The religious right is taking the Supreme Court victory on marriage equality pretty hard. How hard? Well, judging by their apocalyptic rhetoric, really, really hard. Here’s a rundown of some of the responses from the citadels of homophobia:
Rep. Louis Gohmert (R.-Texas): “[I]f Moses, Jesus, and contributors to the Bible were correct, God’s hand of protection will be withdrawn as future actions from external and internal forces will soon make clear.”
Austin Ruse of the Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute: “Let the persecution begin in earnest.”
Fox commentator Todd Starnes: “If you thought the cultural purge over the Confederate flag was breathtaking — wait until you see what LGBT activists do with Christians.”
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Evangelist Franklin Graham: “I do believe that God’s judgment will come on this nation.”
Radio minister Carl Gallups: “These are the beginnings of the very last days,”
The winner of the over-the-top cup goes to the ever-reliable Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association (or not). Fischer is a fount of offensive comparisons, running the gamut from national tragedies to American Pie.
- “From a moral standpoint, 6/26 is the new 9/11 because it was on this day that five justices of the United States Supreme Court became moral jihadists, They became rainbow jihadists and they blasted the twin pillars of truth and righteousness into rubble.”
- “Today, June 26, 2015, is a date which will live in infamy. On this day, the United States became Sodom and Gomorrah.”
- “June 26, 2015: I saw Satan dancing with delight, the day the music died in the United States of America.”
Rick Holtz
It is the end of “their” world-thank God!
Gene Dale Moore
fuckem
Mack
Massachusetts has had Same Sex Marriage for what-10 years now and the Country hasn’t imploded yet. Canada has had if for years and it’s still standing. Many other countries have had it and hasn’t imploded. And for the record, contrary to some Christian’s beliefs God just doesn’t “protect” the U.S. over all other countries in the world. People it’s now called MARRIAGE-not Same Sex, not Straight and not Bi-racial-IT’S MARRIAGE!
Ladbrook
Know H8.
Madelaine Bencivengo
Why don’t all the haters just jump off a cliff if they can’t accept change!
Frank Saveri
Stephen Meeks
Louis DeLena
They never mention the persecution of gays all these years
Tony Lee Churchill
What else is new?
1EqualityUSA
wow, hate is ugly.
Kevin Cato
And I feel fine.
Bob LaBlah
I am an atheist who agrees in principle with them that their institutions are now under fire. A religious war has now erupted over the entire world led by the ignorant who know deep down there is no “man upstairs looking down on everyone”. If there were, why would HE have allowed it to happen? Another nail in their coffin is all it amounts to and they know it.
I couldn’t care less one way or the other but as long as it hastens the demise of that stupid belief about a god and it’s accompanying bull shit I am all for it and give a big thanks to all who helped.
Cagnazzo82
‘Cultural purge over the confederate flag’? That and barring gays from marrying is what they consider ‘culture’? Truly these people are nuts.
When hateful, bigoted, spiteful people like the ones cited in that article lose America wins.
Today love won over hate. Let the haters go down in flames. Personally I have to say I’m quite enjoying their tears 😉
The crying over at Free Republic and Breitbart was equally amusing.
Michel Filion
…and the start of the biggest paaaaaarty!!!
Russ Roberts
If it is indeed the end of the world, they need not speak or broadcast again.
Jayemen
@Mack: Great points. I agree. Canada, however, has had marriage equality since 2005. Interesting article athttp://www.mediaite.com/online/we-have-some-bad-news-for-everyone-moving-to-canada-after-marriage-equality-ruling/
Russ Kohn
It is the end of their Narrow idea of marrage and love.
Tony Chaplinski
20 other countries can’t be wrong too.
Maximus Alegria
Well if you’re going to light yourself on fire then I guess it is for you
Foster Billingsley
Pat Robertson has been predicting the end of time since the 1970s. All in the name of fear – Christian fear. This is not the Christianity I grew up with and believe. You know what the sun will rise tomorrow and set tomorrow and the world will continue – even with gay marriage.
Wil Chaney
I see religious zealots as a sign of the apocalypse. Good thing my god, Channing Tatum isn’t a spiteful God.
jud
wackos, all
Stephen Benoit Talbott
Tom Emerick
awwww. poor babies
Terrence Houlihan
the END of their HATE FILLED WORLD!!! GOOD RIDDANCE!!!!
Giancarlo85
I’m pretty sure George Wallace was thinking the same thing when the Civil Rights Act was passed. The end of the world? I’m pretty sure the Confederates thought the World was going to end after they were defeated by the Union. These wackos have no sense.
Robert Zakem
I’ll send out a press release if the sun comes up tomorrow. I’m an early riser.
Giancarlo85
@Cagnazzo82: The Confederate Flag is no different than the Nazi Flag. The confederacy was an illegal rebellion that resulted in the deaths of the highest percentage of Americans in history. No other war came close to the percentage of how many Americans died in that war. Imagine 50 million dying today… and these fuckers have the audacity to bring up that pathetic disgusting flag?
It doesn’t surprise me some right wing neofa*s*c*ists love the confederate flag.
Michael Finnegan
Fear equals more money, and that ladies and gentlemen is the truth of religion.
Donald Zeger
I really don’t believe people are this stupid.
