If any indication of how perverted many self-proclaimed Christians and professional Christians (i.e., Don Wildmon, Tony Perkins, James Dobson, et al) have become, now some pastors intend to try to incite religious based hate crimes against gays to see if they are prosecuted under the newly passed federal Hate Crimes law. Their goal? To depict themselves as martyrs no doubt and then rack in money as they whine about being persecuted for their religious beliefs. These folks are beyond sick and continue to give Christianity a bad name among thinking, rational people. To me, it seems that the Christianist are becoming increasingly unhinged and down right depraved if they are willing to deliberately seek to cause LGBT citizens to be brutalized or even killed. If this is what "deeply held" religious belief leads to, then we'd be far better off in a world of atheists. Queerty has some details on this warped religious based hatred. Here are some highlights:*
Religious conservatives argued endlessly that the Matthew Shepard Act would infringe on religious freedoms because, if a pastor were to preach homophobia at the pulpit and a member of his parish went out and killed a queer, the murderer's religious beliefs would be used against him in court. So now that LGBT hate crimes legislation has passed, what better way to test the theory than to make it happen?
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The Christian Anti-Defamation Commission's Gary Cass says his group is planning something called the "Rally for Religious Freedom," a demonstration in front of the Department of Justice in Washington, that will be shouting anti-gay rhetoric to the heavens. On Nov. 16, ministers will gather — with megaphones, or at least a podium, we're guessing — and read from the Bible about how we're all sinners, we're ruining American families, and how we get too much airtime on Bravo.
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It's all in an attempt to get Attorney General Eric Holder to address what Cass & Co. view as conflicting legislation. Says Cass: "We're going to declare the whole counsel of God, including those parts that some may consider 'inciting a hate crime' to see if the attorney general is going to come down and arrest a group of peaceful clergy exercising their First Amendment rights."
Religious conservatives argued endlessly that the Matthew Shepard Act would infringe on religious freedoms because, if a pastor were to preach homophobia at the pulpit and a member of his parish went out and killed a queer, the murderer's religious beliefs would be used against him in court. So now that LGBT hate crimes legislation has passed, what better way to test the theory than to make it happen?
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The Christian Anti-Defamation Commission's Gary Cass says his group is planning something called the "Rally for Religious Freedom," a demonstration in front of the Department of Justice in Washington, that will be shouting anti-gay rhetoric to the heavens. On Nov. 16, ministers will gather — with megaphones, or at least a podium, we're guessing — and read from the Bible about how we're all sinners, we're ruining American families, and how we get too much airtime on Bravo.
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It's all in an attempt to get Attorney General Eric Holder to address what Cass & Co. view as conflicting legislation. Says Cass: "We're going to declare the whole counsel of God, including those parts that some may consider 'inciting a hate crime' to see if the attorney general is going to come down and arrest a group of peaceful clergy exercising their First Amendment rights."
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The actual Hate Crimes law does not infringe on freedom of speech, but the truth and objective facts have never mattered to these folks who live in some bizarre alternate universe that I'd rather not even contemplate. When does extreme religious belief become evidence of serious mental illness? Trying to talk to people like Cass and other extreme homophobes is pointless. The goal for GLBT activists is to build a strategy and approach that gets the general public to comprehend just how dangerous these Christianists are not only for gays but all citizens who believe in freedom of religion. As one reader commented, these people want nothing less than a form of Christian sharia law. That ought to terrify everyone.
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