That Satan Clause

[meegbear]

In the words of Hairspray’s immortal Motormouth Maybelle, ”Oh Papa Tooney. We’ve got a Looney.”

Just in case you happen to need further evidence that religion, as promoted by the radical religious right, is anything other than an aberrant delusion, Ed Brayton, writing at Dispatches from the Culture Wars, points to Matthew Stucky’s blog:

According to the Bible homosexuality should be punishable by death. I would be overjoyed if every single queer in the entire world died today. The Bible makes it clear they are reprobates who are past the point of salvation. The Bible also makes it clear they are rapists & very wicked people. They have no chance to get saved and no saved person could ever become a queer. Therefore, I would be overjoyed if they all died tonight & our government would actually follow what the Bible states. The death penalty should be enacted for the queers.

Stucky spends most of his post damning Satan Clause (sic) and providing evidence that Satan’s reindeer, with the exception of Rudolph, are queer. Rudolph, claims Stucky, is straight and ostracized by those mean old reindeer with really gay names like Vixen and Cupid:

Let’s go back to the story of Rudolph & I prove this is true. Rudolph gets shy around girls & his nose turns red. As a result, the other reindeer won’t let him play any reindeer games. That sounds sick, perverted & homosexual. Basically Rudolph like girls because he is straight & as a result they don’t let him participate in their homosexual games.

Stucky admits, “People are going to read this & say I’m crazy …”

Well, Stucky, you got that one right.

http://www.miketidmus.com/blog/2009/01/01/that-satan-clause/

[silverojo]

1. I'll bet the guy is a clost homosexual

No other explanation for his insane obsession with homosexuality.

[Fearless]

4. Oh don't say that...

It's the same as one of them calling someone a fag or a queer or something. Hatespeech begets hatespeech.

[yardwork]

5. Not every homophobe is a closet case.

It's offensive to suggest that every homophobe is actually gay.

[Bluebear]

2. Everything else aside:

”Oh Papa Tooney, we’ve got a looney!” is one of my favoright movie quotes :)

[ColbertWatcher]

3. "According to the Bible ..."

Most dangerous four words in the English language.

I wonder how many people have suffered because of them?

[yardwork]

6. It's almost always a lie, too. There's nothing in the Bible about killing gay people.

Jesus never said "marriage is one man and one woman" either.

There are a lot of things in the Bible but those two things aren't. I get so tired of people lying.

[RetiredTrotskyite]

7. The Only Way These People Can Get People....

is to lie about what the Bible says about GLBTQ people. Most of these people don't really READ the Bible. They are not only ignorant; they don't want to think for themselves, either. So, people such as this homophobe jackass can get these ignoramuses to follow them. Given that most, if not all, fundies are fanatically homophobic, preachers like this nut case know that to attract and keep followers, they have to exploit the fundie hatred of gay people. Unfortunately, his hate speech may result in many gay people being beaten or killed. I wish that there was some law where if someone advocates the killing of others, they could be charged as an accessory to murder.

[ColbertWatcher]

8. I never said it had to be true!

Of course, you and I both know there are people who just say it regardless if it's true or not.

[yardwork]

13. Yep!

[jonnyblitz]

11. umm... leviticus 20:13 says something about killing gay people

(King James Version): "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them."
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviticus%2020:13;

:shrug:

[yardwork]

12. Biblical scholars think that passage means something else.

In context it appears to be a warning against elevating women to the same level as men.

Of course, it could just be an old-time homophobe, in which case, you are correct.

[Jamastiene]

9. People like that bring out the homicidal maniac in me.

If I ever do "lose it," there is going to be a blood bath. :mad:

[TechBear_Seattle]

10. Actually, all of the reindeer are female (even Rudolph)

Male reindeer lose their antlers immediately after the rutting season in September and October. Female reindeer keep their antlers through the spring and lose them only when the new ones start growing in. Santa's reindeer are always shown as having antlers when they fly the sleigh on Christmas Eve. Therefore, Santa's reindeer must be female.

[QC]

14. Report him to blogspot. They do not allow hate speech. n/t

[Jamastiene]

15. Done.

:)

[CraftyGal]

20. I have reported it as well.

Hopefully they can see reason.

CraftyGal

[Ioo]

16. Is he REALLY debating fiction? Rudolph is FICTION, and the bible, well...

FICTION!

[SacredCow]

17. OK, so let's see....

We already had Tinky Winky, Sponge Bob, Timon and Puumba, and probably some other cartoon characters that I can't recall at the moment. Now we've got 8 flying reindeer in the GLBT family?

Assigning sexual preference to cartoon characters. Epic. :eyes:

[bluedawg12]

18. That is hate speech and illegal - he should be reported.

Hate speech and incitement to murder is not a protected right.

[Viva_Daddy]

19. Doesn't the Bible prescribe death for adulterers as well?

I bet it does, although I didn't bother to look it up. This is the "famous" right-wing selective reading of the scripture to "bolster" their craziness.