I always wonder about the mental health issues involved with right wingers who have the hubris to believe that somehow they have a direct communications link to God and that somehow God directs their anti-gay bigotry to accomplish his/her/its goals. Two recent case of this delusional phenomenon are former Miss USA, Carrie Prejean and Arizona Governor, Jan Brewer (pictured at left). In the case of Prejean, having lost her crown for refusing to follow the terms of her contract, she is promoting herself as a darling of the Christianists and just appeared at the objective reality free Family Research Council "Values Voter Summit" in Washington, D.C. According to Prejean, who has become a professional victim of the gay agenda, "I knew God had a plan for me… God chose me for that moment. He knew I was strong enough to get through all the junk that I have been through.” Here some more of Prejean's diarrhea of the mouth via the Los Angeles Times:*
What she went through, she said, was “a vicious storm of attacks,” including being vulgarly insulted by Hilton in an Internet video, and having her parents’ divorce records published by tabloids. She has also had a series of legal tangles with the Miss USA pageant, whose owner, Donald Trump, initially stood by her, as well as the company that owns the Miss California pageant, which she sued after it revoked her crown.
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“Even though I didn’t win the crown that night,” said Prejean, tearing up, “I know the Lord has so much of a bigger crown in heaven for me.”
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As relatively harmless as the delusional and overly self-important Prejean may be, such delusions are far more dangerous when held by public officials. Jan Brewer is a prime example. The good governor just rescinded domestic partnership rights in Arizona basically because these legal rights do not fit with her crazy, discriminatory religious beliefs. One would think that after 8 years of the Chimperator's delusional misrule that people would know better than to elect religious fruitcakes to office (yes, that includes Taliban Bob McDonnell and the utterly insane Ken Cuccinelli here in Virginia). Not so in Arizona. Here are some highlights from Brewer's merger of church and state via the Arizona Daily Star:
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Gov. Jan Brewer said Wednesday that she believes "God has placed me in this powerful position as Arizona's governor" to help the state weather its troubles. In a wide-ranging speech on the role of religion in politics and in her life, Brewer detailed to a group of pastors of the Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church how she relies on her faith and in prayer to deal with many of the issues she faces as the state's chief executive.
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Brewer also said there are times when, during a meeting with staffers, one will suggest praying about an issue. "And we stop, and we take that time, and we pray about it," Brewer, a Missouri Synod-Lutheran herself, told the group meeting here. "And it does make a difference."
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Brewer reminded the ministers how she did not seek to become governor but "inherited many, many, many significant challenges that still confront Arizona citizens today" when she got the job after Janet Napolitano quit to take a job as homeland security chief in the Obama administration.
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The Missouri Synod Lutherans are the far right segment of Lutherans who view gays and the separation of church and state with as much disdain as Pat Robertson and similar Christo-fascists who have nothing but contempt for the religious freedoms of other citizens. The ELCA and Missouri Synod are light years apart in their approach to gay Christians.
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