Gov. Phil Bryant. AP Photo.
Well, Misssissippi Governor Phil Bryant must be bursting with pride – he’s made Right Wing Watch. ‘Over the top’, melodramatic, dramatic, glurgetastic, none of these is an adequate descriptor anymore. A brand new word is needed.
At least week’s Watchmen on the Wall conference, Family Research Council president Tony Perkins presented Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant with the first ever “Samuel Adams Religious Freedom Award” for having signed a radical anti-LGBT bill into law earlier this year that will allow businesses to deny service to gay people.
While introducing the governor, Perkins said that America’s elected leaders should be “ministers of God,” while Bryant praised the hate group leader as something of a modern-day David.
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Later, Bryant recalled how “all of the secular progressive world had decided that they were going to pour their anger” out on him for pledging to sign the legislation, wrongly thinking that he could be pressured into backing down because they were unaware that Christians like him would line up to be crucified before turning their backs on Jesus.
“They don’t know us very well, do they?” he asked. “They don’t know that Christians have been persecuted throughout the ages. They don’t know that if it takes crucifixion, we will stand in line before abandoning our faith and our belief in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. So if we are going to stand, now is the time and this is the place.”
Gee, Phil, did you ask all the other Christians if they are good with being crucified?
Ministers of god? The ministers/secretaries of state should work for us, not some fucking sky god.
The colour of anger to be poured on Mr Bryant is yellow (dark yellow in the morning, light yellow later).
Way to demonstrate why separation of church and state is a good idea.
“They don’t know that Christians have been persecuted throughout the ages. ”
Yes, but for most of the past 1800 years they have been persecuted by different Christians -- they always forget that part.
I have some nails and a hammer….
Descriptions of mere persecution is not hyperbolic enough now. If gay people, transgender people, women, minorities, or any marginalized group are allowed to live their lives as they see fit, it is to be equated with crucifixion of christians.
I would imagine that if actual crucifixions were being arranged, the line of volunteers would be extremely short.
Christ alive, what an asshole.
Persecuted christian: You know who else was perscuted? Gay people. No, wait.
But those weren’t true Christians, so it doesn’t count.
But those weren’t true Christians
The survivors were! WiN!
After all their sectarian warfare I always thought it kinda suspicious that christians pretend not to understand “survival of the correct sectists”