More Virginia Wingnut Lunacy

There are truly days where it's an embarrassment to have to admit that one is a resident of Virginia. Particularly, when wingnuts in the Virginia General Assembly begin to have irrational diarrhea of the mouth. Delegate Bob Marshall from western Prince William County. It goes without saying that Marshall is a Republican and a darling of the Christo-fascists at The Family Foundation - Virginia's affiliate of Daddy Dobson's Focus on the Family. Right Wing Watch has the details on Marshall's latest rant blaming abortion for birth defects. After his anti-gay jihad - Marshall has stated that he'd like to drive gays from Virginia - anti-abortion hysteria is Marshall's favorite topic of discourse. Assuming, of course, that one sided, irrational screeds count as discourse. Here are highlights from Right Wing Watch:
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Last week we noted how Pat Robertson, Jonathan Falwell, and other right-wing activists in Virginia are targeting Gov. Bob McDonnell and other top elected officials to cut off any state funding for Planned Parenthood.
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During a press conference unveiling the effort last week, a state legislator declared that God punishes women who have had abortions by giving them disabled children later: Western Prince William Del. Bob Marshall, R-13th, says disabled children are God’s punishment to women who have aborted their first pregnancy. He made that statement last Thursday at a press conference to oppose state funding for Planned Parenthood.
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Marshall was among more than 20 people, mostly Christian pastors and clergy, who gathered for the press conference in the General Assembly Building ...The press conference was held by a group called Virginia Christian Action. Its members presented a petition calling on Gov. Bob McDonnell, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to stop funding for Planned Parenthood. All three top officials are Republican.
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The petition was signed by a number of prominent Christian leaders, including the Rev. Jonathan Falwell of Lynchburg and the Rev. Pat Robertson of Virginia Beach.
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Like most of Virginia's self-righteous, self-anointed Uber-Christians, Marshall is one of the most unloving individuals one might encounter. The commandment to love your neighbor is obviously lost on Marshall. As is the concept of religious freedom for others.