Mike Huckabee, a Republican Presidential candidate possibility, has publicly spoken out against Natalie Portman (and other Hollywood starlets) because she is pregnant, unwed, and happy. Portman is engaged to choreographer Benjamin Millepied, who worked on her film, "Black Swan," but Huckabee says she's sending out the wrong message. He went on to say that when wealthy actresses have children without being married it sets a bad example for America. Huckabee named Portman specifically in his broadcast.
Although Huckabee never came out and said it, his opinion is based on parochial religious values, that a child must be raised by a mother and father who are married.
The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's ruling, citing that members of the Westboro Baptist Church are legally allowed to protest and picket military funerals as part of their First Amendment right to free speech. The WBC, spearheaded by crazy loonfucker cult leader Fred Phelps, has been picketing military funerals for years. They hold up signs saying God is punishing America for its acceptance of homosexuality and abortion by bringing home dead soldiers. The WBC first gained national attention when they picketed Matthew Sheppard's funeral. While it pains me to admit the High Court did make the correct decision (I mean c'mon, realistically they have to make unemotional, logical rulings that fall within the law), this sickens me. Phelps and his band of hillbilly inbred goat fuckers have promised to quadruple their protests. This is the church that decided it was going to protest the funeral of nine-year-old Christina Greene, who was killed in the shootings that critically injured Gabby Giffords.
Albert Snyder, whose son Matthew, a Marine lance corporal, was killed in Iraq. The WBC picketed Snyder's funeral. Snyder reacted to the High Court's ruling with an ominous foreboding. He indicated that somebody, someday will get hurt if this does not stop, citing that all it takes is one soldier with really bad PTSD to react in the wrong manner to a protest.
Embattled Republican politician Newt Gingrich, who will no doubt enter the Republican Presidential Primaries, recently appeared at a rally in Houston, TX. Politics was not the topic of his discussion, however. It was religion. Rick Santorum, also considering a bid in Presidential Primaries, launched an attack on the left by attacking the globally accepted and proven account of The Crusades, which actually embarrasses most moral Christians. Santorum went on to say that that the Crusades were justified and not an example of Christian aggression. I think Santorum should go back to history class and read about the Massacre of Jerusalem in 1099. That is but one example I can think of. Michele Bachmann, Republican senator from Minnesota, has been quoted as saying "politicians who do not use the Bible to guide their PUBLIC and private lives do not belong in office." Hey Michele, you have heard of 'separation of church and state' right? Your 'good book' has absolutely no fucking place in my government. Bachmann has always been a favorite on the Values Voters Summit, and an outspoken supporter of "Christian government" and "normal people values."
Perhaps two of the biggest engines on the hypocrisy train are Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin. Gingrich speaks out in favor of "traditional, conservative family values," but has had more than one extra-marital affair. Palin has a teenage daughter who got pregnant as a teenager and is now a single mother and speaking out on abstinence. Yes, abstinence worked so well for you Bristol, why not speak out on the advantages of birth control or condoms? Like Gingrich, Palin has championed the causes of conservative family values and like Bachmann, is a Tea Party favorite. Wow, I said Tea Party, not Tea Bagger ... I must be getting soft.
Then you have the entity known as Fox News. Glen Beck spends much of his time on the air spouting racist nonsense and whipping the hillbillies and bible thumpers into an End-of-Days frenzy about Obama and the left by scapegoating Muslims. Then you have Joel Richardson, who wrote an entire book about how Obama is the Antichrist. Richardson even found a way to correlate Obama and his Antichrist status, the recent uprisings in the Middle East, and the union protests going on in Wisconsin. Whew! Now that's Imagination! The way he explained this was it was really the Muslim Brotherhood that was behind the Madison, WI. protests, in order to turn Wisconsin into part of the Calpihate. This would, in turn, cause labor unions to destroy Israel. For those who are unfamiliar with the term, caliphate means "dominion of the caliph," and refers to the first system of government established by Islam. Now, Fox News, which employs the slogan "fair and balanced," actually hired Richardson as an Antichrist expert. Fair and balanced, my gay fairy ass!
How about this? How about the Republican party give us one viable candidate that is not sucking the proverbial cocks of every campaign-contributing religious organization in America?
What I have just spent the past several paragraphs ranting about is what is making me sick about the Republican party. Yes, I will outright admit to you that I think Governor Scott Walker is a slimy douchecock who should be removed from office. This assface admits to a prank caller the Republican governorships' plan to bust unions and he's still getting support. This proves that the plan to bust unions has nothing to do with balancing budgets. Unions are the primary financial support of Democratic campaigns. Bust them up and Democrats can no longer viably compete with Republicans in many races.
Now I'm not going to go into the pros and cons of Unions; I've already done that.
The main purpose of this post is to point out how harmful religion is to government, in American society. Not all Americans are Christian Fundamentalists, and these politicians in the Fundies' pockets aren't going to do us any real favors.
Now I know I am going to piss off a few people with this next thought, but fuck it. I always say what I want. In my humble fucking opinion, one of the biggest problems with American politics is Christianity. Now, before you all douse me holy water and chase with torches, hear me out. I'm not bashing religion or faith (yes, faith and religion are actually two different concepts), but the Founding Fathers (hello Tea Baggers, I'm talking to you bitches since you frequently invoke the intentions of the Founding Fathers in your rhetoric) also came up with something I mentioned earlier - separation of church and state. Again, religion has no place in government.
I'm going to go off on a tax-free tangent for a moment. Churches enjoy a tax-exempt status here in the United States, but I say that's bogus and bullshit. Yes, I know many churches use their donations to help their communities, but why aren't those churches speaking out against the larger churches that do not? Sorry Pastor Bling Bling, but a donation plate does not mean you get to roll up to Church every Sunday in a BMW and a Prada suit. Any Church/Religious organization that gets involved in politics should have their tax-exempt status revoked. I wonder if Westboro Baptist Church still enjoys a tax exempt status? Probably.
Why? Seriously why the fuck do we allow religious organizations tax-exempt status when they get involved in politics? That makes them political organizations, not religious organizations.
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