"I have to vote in favor of love and against hate."
So said Laura von Harten, a county official in South Carolina, explaining this week to fellow county commissioners why she will not vote to approve a rezoning request by a local Catholic parish. (Video here.) This Unitarian Universalist finds her "dignity" affronted because she couldn't be a priest if she were a Catholic, and she is inflamed over the Roman church's intent to "control women's uteruses." Therefore, as a matter of justice and human rights, she has no choice but to vote against this parish's rezoning request.
Truly, never in the history of the age-old struggle for progress and equality has there been a more courageous, intelligent and principled stance against the malign forces of reaction and oppression.
See, this is how it happens: using moralistic, therapeutic language to deny religious people even the most banal liberties. Granted, this Low Country Pasionaria is a deeply silly person -- elevating denial of a routine zoning request to a statement of ideological principle -- but her method is familiar. We shall be seeing more of this.
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Oh, and Sig, I want to apologize about refering to vacuums as one of your sacraments.
The correct word is sacramental.
Daniel, quit being such a Nancy Boy already.
Interesting that it's "hate speech" to suggest that men express their sexuality responsibly. And in a conservative religious forum, too!
LOL . . . I think Max is going for Bingo on the Troll Bingo Card. Max, why were you up and frothing at 3 in the morning? Shouldn't you have been sleeping the sleep of the just, in preparation to get up and go to church on this lovely day, there to forgive all your enemies, pray for them and face the week with peace and love in your heart? I'm not going to church today, but I will pray for you in my own way.
"I think Max is going for Bingo on the Troll Bingo Card."
ROFL.
"Interesting that it's "hate speech" to suggest that men express their sexuality responsibly."
Oh, is THAT what you think you did? Well, I shouldn't be surprised by that given the fortress of your hatred in the matter.
People like you usually are blinded by their own bigotry. Worshipping at a church of "women's rights" that sacrafices babies at the alter of the barren womb doesn't help your discerning faculties much either.
Publically proclaiming yourself a saint for caring for children (who are lucky enough to actually be breathing and walking around) as a way to justify your vivisectionist's creed does little to convince me your Happy Meal ain't short a couple o' fries.
Sig, you never miss an opportunity to justify yourself and your church by denigrating men in the most general and base manner possible.
As far as Troll Bingo goes, your card must nearly be blacked out at this point.
Oh, and Daniel, what, have you become a Sancho Panza here or someting? Shouldn't you be helping Sig down off that abortionmill, er, ah, windmill, and tell her it isn't a patriarchal dragon after all?
I also noticed, right on cue, that the Al Sharpton of the Opus Dei set--Bill Donohue--is involved in this, being outraged and appalled.
Non sequitars about being "the Al Sharpton of the Opus Dei set" (who the hell knows what that even means)... This is kind of a massive slap in the face that is worth getting mad about.
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