People for the American Way’s Right Wing Watch blog has compiled a delicious set of clips of John McCain’s fundie buddy Rod Parsley regurgitating homo-hate from the pulpit. This is the man who McCain called a “spiritual guide;” Parsley called BFF McCain a “strong, true, consistent conservative.”
“A spiritual invasion is taking place!” shouted Rod Parsley at the “War on Christians” conference in 2006. “… Man your battle stations! Ready your weapons! Lock and load!” Parsley, an Ohio megachurch pastor and televangelist, promised to build an army of “Patriot Pastors” to march to the polls, an even bolder political machine than the one he led in 2004 that helped pass an anti-gay amendment in the state and nudge George W. Bush to reelection. Parsley’s 2006 candidate, Ken Blackwell, ultimately lost the governor’s race, but the televangelist remains an outsized political force, and his “Patriot Pastors” machine is still a model for church-based electoral organizing—as demonstrated by Mike Huckabee’s surprise win in Iowa.Watch the sweaty, juicy, spittle-laden performances…
Are these the values that McCain is being spiritually guided on? Is this who you want to have on the speed dial of the next White House occupant?“This so-called hate crimes legislation would preferred status to people based on entirely on who they choose as a sexual partner. What if they change their mind the next night!”
“Why is marriage under attack?!…Why is the family coming under such brutal attack from the forces of darkness…”
“I will lift my voice against THE AGENDA of America’s tortured and angry homosexual population…”
“In essence the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 2003, legalized the perverted act of sodomy. And we said nothing…”
“This is not about homosexual rights or lesbian rights…this is about THE DESTRUCTION of the VERY COVENANT (organ music rises up in the background as he waves his finger desperately) They are seeking to “redefine” marriage. In other words, they are intending to PERVERT God’s original intention!”
Will the MSM do its job and make McCain answer questions about his association with Parsley and what values he agrees and disagrees with?
McCain has already refused to reject the endorsement of Pastor John Hagee who condemns Catholics, gays, women, blacks and more from the pulpit at the 17,000-member Cornerstone Church. Hagee did such entertaining, forward-thinking, “Christian” projects as a slave sale to raise funds for high school seniors in a church bulletin, and advocates Armegeddon beliefs.
The Arizona senator happily courts and appeases far-right religious leaders with long public records of bigotry.
When Parsley calls to “lock and load,” what do you think will happen when the “faithful” take him at his word…
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O crap I can’t even listen to 1/8 of the vid.
Makes my blood pressure go up.
“Rod Parsley” has to be the gayest stage name since ‘Peter LaBarbera’.
you mean ol’ “male pubic hair?”
we’ve been calling him that over at http://world-o-crap.com/blog/ for ages
so… here is my confusion…
Ken Blackwell is okay, but Barrack Obama isn’t?
and the logic for both is the same… they are both black.
you fundies confuse me…
I’m so disgusted by guys like this. And so much more turned off when they show how dependent on moral judgey-ness our civil government is. It’s important to note, though, that the Republican party is basically a coalition of racists, homophobes, misogynists, theocrats, and plutocrats. So at least they’re consistent, with the platform and all. I get even more skeeved out when we let these haters into our big tent, though.
Ron Parsley – a money-munching pig.
Look on the bright side, Pam: if gay rights were more popular in America, Parsley would be endorsing the “gayest” candidate he could find. In that way, he could part even more old widows from their money through such gimmicks as “free prayer cloths” (that come with exhortations for ‘seeds of faith’) and choreographed faith healing shows.
Rod, excuse me
It’s nice to know Parsley is only going after the “tortured and angry” homosexuals. Presumably he’ll leave the well-adjusted and happy ones — i.e. the overwhelming majority — alone.
For what it’s worth the bulk of ministers here in Columbus, of which my wife is one, look upon Parsley as an embarrassing buffoon.
Or “Ian Paisley.”Does this Parsley have military experience? I ask because guys who deal in warlike metaphors like “Ready your weapons! Lock and load!” almost never do.
“This so-called hate crimes legislation would preferred status to people based on entirely on who they choose as a sexual partner. What if they change their mind the next night!”
Ummm… then they wouldn’t keep the preferred status and ummm… you wouldn’t hate them anymore?
Why is it that these people can’t even get things right by their own twisted logic?
It’s bad enough when their arguments are wrong based on either bad premises or poor conclusions, but when they can’t even hold it together for a paragraph at a time, it is just staggering to me that they don’t get laughed out of town.
This one is right up there with “we’ve never given Constitutional protection to something that is a choice, unlike race, gender, or religion.”
Never mind the inaccuracy about the preferred status, but why is it that I doubt this clown objects to prosecuting anti-Christian hate crimes (rare), simply because people could choose another (or no) religion the next day.
They are seeking to “redefine” marriage. In other words, they are intending to PERVERT God’s original intention!”
Again, umm …. that would be where we are all scampering around nekkid in the Garden avoiding selected fruit trees, right?
Moron.
No, Peter, that would be where all men have multiple wives, including a bunch they took as war booty when they killed their original husbands, as well as the wives or any of their deceased brothers.
This so-called hate crimes legislation would preferred status to people based on entirely on who they choose as a sexual partner. What if they change their mind the next night!
Um, no.
‘Cuz folks can *be* LGBT without actually ever having a sexual partner.
And, um, no, not “preferred status.”
Hate crimes laws enhance punishments based on the perp’s actions toward her/his victim - and are *not* based on the victim’s identity.
Really, not a difficult concept to grasp.
“Really, not a difficult concept to grasp.”
Actually, the more Koolaid you drink, the more difficult it gets…
I don’t much care for Koolaid…
As further evidence that the important factor is the PERP’S actions, it’s still a hate crime even if they do it just because thay THINK the victim is gay even if s/he really isn’t.
“No, Peter, that would be where all men have multiple wives, including a bunch they took as war booty when they killed their original husbands, as well as the wives or any of their deceased brothers. ”
No, that isn’t the ORIGINAL intent. Remember, God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Eve and Gretchen and Bambi and Matilda and….
Of course, clearly, God’s original intention was incest, cause, c’mon, where else were the grandchildren going to come from, and leaves completely aside the entire question of who actually did make Steve, but those are different issues.
(Though Steve would kinda like to know.)
Not to mention his other buddies, Bush and Cheney. I had a nightmare about all of them: What George Bush and John McCain said on their way down to the bunker to meet with Dick Cheney.
This guy needs a good stiff cock in the mouth. Oh…wait a minute…he probably gets that every time he uses an airport washroom…at least thats typically how these rabid hate mongers usually play the game. Nothing but a latent, self-loather if you ask me.