GOP Lawmakers Use Christian Hate Radio To Oppose Health Care Reform

It is a sad fact but a true one that the Republican Party has morphed into a quasi-religious party that embraces the biggest lies of the professional Christian set who deem themselves exempt form the Commandment against lying and bearing false witness. The GOP effort to stop health care reform has shown an ever tighten of the GOP and some of the nastiness of the "family values," uber-Christian organizations that have a demonstrable record of lying on almost every issue that they address. Now it seems that the GOP is working hand in glove with the loons and haters at the American Family Association. Having received mailings from the AFA years ago when I was a Republican, it is hard to adequately describe the lies and hysteria that are standard fare for AFA. Think Progress looks at this unholy alliance. Here are some details:
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The American Family Association (AFA) is a Christian hate group that mobilizes activists around the country to protest gays, Muslims, and other groups it views as either abhorrent or in violation of its narrow view of the Bible. Recently, AFA called for the military to purge all Muslims from the military.
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Many GOP lawmakers, including Sen. Sam Brownback (KS) and Sen. Mike Johanns (NE), are frequent guests on AFA radio. In the last week, however, AFA has worked closely with right-wing members of the House to build massive opposition to health reform. AFA talk show personality Janet Porter has hosted GOP Reps. Trenk Franks (AZ), Todd Akin (MO), Michele Bachmann (MN), Steve King (IA), Tom Price (GA), Jim Jordan (OH), and others to concoct outlandish conspiracy theories against health reform, while urging listeners to make calls to Congress.
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ThinkProgress has compiled clips of Porter and various Republican members of Congress discussing violent revolution against supporters of health care, impeaching Obama, whether health reform violates the Bible, how Democrats will use health care to ration care for Republicans, and the possibility that health reform will give the government power to kill “perhaps each of us”
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Here's a clip of Janet Folger Porter engaging in such inflammatory conduct along with certifiably insane members of Congress, Michelle Bachmann and Steve King. For those who don't know Porter, she has been a long time homophobe and helped Coral Ridge Ministries and others in the Christian Right formulate the myth that gays can change their sexual orientation. Lies are her principal stock in trade.
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