Rick Perry to Host Hate Group-Funded Prayer Summit

[marmar]

from Mother Jones:



Texas Governor Rick Perry has a plan to bring down unemployment, pay off the national debt, stop natural disasters, and smoke the terrorists out of their spider holes: He's hosting a prayer summit. The possible GOP presidential candidate has invited the nation's other 49 governors to join him at Houston's Reliant Stadium in early August for "The Response," a day of non-denominational Christian prayer and fasting (the latter is recommended but non-compulsory). Per the official site:

As a nation, we must come together, call upon Jesus to guide us through unprecedented struggles, and thank Him for the blessings of freedom we so richly enjoy according to His grace, mercy, and kindness towards us. A historic crisis facing our nation and threatening our future demands a historic response from the church. We must, as a people, return to the faith and hope of our fathers. The ancient paths of great men were blazed in prayer – the humility of the truly great men of history was revealed in their recognition of the power and might of Jesus to save all who call on His great name.

"There is hope for America," the site explains. "It lies in heaven, and we will find it on our knees."

This shouldn't come as too much of a surprise from Perry, who just six weeks ago issued a proclamation calling on residents to pray for rain for 72 hours, in response to historic wildfires. It's also similar in nature to the Texas Restoration Project, his 2006 outreach effort to pastors like Rod Parsley, the Ohio evangelist who has said Islam must be destroyed. The Houston event is being funded by the American Family Association, a conservative Christian organization that's been classified as a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center for its incessant promotion of false, anti-gay propaganda. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/06/rick-perry-host-hate-group-funded-prayer-summit

[atreides1]

1. So, did it rain?

Just curious...:D

[NC_Nurse]

2. Ugh. These people disgust me.

[Initech]

3. You'd seriously think these crazy fundies and the Taliban would make natural allies.

Seriously though get me out of here, I'm getting so fucking sick of Xtian nationalism I could... :puke:

[w8liftinglady]

4. More about AFA

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/american-family-association

[w8liftinglady]

5. oh,and this

AFA Warns Gay Rights Will Lead To Paganism, Break With Founding Fathers

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/afa-warns-gay-rights-will-lead-paganism-break-founding-fathers

The American Family Association’s Ed Vitagliano and Buster Wilson dedicated their radio show AFA Report to discuss their outrage that President Obama issued a proclamation declaring June LGBT Pride Month. Vitagliano, the editor of AFA Journal, lamented the deleterious consequences of the President’s proclamation.

“The point we take issue with is not the percentage. It is the ideology behind the normalization of homosexuality. It wouldn’t matter if it was 20%. If it was 20% we’d be in big trouble,” Vitagliano explained, “We’re talking about a return to pagan sexuality, a pagan view of sexuality that says that it doesn’t matter with whom you have sex and that God’s laws do not apply to us and there are no absolutes when it comes to sex. And frankly, even if you are not a Christian and you don’t believe the Bible or you have no real Christian viewpoint in this, we’re talking about a departure from the view of our Founding Fathers who held to the Laws of Nature and Nature’s God as it says in the Declaration of Independence.”

The two went on to discuss their views on the HIV/AIDS crisis and how the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell will weaken the military and was only passed to bolster Democratic fundraising. Towards the end of the show, Vitagliano said that successes for gay rights demonstrates that “the country is turning its back on God” and will ultimately destroy religious liberty.

[w8liftinglady]

6. and this

http://www.afaexposed.com/

[Ilsa]

7. Fasting? I'd like to cut off their water and A/C in this 105 degree heat.

Yeah, Houston Intercontinental Airport registered 105F on Sunday afternoon.