Age group 18-29 are 54% against interracial marriage)
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Tea Party Nation sent out an email to their followers recently lamenting the extinction of the WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant)

Bill Maher:  "not all republicans are racist, but if you're a racist in america, you're probably a republican"

JD Curtis and the Klan

JD said "Heck, Klan members continue to run for office as Democrats, even to this day."  and gave a link to a man who had renounced the KKK decades ago.   
Well, because JD thinks old news is so exciting:   
Links between Arizona Republicans and the KKK


Oh, wait...   that was a few months ago...   I guess it's not such old news after all.


And let's not forget...
David Duke  
Texas Republican House Representative quotes KKK Grand Wizard 
Ku Klux Klan Joins Republican Party-aligned Institute on Religion and Democracy In Protesting Church Conference

 

JD

JD labeled this own anti-gay marriage screed "bigotry".  Does anyone disagree?

Irony

Talking with some Christian bloggers reminds me of this cartoon.

Hate comes to Orange County.

Muslims hold a fundraiser to raise money for the homeless and for women's shelters. Republicans show up to protest, chant "go back home!" and xenophobic slurs.  

If the Tea Party/Republican group had any legitimate reasons for protesting the fund-raiser, they certainly lost the high-ground a long time before they starting yelling "you rape your kids" at Muslim families. 

Someone on Reddit joked: "it's not that they hate muslims, they're just against helping the homeless and women."

Anti-progressive sock-puppets.

These astroturf libertarians are the real threat to internet democracy.

Via

And now the Air Force has been caught buying hundred of fake onlike identities.

After the Revolution