OUTRAGE: Texas governor to sign anti-gay legislation AT CHURCH!!

[Bluebear]

:mad:
http://media.benedek.com/images/Rick+Perry+200x120.jpg

(Austin, Texas) Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Sunday will sign legislation sending to voters this fall a proposed amendment to the state Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. Rather than putting his name to the bill in his office Perry has decided to sign the document at Calvary Christian Academy in Fort Worth.

The decision has angered moderates in the state who say the governor is blurring the line separating church and state.

"As I recall, Jesus threw the money changers out of the temple, and I wonder how long it will be before people of faith get fed up with opportunistic political campaigning in their houses of worship," said Kathy Miller, president of the Texas Freedom Network.

Perry counters that the church school is the appropriate venue for "values-related issues." "A church is an appropriate place to come together and celebrate a victory for the values of the people of Texas," Perry said.

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/06/060305txGov.htm

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Calvary Chapel should have lost their tax exempt status long ago

They are KNOWN for political organizing

[Bluebear]

2. This is getting way out of control imho! n/t

[KamaAina]

3. How can Perry keep a straight face when saying "values-related issues"?

Wasn't he about to be enmeshed in a sex scandal? The sort of thing that is frowned upon at places like Calvary Christian Academy (unless you're a repuke of course)?

edit: I'm out of the speling bee :(

[musette_sf]

13. I guess he won't run into anyone at Calvary

who might recognize him from various nightspots in the TWIT.

http://www.thisweekintexas.com/

[elehhhhna]

71. Sure he will! They'll just wink & nod at each other.

[beam me up scottie]

4. More info here (from thread yesterday)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=229x2117

[GOPisEvil]

5. Why, yes, pRick is running for reelection in 2006.

Why do you ask?

:eyes:

[Bluebear]

7. pRick

I like that.

[AspenRose]

35. LOVE the old TX license plate!

And I used to work at the old Hemisfair site in downtown S.A.

You & I both know former Aggie yell leader Governor Goodhair is playing to the base on this one (the majority of Aggie former students).

[GOPisEvil]

37. But not ALL Aggies.

This one can't stand him and his ilk. :hi:

[AspenRose]

56. Me either! WHOOP!

:thumbsup:

[Bouncy Ball]

60. This one can't either.

And I don't normally do this, but I'll add a good hearty liberal WHOOP!

[DeepModem Mom]

6. From the article --

"A church is an appropriate place to come together and celebrate a victory for the values of the people of Texas," Perry said when questioned about the decision by the media earlier this week while he was at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Fort Worth where he signed a workers compensation bill.

Mr. Perry, your values are NOT the values of all the people of Texas, or those whose religious ideas are loving and inclusive, and not EXclusive. What an outrage!

[FreedomAngel82]

47. I hope

with this event it makes the moderates mad enough they vote him out of office.

[bkcc]

8. wow. and in texas. go figure.

</sarcasm>

[LizW]

9. Calvary Christian Academy should say no, thanks, gov.

Or, they could sit back and allow themselves to be held up as the home of hatred and bigotry.

[bertha katzenengel]

10. "the governor is blurring the line separating church and state" --

you think?! :eyes:

[GOPisEvil]

11. Blurring? How about obliterating?

Oh, and yes, the Tarrant County Democratic Party is protesting.

[Bluebear]

20. Thank you TCDP

[Lone_Star_Dem]

22. This is just a glimpse of things to come

Imagine what it's going to be like when/if Hutchinson actually announces her bid for his seat. If this is the preemptive strikes what's it going to escalate to during the actual war? :scared:

If there is a god the two of them will kill each other before the primaries are over.

[GOPisEvil]

28. It's going to be the fundies against the old school conservatives.

Should be fun. :popcorn:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

31. Save some of that popcorn for our own Chris Bell

He's going to be enjoying this show, too.

It's going to be one dirty fight and I'm not sure who's going to come out on top. Let's just hope they shed as much blood as possible. :popcorn:

[GOPisEvil]

33. I met him last week.

He's definitely one of the good guys. I might have to volunteer for his campaign.

[acmejack]

40. Chris Bell, the Delay tormentor

Let Goodhair, KBH ant strayhorn cut each others throats. It will provide entertaining spectacle. With this disaster of a lege leaving town w/o a single notable action to their credit, the R's are going to pay (and pay). People are starting to remember why no one liked the R's for so many years here.

