Anti-gay crusader joins with Russian evangelicals

[davidinalameda]

http://www.capitolweekly.net/news/article.html?article_id=729

A longtime foe of gay causes has allied himself with a network of Slavic
evangelical churches that claim thousands of members in the Sacramento area.
The association and an increasingly active political stance by these
churches has provided foot soldiers for anti-gay rallies at the Capitol and
local high schools.

Dick Otterstad has stood outside a Wal-Mart in a Santa Claus suit to demand
the use of the phrase "Merry Christmas" and has picketed the house of
Michael Newdow, the Roseville-area atheist who wants to have the words
"under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegiance. He claims a political
agenda calling not just for a ban on gay marriage but also the reinstatement
of anti-sodomy laws and the abolition of public schools.

For years, Otterstad has proclaimed these causes from the 20-member Church
of the Divide, where he serves as community-outreach coordinator. The
non-denominational church in Garden City, near Placerville, is "a local
assembly of Bible-believing Christians," according to its Web site. He said
that church members own some of the pickup trucks seen near the Capitol and
elsewhere, covered in billboards opposing gay marriage and abortion. These
activities, he said, really got going after San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom
began performing gay marriages in 2004.

[jrw14125]

1. "Dick Otterstad" - yeah, he's not overcompensating for something!

[sui generis]

2. gosh I was just going to suggest

that we infiltrate their organization and start spewing crackpot ideas to make them even less credible, but hey, with friends like Otterstad, who needs enemies?

I would also like to add the following jesus-required patriotic rules:

1. government required vaginal infibulation to keep your daughters and wives pure,
2. tolerance of non-christian believers by requiring them to all live and work together in their very own community in a walled-in district of the city, and
3. work rehabilitation programs for atheists and homos.

Arbeit Macht Frei, baby!

[xchrom]

3. i think that all true believing christian should ritualistically

crucify their children once -- just so they know first hand what they are talking about.