Fundy smack down

[cyberia]

Here's how people should reply to these loonies:

On March 1st in Annapolis at a hearing on proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit gay marriage, Jamie Raskin, professor of law at American University, was requested to testify. At the end of his testimony, Republican Senator Nancy Jacobs said: "Mr. Raskin, my Bible says marriage is only between a man and a woman. What do you have to say about that?"

Raskin replied: "Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You did not place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible."

The room erupted into applause.

http://www.prorev.com/

[Drum]

1. Bravo!!!

[Atman]

2. OMG! The best quote ever! Thank you for sharing...

I'll be using that one, for sure!

[KurtNYC]

3. Good, but the Bible has all kinds of marriages in it

8 types are documented here:

http://www.religioustolerance.org/mar_bibl.htm

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

18. Slaves, POW, rape victim and the ever-popular Levirate marriage.

:party:

[electropop]

37. Excellent article.

I'll remember the OP's smackdown and the 8 ways to marry your "lover".

[holboz]

65. Wow! Great reference. Thanks for posting! eom

[myrna minx]

4. Excellent! n/t

:kick: & Recommended.

[NewWaveChick1981]

5. That's too good!!!

I'm gonna have to remember that one too... Thanks!

[Coexist]

6. bloody brilliant n/t.

[Chimichurri]

7. Best. Quote. Ever!

[TallahasseeGrannie]

8. Elegant!

[Memory Container]

9. "KA-BLAM!!!"

That was lovely.

[Stockholm]

10. Nice!

Kick

[cyberia]

11. Thanks for all the recommendations

Let's try to keep this quote on the page for a while, so people can see it, then go out and use it. As long as the reality-based community ruthlessly attacks the fundy ideology as anti-American, we can beat them.

There, in my experience, a lot of people out there who hate what the fundies are doing, but who are intimidated by them. If they see people fighting back, that will give them courage.

[IChing]

12. Nominated this earlier,but didn't comment

One the best and easiest to understand statements,
I have heard to refute the whole fundamentalist's attack on our constitution.

In a sorta off topic comment,
the new president of Chile is an agnostic and when she took her oath of office
There was no mention of God to uphold her constitutional duties, nor was her hand placed on a bible.

[xchrom]

13. k & r

of course it goes without saying that in fundy world -- they'll correct the ''errors'' of the constitution soon enough.

but being the big mouth i am -- i thought i'ld say it any way.

[zbdent]

14. While getting together with a bunch of Mrs. ZBDent's friends Friday,

I heard a LOUD woman pontificating about why "fish Friday" was actually set up by the fishing industry, who, at the time, was facing a slump . . . said that she was well-schooled by her mother in the Catholic doctrine . . .

I just sat and wondered if she was trying to convert or if she was breaking from the Church . . .

as she went along, I wondered how she felt about eating shrimp and shellfish . . .

[Bridget Burke]

28. The Fish on Friday thing has a longer history....

The Catholic Encyclopedia provides more facts than anyone will ever need!

www.newadvent.org/cathen/01067a.htm

Food TV ran Bobby Flay's show on Irish cuisine yesterday. He pointed out how modern Irish chefs have begun using more fish. Historically, the Irish were NOT fond of fish because they identified it with Meatless Days.

[knitter4democracy]

51. Ummm . . .

No. It was set up long before the Great Schism in 1054, long before some slump in the corporate fishing industry.

Odd.

[Imagine My Surprise]

15. That is priceless!

[Pool Hall Ace]

16. I like it.

[Arkansas Granny]

17. And they should be reminded of this whenever necessary.

[area51]

19. sweeeeeeeet. (n/t)

[derby378]

20. All your base are belong to us!!

That was sweet.

[0007]

21. Fucking beautiful!

Raskin replied: "Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You did not place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible."

[alcibiades_mystery]

22. Ba-dow...the power of chiasmus

Whenever these politicos get into it with people who are generally "writerly" (like a law professor), they risk such a disaster, since people who write a lot know how to craft their words for power. Of course, Raskin simply deployed the age-old stylistic device of chiasmus, but in the moment like that, and nailing it? Pretty damn good.

