Obama called the Uganda Kill the Gays bill "odious"

[Lochloosa]

At the prayer breakfast.


Perfect Word.

–adjective 1. deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.
2. highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting.



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Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L odiōsus, equiv. to od(ium) hatred, odium + -ōsus -ous




Synonyms:
1. abominable, objectionable, despicable, execrable. See hateful. 2. loathsome, repellent, repulsive.

[Windy]

1. He keeps taking it right to them!!! Way to fight for our country and its people!

and way to fight against hatred and bigotry around the world at the hands of bigotted fundamentalists.

[goclark]

5. +1

[rasputin1952]

2. Good for him!

It is a travesty against humanity.

[GreenEyedLefty]

3. I agree

and on another note, I love that our president uses big words.

[Pacifist Patriot]

6. and more importantly...

uses them properly and pronounces them correctly. ;-)

[MuseRider]

4. Inequality

of any kind is also odious. I agree, an apt word.

[tularetom]

7. They're not gonna want him there next year

He may have killed the prayer breakfast.

One of the best things he's done.

[Hekate]

8. Hehe. A twofer. The whole point of the event is to rope the POTUS into this display of Xtian piety

Next year maybe he can give a guest sermon on The Beatitudes, and the sheer number of times both books of the Christian Bible mention the poor and social justice (over 300) versus how many times it mentions teh gay (Jesus and the prophets: Zero --> http://www.soulforce.org/article/homosexuality-bible-gay-christian )

Hekate

[Bluenorthwest]

15. To be anti gay due to the Bible one best be ready to live with

Paul's words for women, and that whole 'slaves obey your masters' deal he is so endlessly vocal about. To buy those writings against gay people, you have to be a pro slavery sexist. Or a big time cheery picker. Not one author from the Bible speaks against gay people who does not also speak in favor of slavery. Not one.

[Hekate]

9. It was worth getting up early to hear that he had said that. THAT's who I voted for!

That's MY PRESIDENT :loveya:

I hope to be able to see the whole thing later today. Well, only what my president said, not the rest. :bounce:

Hekate

[jenmito]

10. Yes-that was great to see. I'm glad he worded it that way. n/t

[activa8tr]

11. I'm sure some of those guys in "the family" are not too happy but

it was the right thing to do!

Seems like Obama is getting his progressive voice back, at last.

[Lochloosa]

12. Welcome to DU activa8tr

:toast:

[IndianaGreen]

13. Yet he attended a prayer breakfast sponsored by the cult C Street

which has played a major role in pushing for the execution of LGBTs in Africa, not just in Uganda.

[Bluenorthwest]

14. They should not have gone, but Obama was ok

and Hillary was even more vocal. Still, they went there and had a nosh with those who seek to do great harm to their neighbors, a thing I would not do, personally.

[Hekate]

16. I think Obama figured he literally had a pulpit there, and a "bully" one at that...

If he opted out, there would have been a RW storm; this way, he can have a RW storm for excellent reasons. Why waste an opportunity like that? ;-)

Hekate