the irony of indiana republicans crying "intolerance."
One of these days I’m going to have to consult with a theologian who can pinpoint the scripture, or verse, or prayer, or whatever was said or done to make the Republican Party think it’s the official party of Jesus Christ.
The Indiana Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma (a Republican) for allowing prayer at each day’s legislative session.
According to the Indianapolis Star, The ICLU's legal director Ken Falk argues, "At least 26 prayers were clearly Christian. They were clearly praising Jesus, which is appropriate in your home or church, but it's not appropriate for the state of Indiana to be doing from the floor of the General Assembly."
Hoosier Republicans are, right on cue, crying “censorship” and “intolerance” at the ICLU’s suit. Even more laughable is the charge by Indiana Republican Party Executive Director Luke Messer in today’s Star that the ICLU’s suit is "a dangerous attack on religious liberty.”
Nothing could be a greater distortion of reality. Watching Hoosier Republicans cry "intolerance" is ironic to no end.
It’s a favorite tactic of the Republican Party to pander to its base by playing the “persecuted” card, as though the only devout Christians in this world are on the right. It’s a cheap ploy and it’s totally inaccurate.
It’s easy to hate the ICLU and/or its big brother, the ACLU. They take up many fights and causes that have no allies in the mainstream media or public. They've defended NAZIS for the love of God! The ACLU and ICLUE truly are organizations unto themselves. Sometimes that’s good, other times not so much. But this is a time when I see the wisdom of their lawsuit.
Contrary to the hysterics of stuffed-shirt white guys in Indianapolis, the ICLU isn’t hosting a bible burning party anytime soon.
I hate to burst your pious bubble, Luke Messer, but this is not “just the latest in a long string of efforts by the far left to remove religion from the fabric of our society.”
Again, we’re back to that distortion of reality along with a heaping helping of Scare Tactics. Don’t believe it. Don’t’ believe any of it.
What you do, to whichever God you worship on your own time is your business and the ICLU fully backs and supports your right. Yes, they do.
But when you step foot on public grounds as a public servant, you have to keep your religion in your hip pocket. Therein lies your definition of tolerance.
Religious tolerance doesn’t mean every minority religion or faith has to sit by idly as the Jesus parade honks and rolls through the Senate. It means you have to put it all aside until the session is over. Because believers in God such as myself are sick and tired of seeing religion used as a weapon.
That’s what this is about.
So, Speaker Bosma, take thine self off of your cross. You’ve proven on more than one occasion to be nothing more than a whore for the lowest fights of your party. You don’t get to be a martyr too, to a self-serving cause.
Back to my original point about Jesus and the GOP. Has the Republican Party ever stopped to look at what Jesus did? With whom he associated? I guarantee it wasn’t among the business leaders and muckety-mucks in society.
He ran with a rough, nefarious crowd. He was about as anti-establishment a guy can get. Whores, thieves, the disenfranchised and ne’er-do-wells….I’m thinking Jesus was a Gasp!! LIBERAL!!!!!
The Indiana Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma (a Republican) for allowing prayer at each day’s legislative session.
According to the Indianapolis Star, The ICLU's legal director Ken Falk argues, "At least 26 prayers were clearly Christian. They were clearly praising Jesus, which is appropriate in your home or church, but it's not appropriate for the state of Indiana to be doing from the floor of the General Assembly."
Hoosier Republicans are, right on cue, crying “censorship” and “intolerance” at the ICLU’s suit. Even more laughable is the charge by Indiana Republican Party Executive Director Luke Messer in today’s Star that the ICLU’s suit is "a dangerous attack on religious liberty.”
Nothing could be a greater distortion of reality. Watching Hoosier Republicans cry "intolerance" is ironic to no end.
It’s a favorite tactic of the Republican Party to pander to its base by playing the “persecuted” card, as though the only devout Christians in this world are on the right. It’s a cheap ploy and it’s totally inaccurate.
It’s easy to hate the ICLU and/or its big brother, the ACLU. They take up many fights and causes that have no allies in the mainstream media or public. They've defended NAZIS for the love of God! The ACLU and ICLUE truly are organizations unto themselves. Sometimes that’s good, other times not so much. But this is a time when I see the wisdom of their lawsuit.
Contrary to the hysterics of stuffed-shirt white guys in Indianapolis, the ICLU isn’t hosting a bible burning party anytime soon.
I hate to burst your pious bubble, Luke Messer, but this is not “just the latest in a long string of efforts by the far left to remove religion from the fabric of our society.”
Again, we’re back to that distortion of reality along with a heaping helping of Scare Tactics. Don’t believe it. Don’t’ believe any of it.
What you do, to whichever God you worship on your own time is your business and the ICLU fully backs and supports your right. Yes, they do.
But when you step foot on public grounds as a public servant, you have to keep your religion in your hip pocket. Therein lies your definition of tolerance.
Religious tolerance doesn’t mean every minority religion or faith has to sit by idly as the Jesus parade honks and rolls through the Senate. It means you have to put it all aside until the session is over. Because believers in God such as myself are sick and tired of seeing religion used as a weapon.
That’s what this is about.
So, Speaker Bosma, take thine self off of your cross. You’ve proven on more than one occasion to be nothing more than a whore for the lowest fights of your party. You don’t get to be a martyr too, to a self-serving cause.
Back to my original point about Jesus and the GOP. Has the Republican Party ever stopped to look at what Jesus did? With whom he associated? I guarantee it wasn’t among the business leaders and muckety-mucks in society.
He ran with a rough, nefarious crowd. He was about as anti-establishment a guy can get. Whores, thieves, the disenfranchised and ne’er-do-wells….I’m thinking Jesus was a Gasp!! LIBERAL!!!!!
