Frankly, I’m sick of the religious right’s attempt to interject itself and control the behavior of those who aren’t affiliated with it. The “Yes on Prop 8″ campaign is a perfect example. Prop 8 – which attempts to institutionalize discrimination against gay couples – is “christiandom’s” (and I use little letters and quotes intentionally) to turn us into a fundamentalist christian nation.
In this case, the bad actors are the LDS (Mormons) and the Catholic Church. They should be ashamed of themselves for supporting this institutionalized discrimination. If being christian means hating with “christian love” those different from you – then something is definitely f*cked up.
But should we be surprised? Fundamentalists (christians, jews, muslims) have, for a long time, replaced the word “hate” with the word “love.” Thus, they kill to save you “because they love you.” Mormons baptize the dead – people who didn’t necessarily want to be baptized – “because they love you.” They kill because “they love you” or in Jesus’, Mohammed’s or God’s name. No, this is institutionalized hatred, plain and simple.
This country will burn in its own self-created hell if we keep following these pretenders to truth. It has already begun, and I expect it will continue. Unfortunately, we may all be damned.
The wall between church and state must be made taller and be fortified, not weakened by these false prophets.
