The pastor with the Mean Girl sense of humor
by digby
That would be Mike Huckabee:
It is interesting that Obama cites Scripture as the justification for him taking unilateral action on illegal immigrants.
Funny how, for the first six years of his Administration, even the two years when he had unstoppable majorities in both houses, Scripture did not compel immediate action. But two weeks after the final election he’ll have to deal with, suddenly, Scripture requires us to do this.
It’s similar to the way that his Biblical beliefs led him to oppose same-sex marriage as a candidate for election. Then when he needed big campaign donations from gay liberals for his reelection, the Bible suddenly got rewritten.
I always thought that Scripture was eternal and unchanging, but apparently, now that Obama is President, Scripture gets rewritten more often than Bill Cosby’s Wikipedia entry.
Oh snap!
Eternal and unchanging? How about this:
Exodus 22:21
“Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt.Exodus 23:9
“Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.Deuteronomy 24:17
Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.Deuteronomy 24:18
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.Deuteronomy 27:19
“Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
Oh, and I’m sure Pastor Huckabee will be giving up all his worldly goods and devoting himself to the poor very shortly. That’s in the Scripture too.
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