Ala Gov at Dr. King's former church: Non-Christians are not his 'brothers and sisters'

[Still a Democrat]

Only hours after being sworn in, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley gave a speech that created controversy and sparked fears of preferential treatment by saying that people who had not accepted Jesus Christ were not his brothers and sisters.


Bentley spoke Monday in Montgomery at the Dexter Avenue church where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was once a pastor.



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[Warren DeMontague]

1. To be fair, that's not a bigoted, intolerant statement, like "Thank God I'm an Atheist"

We need to remember who the truly persecuted are in this country- Christian Conservatives, who are constantly bombarded with intolerant hate speech like, "The Earth is not 5,000 years old".

:sarcasm:

[bobbolink]

2. He is teetering on the brink of NOT upholding his oath, and should be held accountable.

[47of74]

3. And F you too, Mr. Bentley

[lyonn]

4. Now that is frightening speech!!

That is like telling people not to think; that we Are Strictly a Christian Nation; All other religions should not be considered relevant and that the devil is gonna get ya.

[hfojvt]

5. you think he wants to create a Christian nation?

Martin would be horrified (see below)

[steve2470]

6. He needs to start leading church services too.

Nothing in the Constitution against that. :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[AverageJoe]

7. To the world outside Alabama

I am a liberal Democrat, live in Alabama and love it here. The state has its share of awful people, maybe more than its share, but I've found it a great place to live and raise my family.

When you talk about this incident, and you will, please don't tar all of us with the same brush.

But good lord, our governor a dangerous lunatic.

[niyad]

10. living in one of the reddest counties in the country, with MORE than its share of fundie whackjobs,

do sympathize (the mayor of this little burg is almost as big an idiot, and hateful)

[csziggy]

12. I sympathize - we in Florida also have a lunatic for a governor.

I hope our states survive.

[Initech]

8. We should retaliate by sending him the quotes from the founding fathers on religion.

[niyad]

9. not a problem, I wouldn't want him as a relative anyway

[csziggy]

11. To quote another Republican governor, Gov. Bentley, kiss my butt

My ancestor started the Alabama Baptist Convention and he would not have had that attitude. While some of his descendants have been intolerant in the past, MOST of us learned from the mistakes of the past and many of us hold out our hands to people of all cultures and beliefs.

And a great big THANK YOU to my mother for leaving Alabama so I don't live under this jerk's governance.