When Morons Attack

It is depressing to consider with all the bitching and moaning of conservative, usually Evangelical, Christians, that what they are bemoaning isn't actually attacks upon them or their faith. The Mike Huckabees, Ted Cruz's and Rick Santorums, not to mention  Far Right Christian shamans too numerous to mention, are shamelessly whoring faith for votes.

        Statements such as "gays hate America" (Mike Levin) are not so very far removed from Russia's oppressive and repressive laws on the subject.  When asking for equal treatment under the law and in a civilized society is seen as an attack, there is something very wrong in the mind of the accuser. In the mid 50s to early 60s the same vile hatred was visited upon Black Americans by some White ones. Like the current anti-gay attitudes of a vocal minority of alleged Christians, the race hatred of that era was supported by some religious leaders, and led but a group who characterized themselves as Christians, first and foremost - the KKK.

        It almost seems as if Evangelicals and Muslim extremists, portrayed as mortal enemies, actually have a great deal in common. Both have for over a thousand years, periodically used their beliefs as a basis for murder. Both have demonstrated an unwillingness to consider that any other spirituality than theirs has sufficient merit to be conceded equal rights. While Muslims ignore color as a qualification, Many  (not all) truly racist Evangelical Americans also carry the remnants of racism within. One only need  look no further than the inbreds of Duck Dynasty for proof of both points. In like fashion, Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell decades ago demonstrated their willingness to use slur, innuendo and  bullying tactics to further the flow of money into their  coffers.  Today it is the  morally bankrupt, political opportunist politicians  who, using the big lie in a manner which would make Hitler proud, lead the field of liars.

        An "attack" carries the connotation of attempting  to defeat a foe with the object of achieving some sort of superiority by that effort.  The issue here is that Christians have occupied the high ground and favored position in America, and for centuries, they have enjoyed that privileged position with relative impunity. Christian metaethics dominated the political and societal landscape and there were few willing to or courageous enough to point  out publically and persistently that the Constitution  didn't actually create or enforce such a situation. Even worse was that, just as slave owners had, the Evangelicals were happy to evangelize, but only certain groups were welcome to the table. In the 1950s there were relatively few Christian congregations in most of this nation with both White and Black communicants. No one claimed that this was what Jesus wanted; it was their own bigotry and bias which fostered it.

      By the turn of the century, Evangelicals had actually turned their bigotry into a parody of Blazing Saddles, where the mayor says, "Ok, the Niggers and Chinks can stay, but we don't want the Irish."  In Evangelical speak, this has become, "Ok, the Blacks can stay and women can preach (sometimes), but we don't want the gays."  Any literate person, regardless of who or what they may believe Jesus was, was not, or if he even existed, can read the new Testament  words describing his actions and quickly see just how f***ed up Evangelicals are on this issue. If anyone who actually thinks of them self as a Christian believes for  a minute that Jesus would have refused anyone, prostitute, thug, asexual, gay, Black, or whatever, a seat at the table, is lying to themselves and their God if they have one.

       Only in the deluded mind of fanatics, is asking for equality seen as an attack. Accusations of lack of patriotism are the same garbage. What minorities are seeking is simply to be treated equally. If this is seen as an "attack,"  then surely that is a bigoted and subjective opinion originating  with the person who is being called upon to actually live their life in a moral fashion instead of judgmentally  telling others what to do with theirs.