Oct 25 2007 intolerance brings God's wrath

Dear Governor Schwarzenegger -

I was wondering, Governor, if you think there is a link between our recent wildfire disasters and homosexuality.

Before you roll your eyes, the leaders of the Republican Party's theological community - Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell and James Dobson -- all insist that natural disasters are caused by God's anger at our tolerance of homosexuals.

A quick survey of California shows that we have not had a major earthquake since Domestic Partnerships were introduced. What has happened nationally?

In 1997, the Florida Legislature introduced the nation's first Defense of Marriage Act. Shortly thereafter, Pat Robertson warned the city of Orlando, Florida, that a gay celebration the city hosted "will bring about terrorist bombs, it'll bring earthquakes, tornadoes, and possibly a meteor." What happened? Nine major hurricanes have devastated Florida including Charley, Ivan, Francis, Jeanne and Wilma, destroying the notoriously anti-gay Coral Ridge Ministries but leaving Orlando untouched.

In 2004, Louisiana passed a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and recognition of any "identical or substantially similar" legal status. The same year, Massachusetts started legal marriages. The fallout? Hurricane Katrina destroyed most of Louisiana except for New Orleans' gay village, while Boston won the World Series.

By 2006, twenty-seven of the fifty United States had constitutionally banned same-sex marriage, while Canada had been performing marriages for a year. The result? This year the Canadian dollar passed the US dollar for the first time in 30 years. Oh, and zero Canadian hurricanes, earthquakes, meteors or debilitating wildfires.

My conclusion from these data is that if you attracted the wrath of God and caused the wildfires, it was not by signing seven pro-LGBT bills, but by vetoing AB 43, the bill that would have extended the freedom of choice God gave us to all California families.

Yours,

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[veteranofthepsyche]

Hang on. In essence, you're saying that God in fact supports gay rights through natural disasters only as a form of rhetoric by throwing their ridiculous logic back at them, right?

[signab43]

Sort of. I am saying that IF God is using natural disasters to send us a message, then that message is loudly and clearly targeted against the Opponents of Equality. So yes, it is a rhetorical trap, and I don't see any way out of it except to admit that there is nothing wrong with gay marriage.

[booradleyalabam]

signab43, what I am saying is that the person whom posted this video is trying to make an argument for the justification of a lifestyle by pointing out some evangelicals misinterpretation of weather related disasters. It's an empty argument going in and it is empty coming out.

[signab43]

Yes, it is empty going in and coming out. These evangelicals are using God's name to preach hate, and trying to support it with evidence that just doesn't stand up to scrutiny.

There is nothing wrong with gay marriage, and if anything is to be learned from the weather, it is that God punishes intolerance - not love.

"I will condemn people who turn to mediums and psychics and chase after them as though they were prostitutes. I will exclude them from the people." Leviticus 20:6

[booradleyalabam]

Trying to relate the misinterpretations of some pastors concerning aberations in our weather and the justification of a wicked lifestyle is akin to going to the store with an empty wagon and coming back home with the same

[signab43]

so you're saying that perhaps it's better to not buy anything than load up your wagon with things you don't need?

[thelamb777]

@signab43 Are you joking? This doesn't line up with Biblical history at all, or God's NATURE for that matter...

[AolanApara]

heyi am really honny today! Anybody is bored too and want to msg meh

[marissanuez]

i would consider it to be, at most, a slap on the butt from god, in a friendly manner; as if to say "good job." consider the extent of god's "wrath" towards the egyptians.

[carrotjuse]

God struck Jerry Falwell dead because of his cruelty and ignorance. Floods and ice storms blanketed the Republican midwestern states, with severe flooding in Iowa and Nebraska. Child molesters and pedophiles like Howard Scott Heldreth, Mark Pazuhanich, Nicholas Morency, Mike Hintz, Peter Dibble, Donald "Buz" Lukens, Mark A. Grethen, Beverly Russell, Stephen White, Jon Matthews & Keith Westmoreland operate continuously within the Republican party.

Repent, Conservatives! The end is near 4 you!

[brandonihidalgo892]

It's starting to scare me really. I agree man, but I can't seem to get the message across to others that this Dobson crew is using scripture to promote a crypto-fascist agenda in this country. My grandmother calls Falwell and Robertson bigots, but she doesn't understand that Dobson is just one step behind them. Would you know any alternative ministers that I should suggest to her?

[freaks182]

lol if this is true, then god must be a racist everyone in africa is starving, when white ppl in europe and america have lots of food, o yea btw, if you watch the vids of hurricane katrina almsot everyone after the aftermath was what? BLACK! damn religious ppl