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TexasTowelie

(112,168 posts)
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 12:07 AM Jun 2015

Louie Gohmert freaks out: Marriage equality ruling means God will stop ‘protecting’ the US

Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert added himself to the Christian conservative chorus complaining on Friday about the Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriages, releasing a statement that invoked not only the Bible, but multiple former presidents.

“Founders and leaders including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and most all of the Presidents have noted that it is God who has been the source of this nation’s unfathomable blessings,” Gohmert stated. “But if Moses, Jesus, and contributors to the Bible were correct, God’s hand of protection will be withdrawn as future actions from external and internal forces will soon make clear. I will do all I can to prevent such harm, but I am gravely fearful that the stage has now been set.”

Gohmert, who invited anti-LGBT pastor and Fox News contributor Robert Jeffress to deliver a prayer in the House of Representatives late last year, and also encouraged black communities to discriminate against the LGBT communities, also recycled the conservative argument that Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan should have recused themselves from the case because they had presided over same-sex weddings in the past.

“When Justices of the highest court in the country believe they do not have to comply with essential laws governing courts themselves, then there is no overriding legitimate law of the land, which action standing alone is enough to substantiate tyranny,” Gohmert argued.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/louie-gohmert-freaks-out-marriage-equality-ruling-means-god-will-stop-protecting-the-us/

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Louie Gohmert freaks out: Marriage equality ruling means God will stop ‘protecting’ the US (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2015 OP
Gohmert is a nut case.....plain and simple chillfactor Jun 2015 #1
Me too shenmue Jun 2015 #2
"I am sick of these church people." longship Jun 2015 #3
I do not know what god he is speaking about but my God taught me to love everyone, Thinkingabout Jun 2015 #4
Seeing as how Louie and the rest of the GOP only seem to be able to speak kentauros Jun 2015 #5
Gohmert should quit snacking on the lead paint chips, and relax -- maybe God just changed his mind. Freelancer Jun 2015 #6
How dumb. In my opinion, God did not stop protecting Lot or the rest of the people in DhhD Jun 2015 #7
Louie has been into the catnip again. yellowcanine Jun 2015 #8
It must be that synthetic catnip TexasTowelie Jun 2015 #9
If there was a God... malokvale77 Jul 2015 #10

chillfactor

(7,575 posts)
1. Gohmert is a nut case.....plain and simple
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 12:11 AM
Jun 2015

I always wonder why so many good people die young while racists and bigots and plain evil people like Gohmert and Cheney live on......

longship

(40,416 posts)
3. "I am sick of these church people."
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 12:32 AM
Jun 2015

To quote George Carlin. They will be the end of us all.

Well, I almost got it right.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
4. I do not know what god he is speaking about but my God taught me to love everyone,
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 12:34 AM
Jun 2015

I will continue to follow this teaching.

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
5. Seeing as how Louie and the rest of the GOP only seem to be able to speak
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 12:37 AM
Jun 2015

through projection, then I'd say it's more likely that God will stop protecting him and his ilk

Freelancer

(2,107 posts)
6. Gohmert should quit snacking on the lead paint chips, and relax -- maybe God just changed his mind.
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 12:43 AM
Jun 2015

Probably thought we'd get the message, since he keeps making so many gay people.

DhhD

(4,695 posts)
7. How dumb. In my opinion, God did not stop protecting Lot or the rest of the people in
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 09:06 AM
Jun 2015

the surrounding Middle East region, after a seismic event caused the eruption of a salt dome and lots of lightening from dust particles and ions in the air, that started fires burning area living and business structures. The area was situated in a rift valley that is still widening today. IMO, Louise has never heard of plate tectonics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Rift_Valley

http://destination-yisrael.biblesearchers.com/destination-yisrael/2011/02/abraham-witnessed-the-seismic-destruction-of-sodom-and-gomorrah-that-created-the-great-rift-valley-i.html

TexasTowelie

(112,168 posts)
9. It must be that synthetic catnip
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 03:26 PM
Jun 2015

sprayed with various chemicals because I think that catnip does a body good.

malokvale77

(4,879 posts)
10. If there was a God...
Wed Jul 1, 2015, 07:08 PM
Jul 2015

(who f*@king cared), Louie Gohmert would not be sitting in Congress (spewing his bile), living off the taxpayers dime.

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