Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

onager

(9,356 posts)
7. Great rant about Davis...
Sat Sep 5, 2015, 09:02 AM
Sep 2015

From Dan Savage. I thought "sitting on the dicks of randos who aren't your husband" was an especially nice touch.

I say this with sadness, I say this as the son of a preacher, I say this as a former seminarian: This pathetic bullshit is what passes for Christianity in America today. Thanks to the efforts of hate groups like the American Family Association, the Family Research Council (co-founded by a tortured closet case and lately the employer of a kid-diddling serial adulterer), the 700 Club, the Moral Majority, the National Organization for Marriage, the National Association of Evangelicals, etc., and the mousy, near-complicit silence of left-wing and progressive Christians, "Christian" is now synonymous with "anti-gay bigot."

To be a good American Christian like Kim Davis—or a good Alaskan Christian like Bristol Palin—you don't have to stay in your first marriage, you don't have to stop sitting on the dicks of randos who aren't your husband, you don't have to deny marriage licenses to straight people who are remarrying or marrying outside the faith or obtaining marriage licenses for Godless secular marriages. Nope. You just have to hate the homos. Hate the homos and you're right with the God of Tony Perkins and Josh Duggar, hate the homos and you're good with American Jesus. (Toss in support for capital gains tax cuts and American Jesus loves you even more.) You don't have to feed the sick, clothe the naked, house the homeless—you don't have to do any of that shit Jesus actually talked about—you just have to hate the homos hard enough...

http://www.thestranger.com/blogs/slog/2015/09/01/22793219/i-suppose-i-should-say-something-about-kim-davis

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Persecution on Parade. [View all] progressoid Sep 2015 OP
We really are living in scary times, Curmudgeoness Sep 2015 #1
"martyr". AlbertCat Sep 2015 #2
And she may also be getting a little cash for her martyrdom. progressoid Sep 2015 #5
Well, she won't get it from GoFundMe. Curmudgeoness Sep 2015 #8
And atheists are irrational? beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #3
If you play Elmo's Song backwards, you can hear Satan! progressoid Sep 2015 #4
. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #6
Just too funny :) uriel1972 Sep 2015 #10
Great rant about Davis... onager Sep 2015 #7
That whole article was great reading. Curmudgeoness Sep 2015 #9
Latest Discussions»Alliance Forums»Atheists & Agnostics»Persecution on Parade.»Reply #7