She Thinks That Autism Is God’s Punishment for Gays
We batted .500 in the Illinois Congressional Primaries a week ago. Luis Gutierrez won, and George Gollin lost. If you helped either candidate, or both, thank you very much.
But that’s not what I want to talk about. I want to talk about Susanne Atanus. GOP voters nominated her to run against Rep. Jan Schakowsky, in IL-9.
Even most Tea Party candidates are smart enough not to say what they really think. Not Susanne Atanus. It’s as if she had a chyron crawling across her forehead.
In a candidate debate at the Chicago Daily Herald, Atanus said that her top issue is the economy. The solution to our economic problems, Atanus said, is to eliminate the S&P, Dow Jones and Nasdaq indices. (While we’re at it, why don’t we eliminate unemployment by eliminating unemployment reports? How about achieving immortality by prohibiting death certificates?)
Here is more from the Daily Herald:
She said she believes God controls the weather and has put tornadoes and diseases such as autism and dementia on earth as in response to gay rights and legalized abortions. “God is angry. We are provoking him with abortions and same-sex marriage and civil unions," she said. "Same-sex activity is going to increase AIDS. If it's in our military it will weaken our military. We need to respect God."
She then elaborated on her views about religious meteorology with the aptly-named Windy City Times:
"Everybody knows that God controls weather," Atanus said. Atanus said that the snap of cold weather to the Chicago area, as well as the string of tornadoes and other adverse weather, is God's response to the passage of same-sex marriage in Illinois. She also adds that [link:https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/atanus?refcode=DU032414&amount=20.14&recurring=48"|she believes autism and illness are a response to abortion and same-sex marriage.
"God is super angry," she said.] “Gay marriage is not appropriate, and it doesn't look right, and it breeds AIDS," Atanus added later.
Oh, and Atanus also wants to repeal the separation of church and state in the First Amendment. "I believe that maybe there should be an amendment to get that out of the Constitution, because God will never go away," Atanus said. Even if all the tornado victims and the AIDS patients wish he would.
Look: Barring an untimely death for one or the other (in case God really wants to get His hands dirty), the good people of the 9th Congressional District in Illinois are going to elect either Susanne Atanus or Jan Schakowsky to Congress in November. There are no other candidates on the ballot. That’s it.
I think that we had better make sure that it’s Jan Schakowsky.
I can tell you lots of good things about Jan Schakowsky. Like her jobs bill that I’ve cosponsored, which would put millions of Americans back to work. But that’s not what this is all about.
Susanne. Atanus. Must. Be. Defeated.
In 1991, when ethically-challenged Gov. Edwin Edwards ran against neo-Nazi David Duke for Governor of Louisiana, the bumper stickers read: “Vote for the Crook. It’s Important.” This time, the choice is a lot easier than that.
There isn’t always someone to vote for. But there is always someone to vote against. Please help Jan Schakowsky defeat Susanne Atanus today.
Courage,
Rep. Alan Grayson
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The only good thing about this woman running in that district, is that it's solidly Democratic. When she gets stomped at the polls I wonder what she'll think of God then.
