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My atheist friends are lucky. They get to watch the Christian right with a degree of detached amusement.

Those of us who have some degree of spirituality get a heavenly buzz kill every time we hear about the doings of the Christian right. I’m not even Christian, but just knowing that I share an iota of belief in a Supreme Being with these morons is disconcerting. They give a bad name to God.

Let me say first of all that I’m no fan of Mitt Romney, but the last thing I would hold against the guy is the fact that he’s a Mormon. Apparently this is causing quite a stir among the religious right. They won’t support him because he’s a Mormon. And they (speaking for the almighty) don’t believe the Book of Mormon is valid as a Holy Book, and therefore the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints isn’t a valid religion.

Admittedly there are parts of the Mormon faith I don’t agree with, and I’m told by some fairly reliable sources that there’s a lot of stuff I don’t WANT to know. I figure if the weirdest ones are like the folks on HBO’s “Big Love“, I’m okay with that. Chloe Sevigny is hot. As long as they’re not hurting anyone.

The religious right is cutting off their noses to spite their faces. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. The theocratic hairs on the back of their collective sanctimonious red necks should be standing on end with this guy. He’s a complete conservative tool. His brand of conservatism is just what they want in the White House, but they won’t accept him because his people added another Holy Book to the dogmatic melange.

Another Holy Book-related event that caught my attention is a case in Oklahoma in which an interfaith group whose mission is to foster understanding between Muslims and Christians offered free copies of the Koran to all the State’s legislators. Many of the members graciously accepted the Korans, a few graciously declined and a few blew it off completely.

But State Representative Rex Duncan wanted to protect Oklahoma from a potential terrorist threat. He rejected his copy of Koran because, according to an e-mail to a friend, it was because “most Oklahomans do not endorse the idea of killing innocent women and children in the name of ideology.”

Come on now Rex. The part of the Koran that only whackjob extremists use to justify killing in the name of Allah is taken completely out of context by those sects, and they’re a very small minority of Muslims.

Just like, I’m sure there’s a lot of parts of the Bible you can take out of context to justify the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, or the Puritans’ intentional infection of Native Americans with smallpox. Just check out a few of these for a taste of how badass the bible can be. Get off your high horse Rex.

I thought the religious right had been losing a little ground over the past couple years, but when you see John McCain trying to kiss their ass at every possible opportunity, I have to think again. What little separation of church and state we presently have is under attack from just about every angle.

So many Christian wingnuts, so few lions.

And speaking of the religious right…. I’ve got a joke. What do you call two Gay Bob dolls together? Oral Roberts!!!

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Filed under: Politics on November 22nd, 2007