9 Absurd Religious-Right Attempts to Seem Sexy and Hip

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http://www.alternet.org/belief/9-absurd-religious-right-attempts-seem-sexy-and-hip



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1. Chicks on the Right

Miriam Weaver a.k.a. Mockarena and Amy Jo Clark, a.k.a. Daisy, the Indiana-based Republicans who publish the Chicks on the Right website, acknowledge that the Republican Party has an image problem in the United States. They assert that they started their blog because “conservatism needs a big-time makeover” and they are tired of conservatives being stereotyped as “stodgy old white guys.” Just to show you how hip they are, Daisy and Mockarena (who host a political talk show on WIBC-FM in Indianapolis) declare that they prefer skinny jeans, miniskirts and stiletto heels over a more buttoned-up conservatism. But once readers get past the fun imagery, Chicks on the Right is full of the usual Christian Right clichés one hears nonstop on AM talk radio: caring about the poor is “socialism,” the ACLU is anti-religion and anti-family, Sarah Palin is a “true patriot,” health insurance should not cover female contraception, etc. Chicks on the Right is an obvious attempt to lure young women over to the Republican Party, but Daisy and Mockarena certainly aren’t trying to accomplish that with a lot of original ideas.

2. 1Flesh

As backward and retrograde as they are, Christian Right websites that favor a hipster look can be good for comic relief. 1Flesh.org would be funny if the site weren’t promoting a blatantly irresponsible message. Full of MTV-ish graphics, the site describes 1Flesh as “a grassroots movement dedicated to bringing great sex to the entire universe through the power of organic family planning.” But it's is actually a far-right Christian fundamentalist site that encourages unprotected sex and urges young couples to avoid using “unnatural” contraception methods such as condoms and birth control pills (thus increasing the risk of unplanned pregnancies). The phrase “personal responsibility” is often used on the right, but when it comes to encouraging responsible sexual behavior, 1Flesh fails miserably.

3. Jason “Molotov” Mitchell and Illuminati Pictures

Filmmaker/videographer Jason "Molotov" Mitchell and his wife Patricia, a.k.a. DJ Dolce, are big on youth outreach and alternative rock imagery. Molotov has tattoos, DJ Dolce has a nose stud, and Molotov heads an independent film/video company called Illuminati Pictures. But when it comes to religion and politics, no one will mistake them for ex-members of Rage Against the Machine anytime soon. Molotov and Dolce are far-right Christian fundamentalists and Tea Party admirers who openly support the draconian Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which previously proposed the death penalty for homosexual acts (the most recent version of the bill called for life in prison instead of execution). Molotov is on friendly terms with one of the bill’s most vocal supporters: Ugandan anti-gay crusader Martin Ssempa, whom Molotov has described as a “great guy.” Molotov is also a vocal birther, promoting the ludicrous notion that President Obama isn’t really a U.S. citizen.

4. Christian Nymphos

1Flesh.org isn’t the only website using sexual imagery to sell Christian conservatism. Another is Christian Nymphos, which bills itself as a site that promotes “married sex, spicy the way God intended it.” This amusing site stresses that being a nymphomaniac is a positive—that is, providing one is married. Christian Nymphos addresses a long list of sexual topics, which is certainly a departure from all the fundamentalists who don’t think sex should even be discussed in public. Some of their positions are relatively liberal: for example, the site says there nothing in the Bible expressly forbids anal sex or oral sex among married couples, and they aren’t necessarily against softcore BDSM for married heterosexuals. However, the site is very anti-porn and opposes all sex outside of marriage, kinky or vanilla.

[Vinnie From Indy]

1. The Chicks on the Right are on our local right wing radio station here in Indy

I have listened to them a few times and have only been able to suffer through a few segments. These women seem to spend most of their time giggling like drunk frat girls at whatever news story they are discussing. They are the "mean girls" from high school that now have a radio show. I would bet my last dollar that these women have never had to worry about money their entire lives.

[KG]

2. is there anything about the religious right that isn't absurd?

[wocaonimabi]

3. Christian Nymphos is funny as hell! Partner shot coffee out her nose!

1flesh disgusted us both