“We’re All Perverts.”

by tristero

Oh, dear. Someone lost her reason when they heard about evangelical superstar Ted Haggard’s gay frolic.

Having said all that, I have to say this: No Christian should be surprised that Haggard may have given in to his perverted thoughts and turned them into perverted actions. It’s a temptation we all face.

LaShawn, honey, to use your terminology and not mine…

The only perverted thoughts Haggard may have given into were his willingness to betray his vows to his wife and to indulge his promiscuous talent for hypocrisy. (And also, to state the obvious, no one should be surprised that many christianist leaders are moral midgets who preach one thing and enthusiastically practice the exact opposite.)

In an update, LaShawn addresses this objection to her homophobia in time-honored Bible-thumpin’ style, by calling upon us all to embrace our sins. Neveryoumind that she’s trying to change the subject from her own particular sin – pride – LaShawn sees a lesson for you and me in Haggard’s acts:

Yes, sex outside of marriage is a perversion of what God intended, too. We all fall short of God’s standards, so in a sense, we’re all perverts. It’s a perverted world!

Hmm… Read that again, folks. Man, that is a REALLY weird set of beliefs.

LaShawn’s saying that there is something perverted with all sexual intimacy unless you’ve been issued a state license to perform it. And she’s cool with that. Sorry, LaShawn, but that is a woowoo weird idea. Just ’cause you can point to a bunch of judges at the Salem witch trials who believed the same thing doesn’t reduce its woowoo-osity.

And think about it for a second. LaShawn, and her fellow travelers…man, I just can’t believe it! They have the gall to say over and over and over that liberals grant too much power to the state! Seems like there’s a lot of that there [over-emphasize the word the way Bush does when he’s mocking someone] High-Paw-Cree-Sea going around these days. What could be more oppressive than having to petition your local government for permission to fuck?*

And then, check it out, she says we are all perverts. Well, she’s entitled to her opinion, of course. But with all due respect, I just think she’s been hanging around nothing but Republicans way too long.

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*And LaShawn, trust me, you really don’t wanna argue that the state has no right to marry people, only ministers of God. You really care to defend that the marriages Haggard performed, that the pedophile priests performed are more authentic than a civil marriage by say, a Justice of the Peace who worships the Flying Spaghetti Monster but doesn’t go around banging underage boys or whores?

ht, the always useful Daou Report

[Updated immediately after posting to correct a gender blunder.]