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DonViejo

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Fri Apr 11, 2014, 10:11 AM Apr 2014

6 most absurd things the Christian right has blamed on gays

Evangelicals point to homosexuality as a cause for everything from autism to tornadoes -- and they're getting worse

EVAN MCMURRY, ALTERNET


“We have displeased the Lord and the earth is going to answer,” so-called prophet Cindy Jacobs warned in advance of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act last summer. If this warning sounds familiar, it should: right wingers have a long history of blaming everything from earthquakes to recession to climate change on the advance of gay marriage, and they’re only getting more ridiculous.

1. Autism and Tornados

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2. Climate Change

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3. 9/11

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4. 2008 Economic Collapse

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5. Hurricane Katrina

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6. Hurricane Sandy

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http://www.salon.com/2014/04/11/6_most_absurd_things_the_christian_right_has_blamed_on_gays_partner/
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Apr 2014

Stephen Colbert taking over for Letterman

"She turned me into a newt! *pause* I got better."

A Black man being elected president.

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