Christianist Lies About ENDA

I subscribe to Right Wing Watch, which is put out by People For the American Way and highlights some of the worse hate speaech and most disingenuous lies that the Christianists put out. The most recent e-mail alert included information on the comments by a panel of wingnut haters at Coral Ridge Ministries (which has major failing when it comes to honesty) that included Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel, Jordan Lorence of the Alliance Defense Fund and Gary DeMar of American Vision. Anyone of these indivuals is dishomest by themselves. Collectively, they are even worse as in this instance where they are once again whining that Christians are being persecuted by the mean "militant gay activists." In the process here's what these Kool-Aid drinkers say about ENDA:

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Mat Staver: In every totalitarian regime in world history, one of the first things it always sought to do was to suppress Christianity. That's what happened in the former Soviet Union.

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Tony Perkins: You will see that multiplied immensely if the congress is successful in passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, and the Hate Crimes legislation. I mean, it'll be discrimination on steroids - as they come after churches who refuse to hire homosexuals in their church office, in their schools, in their day-cares, or Christian business. And what it gives the radical homosexuals, those who are pushing this agenda, not all the homosexuals are out there trying to shove this down peoples throats.

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he ACLU and the homosexual activists, who are into coercing unwilling people to do things, and to silence them, and all of that. There is an authoritarianism to that, that they are in total denial about, and they masquerade it, and then say that we're the fascists, and I just find that very offensive, and totally inaccurate.

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There is one small problem, however with these rantings which are intended to stir up "mom and pop" employers and church goers: ENDA has exemptions for churches and buinesses with less than 15 employees. Thus, once again these self-agrandizing Christians are LYING. In fact, here's the language from the legislation pending in Congress:

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(4) EMPLOYER- The term `employer' means--(A) a person engaged in an industry affecting commerce (as defined in section (701)(h) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e(h)) who has 15 or more employees

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SEC. 6. EXEMPTION FOR RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. This Act shall not apply to a religious organization.

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Unfortunately, this kind of knowing, deliberate lying is the norm rather than the exception for these individuals and their respective organizations. As I have asked many times in the past, why do these frauds think they are exempt from the Commandment against bearing false witness and lying? Worse yet, why doesn't the mainstream media have the balls to expose them for the liars that they are?