[VaYallaDawg]

23. Thanks! Nominated. n/t

[boobooday]

24. Perfection. The perfect reply.

Should be often repeated.

[eppur_se_muova]

25. Not to detract from the beauty and genius of this response, but...

something else that needs to be reported as widely as possible is the fact that this complete ass of a senator would even ask such a stupid, narrow-minded question. Raskin beautifully conveyed how misguided this woman is. It was her effort which demonstrated her unfitness for office; Ruskin's job was to pithily summarize the demonstration.

At the end of his testimony, Republican Senator Nancy Jacobs said: "Mr. Raskin, my Bible says marriage is only between a man and a woman. What do you have to say about that?"

In the Bible, when an ass spoke it was considered a miracle. Now it's senatorial 'debate'.

[MissMarple]

26. Clever Jamie!

:applause:

[Beacho]

27. Awsome!

I needed a pick up and that fit the bill

I am soooo stealing that!

[AtomicKitten]

29. Bravo!

Kicked and nominated.

[ronnykmarshall]

30. She very Steford looking.

[sheelz]

31. Excellent quote!

Recommended

[progressoid]

32. Dayum!!

[Freedom_from_Chains]

33. Great!!!! I love it

Perhaps it should become the law that when one takes office they do place there hand on the Constitution instead of a bible.

[BOSSHOG]

34. MY SIG LINE COMES FROM THE HEART

[file83]

41. that is a nice sig!

[yardwork]

61. Great sig line!

kicked and recommended this thread

[ms liberty]

35. Ultimate. Best. Ever. Period. - K&R n/t

[Stand and Fight]

36. Fantastic Retort. Recommended. n/t

[Joanne98]

38. Fundies spend too much time in the OLD Testament

[Robeysays]

50. Amen to that.

[Strathos]

39. To see her face after that would have been priceless!!

Good karma for Jamie Raskin for many years to come!!!

[file83]

40. WHAM-O!!! Total smack down.

[katinmn]

42. Raskin is a progressive running for state senate in MD

http://www.raskin06.com/news/05-12-01.post.php

We need more like him!

[mzmolly]

43. Woo hoo!

:toast:

[Roland99]

44. ZING!!! (Although, I despise anyone swearing on a Bible to take office)

[Patiod]

64. One of our governors or Senators

wanted William Penn's bible for his swearing-in. I don't think the folks in possession of it could come up with it in time, which is a good thing because Penn, like most Quakers, refused to take any oaths or swear on any Bible (or anything else), since he believed that his word should ALWAYS be good, and that swearing on the Bible implied that his word was less than his oath at other times.

[crispini]

45. Oh SNAP!

Beautiful!

[GreenPoet64]

46. Wow. Just wow! n/t

[Kurovski]

47. My heart SKIPPED A BEAT when I read that!

Is it possible to fall instantly in love with someone over one comment? YES!

Talk about the power in brevity! The most perfectly edited sentence of the decade, on one of the biggest threats to American freedom.

[buddysmellgood]

48. Beautiful

[rhite5]

49. Thank you, Cyberia!

[eridani]

52. Could we have a link to the actual quote?

The URL you supplied is the home page of Progressive Review, with no easy way to find the quote.

[cyberia]

59. I just found it on Raskin's campaign site

http://www.raskin06.com/

He has it posted at the top of the front page, and he has every right to be proud of what he said.

[gordontron]

53. wow needs to be on front page

great quote

[stillrockin]

54. 2 snaps in a circle!

:patriot:

[BrklynLiberal]

55. Brilliant!

[ooglymoogly]

56. best smack down ever

another rec wont hurt. hope this gets circulated far and wide

[fearnobush]

57. Great Smack down on the Talibush.

My bible has like 10,000 references to the feeding and aiding the poor and like two on gay people. Fundy Christian cults of greed, your Bush is a false prophet. Your God is money and power, not Christ.

[NMMNG]

58. Bravo

:applause:

[BlueEyedSon]

60. If she mixes fabrics in her clothing, she should volunteer to be stoned

to death, don't you think?

[WoodrowFan]

62. did she reply?

or did she just sputter?? heh heh. (nominated!)

[YOY]

63. Shweeeeeeeeeeet

Got them right where they need to be gotten.