Benham's group disrupts Unitarian service...

[Archae]

Remember those two brothers who were fired from having a "flip this house" program on HGTV?

Well, the cult they belong to is still at it.

Benham Group Disrupts 'Synagogue Of Satan' Unitarian Universalist Worship Services, Receives Proclamation From Mayor

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Tuesday, 7/22/2014 12:35 pm

Flip Benham’s group Operation Save America disrupted the services of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans on Sunday while the congregation was honoring a member who had died. The organization framed their action as simply an effort to “present the truth of the Gospel in this synagogue of Satan” as part of their efforts “to defeat the culture of death.”

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/benham-group-disrupts-synagogue-satan-unitarian-universalist-worship-services-receives-procl#sthash.Y3TKo6GI.dpuf

[Hekate]

1. Are they working themselves up to murder? Knoxville, Tenn UU was targeted in 2008

Children were giving a performance at the time; 2 people died and 7 others were injured. The first to die was a man who stood directly in front of the murderer to shield others. The children were evacuated with presence of mind. Congregants (unarmed, all of them) captured and subdued the gunman until law enforcement arrived.

UUs don't terrorize easily.

But for some reason this minority religion has been targeted by RW hate media.

[ck4829]

7. I think there's a very specific reason the RW does not like Unitarian Universalism

Unitarian Universalism has many liberal adherents but I also think it goes deeper than that.

The central idea of religion of many on the right is that the most important thing about it is that somewhere there is some giant old omnipotent and omniscient white man who, what a surprise, validates the social, political, cultural, and other ideas that they have completely, and anyone who disagrees with that is not just wrong, but they are out of divine favor.

Unitarian Universalism teaches love, it teaches that people across all religions (And those without) are searching for the truth, that everyone should have access to peace, liberty, and justice.

In doing so, UU rejects the dogma of the religious right, and furthermore, it refuses to even acknowledge it. Because of that, the religious right feel as much persecution and aggression coming from them (Yes really) that they feel from anyone else who they perceive as participating in their persecution.

[geardaddy]

2. Cult my ass.

John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and many other presidents and famous people were UUs.

[Archae]

4. I'm referring to Benham's group as the cult.

Not the Unitarians.

[geardaddy]

5. Ahh.

Sorry for the confusion.

[Archae]

6. No problem.

[ck4829]

3. It looks like the psycho is trying to take ol' Fred Phelps's place

[sinkingfeeling]

8. I think all UU members and other free-thinkers shoud gather together and disrupt

what ever church Flip Benham attends.

[KamaAina]

9. Mayor Mitch Landrieu issued a certificate of recognition to Flip Benham and Operation Save America.

Factoid: Flip Benham is the guy who converted Norma McCorvey. That's right, Jane Roe is now a fundie whackjob!

[smirkymonkey]

10. WTF?

This is so f-ed up.