Amongst the usual "Obama, the illegal immigrants, global warming, and the rest of the Godless folks are out to get us" hysteria are two things of interest to me.
A showing of that dreary propaganda movie, Speechless:
SPEECHLESS - SILENCING THE CHRISTIANS:
Americans are at a greater risk of losing their basic freedoms today than ever before in the history of this nation. Political correctness and the voice of the liberal minority are undermining the morals and values of main-stream America. Christians are being silenced all across America: in the political debate, the public square, the schools, the workplace, and even in the sanctuary of their own churches. Through video, renowned author and commentator, Janet Parshall, takes you on a journey across the country to meet citizens who have been arrested for speaking out at a public rally, students who are being forced to attend classes that require them to recite verses from the Koran and to stage their own Jihad and activists pushing social tolerance to such an extreme that the Bible itself is being labeled "hate speech."
Just like all propaganda videos, this one centers on half truths and lies.
The problem with Speechless is that it exploits the feeling of entitlement that some Christians have in this country. They have had their minds filled by James Dobson and company with the idea that America is their country and the rest of us are here by their will and pleasure.
That idea of entitlement makes them susceptible to any anecdote or lie that comes down the pike about them being silenced.
We have seen this so many times with the religious right taking incidents and manipulating them to claim that lgbts are out to get Christians.
A perfect example is the Ocean Grove Pavilion. The religious right claimed that the church who owned this pavilion was "forced" to allow gays to have marriage ceremonies there. However the true story was that the church was getting tax breaks for the pavilion and a requirement of those tax breaks was that the facility should be open to all.
If I were a Christian, I would be less worried about being "silenced by lgbts" and more worried about the untruths put out by those who claim to also be Christians.
God never likes ugly.
Then there is this session:
TRUE TOLERANCE: COUNTERING THE HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
With the recent tea bagging craziness and attacks on Obama appointed officials, I'm sure this session will focus on Kevin Jennings, GLSEN and assorted nonsense.
All in all, the so-called Values Voter Summit promises to be interesting, if not truthful.
Hi Brian, I wanted you to see the Huffington Post article that is highly relevant to this group of people on the far right. I had no idea how dangerous they really are until I read this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/glenn-beck-and-the-912-ma_b_284387.html
ReplyDeleteThese people do not believe in the U.S. Constitution or any laws that have been derived from it. They believe they have a gawd given right to bigotry and hatred of anyone who does not believe as they do and they are preparing to create armegeddon in the U.S. in order to set up a theocracy after the downfall of the current government. These people are anti-American, anti-science, and anti-anything that doesn't fit that belief system. THESE ARE DANGEROUS CRIMINALS THAT COMPOSE AS MUCH AS 25% of the US population. This is a call for war and we had better be prepared for it.
Good article.
ReplyDeleteBut my name is Alvin ;p
Seriously though the article makes an excellent point.
I haven't bothered to listen to/view any of that nonsense despite seeing many YouTube clips of it. I have a migraine and I pretty much know what it's all about anyway. Boo hoo we're so persecuted because we can no longer stone gays to death in the street without people thinking we're bigots. Why has the world turned on us?
ReplyDeleteBTW, I just came across this and thought you might enjoy it. Apparently Fox News was asked to leave the Value Voters Summit. If they wouldn't even allow Fox News in it makes me wonder how heavily edited their released videos are, and what we're not seeing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvsTmItilpE
ReplyDeleteI heard about that. But its the first time I saw the video. And I heard they did the same thing to MSNBC. And I heard that the media was barred from Bill O'Reilly's speech. What gives with these folks?
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