Living Well By Peddling Hate

I have said repeatedly that a large motivation for the Christianists' anti-gay jihad stems not from sincerely held religious beliefs but rather from their love of the money they can rake it from the ignorant and uninformed, thus providing themselves with a very comfortable living. Feeling self-important with media interviews, etc., likely also place a part in motivating them to peddle hatred towards other people. It's all pretty sick, and Scott_NC over at Pam's House Blend has done some homework to demonstrate how working against gay equality allows Maggie Gallagher to live quite well. Personally, it's not much different than receiving blood money, but then truth, ethics and common decency aren't high on the true agenda of the Christianists. Here are some highlights that Scott unearthed:

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[W]e shouldn't forget how often it appears that those so loudly trying to scare everyone against equal treatment for same-sex marriages simply make a ton of cash off of their chosen 'belief system.'

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Beyond Maggie Gallagher receiving over $20,000 from the Bush misAdministration to "promote marriage" through her syndicated columns (without disclosing that she was being paid to write her opinions), she also serves as President, National Organization for Marriage (NOM) and as President for the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy (www.iMAPP.org). I've not been able to find NOM's IRS form 990's online yet, but a look at the one's filed for Institute for Marriage and Public Policy very clearly show that the woman pockets about 1/3 of the donations in the salary she pays herself alone.

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[O]ver that 3 year period [2005-2008] of time, people donated $1,025,894 – and Maggie put $345,333 (33%) straight into her own pocketbook. Plus any other benefits and travel. And this is just from one organization out of the many hate-gay-for-pay revenue streams she's gotten set up for herself.

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No wonder they’re in such a panic as more and more Americans think that gays and lesbians should have the equal treatment of their unions – the gravy train is running out. They may have to get real jobs.

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Maggie Gallagher are worse than modern day Pharisees. They are like leeches who make a living off of sucking life out of others and all the while parading around acting pious. It's beyond disgusting and they truly give the term "Christian" a filthy connotation.