Illinois Republican: gay people bring on tornadoes

[shenmue]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/23/1271963/-Illinois-Republican-says-God-makes-tornadoes-to-punish-gay-people?detail=email#

Candidate Susan Atanus is running for Congress. Apparently, she did not pay attention when they taught about meteorology in school.

From the article:

"I am a conservative Republican and I believe in God first," Atanus said. She said she believes God controls the weather and has put tornadoes and diseases such as autism and dementia on earth as punishment for gay rights and legalized abortions.

[PDJane]

1. Even the party isn't backing this one....

[Old Union Guy]

2. I'm from around there.

She's a known flake, not a party regular.

Not that the part regulars are any picnic of course.

[AlinPA]

10. It sounds like she is right in line with the GOP base. She should go a long way in their party.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. She should select another God. One that doesn't throw tantrums.

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. Thomas Paine

[kestrel91316]

4. Who's funding her campaign: Phelps and Westboro? She's spewing their party line.

[Downwinder]

7. She reportedly neither raised nor spent any money on her 2010 campaign.

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[Jefferson23]

5. “I’m not withdrawing from the race,” Susanne Atanus told the Herald.

“I don’t know why they are not standing behind me. They should talk to me personally. I will not back out of the race.”





“God is angry,” she told the Herald. “We are provoking him with abortions and same-sex marriage and civil unions. Same-sex activity is going to increase AIDS. If it’s in our military it will weaken our military. We need to respect God.”

Atanus is running against David Earl Williams III for the right to represent the GOP against incumbent Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL). However, Republican leaders at both the local and state level released a statement on Thursday disavowing her completely.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/23/booted-from-illinois-gop-susan-atanus-anti-lgbt-comments-spark-rage/


*They should support her, the debates would be illuminating for the voters.

[spanone]

6. congress is full of idiots like atanus...we like our legislators as ignorant as possible

[theHandpuppet]

8. Must be why the whole state of Illinois was subject to exorcism!

Bishop: Lawmakers 'morally complicit' in sins of same-sex couples
By Ray Long
Clout Street
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/clout/chi-illinois-gay-marriage-law-draws-exorcism-in-springfield-20131120,0,2874258.story

A Catholic bishop offered prayers of exorcism Wednesday in response to Gov. Pat Quinn's approval of an Illinois gay marriage law, and he suggested politicians are "morally complicit" in assisting the sins of same-sex couples.

Bishop Thomas Paprocki spoke Latin to send the message, "Be gone, Satan, father of lies, enemy of human salvation. Give way to Christ."

The head of the Springfield Diocese delivered his remarks to a large crowd of worshippers in the cavernous Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception only blocks from the Capitol, where lawmakers approved the same-sex marriage legislation two weeks ago.

"I exorcise you, every unclean sprit, every power of darkness, every incursion of the infernal enemy, every diabolical legion, cohort and faction, in the name and power of our Lord Jesus Christ," Paprocki said during the hourlong ceremony 200 miles from the bill-signing celebration in Chicago..." MORE

There's even a video at the link above if you'd like to try this kind of thing at home. You never know if there might be some old lesbian couple (like me & my honey) living somewhere nearby! We might even want to watch, if you don't mind us laughing our asses off at you.

[madrchsod]

9. just another idiot thinking they have a chance in hell of winning

we have more problems here in illinois than this crazy ass...

[Laxman]

11. Perhaps Bigoted Morons Bring On Tornados...

if you hear voices they say you're schizophrenic and you can be treated for psychological illness. If you say the voices are from God you can run for public office and get a built in constituency who will vote for you no matter what.

[Major Nikon]

12. Gotta love flat earth morans

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapegoating

[Herself]

13. I wonder if the W. VA gopTP is still beating that anti LGBT drum

To drown out it's corp deregulations that created disaster for 300K people and their properties?

Will they have an anti-gay referendum on their voters ballot this year?


or

Are they worried about things that actually impact their lives equally?

[theHandpuppet]

14. Can't say what they're up to

The Democrats in WV (including the Governor and both Senators) act like Republicans and all the Republicans act like Tea Partiers.

You might be interested in this article:
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11344

BTW, I don't want to hijack this thread, which is about Illinois.

[theHandpuppet]

15. God responds to Atanus

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/huge-boulder-smashes-through-farmhouse-owned-by-catholic-church-video-29962154.html

[Gidney N Cloyd]

16. Frankly some of our meteorolgists didnt pay attention when they taught about meteorology in school.

[ck4829]

17. Why don't we extract this gay essence, concentrate it, and then sprinkle it on North Korea?

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Our military is obviously showing it's anti-fundamentalist bias by NOT USING THIS SUPER-WEAPON RIGHT NOW!

I'll fund some research for this by myself if I have to, can even get some gays to volunteer for this project. Together we can make it RAIN hurricanes, tornadoes, and diseases on tyrannical regimes.

[theHandpuppet]

18. If you can bottle it...

... splash it liberally on Dennis Rodman before his next visit with his BFF.