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		By: Debbie Thurman		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Debbie Thurman]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[There will no gridlock in many state houses. Let us not forget those results. As for Congress, the new make-up may at least prevent more bad legislation from moving forward.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There will no gridlock in many state houses. Let us not forget those results. As for Congress, the new make-up may at least prevent more bad legislation from moving forward.</p>
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		By: David Blakeslee		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 19:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Oh jeez...let&#039;s not spout the party line here.



This is whiplash, pure and simple.  My neck hurts.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh jeez&#8230;let&#8217;s not spout the party line here.</p>
<p>This is whiplash, pure and simple.  My neck hurts.</p>
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		By: stephen		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 17:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The meaning of 2010 is the avalanche of money from the right guided by the Chamber of Commerce, Rove&#039;s groups, Kock Industries groups, etc. When the CoC flooded an election with cash for the Republican, the teabagger won.



As before noted, fag-bashing, aka defense of marriage, abortion, Exodus, et al, are mere covers for the usurpation of the peoples&#039; rights here in the US by billionaire radicals intent to strip we the people of all remaining vestiges of dignity. That conservative evangelical Christians have been happy foot-soldiers in the march to install criminals like Ford in FL should be a reason for shame. Instead you go full-bore on a witch hunt in Iowa to silence any judges who might want to try to protect a powerless minority.



Yes, you&#039;re all complicit. You all conflate our stable relationships with those who  who inhabit the sexual outer fringe. Let you accept the behavior of your own mega-pastors on the hunt for bucks while * ing their boyfriends- they are the face of evangelical Christianity today.



Most of you are not fit to discuss the teachings of Jesus. You seem to know nothing of His teachings or His intent. YOU are the pagans He preached against; the proud, the vengeful, the ignorant. The very idea of a &#039;conservative&#039; Christian mocks His teachings.



What do you do now? You&#039;ve managed to pass off the responsibility for kids being bullied to death onto some Let&#039;s All Try To Get Along place without ever truly looking into the way American fundies rape and destroy our lives. If you are Christians you should be speaking out in our behalf not hiding behind some few paltry proof texts devised by idiots. If you truly were Christian you would want to honor the teachings of the Christ: listen to me; what I say is important; what I leave out you can ignore. Like homosexuality. But not divorce. So go after divorce. Leave us alone. Pass a constitutional amendment to make divorce impossible. Close down the casinos. Do this. All you conservative Christians. In your Lord&#039;s name. That&#039;s what He would want. He spoke out against adultery in the Sermon on the Mount. He told His disciples to listen to what he said as that should instruct them how to carry out His ministry. He spoke much about adultery but not about same-sex affection as He loved John and would lie naked with his favorite on His breast.



It&#039;s really difficult, as a gay man, not to despise your religion. Instead of condemning me look to Maazi&#039;s postings. That is the unfiltered language of fundie America. The language of Goebbles. The language of the Hutus in Rwanda. The language that reduces human beings to objects, to insects.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The meaning of 2010 is the avalanche of money from the right guided by the Chamber of Commerce, Rove&#8217;s groups, Kock Industries groups, etc. When the CoC flooded an election with cash for the Republican, the teabagger won.</p>
<p>As before noted, fag-bashing, aka defense of marriage, abortion, Exodus, et al, are mere covers for the usurpation of the peoples&#8217; rights here in the US by billionaire radicals intent to strip we the people of all remaining vestiges of dignity. That conservative evangelical Christians have been happy foot-soldiers in the march to install criminals like Ford in FL should be a reason for shame. Instead you go full-bore on a witch hunt in Iowa to silence any judges who might want to try to protect a powerless minority.</p>
<p>Yes, you&#8217;re all complicit. You all conflate our stable relationships with those who  who inhabit the sexual outer fringe. Let you accept the behavior of your own mega-pastors on the hunt for bucks while * ing their boyfriends- they are the face of evangelical Christianity today.</p>
<p>Most of you are not fit to discuss the teachings of Jesus. You seem to know nothing of His teachings or His intent. YOU are the pagans He preached against; the proud, the vengeful, the ignorant. The very idea of a &#8216;conservative&#8217; Christian mocks His teachings.</p>
<p>What do you do now? You&#8217;ve managed to pass off the responsibility for kids being bullied to death onto some Let&#8217;s All Try To Get Along place without ever truly looking into the way American fundies rape and destroy our lives. If you are Christians you should be speaking out in our behalf not hiding behind some few paltry proof texts devised by idiots. If you truly were Christian you would want to honor the teachings of the Christ: listen to me; what I say is important; what I leave out you can ignore. Like homosexuality. But not divorce. So go after divorce. Leave us alone. Pass a constitutional amendment to make divorce impossible. Close down the casinos. Do this. All you conservative Christians. In your Lord&#8217;s name. That&#8217;s what He would want. He spoke out against adultery in the Sermon on the Mount. He told His disciples to listen to what he said as that should instruct them how to carry out His ministry. He spoke much about adultery but not about same-sex affection as He loved John and would lie naked with his favorite on His breast.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s really difficult, as a gay man, not to despise your religion. Instead of condemning me look to Maazi&#8217;s postings. That is the unfiltered language of fundie America. The language of Goebbles. The language of the Hutus in Rwanda. The language that reduces human beings to objects, to insects.</p>
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		By: Timothy Kincaid		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 17:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[stephen

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&quot;As before noted, fag-bashing, aka defense of marriage, abortion, Exodus, et al,&quot; &lt;/blockquote&gt;



But these were notably absent from this year&#039;s elections.  Interestingly, every candidate supported by the National Organization for Marriage (with the exception of their opposition of Iowa Justices) lost: Emmer, Fiorina, Stephens, Paladino, and Andy Pugno.



However, your angry sermon does remind me of John the Baptist.  His was a similar message.  I just caution that you address it to the right audience.



On a related note, I&#039;m currently reading Gomes&#039; &lt;em&gt;Scandalous Gospel of Jesus&lt;/em&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>stephen</p>
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<p>&#8220;As before noted, fag-bashing, aka defense of marriage, abortion, Exodus, et al,&#8221; </p></blockquote>
<p>But these were notably absent from this year&#8217;s elections.  Interestingly, every candidate supported by the National Organization for Marriage (with the exception of their opposition of Iowa Justices) lost: Emmer, Fiorina, Stephens, Paladino, and Andy Pugno.</p>
<p>However, your angry sermon does remind me of John the Baptist.  His was a similar message.  I just caution that you address it to the right audience.</p>
<p>On a related note, I&#8217;m currently reading Gomes&#8217; <em>Scandalous Gospel of Jesus</em></p>
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		By: Bobbi Philson		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 17:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I agree that voters tend to believe that if their lives aren&#039;t going well, it must be the fault of the &quot;bums in Washington.&quot; Therefore, if we throw them out, things will get better. I for one had a very sad election day, as NONE of  &quot;my guys&quot; won, and I wonder if it was an informed electorate or the dudes at McDonalds that led to their defeat.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree that voters tend to believe that if their lives aren&#8217;t going well, it must be the fault of the &#8220;bums in Washington.&#8221; Therefore, if we throw them out, things will get better. I for one had a very sad election day, as NONE of  &#8220;my guys&#8221; won, and I wonder if it was an informed electorate or the dudes at McDonalds that led to their defeat.</p>
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