Mat Staver: Gays Threaten Survival of Western Civilization

The "Value Voters Summit" continues to provide an endless stream of venom and batshitery as a who's who of Christianist hate groups spews attacks on LGBT citizens, Muslims, immigrants and pretty much anyone who isn't a white Christianist that wants to see an overthrow of the U.S. Constitution and its replacement by the Christianist version of Sharia law. One of the speakers at the coven of haters was Matt Staver from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia - a true blight on Virginia and an example of the mindset that is holding Virginia back from more widespread prosperity (more on that in a future post). Jim Burroway at Box Turtle Bulletin looks at Staver's ridiculous statements and has a great come back. First, the batshitery from Staver:

We are facing the survival of western values, western civilization. And I think those survival, whether they win or lose, what will the future of America be will be determined in our lifetime…. One of the most significant threats to our freedom is in the area of sexual anarchy with the agenda of the homosexual movement, the so-called LGBT movement. It does several things, first of all it undermines family and the very first building block of our society, but secondly, it’s a zero sum game as well and it’s a direct assault on our religious freedom and freedom of speech.

Jim Burroway correctly summarizes that it is Staver and the Christianist religious extremists who pose the greatest danger to western civilization. Staver and those of his ilk would happily turn western civilization back to a level last seen in the Middle Ages before the rise of the Renaissance. And as for religious freedom, no one would have it except the Christianists who seek to rule like jack booted Nazi storm troopers. Here's highlights from Jim's reply:

Do you really want to know what threatens the survival of Western Civilization? Well, if one of the great pillars of Western Civilization is the rule of law, then Staver’s Liberty Counsel and law school pose a far greater threat to Western Civilization than treating all people equally. Members of Staver’s organizations have been implicated in facilitating the kidnapping of then- seven-year-old Isabella Miller-Jenkins, in defiance of a court order ordering Isabella’s mother, Lisa Miller, to turn custody of the child over to her other mother from a civil union, Janet Jenkins, after Miller refused to follow to previous court orders granting visitation rights. There is considerable evidence that Miller may be following the advice of legal counsel in defying the courts’ rulings. Teachers at Staver’s law school presented a case study that was remarkably similar to the Miller-Jenkins case, and taught students that, as future lawyers, they should encourage their clients to chose “God’s law” over “man’s law” and defy the legal system.

If there is a threat to Western Civilization, it’s posed by those who would impose legal anarchy to further their narrow religious agenda in open defiance of the law.

Oh, and don't forget that many historians blame Christianity as one of the causes of the fall of the western Roman Empire - not the gays the Christiansts like Staver and Bryan Fischer so love to blame.