Conservatives say religion under attack

[cynatnite]

WASHINGTON - Religious conservative leaders, sensing declining alarm over same-sex marriage, are warning that the debate over homosexuality has prompted attacks on religious freedom.

By expanding the discussion from marriage to religious expression, social conservatives say they will reconnect with religious voters and religious leaders who don't necessarily view same-sex unions as a threat.

"There are a number of pastors that said, 'Look, we don't get involved in politics, I'm not going to get involved in this issue, I just want to preach the gospel,'" said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council. "When they realize their ability to preach the gospel may very well be at stake, they may reconsider their involvement."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060914/ap_on_go_ot/same_sex_marriage

[stopbush]

1. Time to rescind the tax-exempt status of these dolts.

[xchrom]

2. i hope their heads explode with alarm.

[StraightDope]

3. In other news...

Sun continues to rise in East. Film at 11.

[Mojambo]

4. It's not under attack!

It should be, but it's not.

[ixion]

5. I think they meant to say that religion is on the attack

yeah, that seems more appropriate.

[Virginia Dare]

6. I got my first Christmas catalog yesterday...

is the war back on or what?

[cynatnite]

10. Last year's war was such a let down...

:evilgrin:

[rsdsharp]

17. LL Bean? nt

[Virginia Dare]

20. Yes!...n/t

[rsdsharp]

35. Thought so. We got two of them yesterday!

[anitar1]

7. Whining snivelers at it again.

They should be under attack for making religion a dirty word. I know quite a few Christians who are very good people.

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. Religion only gets attacked when its believers think they have a divine

right to infringe on everybody else's rights.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. Translation: Send more money.

Quick! Write a check or them homosexuals are gonna force your sweet innocent baby to marry them.

[Selatius]

11. Republicans control all branches of the government.

If anything, religious fundamentalists are in a position to attack everything else.

[Love Bug]

12. *yawn* You can almost set your watch by these guys

It's like clockwork every election: don't let gays marry, christianity is under attack, there's a war on christmas, etc., etc.

SSDD

[Parche]

21. christmas

Are we having a gay christmas????

[Cleita]

13. According to them, everything is under attack.

It's that chickenhawk mentality of their's that frames everything in terms of combat.

Assholes! :mad:

[keepCAblue]

14. They can dish it out...

...but they sure can't take it.

If anyone is to blame for the so-called attack on religion, it's Perkins and those like him. They've brought this entirely on themselves and deserve every bit of it.

[FormerDem06]

29. Hehe...I saw your sig banner....

And I thought it said spay and neuter Al Gore!!! That's what I get for paying half attention. I had to watch it flip through a second time.

[obreaslan]

15. I'm sorry, do the 86% percent of them feel threatened by the 14% of us????

WhaaaaAAHHH! My non Christian heart is bleeding.* :cry:


*Of course I know that this is a small minority within the majority that espose this drivel, but it gets to me sometimes. :grr:

[Disturbed]

19. There goes that Projection...again.

RWingers and Fundie so called Christians use this tactic ad nauseum.

[Bake]

16. Typical fearmongering.

Honestly, it's all they know how to do. Your base ho-hum? Scare the shit out of 'em! YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO CHURCH ANYMORE!!!!

What a load of crap.

Bake

[Jamastiene]

18. Awww, pity. It's lonely at the top, isn't it?

I guess being the most powerful group here in America has its disadvantages, doesn't it? I'm sure they will alert us that they are under attack next time they get a hangnail too.

They sound like spoiled rotten brats so accustomed to getting their way that even the slightest inconvenience makes them feel as if they are under attack. Paris Hilton looks like a rugged self reliant working class girl compared to that bunch.

[NC_Nurse]

22. Maybe if they're under attack...

it's because it's GAWD's will...maybe they need to REPENT MORE, PRAY MORE...maybe move to a deserted island and start there own CHRISTIAN NATION. Yeah! That's the ticket!
:D
Buh-bye!

[Bluebear]

23. Just in time for Election 2006! nt

[Skidmore]

24. Conservatives are the biggest bunch of chickens squawking

in fear of every perceived threat possible in the world. They believe the sky is falling. Chicken Little Conservatives jump in fear that their own shadows will reach out and grab them.

Time to tax their political proselytizing. They are always saying that freedom isn't free. Well they want to engage in all that politicking, time to pony up for the common good.

[LeftHander]

25. Ahhh Tony....discrimination is wrong....

You beat up enough gay people and you eventually will be beating your own kid, neighbors and congregants.

The exclusionary socially radical right fundies need to realize that their FUNDAMENTAL religious positions are fundamentally WRONG.

[Marr]

26. Question: What do you call it when a gay person shouts

"stop it!" as Christian fundamentalists kick him in the face?

Answer: An "attack on Christianity"

[cynatnite]

28. Not wanting to be a christian will be considered to be an attack...

if these people continue to have their way.

[OregonDem]

27. They think their religion is under attack because....

...they want taxes (including those from non-christians) to be used to promote Christianity and some people oppose that.

...they want to enforce their religious views by law and some people oppose that.

...science disagrees with their version of creationism.

...they want public schools to be turned into public churches and some people oppose that.

...they want to tell people who they can marry and some people oppose that.

...they want to tear down the wall between church and state and some people oppose that.


Fundies praying to their idol in hopes of this nation becoming a theocracy

[readmoreoften]

30. God is so fragile. He needs our protection.

The liberals are going to kill our God again. God is fragile. God needs our protection. The liberals will kill us, too. Certainly God cannot protect us. What could God do? Nothing.

Can't the ol' Lord God fend for himself? Are lightning bolts no match for liberal commentary?

[RB TexLa]

31. Sounds like they are running into too many preachers that have told

them to have fun with their politics, my congregation and I have better things to do with our money.

[ComerPerro]

32. These people have no right to force their Bullshit views on others,

and the fact that they now frame any limits on them forcing religion into laws as "oppression" or "attacks on religious freedom" is just absolutely disgusting.

Just because you are religiously opposed to gay marriage doesn't mean that any effort to make gay marriage legal is an attack on your religion.

Its only a matter of time before the KKK argues that recognition of non-Christians, minorities, and even Catholics is an attack on their sacred Christian religious rights.

[hunter]

33. Pathetic little wankers.

When somebody tells them they're wrong they just fall apart.

[johnaries]

34. What about the religious freedoms of Rastafarians?

If religious nuts can utter hate speech as a religious expression, then Rastas should be able to smoke their weed.

[MamaBear]

36. Sun rises in East; sets in West. n/t

[Initech]

37. Why is the majority religion afraid of persecution?

I have never been able to understand that one.