Tim Tebow to Address Anti-Gay, Anti-Catholic, Anti-Mormon Megachurch

While the Christofascists nearly wet their pants and swoon over Tim Tebow, I for one have always found him to be a Pharisee like hypocrite who revels in making a public display of his supposed piety.  He apparently - like so many of the Christofascists selectively reads the Bible and is clueless about Christ's admonition to pray behind close doors, not making a show of one's piousness.  Now, Tebow is showing his true colors and is speaking at an anti-gay and anti-Catholic mega church.  Yes, Tebow is entitled to his views, but that doesn't mean one needs to like Tebow or his beliefs.  Right Wing Watch has details on Tebow's embrace of bigotry.  Here are highlights:

While Tim Tebow is struggling to find an NFL team that is willing to sign him, he is apparently having no problem booking speaking gigs as the Jets’ backup quarterback is scheduled to address a Texas megachurch whose pastor is notorious for extremist statements about Roman Catholics, Mormons, Muslims, gays and lesbians and President Obama.

Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Church Dallas gained national attention during his appearance at the Values Voter Summit where he urged Christians to oppose Mitt Romney’s candidacy for the GOP nomination for president because his Mormon faith makes him a member of a “cult” that is “from the pit of Hell.”

Besides Muslims, Jeffress labeled Roman Catholics, Hindus, Muslims, and Buddhists as cult followers. He has called Islam an “evil, evil religion” and claimed that Muslims, Mormons and Jews are destined to Hell.   Jeffress also attacked Roman Catholicism, which he maintains represents “the genius of Satan,” and suggested that Catholics too will go to Hell.

The megachurch pastor reserves some of his most stringent rhetoric for gays and lesbians.  He has described gays and lesbians as “perverse,” “miserable” and “abnormal” people who engage in an “unnatural” and “filthy practice” that will lead to the “implosion of our country.” Jeffress argues that the gay community employs Chinese “brainwashing techniques” in order to have homosexuality “crammed down our throats.”

One is known by the company they keep, and Tebow is keeping company with some pretty foul people

False Republican "Moderates" and "Gay Demon" Exorcists

Republicans seem to be doing their absolute best to underscore the fact that campaign poses as "moderates" is indeed nothing more than a cynical and calculated pose. From Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's recent debacle on "Confederate History Month" - which was re-enforced by the even more tone deaf Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi - to the GOP's embrace of insane and spelling challenged teabaggers, the scene is one of anything but moderation. Indeed, short of having a lobotomy, it is hard to comprehend how anyone who is rational and not living in an alternate universe can remain a Republican. However, perhaps leading the charge in insanity is Virginia Attorney General Ken "Kookinelli" Cuccinelli. In a matter of a couple of days, Kookinelli will be sharing the stage in Lynchburg, Virginia, with "gay demon" exorcist Cindy Jacobs. Naturally, the state's image is gaining nothing positive to the Cooch's efforts as he continues to garner national media coverage. Bob McDonnell and Kookinelli seem Hell bent to depict Virginia to the world as a time warped haven of racists, Jim Crow minded, religious lunatics. And McDonnell thinks this will attract business to the state? Here are highlights from AlterNet on the continuing PR fiasco for Virginia:
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As noted last night on the Rachel Maddow Show, Virginia GOP Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and evangelist Cindy Jacobs will be appearing (and, it would seem, sharing a stage together) at the Freedom Federation anti-health care reform Awakening 2010 conference, scheduled to be held at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia this April 15th and 16th. Noting Cuccinelli’s plan to attend the conference Maddow observed, “A lot of conservative politicians admit they want to repeal health reform, but it takes a brave new Virginia style conservative politician to say they want to repeal health reform while appearing at an event with a faith healer — repeal and replace indeed.”
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People For The American Way’s Kyle Mantyla has posted footage of Cindy Jacobs’ attempts at faith healing of HIV and cancer during a March 2010 conference in Dallas but Jacobs is not just a faith healer. As shown in video footage from the 18th International Transformation Network Institute on Nation Transformation conference, held October 2008 in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Cindy Jacobs claims the power to cast out gay demons.
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Jacobs is also fond, it would seem according to the following account from a book by her close colleague C. Peter Wagner, of burning statues of Catholic saints, rosary beads, Books of Mormon, “totem poles,” and a wide range of other [presumably "idolatrous"] assorted religious and mystical items.

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Given Kookinelli's extreme Catholicism - some believe he is Opus Dei - it would seem he should have checked out Jacobs a bit more closely since I suspect the ultra-conservative bishops of Richmond and Northern Virginia will not be too pleased about Jacobs' fetish on burning Catholic items. Cooch would almost be funny to watch were he not in a position to do so much damage to Virginia and squander so much tax money. It is going to be a long 3 years and 9 months with Cooch as Virginia's top legal officer.

McCain's Preacher, John Hagee Again Blames Gays for Katrina

After momentarily retracting his anti-gay comments wherein he had blamed gays for Hurricane Katrina's destruction of New Orleans - probably because he is causing John McCain to have to defend him - Boss Hogge look alike, John Hagee, is once again running his mouth and back to gay baiting and what some might construe as race baiting. To demonstrate that they are not closet case racists, I hope Tim Russert and cohorts report on Hagee's latest case of diarrhea of the mouth and McCain's embrace of Hagee's endorsement. Here are highlights from the Dallas Morning News:

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In a conference call with religious supporters, Hagee denounced Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for pressing a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians. He called it "a cheap political ploy" aimed at "making Condoleezza Rice a vice presidential candidate and building a midnight legacy for George Bush."

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Hagee also defended himself against charges he's anti-Catholic. . . . Critics say Hagee called the Catholic Church "the great whore" and said Katrina hit New Orleans because of a planned gay-rights parade. Hagee blamed the flap over his "great whore" comments on a "man trying to raise money for the Catholic League." That would be Catholic League President Bill Donahue. Hagee says he was denouncing the apostate church, both Catholic and Protestant.

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When a woman on the call asked why he seemed to have backed away from his Katrina comments in face of criticism, Hagee said he hadn't. As for the Katrina, he said he said, God controls hurricanes and "God always punishes unconfessed sin." You do the math.