Sensible Erection | Bryan Fischer: Romney's Concience?

Monday, 18 June 2012

quote [ He wants the Bible to shape American politics, American law, American government, American values, American culture. That's the fight that he's fighting. ]

Rabidly anti-gay, anti-abortion, fundie spokesman claims credit for ousting gay Romney adviser Richard Grenell. How big an influence is he on the Romney campaign, and the GOP in general?

More on Fischer from People for the American Way. Yes, this is a left-leaning advocacy group, but their analysis here closely mirrors the recent profile on Fischer in the New Yorker.
Abstract here, full article is no longer available. PM me for a link to download a PDF of the entire issue.

Plenty of folks here say there's really not much difference between the Republicans and Democrats, Romney or Obama. On many issues they may have a point. But on these social issues- that go to the very heart of the concepts of 'freedom' and 'liberty' and the role of government in citizens' lives, as long as a candidate or their party is even willing to humor people like Bryan Fischer, there is indeed a stark and dramatic choice.

[politics] [by sanepride@5:01pmGMT] [+6 Interesting]

Comments

scojam said @ 5:24pm GMT on 18th Jun
"The Christian right and Fischer saw Grenell's resignation as a "tremendous victory," says New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer."

The Lord will surely be pleased. He will be pleased when this sort of person starts sending sinners to him via the stake too no doubt, if he ever gets the power.

Watch out for his crowd. The Christian right is neither.

Cakkafracle said @ 6:29pm GMT on 18th Jun [Score:1 Insightful]
That needs a tShirt!

iosef said @ 2:10am GMT on 19th Jun [Score:1 Funny]

anti-crush said @ 5:39pm GMT on 18th Jun
Does anyone know how anti-abortion fundies reconcile their position in relation to Numbers 5:11-31?

href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+5%3A11-31&version=NIV">http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+5%3A11-31&version=NIV

KingPellinore said @ 5:48pm GMT on 18th Jun
I imagine the same way they deal with any bible passage that doesn't support their world view.

oranges said @ 6:21pm GMT on 18th Jun
My coworker would say that this was rendered null and void with the sacrifice of Jesus and the forming of the new covenant. All the old testament is basically historical data but not part of god's existing law according to him.

feldenglas said @ 8:37pm GMT on 18th Jun [Score:4 Funny]
Well tell him to tell his fundie buddies that "null and void" =/= "salad bar".

rndmnmbr said @ 9:11pm GMT on 18th Jun
If I'm not mistaken, every passage related to homosexuality being a sin is in that part rendered null and void.

Of course, the christian right cherry-picks their favorite parts of the bible anyways, so that's nothing new.

bruceski said @ 9:27pm GMT on 18th Jun
Everyone cherry-picks the parts that support their argument, whether arguing for or against religion or parts thereof. There's too much contradictory stuff to do otherwise.

mechanical contrivance said @ 12:16am GMT on 19th Jun [Score:1 Underrated]
Not me. I say it's all wrong.

theolypse said @ 10:47am GMT on 19th Jun
Especially that love thy neighbor crap. Have you ever met my neighbors? Believe me--unlovable.

KingPellinore said @ 9:29pm GMT on 18th Jun
Nah, Paul of Tarsus makes his views on homosexuality pretty clear in his letters. Of course, Paul was a nutter and not too fond of sexuality in general.

Jesus, however, had nothing to say on the subject.

< A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_the_New_Testament"> Wikipedia!

KingPellinore said @ 9:30pm GMT on 18th Jun
Crap. Wikipedia, Take Two!

foobar said @ 2:53am GMT on 19th Jun
And what, exactly, did Jesus say about teh gheys?

eggboy said @ 4:08am GMT on 19th Jun
Or where in the old testament did it have a problem with female homosexuality? From what I gather from the bible hetrosexual sex is far dirtier and more sinful, that's why we need marriage to make it okay enough to even procreate.

God loves lesbians, kinda makes you think it was all written by a bunch of creepy old men. Dunno why religious people are hating on the lesbians these day.

mechanical contrivance said @ 11:10pm GMT on 19th Jun
Jealousy

eggboy said @ 4:03am GMT on 19th Jun
Tell him not according to Mattew

CapnSilver said @ 10:03am GMT on 19th Jun
Deciding whether the Christians were Jews or not was one of the first big questions the church had to handle.

azazel said @ 6:15pm GMT on 18th Jun
Off topic, but awesome: Pictures: Volcano Lightning, Illuminated

azazel said @ 6:16pm GMT on 18th Jun
Actually, it's so awesome I'll make a new entry for it.

afrasr said @ 6:18pm GMT on 18th Jun
Mittens has outsourced his conscience.

Unfortunately he chose a very bad vendor

feldenglas said @ 8:38pm GMT on 18th Jun
Evil is real.

cb361 said @ 9:06pm GMT on 18th Jun [Score:4 Insightful]
It's people. Evil is made out of people.

soulecho said @ 3:10am GMT on 19th Jun
Soylent Green is made out of people. Evil is Soylent Green.

cb361 said @ 1:04pm GMT on 19th Jun
Yeah. Look at what it did to Charlton Heston in the end.

mechanical contrivance said @ 11:11pm GMT on 19th Jun
Gave him Alzheimer's?