"Decadent Homosexual Activity," Marijuana and Abortion Caused Colorado Floods, Talk Radio Minister C

[unhappycamper]

http://smirkingchimp.com/thread/bill-berkowitz/51778/decadent-homosexual-activity-marijuana-and-abortion-caused-colorado-floods-talk-radio-minister-charg



"Decadent Homosexual Activity," Marijuana and Abortion Caused Colorado Floods, Talk Radio Minister Charges
by Bill Berkowitz | September 24, 2013 - 9:10am

Many have tried, but few have succeeded. Some have made it part of their regular schtick, and make a handsome living by doing it over and over again. But try as they might, the gold standard for blaming a natural disaster -- or tragic event -- on their enemies of choice, is still held by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell.

Now, however, with floodwaters raging in his state, Colorado pastor and radio talk show host Kevin Swanson is aiming to be a contender in the pantheon of blame-game flame-throwers. Swanson recently pointed his finger at the real causers of the floods: abortion, the legalization of marijuana, and "decadent homosexual activity." Climate change? Not so much. (For some time, Swanson resided in the school of global warming denial.)

In trying to make some sense of the cause of natural disasters, some conservative evangelical preachers have gone off the rails. Hurricanes, tornadoes, typhoons, floods, earthquakes and yes, even the less-than-natural terrorist attack, is blamed on abortion, gays, and yes, even the American Civil Liberties Union.

Over the past decade, while many have played the blame the "sinner" card, no one has yet to reach the depths of Falwell's rhetorical rubbish, who after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, appeared on Robertson's program and blamed gays, abortion rights activists, the ACLU, and others on his personal enemies list.

[rock]

1. Well, armed with this new scientific explanation

we can now bring oceans of water to the drought stricken areas of the world! That is, if we can get enough homosexuals to volunteer.

[Downwinder]

2. Having gone through considerably more droughts than floods,

if that is what it takes to make it rain, I need to change my life style.

[hatrack]

3. What would "Non-Decadent Homosexual Activity" be?

Working? Volunteering? Paying Taxes? Going to NASCAR races?

[Democracyinkind]

4. You beat me to it...

Great minds...

[hatrack]

5. Seriously, what is the PROBLEM with clowns like this?

Pole-vault them back in time 10,000 years and they'd be dressing up in green costumes and dancing around the campfire in late winter . . ."See! I TOLD you spring was coming!"

[XemaSab]

6. .