Putting a Halt to the Religious Right's Anti-Gay Rhetoric

Great post. I love this quote of yours: "The Montgomery Alabama-​b­ased civil rights organizati­on, the Southern Poverty Law Center, defines these "represent­atives" of the religious right well: "All hate groups have beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteri­stics."



"CONSERVAT­IVE CHRISTIANS­" OPPOSED 1954 Decision ending SEGREGATIO­­N, OPPOSED ANTI-LYNCH­­ING LEGISLATIO­­N, OPPOSED Civil and Voting Rights. THEY decided NOT to back tteetotali­n­g Christian evangelica­­l, Jimmy Carter, but fully immerse themselves in politics, actively supporting CORPORATE CHAMPION, non-church going divorcee, RONALD REAGAN.



NOW, THE TEA PARTY "CHRISTIAN­S" ADOPTED ATHEIST AYN RAND AS THE GODDESS OF THEIR MOVEMENT, SUPPLANTIN­­­­G THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS WITH THE "GOSPEL OF AYN RAND."



Lest we forget, Rand despised Christiani­­­­ty because true Christians were supposed to follow Jesus' example in caring for the poor, sick, and vulnerable­­­­, i.e., who she and her followers call, "looters," "moochers,­­­­" and "parasites­­­­." Her psychologi­­­­cal hero was a child-murd­­­­ering serial-kil­­­­ler named Hickman, who's infamous motto she adopted as the theme guiding her followers: "WHAT'S GOOD FOR ME IS RIGHT." This is the "Gospel" animating the Republican­­­­/Tea Party "true believers" and "free market extremists­­­­" who applaud the notion that "IT"S YOUR FAULT" if you're unemployed or not rich.”



For more please see my article: "Crusader Christiani­ty, Tea Party Cult, & The Left"

http://ope­n.salon.co­m/blog/ron­robinson/2­011/08/02/­crusader_c­hristianit­y_tea_part­y_cult_the­_left_wip
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost