I had no doubt this bullshit bill will pass, I hope loving parents of trans kids will be able to move elsewhere.
For short thought I am already demonic anyway (don't go to church, unmarried, no kids, wear pants, listen non christian music, video games...). Hail Seitan ๐
Oh, boy, here we go. Demons. Brought up in the Ohio House. Seriously. And this guy, Stuart Long, actually laid that crap out in front of what I presume to be a House committee.
And he wasn't laughed out of the building?!? This is 2023, and this crap can still go on? Phenomenal.
OT: Having a garage sale this weekend. Just sold a dresser to a young lady and her mom. After helping them load it, the younger asked if there was anything I wanted to pray about. I said no thanks. She persisted with but Jesus said... I cut her off and said you don't know that. She tried to start up again and
I said you just bought a dresser from an atheist, have a nice day. She got in the car but didn't leave. After a couple of minutes she cam back in, almost crying and started again with it's not to late... I cut her off again with I don't want to here it. She tried again and I cut her off again. Finally I said thanks for buying the dresser, please leave, twice. She finally left.
โHe even urged other Christians to join him, writing on Facebook the day before, โITโs TIME TO PUT UP AND SHOW UP!โโ
He wants butts in seats at state legislatures, he wants his congregants and followers to bombard the government with their fantasy nonsense. The only way to combat this is to show up ourselves. LGBT people and allies need to outnumber these looney toons who think theyโre the majority, that theyโre the morality, and that theyโre the standard bearers. They are not. They are the lunatic fringe. They donโt understand the issue because theyโve been lied to, Matt Walsh insists thereโs millions of children getting puberty blockers and bottom surgeries despite being fact checked live on it. (Itโs around a thousand throughout the entire country, thatโs a huge disparity). Theyโre told constantly there hundreds and thousands of transgender girls trying to compete in womenโs professional sports. Thereโs a handful throughout the entire scope of athletics, childrenโs, teenโs, collegiate, and professional. Theyโre told theyโre being overrun and replaced by transgender people, making them think the world will end if they get used to recognizing another pronoun. They wonโt hear that the transgender people are just asking for a small slice of dignity and it wonโt cost them anything, because the real evil GOP are using this genocide as a curtain to hide their plans of world domination.
Okay sorry, I got a little off track. Good people of the country need to show up in greater numbers to show these folks they arenโt the majority. Show up when these bills are being discussed in the states, at the federal level and most importantly show up to vote. We really can foil their gerrymandering and voter suppression and cheating, but we have to show up.
He's more of a friend, actually. After that one Friday I had to tell him 'it's not you, it's me.' Now we only exchange pleasantries at baby barbequeues.
This guy blurted it all out there -- others may try to backpedal, but ALL of the people behind ALL of these bills think the same way. The way that other people live is evil and โunnaturalโ according to their religion, and they just canโt get their little minds past it. Religious hysteria is behind all of it. This story just exposes the insanity for what it really is.
Good, this guy should travel around and give his little speech everywhere. Let him emphasize he means actual, literal possession on a mass scale, millions and millions of people possessed. Ugh, this whole "my opponents are controlled by demons" schtick is going to get people murdered.
Idea: before any Christian is allowed to take public office, their church has to submit to an audit. If this kinda shit comes from the pulpit the candidate is automatically disqualified and their church is shut down and subject to further audit by the IRS to determine how much financial bullshit has been happening there. Because there's a zero percent chance any church like that is on the up and up financially.
OT- Don't want to give up the power you already have as a Governor in order to seek even more of it as President? Just have your pet legislature change the law for you!
Seems like Deathsentence is worried his chances on the national stage ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต not be as great as the fascist in the mirror keeps telling him they are.
โI think the heart of this issueโthe root issue, of course, thereโs the money part.โ
No, the heart of the issue is loving your neighbor as yourself and treating others the way you wish to be treated AKA empathy.
I donโt know why this would be a complex notion to you since both of those things are found pretty easily in the red letters of your Bible, so I can only assume you are familiar with both of those notions, reject them, and somehow still say youโre a follower of Christ.
โAnd when they can confuse your identity, they can destroy this country.โ
Being kind willโฆ somehowโฆ destroy America? Thatโs what youโre going with, huh?
โThe only thing that makes sense for whatโs going on in this country is that demons are influencing peopleโฆโ
Demons are well-known for being kind and possessing empathy.
โPeople that are possessed by demons donโt get to make demonic agendas and demonic doctrines that affect our people and our children and our laws and our country.โ
So anyone who disagrees with you, even devout Christians, should be barred from expressing their opinions or passing laws that treat everyone equally regardless of your personal bigotry.
Thatโs called authoritarian bullshit. It would also be called idolatry and blasphemy because youโre putting yourself in the role of God, and if I were a fundamentalist, I would advise that we stone you to death with stones.
Gov. Inslee has just signed 5 bills into law that protects gender-affirming care, reproductive health, abortion rights/access and privacy. Here's what he said:
"The right of choice is an issue of freedom. Health care must remain the providence of individual Washingtonians. These laws will keep the tentacles of oppressive and overreaching states out of Washington."
He also said...
"We are here to proclaim very vocally and very forcefully that we will not allow states or any Trump-appointed judge to jeopardize a woman's right of choice in the state of Washington."
I'm still proud of the way he stood up to the Former Guy when Trump tried to bully/punish Washington. It was Trump who backed down (just as most bullies do when their victims refuse to be intimidated and fight back).
This fool demonstrated about as well as it can be, the disconnect between religion and morality. Fools like this who would have us believe he speaks for the almighty, illustrate why the wall between church and state should be a mile high, and a hundred feet thick. Can you imagine this clown having the power of life and death? It's happened before, and they would love the chance to do it again.
I had no doubt this bullshit bill will pass, I hope loving parents of trans kids will be able to move elsewhere.
For short thought I am already demonic anyway (don't go to church, unmarried, no kids, wear pants, listen non christian music, video games...). Hail Seitan ๐
Oh, I'm possessed by ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, alright... but I wouldn't say it's demons.
๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ would be far more accurate.
Oh, boy, here we go. Demons. Brought up in the Ohio House. Seriously. And this guy, Stuart Long, actually laid that crap out in front of what I presume to be a House committee.
And he wasn't laughed out of the building?!? This is 2023, and this crap can still go on? Phenomenal.
OT: Having a garage sale this weekend. Just sold a dresser to a young lady and her mom. After helping them load it, the younger asked if there was anything I wanted to pray about. I said no thanks. She persisted with but Jesus said... I cut her off and said you don't know that. She tried to start up again and
I said you just bought a dresser from an atheist, have a nice day. She got in the car but didn't leave. After a couple of minutes she cam back in, almost crying and started again with it's not to late... I cut her off again with I don't want to here it. She tried again and I cut her off again. Finally I said thanks for buying the dresser, please leave, twice. She finally left.
โHe even urged other Christians to join him, writing on Facebook the day before, โITโs TIME TO PUT UP AND SHOW UP!โโ
He wants butts in seats at state legislatures, he wants his congregants and followers to bombard the government with their fantasy nonsense. The only way to combat this is to show up ourselves. LGBT people and allies need to outnumber these looney toons who think theyโre the majority, that theyโre the morality, and that theyโre the standard bearers. They are not. They are the lunatic fringe. They donโt understand the issue because theyโve been lied to, Matt Walsh insists thereโs millions of children getting puberty blockers and bottom surgeries despite being fact checked live on it. (Itโs around a thousand throughout the entire country, thatโs a huge disparity). Theyโre told constantly there hundreds and thousands of transgender girls trying to compete in womenโs professional sports. Thereโs a handful throughout the entire scope of athletics, childrenโs, teenโs, collegiate, and professional. Theyโre told theyโre being overrun and replaced by transgender people, making them think the world will end if they get used to recognizing another pronoun. They wonโt hear that the transgender people are just asking for a small slice of dignity and it wonโt cost them anything, because the real evil GOP are using this genocide as a curtain to hide their plans of world domination.
Okay sorry, I got a little off track. Good people of the country need to show up in greater numbers to show these folks they arenโt the majority. Show up when these bills are being discussed in the states, at the federal level and most importantly show up to vote. We really can foil their gerrymandering and voter suppression and cheating, but we have to show up.
