“The Devil is taking control!”: State senator hijacks Confederate flag debate

[brooklynite]

Source: Salon

The debate over the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina capitol grounds was derailed before it had even began by state Senator Lee Bright, who urged his fellow senators to put aside the legacy of slavery and discuss the most pressing issue of the day — “this gay marriage thing.”

Sen. Bright — who has a long history of grandstanding on issues related to the LGBTQ community — began by noting that he witnessed President Barack Obama sing “Amazing Grace” at the funeral for the nine parishioners killed by Dylann Roof in Charleston, South Carolina last Friday, only to later discover that same night “the White House [was] lit up in the abomination colors” of the gay pride flag.

“Romans chapter 1 is clear, the Bible is clear,” he continued. “This nation was founded on Judeo-Christian principles and they are under assault by men in black robes who were not elected by you.” Sen. Bright complained on behalf of the county clerks who will be forced to issue same-sex marriage licenses thanks to “the tyranny of five judges.”

“We need to debate this on the floor,” he said, although he acknowledged that “our governor called us in to deal with the flag that sits out front.” Instead, he implored his fellow senators to “deal with the national sin that we face today.”

Read more: http://www.salon.com/2015/07/06/the_devil_is_taking_control_state_senator_hijacks_confederate_flag_debate_with_ghastly_same_sex_marriage_rant/

---

Democracy...

[63splitwindow]

1. Dumb ass panderer. nt

[Journeyman]

2. Not too bright, is he? . . .

[KamaAina]

3. Is his middle name Not-Too?

[Ed Suspicious]

4. Ooooohh the DEVIL! Could it be . . . SATAN!

[Judi Lynn]

5. The "flag that sits out front?" The one we see when we're out there whittlin'?

[center]

Senator Lee Bright[/center]
How stupid do you have to be before you can't get elected in some states, anyway?

[63splitwindow]

9. Species fighting to the death...

... to attempt to maintain its' dominant position is what you have pictured.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

15. I knew he would look like a moron.

[arely staircase]

6. I Romans says America was built on Christian values?

that's weird.

[brooklynite]

8. It's all in the translation you pick...

[freshwest]

11. Many evangelicals used to say the USA was not in Bible prophecy, period.

Since it wasn't part of the known world and was expressly left out of the end times. RWNJs wanted to justify our sins against people and the planet by hitching a ride on the Israelis.

They created myths to connect us and Israel, their ticket to heaven. It's their 'Get out of hell free' card. Yet they expect Israelis to convert or die in the Second Coming to give Jewish people a warm, fuzzy feeling. Uh, sure.

The benighted rightwingnuttery continues...

[restorefreedom]

7. this is almost getting sad.

i guess he forgot the little tidbit in matthew 7:3 about taking the log out of one's own eye before trying to remove a speck from someone else's.

not suggesting lgbt is sin, just that he is a flaming hypocrite who wants to go after others and not tending to his own garden.

[freshwest]

10. Well, it takes one to know one. Devils, that is. n/t

[vkkv]

12. The United States is not a Christian nation. Let these Founding Fathers speak for themselves..

The United States is not a Christian nation, and the Bible is not the cornerstone of our law.

Don’t take my word for it. Let these Founding Fathers speak for themselves:

John Adams: “The government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion.” (Treaty of Tripoli, 1797)

Thomas Jefferson: “Christianity neither is, nor ever was, a part of the common law.” (Letter to Dr. Thomas Cooper, February 10, 1814)

James Madison: “The civil government … functions with complete success … by the total separation of the Church from the State.” (Writings, 8:432, 1819)

George Washington: “If I could conceive that the general government might ever be so administered as to render the liberty of conscience insecure, I beg you will be persuaded, that no one would be more zealous than myself to establish effectual barriers against the horrors of spiritual tyranny, and every species of religious persecution.” (Letter to the United Baptist Chamber of Virginia, May 1789)

You can find a multitude of similar quotes from these men and most others who signed the Declaration of Independence and/or formulated the United States Constitution. These are hardly the words of men who believed that America should be a Christian nation governed by the Bible, as a disturbingly growing number of Republicans like to claim.

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. Salon and Raw Story misquote him - he actually called for civil war over same-sex marriage

They have him saying just

“Let’s find some way to deal with marriage,” the senator concluded. “If we’re not going to find some way to deal with marriage — like our forefathers did..."

What he actually said was worse - it was

"let’s deal with marriage. If we’re 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...":

http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/29482891/sen-bright-to-sc-senators-we-better-make-a-stand-against-same-sex-marriage-ruling

"push back against the Federal Government like our forefathers did" = "secede with violence".

[Ahpook]

14. What a dick