Steven Shelton
BLA BLA BLA BLA , Get over it, the religious right has been saying the same crap since since i have been alive now its time to move on
Avery Alvarez
It’s absolutely ridiculous and inappropriate statements like this that will drive people further and further away from the “family values” crowd.
Now, after a couple decades, people know what it’s codeword for, and they are just as disgusted as the rest of us.
Randy Hix
How many millions of times in my life have I heard about the end of the world. For god, or everyone’s sake, give it up. It’s not going to end anytime soon and if does, POOF, we’re all dead. Another extinct species.
Jacob Smiley
HAHAHA!!!!!! Like all the other times.
Jon Mackey
There just a bunch of hot little potatoes.
Kenneth Myrnes
he’s probably one of those ” public toilet foot tappers”
Geoff B
It is important to remember not all Christians are like this. My Mom’s cousin is easily my most religious Facebook friend and she has been posting joyous posts all day about equality. My Dad’s cousin who is a pastor sent me her congratulations along with letting me and my other half know God loves us just as we aee. They are not alone. Christianity just got hi jacked by a bunch of trash boxes.
Crane Stephen Landis
Now That “Equal Marriage” is the Law of the Land, What Can We Now Expect –
LGBTQ Americans and their partners can get married in any State of the Union, with every other State and the Federal Government respecting those unions.
The sky won’t fall.
Polygamy – which was around before Equal Marriage and will be around long after – isn’t now legal.
Bestiality – which was around before Equal Marriage and will be around long after – isn’t now legal.
Incest Marriage – – which was around before Equal Marriage and will be around long after – isn’t now legal.
Child Marriage – which was around before Equal Marriage and will be around long after – isn’t now legal.
All prior marriages to this ruling will strengthen, remain, falter or fail completely on their own accord, by the sole decision of those involved.
Glenn Beck, Sean Hanity and Rush Limbaugh (but interestingly not much probably from Megan Kelly or Bill O’Reilly) will all have ratings bonanzas spewing their indignation and hate.
Most of Fox News, other than Shepard Smith, will be outraged, leading to endless offensive debates between Pundits, making wildly inaccurate and inappropriate predictions and proclamations.
Most Republican State Governors and/or Legislatures will move creatively or outright illegally to block Equal Marriage in their States.
Most Republicans, save most Californian, Log Cabin and all my Socially Progressive but Conservative friends, will be indignant about an “Activist Supreme Court unConstitutionally rewriting the Constitution”.
Most of the Conservative Right will exclaim how it is the End of America, the last nail in our coffin.
Most Evangelical Christians will preach about how “Gays are the cause of all [fill in blank of natural disaster, disease, or horror], and that since God created Adam & Eve, not Steve, any future [fill in blank of natural disaster, disease, or horror] will be because of God’s wrath over Equal Marriage.
Most Fundamentalist Christians will proclaim the Rapture and Tribulation are nye (or at least “soon”), having The End Times caused by Equal Marriage.
Those Christian Preachers who advocate killing LGBTQ people, won’t be allowed to.
Those Christian Preachers who promised to “set themselves on fire”, move elsewhere, close their churches or some other hyperbolic promise probably won’t.
Those Christians who promised to stop eating or divorce probably won’t.
Christianity or any other faith won’t be outlawed.
Members of the Clergy of my faith won’t be forced to perform marriages they don’t approve of unless they make money as a business doing so.
Christianity in America will remain, remaining or flattering on its own accord.
Oh, and the End Times, Rapture and Tribulation still will only be known to God – not even Jesus – as in accord with Jesus’ own words, not hastened by any singular event such as this – which would defeat that whole “thief in the night” idea anyhow.
And just to reiterate… The sky won’t fall in.
But in truth… Nothing has changed other than me and millions of my Fellow America LGBTQ siblings CAN GET MARRIED to their Partners all over Our Nation – and have the respect and dignity of our Unions be Equal to all others.
Which – in very real terms – will change nothing for anyone else other than those of us who celebrate our Right to this Union.
Love to all – but more specifically to my fellow LGBTQ siblings!
Jonathan D Snider
It’s the end of the world……as they know it.
JohnLee Fitchett
Woooooo hoooooo lets party!
Luis H. Lopez
Thei ignorance hate and bigotry illogical know no end I pity the fools!
Ali Cabulong
Boo hiss
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
CURSES!!! The rightwing nutbag lunatics have discovered the “Gay Agenda’s” twisted evil nefarious plot!!
Brian Fischer: Drive your Chevy to the levy and drive in…………..
Joseph Dudley Manabat
I Love Science…! That is all.ð???
Kangol
Wait, but on a prior thread some posters were claiming it was primarily black people and black ministers who were homophobic, yet all of these hatemongers listed above are white. The reality is that homophobia knows no color, and these anti-gay nuts are on the losing side of history!
BYE, FELICIA!!!
Kevinhere
This dude is bloody paranoid! Suck it up, buttercup.
Jeffrey Burris
Their bigoted world! But for the rest of the Christians that are normal, it’s still just called tomorrow!ð??
Barbara McCumber
It’s one thing to be stupid but don’t open your mouth and prove it !!
D Perris Floyd-Bloxsom
We dead yet….??!!
James Messineo
Religious really stupid question and said silly things dumb! That true ! Please respect gay people and who are our lives of gay culture! ð???
Tony Halterman
Why are you continuing to show your stupidity, .World be a better place if it weren’r for religious idiots trying to control; what people want. equal rights………….