As noted previously, the reaction to Christofascists, professional Christians, and political whores in the Republican Party in the wake of this weeks rulings that have rapidly increased the number of states with same sex marriage has been one of claiming that the world is ending, that Western Civilization will soon collapse and demagoguery that Christians will soon be arrested and/or prosecuted for their anti-gay beliefs. Some of the noise comes from those who have made a very comfortable living peddling anti-gay hate and fighting for the "sanctity of marriage." Other sources are from Christofacists who (in my view they are psychologically/mentally ill) cannot countenance anything that suggests their artificial reality isn't true. A piece in Salon looks at some of the most crazed of the reactions from all of these folks. Here are excerpts:
[A]s America finally inches towards joining numerous other countries where same-sex marriage is legal, the right-wing is freaking out, predicting all manner of doom. Here’s ten of the craziest reactions:
1. Gay Marriage Is Like The Pro-Slavery Dred Scott Decision: At The National Review, Matthew J. Franck, said that the expansion of marriage equality is like “a slow-motion Dred Scott for the twenty-first century.”
2. Gay Marriage Will Spread Disease: Liberty Counsel chairman Mat Staver warned that marriage equality would be “harmful to individuals” and lead to all “kinds of serious and deadly disease.”
3. Gay Marriage Will Of Course Lead To Polygamy: Right-wing radio host and activist Erick Erickson predicted that “all the people now saying polygamy is different from gay marriage will be polygamy’s chief advocates within the decade.”
4. We Need To Amend The Constitution To Stop Gay Marriage: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) went as far as to say he will introduce an amendment to the Constitution to stop the national recognition of marriage equality.
5. The Courts Are Inflicting A “Crime Against Nature”: The American Family Association’s Brian Fischer had a characteristically crazy response, saying that the court decisions have inflicted “on every state in the Union marriage that is based on the infamous crime against nature.”
6. Gay Marriage Will Put You Out Of Work: The Family Research Council warned, “As more and more people lose their livelihoods because they refuse to not just tolerate but celebrate same-sex marriage, Americans will see the true goal, which is for activists to use the Court to impose a redefinition of natural marriage on the entire nation.”
7. Gay Marriage Is Why You Should Leave The Overly-Tolerant Republican Party: Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee threatened to leave the Republican Party if it did not act to stop the expansion of gay marriage.
8. The Supreme Court Refusing To Hear Appeals To Marriage Equality Committed A “Hit And Run”: Virginia Republican delegate Bob Marshall called the pro-marriage court decision a legislative “hit and run.”
9. Gay Marriage Is Reason For Impeachment: The American Renewal Project called for impeaching judges that paved the way for marriage equality.
10. Marriage Equality Is A Threat To National Security: GOP chairman Reince Priebus was asked about the issue and said that while it’s not a “top here issue for the midterms, I think long term it’s an issue in regard to what we need to do in the country to have a strong economy, a strong defense and a strong society.”
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