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Now, Glenn Beck and his fringe religious friends are sounding their own alarm and proclaiming that there are at least 10,000 members of their “Black Robe Regiment” who are willing to die resisting the fictitious persecution of Christians in America that they’ve been predicting for years. Via Right Wing Watch: “The number in the Black Robe Regiment is about 70,000 now,” Beck said. “The number that I think will walk through a wall of fire, you know, and possible death, is anywhere between 17,000 and 10,000. That is an extraordinary number of people that are willing to lay it all down on the table and willing to go to jail or go to death because they serve God and not man.” Garlow was in complete agreement, saying that the necessity of being willing to die is “honestly where we are.” “We’ve come to that moment,” he said. “People like you and me and, thank God, many others are digging in very deeply and laying the benchmark of where we’re going to stand on these issues.” “You’re going to see these 10,000 to 20,000 pastors begin to stand up,” Beck promised, “and say ‘it doesn’t matter if I lose my church, it doesn’t matter if I lose my building, it doesn’t matter if I lose my life, I will not sit down!’” (Source) Martyrdom and sacrificing yourself for your religion? Where have we heard that before? Doesn’t that sound an awful lot like radical jihadists, the same people who right-wing alarmists want us to declare war on, even though they share a lot in common?

Read more at: http://www.forwardprogressives.com/glenn-beck-warns-that-10000-pastors
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Originally posted by ElvisChrist:
Marriage equality affirmed.
Obamacare upheld.
Confederate flags flung to the dungheap of history.

All in all, a pretty bad week for assholes.



In other words, a great week for progress!

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Originally posted by G:
Expecting lots of gay bashing in the months to come.

Huckabee revs up the christian victim parade:

http://www.forwardprogressives.com/mike-huckabee-warns-that-legalizing
-gay-marriage-will-turn-christians-into-criminals/

Christians v. Gays

Funny how Christians often come across as the least christian of people.

“When you elevate a lifestyle to the status of a civil right, I don’t think a lot of believers fully understand or comprehend that once it’s risen to that level and our government accepts it, then anyone who disagrees with it could be at least civilly liable, but more than likely would be criminally liable,” Huckabee, a Republican presidential candidate, told Decision during a recent visit to the Billy Graham Library. “The impact is this: A pastor getting up in the pulpit and proclaiming God’s Word that marriage is the act of one man and woman joining together for life would violate the civil rights of a same-sex couple. … That would make it a criminal act.” Proponents of same-sex marriage—backed by the Obama administration—say LGBT couples are being discriminated against and deserve marriage equality protections. Regardless of how the case turns out, Huckabee made clear that the true definition of marriage will stand. “Even if the Supreme Court rules that same-sex marriage is OK, it doesn’t make it OK because the Supreme Court is not the Supreme Being,” he said. “The ultimate rules for marriage were not made by the Supreme Court, but by God. He is the One who gave us the blueprint.”

Didn't his God also make gays? What's up with that Mike?

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Originally posted by ElvisChrist:
One pastor had promised to set himself on fire if marriage equality was affirmed by the court. Oddly, he now doesn't want to go through with it. I'd call that preacher a liar, but that would be redundant.

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