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Mondays Confederate flag debate in South Carolina got off to an unnecessarily (yet unsurprisingly) bigoted start when Republican State Sen. Lee Bright went on an anti-LGBT rant. Yes, because when I think about the Confederate flag, the first thing that comes to mind are the tendrils of the gay mafia.
Bright, who has campaigned on Facebook and elsewhere to keep the stars and bars flying high in South Carolina, invoked the White Houses rainbow display of colors after the Supreme Courts Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states.
Apparently, Bright had been watching Bill OReilly, because he was none too happy with the abomination colors being shone all over the executive branchs chief symbol, according to Jezebel. He went on to say, We can talk about a flag all we want, but the Devil is taking control of this land. So instead of focusing on the topic at hand, Bright decided to rage hard against the recent SCOTUS decision and blame the devil for it all.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/south-carolina-sen-lee-bright-rants-against-gays-during-confederate-flag-debate/
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Both need to get out of imposing religion on a secular state, which is actually a thing Constitutionally banned America.
al bupp
(2,179 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)basically. This insane bigot was elected by a bunch of dumb Republicans who are what's wrong with the USA.
His unhinged rant in full:
Our governor called us in to deal with the flag that sits out front. Lets deal with the nation of sin that we face today. We talk about abortion but this gay marriage thing, I believe we will be one nation gone under. Like President Reagan said If were not one nation under God, we will be one nation gone under. And to sanctify deviant behavior from five judges. Its time for us to make our stand. Its time to make our stand and were not doing it. We can rally together and talk about a flag all we want but the Devil is taking control of this land and were not stopping him. Its time to make our stand. Let South Carolina discuss it. If the states got to get out of the business of marriage then lets get out of the business of marriage because we cannot succumb to whats to come of the future of this nation.
Now I believe that Christ teaches us to love the homosexual but He also teaches us to stand in the gap against sin and we need to make our stand. I know how people feel, of all colors, about this. I know that we need to respect our brother and love our brother but we cannot respect this sin in the state of South Carolina so Im asking you to open up the sine die and lets deal with marriage. If were not going to find some way to push back against the Federal Government like our forefathers did or push back against a tyrannical government like the founders of this nation did, lets at least not put these citizens of South Carolina in a position where theyve got to choose between their faith and their jobs.
http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/29482891/sen-bright-to-sc-senators-we-better-make-a-stand-against-same-sex-marriage-ruling
So he thinks you 'love the homosexual' by calling the rainbow 'the abomination colors'?
"Its time for the state of South Carolina to rise up."
"We better make a stand."
"we cannot succumb to whats to come of the future of this nation."
"find some way to push back against the Federal Government like our forefathers did or push back against a tyrannical government like the founders of this nation did"
This idiot is calling for armed rebellion. In a state legislature. Over same-sex marriage being allowed by the Supreme Court. In a debate about the battle flag for his state's previous rebellion against his own country.
If this isn't treason, then what is?