[derby378]

24. Yeah, but they're not protesting in the right spot

They need to be in the church and in Perry's face.

[Jack Rabbit]

12. There may be a response to that . . .

Image from http://www.healing-touch.co.uk/pa-e-int.htm

[Dudley_DUright]

48. Amen JR

That would mess up Governor Goodhair's hair a bit.

[tmooses]

14. Let's see-what does Perry and Jim West of Spokane have in common?

n/t

[AspenRose]

58. hee hee hee

;-)

The hypocrisy is mind-numbing...

[tavalon]

68. Bingo

The "scandal" that got squelched in Governor Goodhair's case did involve adultery but didn't involve another woman.

Boy, these closeted Repugs sure work hard to earn their "anti-gay" stripes!

[Solly Mack]

15. bangs head.....screams....

that's pure theocracy...

[Fire Walk With Me]

16. "values-related issues." How about "with liberty and justice for all"?

But I jest. That stuff is "old news".

[derby378]

17. I know a little about Calvary Cathedral

They welcomed religious talk radio host Bob Larson back in '98 or '99 to perform exorcisms on churchgoers who were allegedly demon-possessed. A small group of folks (including ginbarn and I) protested the event because of evidence that Larson had financial shenanigans up his sleeve.

I seem to remember that CC pastor Bob Nichols prophesied that the church would stand up to any attack thrown at it - shortly before a tornado gutted the building in late March of 2000. Oops.

Now the church has a new building at a new location, and I'll bet Nichols is just peeing himself in joy over Perry's impending dog-and-pony show.

[Swamp Rat]

18. x-tian zombies

:D

[Horse with no Name]

19. I'm surprised God didn't strike Gov. Goodhair dead in his

tracks when he entered the church.

[driver8]

21. And the shit gets deeper and deeper...

These people really are amazing...scary, but amazing.

Separation of church and state? What's that?

[FreedomAngel82]

49. I've tried talking to

various rightwingers about the seperation of church and state and they really don't believe in it. They think it's a myth! :crazy:

[Occulus]

74. it's far worse than you think

My husband's father, a Vietnam vet, believes church and state should merge.

MANY people believe this; it's a result of (I think) putting completely unqualified persons in charge of teaching US Government classes.

The uneducated will believe, quite easily, that there's no wall between church and state, that the filibuster is rarely if ever used and should be abolished, that the man holding the office of the Presidency should never be questioned or challenged by the press, that the press should never publish information from 'an anonymous source'....

Since nothing really gets taught regarding these things in high school government classes, people end up not understanding the most basic concepts of our Constitution. A belief that church and state should be all buddy-buddy is the end result.

The effort to dumb down our schools is one of the stepping stones to theocracy, and the theocrats know it.

[RaleighNCDUer]

23. Is he looking at a higher office in '08? nt

[damntexdem]

25. There has to be some line somewhere ...

that once the GOP has gone beyond it, the electorate will slap them down. But it sure hasn't shown up yet.

[The Doctor.]

30. No, the increments will be too small...

That is how the Nazis took Germany... in little steps.

Germans kept waiting for the 'final outrage', but it never came.

And then it was too late.

[Bouncy Ball]

61. The Dr. is right.

That's EXACTLY how it went.

I don't know if I like or dislike the fact that I studied the buildup of the power of the Nazi party so much a few years back.

Sometimes I do think ignorance must be bliss. But...sigh....I'd rather know.

And things right now are NOT good. VERY not good.

This church thing is despicable. I don't know whether to scream in anger or cry for the death of the constitution.

[DesEtoiles]

26. Call Gov Perry's office --- 512-463-2000

[Gothmog]

27. Gov. Goodhair is playing to his political base

Kay Bailey Hutchinson may run against Perry (aka Gov. Goodhair) in the GOP primaries. KBH is the most popular politician in Texas right now and a primary fight could be a tight one. Perry's base is the religious right who tend to vote in disproportionate numbers in the GOP primary. Perry is playing to that base.

[Telly Savalas]

36. The Poli Sci term for his base is "cousinfucker"

[CatholicEdHead]

42. Yes he is

I hope Molly Ivins has something about Gov Goodhair next week.

[yella_dawg]

29. I swear, Goodhair ought to be busted for prostitution.

My god, what a whore.

