Listening in on the Right-Wing Fringe: Gay Marriage Edition

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http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/candacechellew-hodge/7299/listening_in_on_the_right_wing_fringe__gay_marriage_edition/

September 14, 2013 2:36pm
Post by CANDACE CHELLEW-HODGE

Sometimes it's fun to listen in on the religious right wing when they're having internal debates about big issues like marriage equality.

Over at World Net Daily (which features such fact-challenged articles on how terrorists are setting wildfires and ads that promise to show you how to get an untraceable AR-15) there's a fairly comprehensive article laying out the argument between those who wish to privatize marriage, and those who believe the government's role is a necessary evil ... for the children.

Those speaking in favor of privatization, like conservative talk host Larry Elder, say we should "leave marriage to non-governmental institutions like churches, synagogues, mosques and other houses of worship or private institutions." Others like anti-abortion professor Doug Kmiec agree, saying if the state got out of the marriage business "the question of who can and cannot be married would be entirely determined in your voluntarily chosen faith community."

Which, of course, means atheists and those who have no "faith community" (think our millennial "spiritual but not religious" types) are cut out of the institution just like gays and lesbians. In their rush to give marriage to the churches, these folks would exclude a lot of people.

more at link

Link to article she is referencing:

http://www.wnd.com/2013/09/should-christians-abandon-state-marriage/#wjSSwMxMpy47dGWK.99

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1. OMG I don't know anyone listens to these folks

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2. We listened to some of this during our recent road trip.

It was eye opening, to say the least.

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3. Yeah I can only take about 5 minutes of it and then I have to puke!

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4. Yes, it is mostly sickening.

We heard a lot of GLBT hate and extreme views on women's roles.

I had never heard American Family Network before, but they at least make a little effort to not be overtly bigoted. But these smaller stations make none at all.

We also heard Alex Jones radio - equally scary but in a whole different way.

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5. I find myself sometimes going to the dark side just to see whagt they have to say

I always feel like I have to get decontaminated after a few minutes of listening to their verbal toxic waste