Me: "Excuse me, Mr. Long, do you know what time it is?"
Stuart Long: "Yes, it's 9:31 AM."
Me: "Thank you. Oh, and what is the day of the week?"
Long: "Today is Friday."
Me: "Okay, sorry, can you remind me of today's date?"
Long: "Sure. It's April 28."
Me. "Thanks again. And what year is it?"
Long: "This is the year of our Lord, 1023."
Me: "Ah, I see. Now I understand."
๐ด ๐ถโ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ ๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐-๐ถโ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐-๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐ โ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ...
He's more of a friend, actually. After that one Friday I had to tell him 'it's not you, it's me.' Now we only exchange pleasantries at baby barbequeues.
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This guy blurted it all out there -- others may try to backpedal, but ALL of the people behind ALL of these bills think the same way. The way that other people live is evil and โunnaturalโ according to their religion, and they just canโt get their little minds past it. Religious hysteria is behind all of it. This story just exposes the insanity for what it really is.
Good, this guy should travel around and give his little speech everywhere. Let him emphasize he means actual, literal possession on a mass scale, millions and millions of people possessed. Ugh, this whole "my opponents are controlled by demons" schtick is going to get people murdered.
Demons have no power or influence over atheists, Long.
That's simply because atheists are real and demons aren't. Your god isn't real, either. HE sure as shit has no power or influence over us.
Idea: before any Christian is allowed to take public office, their church has to submit to an audit. If this kinda shit comes from the pulpit the candidate is automatically disqualified and their church is shut down and subject to further audit by the IRS to determine how much financial bullshit has been happening there. Because there's a zero percent chance any church like that is on the up and up financially.
OT- Don't want to give up the power you already have as a Governor in order to seek even more of it as President? Just have your pet legislature change the law for you!
https://apnews.com/article/desantis-president-resign-run-florida-elections-be012bb10da7b89b433bfbce4e5cfa1a
Seems like Deathsentence is worried his chances on the national stage ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต not be as great as the fascist in the mirror keeps telling him they are.
โI think the heart of this issueโthe root issue, of course, thereโs the money part.โ
No, the heart of the issue is loving your neighbor as yourself and treating others the way you wish to be treated AKA empathy.
I donโt know why this would be a complex notion to you since both of those things are found pretty easily in the red letters of your Bible, so I can only assume you are familiar with both of those notions, reject them, and somehow still say youโre a follower of Christ.
โAnd when they can confuse your identity, they can destroy this country.โ
Being kind willโฆ somehowโฆ destroy America? Thatโs what youโre going with, huh?
โThe only thing that makes sense for whatโs going on in this country is that demons are influencing peopleโฆโ
Demons are well-known for being kind and possessing empathy.
โPeople that are possessed by demons donโt get to make demonic agendas and demonic doctrines that affect our people and our children and our laws and our country.โ
So anyone who disagrees with you, even devout Christians, should be barred from expressing their opinions or passing laws that treat everyone equally regardless of your personal bigotry.
Thatโs called authoritarian bullshit. It would also be called idolatry and blasphemy because youโre putting yourself in the role of God, and if I were a fundamentalist, I would advise that we stone you to death with stones.
Meanwhile, in a much saner state (mine)...
Gov. Inslee has just signed 5 bills into law that protects gender-affirming care, reproductive health, abortion rights/access and privacy. Here's what he said:
"The right of choice is an issue of freedom. Health care must remain the providence of individual Washingtonians. These laws will keep the tentacles of oppressive and overreaching states out of Washington."
He also said...
"We are here to proclaim very vocally and very forcefully that we will not allow states or any Trump-appointed judge to jeopardize a woman's right of choice in the state of Washington."
I'm still proud of the way he stood up to the Former Guy when Trump tried to bully/punish Washington. It was Trump who backed down (just as most bullies do when their victims refuse to be intimidated and fight back).
This fool demonstrated about as well as it can be, the disconnect between religion and morality. Fools like this who would have us believe he speaks for the almighty, illustrate why the wall between church and state should be a mile high, and a hundred feet thick. Can you imagine this clown having the power of life and death? It's happened before, and they would love the chance to do it again.
Demons. How the fuck do they work?