religion
08/17/2007
The Clergy Are Coming! The Clergy Are Coming!
In this "news" report from Shreveport station KSLA, we learn that if the US were attacked, martial law might be enforced. And if it were, it could look a little like the 1998 film "The Siege." Oh, Auntie Em! I may become frightened!
But wait -- KSLA has more for you to worry about than just a hypothetical military enforcement which follows a hypothetical attack and hypothetically resembles a largely forgotten Denzel Washington/Bruce Willis vehicle that was a critical and financial washout. Because, my friend, the clergy are coming.
It happened after Hurricane Katrina, and it could happen again -- groups of clergypersons, moving among us during a crisis, and telling us to stay calm. Well, to be fair, they'd also be telling us to shut up and do whatever the cops and soldiers were asking. And you know how and why they can do it? 'Cause they've got Romans. Romans 13, that is, the part of the New Testament that tells you to submit to the Man. Egads! No! Anything but Romans!
Yes, there are a couple of facts buried in the hyperbole -- gun confiscation after Katrina, revocation of the Posse Comitatus Act. What they have to do with the white-collared menace of the encroaching padre army, though, I couldn't tell you.
Next week: The shocking story of what could happen if all the Jews, Hindus, Muslims and Buddhists who are immune to the Vulcan Nerve Pinch of the New Testamant rise up and overthrow us all, in a manner to be illustrated with scenes from some movie other than "The Siege."
07/13/2007
Christian Activists Disrupt Hindu Senate Invocation
History was made in the United States Senate on Thursday when, for the first time, a Hindu chaplain delivered the opening invocation. History was immediately flipped the bird, however, when three protesters from the Christian Right anti-abortion group Operation Save America disrupted the proceedings.
Loudly praying for the Lord's forgiveness for the "abomination" of a non-Christian prayer, the protesters interrupted guest chaplain Rajan Zed several times before they were removed from the Senate Chamber. According to OSA's chief, Rev. Flip Benham, the activists had actually come to the nation's capital to protest a proposed hate crimes bill, but after learning about the Hindu invocation, they decided to broaden the scope of their visit. Well, it's always good to diversify. (Except when it comes to religion, apparently.)