[0007]

32. Is Gov'nor Perry's wife still with him after she caught him

in bed with another man?

[FreedomAngel82]

51. Wha??

His wife caught HIM in bed with another man and he's doing this "anti-gay" bill?? Are you serious?!

[0007]

64. Big news about a year ago.

Surprised you hadn't hear. Of course Texas did do a pretty good cover up.

[tavalon]

69. Oh yeah

I don't know how they squelched it but it was getting hot. She was pretty damn pissed at him.

[janx]

34. kick

[smartvoter]

38. This is seriously out of line. Nominating. nt

[Chovexani]

39. That woman scares the shit out of me

Anyway, don't these Talibornagain nutters know separation of church and state is right there in the Bible?

Mark 12:17 - And Jesus said unto them, Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's.

[tavalon]

70. She's high

High on Gawd!!!!

[ananda]

41. parental consent for minors too

He's also signing anti-choice legislation making it much harder for a minor to get an abortion.

Sue

[Deja Q]

43. Look who needs deprogramming:

[FreedomAngel82]

52. That picture always scares me

[CatholicEdHead]

72. Same with me

that glassy eye stare always does it.

[bonzotex]

44. Perry is a POS

This is bad enough and embarrassing enough for sane Texans, but it gets worse. We also have to watch Texans flock to the polls and vote this bit of discrimination into law.

The only good new is, believe it our not, there was WORSE anti-gay legislation that didn't make it through the latest Texas legislator's cluster-fuck. At least the Session is ended and no more damage can be done through that body until the next time they puddle together.

The other bright spot is Perry is going to get torn to pieces in the repug primary, he may still win, but it will be fun to watch.

[UdoKier]

45. Will his MALE LOVER be attending as well?

What a fucking hypocrite.

[K8-EEE]

50. Yeah Does that Guy Still Work Under Him?

....so to speak?? Are his wife & him lol "back together?"

How many self-loathing GOP gay-bashing politicos ARE THERE ANYHOW??

[leesa]

76. Truly. If someone still has the details of that little story, perhaps

the good folk at Calvery might enjoy reading it. They must have an e-mail addy.

[FreedomAngel82]

46. This is OVER THE LINE!

That church needs to get tax'd right away if he steps in with that bill and signs it. That is WAY over the line!!!

[TexasLady]

53. it is scary to be from texas these days

and yet, knowing that Im a TRUE Texan, reading This SHIT......
:puke:




tax the hell out of em....im sick of this shit.i want my state back, i want my country back...asshole

[Bluebear]

54. No worries, you gave us Ann and Molly.

But things are really going holy-moly down there now, yes?

[girl gone mad]

55. NOT MY VALUES!

Sorry to shout, but this Texan does not consider gay-bashing to be a value!!!

"A church is an appropriate place to come together and celebrate a victory for the values of the people of Texas"

p.s. now would be an appropriate time to out governor good hair.

[katinmn]

66. Can't wait to see what Molly Ivens writes about this

after she calms down of course.

[tavalon]

73. I was thinking that very thought just now

I'm thinking it's time for us fine Texans to remind him that we do know about this.

[BrightKnight]

57. pray for hate -n/t

[Betty]

59. I wonder if the legislation could be struck down

on the grounds that it was signed at a church and therefore null and void because of the separation of church and state.

I'd love to see someone sign legislation at a mosque... watch the right wing religious fascists scream at that outrage.

[Bouncy Ball]

62. WHAT THE FUCKING SHIT?????

There is NO separation of church and state anymore. The founding fathers must be spinning in their graves.

[Nothing Without Hope]

63. If only the inside of his head were as good as his hair. But noooooo! n/t

[katinmn]

65. He needs to be impeached.

He is also doing more harm to religion than he realizes.

This will create more of a backlash against organized religion. He's propagating the notion that church-goers are hate-filled fanatics.

[NMMNG]

67. I can't say what I want to say

without lots of explicit language.....

[Bluebear]

75. Oh go on

You can use lots of ##%%$**!@@!!!!!! if you want to!

[sakabatou]

77. Nominated for homepage

Also nominated for Top Ten COnservative Idiots

[paineinthearse]

78. the governor is blurring the line?

Hell, he is obliterating it! What an asshole!

[Bluebear]

79. THIS HAPPENS TOMORROW

Any protests planned, Texans? Or is it a lost cause?