Pic Of The Moment: That Republican Bible Sure Comes In Handy

[EarlG]

Governor Bentley Releases Statement on Same-Sex Marriage Ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court

Gov. Robert Bentley on scandal: 'I've asked God to forgive me'

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[Jackie Wilson Said]

1. Did I just hear some red state is making the bible the official book of the state?

Would that mean the justice system of that state could hold people criminally responsible for cheating on their spouse?

[2naSalit]

5. Yup...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027739642

They can't, even if it is state law, it is blatantly a violation of 1st Amendment's establishment clause. A judge cannot rule based on religious tenets, period, lest they find the ruling contested all the way to SCOTUS if need be.

Then chicken won't fly.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

12. Imagine if people stay home in November because they want to throw a temper

tantrum.

We be so fucked

[2naSalit]

14. I think that

would be unfortunate, but I don't think that's what will happen. Too much at stake and enough know about it. Besides, the data dump game is just getting started. I suspect that the majority of tantrum activity will be taking place on the other side of the aisle. Don't be swayed by a skewed MSM and all the misinformation campaigns out there.

Don't believe in lies... Bob Dylan

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[ish of the hammer]

30. Are you referring to the 33% of Sanders supporters who will not vote for Clinton in the general?

easily solved problem, Jackie, vote Sanders!

[Jackie Wilson Said]

31. I plan to, but isnt it remarkable that this many people can claim to be liberals

and then act in such a non liberal manner?

What makes us liberals is we act for the best interests of those who need help the most.

Not voting in November is a direct assist to those who wish to do great harm.

[ish of the hammer]

34. great harm by whom and to whom?

[Fritz Walter]

11. And in the same breath, demand that we ban Sharia Law

Because their Sky Daddy is bigger, better, stronger and can beat-up anyone else's Sky Daddy!

[stonecutter357]

2. #‎FreeDonSiegelman‬.

[yellowcanine]

3. Did he actually say why he needs forgiveness?

Is it just me or did he just ask for forgiveness without actually spelling out just what it is that he needs to be forgiven for? Doesn't confession and repentance come before forgiveness?

[2naSalit]

6. Yes. But we're taking the Republican bible...

which must be some new interpretation like the mormons have and as long as he's not called out on it, he will keep saying stupid shit. Stupid shit works on the stupid who voted him into office. His wife just left him btw.

[trof]

7. He says he did nothing"illegal".

That remains to be seen.

[yellowcanine]

16. Maybe it is legal to give campaign money to your mistress in Alabama?

[DallasNE]

4. Get Out Of Jail Free Card

That is always the problem with the likes of Bentley. With their God there are no consequences because there is always forgiveness for their criminal acts but consequences for everybody else's criminal acts. And it is God's will that such a double standard exists. Indeed, it reminds me of Gandhi when he is purported to have said "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians because they are so unlike your Christ" and that describes Bentley to a tee.

[Initech]

21. Family Values candidates just make me cringe.

Because they just don't care. They day they're doing this "for the children" but then they go out and commit some horrifying acts. But then they'll "pray for forgiveness" and everything will be better. We got to stop electing these fucking assholes.

[Initech]

8. Hooray for family values!!

[hibbing]

9. ewwwwww n/t

[packman]

10. If God, his wife, family, and the people of Alabama forgive him

who are we to say he's an asshole. Of course, I'd like to hear it directly from God - which begs the question, "How will we know God will forgive him?" Will Bentley have a dove come rest on his shoulder? Will he walk on water? Will he be reelected (of course he will).

[tclambert]

13. Pretty sure the Bible recognizes polygamy.

[yellowcanine]

17. Not if the second "wife" is married to someone else though.

There is that thing about coveting your neighbor's wife. Hopefully the cuckolded husband wasn't his neighbor.

[tclambert]

25. Is it just the neighbor's wife? What if she lives a couple streets over?

Is it OK to covet a stranger's wife? I think I see a loophole.

[Quasimodem]

35. Exodus 20:17 KJV

"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's."

So what about the manservant? Can he covet the maidservant's ass?

[yellowcanine]

37. Stranger's wives were only ok if they got caught up in a raping and pillaging event.

But then you had to kill them. No saving them for later.

[LittleGirl]

15. Sick

*ucker. ewww is right.

[jaxind]

18. Typical Republican Hypocrite!

Always wanting to judge others about family values while they commit non-family value acts! It wouldn't even bother me that he is involved in this act...what bothers me, is that he (and the others like him) like to wear morality and family values on his sleeve while he himself chooses to behave otherwise!!

[MADem]

19. I always thought the Biblical definition of marriage was one man, several wives....?

[47of74]

23. Miss Betty Bowers explains it best!

[MADem]

24. LOL!!!!!!!

[Ferd Berfel]

20. Maybe it S/B a get of of Hell Free Card?

[47of74]

22. These verses were excised from the GOP bible.

This part of Matthew 7;

‘Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgement you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck in your neighbour’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbour, “Let me take the speck out of your eye”, while the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbour’s eye. (Matt 7:1-5)

And especially this part of Matthew 25;

‘When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left. Then the king will say to those at his right hand, “Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.” Then the righteous will answer him, “Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?” And the king will answer them, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.” Then he will say to those at his left hand, “You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.” Then they also will answer, “Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?” Then he will answer them, “Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.” And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.’ (Matt 25:31-46)

[3catwoman3]

26. EXACTLY!!!

Fascinating how those compassionate concepts get "left behind." The mean-spiritedness of what I have come to call squeaky wheel Christians is mind-boggling. Jesus would not approve.

[El Shaman]

27. Why,

bless this pointed head.

[merrily]

28. AFAIK, the Bible does not define marriage. Abraham, so beloved of God that God

used Abraham to found Judaism, married his half-sister and had his first child with her maid.


David, so beloved of God that God Joseph traced his lineage to David, had a bit of a harem and a wandering eye.

What is most dangerous about The Family, IMO, is that they believe the laws of man and God do not apply to those "called" to lead. Recall then Governor Sanford muttering about King David when Sanford got caught cheating on "the Applachian trail." David, of course, caught sight of Bathsheba bathing, fell in "love' and then tried to have her husband killed in battle.

[SummerSnow]

29. what if I owned a hotel in Miss.,would I be wrong if I didn't want to book rooms to adulterers?

What if it bothered my Christian conscience?

[47of74]

32. Not sure if it was here or someone else...

...but they mentioned that years ago a landlord refused to rent an apartment to her and her black fiancee. Not because they were an interracial couple. Because they were not married at the time. A couple weeks later the couple had married and went back to the landlord, who had no problem whatsoever renting to them.

[Fritz Walter]

33. Why do ads for Jonesville Baptist Church appear at the top of this article?

As a fan of satire, I appreciate this incongruity. I likewise appreciate how DU relies on as revenue from ad-bots.
Methinks the algorithm of the adbot needs tweaking just a bit.
Or not. As one so easily amused, I can ignore web ads.

[Mc Mike]

36. Didn't he play that troublesome preacher in Poltergeist 2?