Pat Robertson thinks Alabama has gone too far.

[pepperbear]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/05/15/televangelist-pat-robertson-alabamas-abortion-ban-is-extreme-has-gone-too-far/

Long time televangelist Pat Robertson decried Alabama’s new abortion ban as “extreme,” saying on his show on Wednesday that the state legislature has “gone too far.”

Alabama’s law, which has been passed by the legislature and signed by the governor, includes a penalty of up to 99 years in prison for doctors who perform abortions and has no exceptions for rape or incest, Robertson noted on his show.

“They want to challenge Roe vs. Wade, but my humble view is I don’t think that’s the case I’d want to bring to the Supreme Court because I think this one will lose,” Robertson told viewers of CBN’s “The 700 Club” on Wednesday.

“God bless them, they’re trying to do something,” he said of Alabama legislators. Speaking before Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed the bill into law, Robertson said it would be “ill-considered,” though he also denounced the Roe ruling.

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Wow, too Dystopian for Pat.

[susanna]

1. I believe I may have seen everything now.

We are living in a timeline beyond parody.

[ZZenith]

2. To be clear, however -

He doesn’t think it dystopian in the least, he’s simply worried the Supreme Court will shoot it down.

[JI7]

3. Right , and hopefully that's what happens.

[ZZenith]

4. With this current court that's what will happen.

Hang on Ruthie!

[Solly Mack]

5. Exactly.

[Lucky Luciano]

7. Exactly. He was clear on that point. nt

[Volaris]

14. Yes this exactly...

And the Court destroys this case so many ways from Sunday that no fool will ever attempt to do something so legislatively hateful as this for a very, VERY long time.

Pat's worried that his hate is about to be seen for what it really is

[Hortensis]

6. :) First-class evidence of political corruption of religion.

And not just political. What he probably regards as most politically problematic is lack of exceptions for rape and incest.

I always wondered how some people could consider abortion murder but, hey, it's okay to kill those babies. That these were adopted as exceptions in the first place was part of a political agreement of the sausage-making type to form a coalition. Last time I looked, marriage between first cousins was legal in 21 states and intercourse legal in a few others, and it's certainly time-honored over the millennia. Actually, rape has been also, if not its victims

Could some holy scripture teach these babies aren't people? I remember reading that some sects taught that children conceived outside marriage didn't have souls. Robertson would know.

[Arkansas Granny]

8. It's not that he disagrees with the legislation, he doesn't think it will succeed in the courts.

[Crowman2009]

9. Well it's official! The pro-life (or forced-birth) movement..

...has jumped the shark!

[eShirl]

11. THAT's how extreme the Right has become. They've surpassed Pat Robertson.

[Jake Stern]

12. A law so right wing that Pat Robertson is put off

Didn’t think that was even possible.

[Hugin]

13. Sure, if that draconian law stands, he'll lose all of those sweet sweet anti-roe contributions.

I mean what's a preacher to do when their thoughts and prayers come true and they must find another gig.