May 26, 2004

The Reverend Chicken Little
Posted by Jon Henke

The sky can't fall on this idiot fast enough...

Meanwhile, over the weekend, pro-family leaders called on Christians to get involved in the debate over same-sex “marriage” by pushing for the passage of the Federal Marriage Amendment.

"I am not exaggerating when I say the next 12 to 18 months will likely determine not only the future of this country, but of Western Civilization," Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said.

On one hand, I hate that people still think like this, and I hate that this rhetoric represents such a large faction of the religious crowd.

On the other hand, the more Dobson talks like this, the faster he will marginalize his faction. And the faster they marginalize themselves, the sooner the libertarians will become an influence on the Republican Party again.

One more....

Traditional marriage, Dobson said, cannot "co-exist with homosexual 'marriage.' It will destroy the family."
No explanation is given for exactly how this will happen. No transmission mechanism is given to describe the Marriage of Mass Destruction. There are a great many snarky remarks I could make, but I think I'll go with Jesse Taylor's commentary on this....
Why do so many religious conservatives think that Western Civilization is so fragile? Western Civilization managed to persevere through plague, famine, depression, war, slavery, etc. And although it still has its flaws, it's made definite improvements. Hitler didn't destroy Western Civilization. The Soviet Union didn't destroy Western Civilization. Bill Clinton's penis, the real-life surrogate for the Ultimate Nullifier, didn't destroy Western Civilization. But these people are going to do what the others couldn't?

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Yeah its not like Paul had to deal with prominent and permissable practice of homosexuality in any of his letters... Oh wait...

Posted by: MrAcheson at May 26, 2004 09:42 AM

When Dobson talks, most of the time he's rallying the troops and speaks in an evangelical shorthand. If you're looking for evidence on the conservative position on gay marriage, you'd do better with Stanley Kurtz. He may or may not be persuasive, but he's not talking the insider's shorthand that Dobson uses so much.

Posted by: TM Lutas at May 26, 2004 11:18 AM

Jon,
If you want to know how homosexual "marriage" has (past tense) damaged traditional marriage and families, look to the Netherlands and Scandinavia. Stanley Kurtz has the goods (http://www.nationalreview.com/kurtz/kurtz200405250927.asp).

QED.

Posted by: Roy Jacobsen at May 26, 2004 01:49 PM