Yet Another Upchuckable Week…
The Crazies and Their Crazy
Inquiring Minds Want to Know-Chuck: Will Bachmann & DeMint Headline Ex-Gay Pride Month? Will Marcus be Parade Marshall? https://ow.ly/myKA7
Lock and Load-Chuck: David Lane, a top Christian Right political operative and longtime behind-the-scenes “power broker” called for violent dominionist revolution in an essay published (and then taken down) by World Net Daily. https://ow.ly/myQHR
Lock and Load-Chuck II “Wage war to restore a Christian America.” No bit player he organized Perry’s grand stadium event, was as the organizer of the Texas Restoration Project, which had boosted Perry’s political career. He has worked with and for such GOP pols as Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee and Michelle Bachmann, and most recently, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). Lane currently leads the American Renewal Project of Don Wildmon’s American Family Association which is targeting twelve states for political development towards the 2014 elections. https://ow.ly/myQHR
Lock and Load-Chuck III “You ask, what is our goal?” To wage war to restore America to our Judeo-Christian heritage with all of our might and strength that God will give us. You ask, “What is our aim?” One word only: victory, in spite of all intimidation and terror.” https://ow.ly/myQHR
Bet Ya-Chuck: First-Ever Ex-Gay Pride Month to Be Held in DC This Month. Wanna bet the participants are still gay? ow.ly/mBeLX
Got That Wrong-Chuck: ‘President Obama, Justices Kennedy and Kagan Are Secretly Gay.’ Er, I think he must be referring to Mitch McConnell, Rick Perry and Lindsay Graham. https://ow.ly/mH63X
Vomit-Me More-Chuck: Much like Louisiana legislators, these Texas Repubs are repug(nant.) https://ow.ly/mH4og
Yikes!-Chuck: According to a poll conducted in April, 34% of Americans are in favor , with 20% strongly in favor, of establishing Christianity as the official religion in their state.ow.ly/mDS81
Yikes II-Chuck: 30-40% of US self-describe as “born again” or “evangelical.” These people think all of the Bible is literally true, that Biblical prophecies set forth a specific sequence of end-times events, likely to occur within their lifetimes. https://ow.ly/mJmtM
Can’t Keep It In-Chuck: Ex(?) porn addict, Phil Burress can’t keep it in. ow.ly/mH770
Hissy-Fitting-Chuck: Ken Ham sez Christianity Today lied about financial heath/dis-health of Creation Museum ow.ly/mJke8
Parsley Ain’t Sage-Chuck: Rod Parsley Prophecy: Gays Destroy Civilization, Obamacare Will Require People to Have Chip Implants – ow.ly/mBLLh
Looney-Chuck: Renew America Sez Obama Is Ushering In The Antichrist and Gay Sharia https://ow.ly/mBLVD
Put a Lid On It Chuck: Crazy Uncle Pat exports one of America’s few remaining manufactured products: Hate. https://ow.ly/mH40i
Revolutionary Spew-Chuck: Tony Perkins all but calls for Revolution: “Great causes are on the move today, as well. We recognize our duty–to defend innocent life–to uphold natural marriage–to maintain religious freedom. It is a duty, so help us God, we will fulfill.” ow.ly/mKDjV
Personhood-ally Yours Upchuck: Witness Dominionist Personhood culture warrior, Janet Folger ““You Cannot Be a Christian and Vote for Obama” ow.ly/mJjmv
Government and Its Legislators
Semantically Chucked-Up: Calling the Employment Non-Discrimination Act religious discrimination, the RWNJs promise to keep it stalled. “Don’t be fooled when you hear that ENDA somehow represents an “equality issue.” This is not about equality under the law. This is about making Christians unequal–unable to live out their faith.” https://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=IF07I02
Pee-yew Upchucks: The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life estimates that groups representing Christian Nation-ists spend about $390 million each year to lobby the government to impose their religion-based agenda on the rest of us. ow.ly/mDS81
It Can Happen Here-Chuck: Because of congressional leaders like Gohmert ow.ly/mIzG5
It Can Happen Here-Chuck II: See Fundamentalists twist the pretzel. Selling victimhood to the victimizers = a deliberately contorted logic that results in an active but dumbed down mass. https://ow.ly/mKHZh
Education
Bartonian Spew:The impact of the “Christian Nation” revisionist history on American attitudes is substantial. https://ow.ly/mJlv3
New Low Bartonian Spew: Faux historian and Christian Extremist, David Barton, hired by Ohio school district to teach a 12 week summer history course on the Constitution. ow.ly/mAWMA
5 Sneaky Chucks: 5 Sneaky Ways Fundamentalists Are Trying To Slip Christian Creationism Into America’s Public Schools ow.ly/mFqdn
It Can Happen Here-chuck: Because adolescents never so much as consider have sex . . . ow.ly/mIzyT
Military
Meany-Poop-Chuck: Wow. Allan West’s screed is mean and full of lies. As always, it’s Orwellian, propagandistic and meant to incite the frothers. https://ow.ly/mAqZ4
Congressional Hurl: Apparently all it takes to win an election in Louisiana these days is a distorted understanding of the 1st Amendment, a passion for Biblical law and utter repudiation of science. .ow.ly/mH1X5
Christian Nation Redux-Chuck: Re the”Young Marine Program,” it is Illegal to flog religion from a government (in this case, a sherriff’s) office. America is NOT a Christian nation. ow.ly/mJud
Science – Or Not
Doobie-Chuck? The Scalias must be smoking the funny stuff. Scalia’s Son Says Homosexuality Doesn’t Exist, Plans to Address Group that Encourages Lifelong Abstinence for Gays ow.ly/mBLql
States
It’s About the Power-Chuck: Sadism as Politics: Rick Perry, Paul Ryan, Anti-Abortion Politics and Kicking the Poor https://ow.ly/myKeP
Wrong Side of History-Chuck: Texas Idiot-Senator Ted Cruz Blasts Pro-Abortion Protesters and Gang of Eight’s Immigration Reform Bill ow.ly/myV1d
Hardly a Compliment Spew: Yesterday, leaders in Ohio took tremendous pride in Texas’ and Ohio’s. . . Ken Blackwell part of alliance that helped Kasich stand against women. FRC gloats. We upchuck. ow.ly/mz6aE
State’s Tally Upchucks: Stricter abortion laws in Alabama, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi and South Dakota go into affect. Ohio’s are effective in 90 days with Texas, yet to come. Similar laws in Montana, and part of a law in Alabama, would have taken effect but have so far been blocked by federal courts. All were passed by GOP-controlled state legislatures and signed by GOP governors. ow.ly/mBdjS
Huckster-Chuck: Shucks, the Huckster leads a rally at the Texas Capitol. ow.ly/mDS81
Against the Tide-Chuck: Wisconsin’s Scott Walker signs new abortion restrictions into law: Planned Parenthood promises lawsuit https://ow.ly/mHQlI
Lil Bobby-Chuck: Jindal Lets His State Starve But Freaks When Federal Funds For Religious Group Are Revoked ow.ly/mJtvP
Miscellany
Wish It would Happen Here-Chuck: A US evangelical is arrested in the UK for “using homophobic speech that could cause people anxiety, distress, alarm or insult,’ ow.ly/mHDiA
Antidotes
Bravo Springboro Ohio! Happy 4th of July Ohio! School Board Nixes David Barton’s Constitutional Lies Course! ow.ly/mFEiq
Somewhere to Go: Homeschooling survivors/escapees have a support system. https://ow.ly/mJkpt
