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Native Americans have learned the hard way that such promises are not worth the paper on which the treaties were written, but you would think that the rest of us would show the respect to recognize that they are sovereign nations with their own cultures, customs and faith.  But Republican Theocon pseudo-Christians think otherwise.  This time it’s Bryan Fischer from the AFA.

One of the staples of Bryan Fischer’s daily radio program is the reading of, and expounding upon, the latest blog post he has written.  And today was no exception as he dedicated more than ten minutes to reading his latest post in which he claims that God used the Europeans to conquer North America because Native Americans were "morally disqualified" from exercising control and that they remain mired in poverty and alcoholism today because they refuse to give up their "superstition" and embrace Jesus…[emphasis added]

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Here’s the video:

As a Christian, I honor the faith of my Native American brothers.  Jesus sided with oppressed peoples, but he had no tolerance for the religious hypocrites of his day, who were no different than today’s Pharisees and Sadducees, the Republican religions right.

This morning I listen to Barack Obama speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast.  He was eloquent, as usual, but he should never have been there at all.  By his presence he gave credence to The Fellowship, an extremist pseudo-Christian group, also known as The Family, that operates C Street House, infamous for attempts to cover up Republican scandal, and that supports the attempts in Uganda to legislate the death penalty for being gay.

Obama was warned and asked not to attend.

For more than 50 years, the National Prayer Breakfast has served as a prime networking event in Washington, bringing together the president, members of Congress, foreign diplomats and thousands of religious, business and military leaders for scrambled eggs and supplication.

Usually, the annual event passes with little notice. But this year, an ethics group in Washington has asked President Obama and Congressional leaders to stay away from the breakfast, on Thursday. Religious and gay rights groups have organized competing prayer events in 17 cities, and protesters are picketing in Washington and Boston.

The objections are focused on the sponsor of the breakfast, a secretive evangelical Christian network called The Fellowship, also known as The Family, and accusations that it has ties to legislation in Uganda that calls for the imprisonment and execution of homosexuals… [emphasis added]

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CREW also asked him not to go.

Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) called on President Obama and all members of Congress not to attend this year’s National Prayer Breakfast.  The event is scheduled for tomorrow. The breakfast, while designed to appear as a government-sanctioned event, in reality serves as a meeting and recruiting event for the shadowy Fellowship Foundation.

“The National Prayer Breakfast uses the attendance of elected leaders to give the Fellowship greater credibility and facilitate its networking and fundraising,” said CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan. “President Obama and members of Congress should not legitimatize this shadowy group with ties to scandal-ridden politicians and hateful and discriminatory positions against gays.”  Sloan continued, “It is all the more important that American political leaders avoid this event in light of the murder of prominent Ugandan gay activist David Kato.”

The Fellowship, also known as “The Foundation” and “The Family,” is run by Doug Coe, a spiritual advisor to some government officials, who uses the organization to push his brand of Christianity. The Fellowship owns and operates the infamous C Street House, a congressional residence and meeting place on Capitol Hill that has been a frequent haunt of some ethically-challenged elected officials identified by CREW, including Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)… [emphasis added]

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Obama may have feared being perceived as anti-Christian, if he refused.  But the hatred of these Republicans against gays is truly anti-Christian, and by attending, Obama added to the confusion about Christianity in America.  Authentic Christians do not hate others, despite Republican claims to the contrary.

Let me begin by saying that this in no way refers to authentic Christians, those that believe in peace, coexistence, and love.  They follow the real, historical Jesus.  Supply-side Jesus’ followers are the extreme Republican religious right.  His gospel is one of hate, bigotry, and greed.  They needed to create him to justify their own.  Because of them, a gay rights activist in Uganda has been murdered.

Kampala – An unknown assailant has beaten to death a leading Ugandan gay rights activist whose identity was revealed in a tabloid that called for homosexuals to be killed, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.

Witnesses cited by the rights group said the assailant forced his way into the home of David Kato near capital Kampala on Wednesday and hit him twice in the head. Kato died on the way to hospital.

‘David Kato’s death is a tragic loss to the human rights community,’ said Maria Burnett, senior Africa researcher at HRW.

Kato was one of several activists who sued Uganda’s Rolling Stone, which in October published photographs and personal details of homosexuals alongside a headline proclaiming: ‘Hang Them: They are after our kids!!‘… [emphasis added]

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Now what does this have to do with Supply-side Jesus and the US Theocons?  The family, owners of C Street, the organization that houses mostly Republican extremists in return for influence and helps them hide their own scandals are the people behind the “kill the gays” movement in Uganda.  Here’s an article from last November.

The Christian mafia is advocating the death penalty for homosexuals in Uganda. The Family at C Street, aka the Christian mafia, is backing proposed anti-gay legislation in Uganda that will sentence homosexuals to death.

The Family at C Street is actively supporting the Ugandan leaders who are championing this draconian legislation, legislation that would institute the death penalty for homosexuality.

C Street has been a Christian fundamentalist frat house for US congressman and senators. The house, sometimes referred to as the "C Street Complex", is home base for the Family.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, and David Bahati, a key Ugandan lawmaker, are both active members of the Family, and the major force behind the legislation. Indeed, they represent the Family in Uganda. Bahati organizes the Family’s Ugandan National Prayer Breakfast and oversees an African student leadership program designed to create future leaders for Africa, into which the Family has poured millions of dollars.

The Family is a secretive international Christian cult that preaches a doctrine known as the "Seven Mountains Mandate" in which believers seek to gain world control, by gaining influence over seven key sectors of society: religion, government, media, education, arts and entertainment, family, and business. The group is quite sexist, believing in a strong patriarchy, and obviously radical in their homophobia. Members take an oath and are sworn to secrecy… [emphasis added]

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The hatred stirred up against Ugandan gay men, financed by US pseudo-Christians, is why this good man was murdered, proving that in Uganda, just like in America, words have consequences.  US Republicans welcome the family’s participation in their party.

I’ve heard several theories for the spate of bird deaths, worldwide.  None of them make a whole lot of sense to me, but the Theocon and InsaniTEA wings of the Republican Party have come up with the most absurd I have heard to date.  God is killing the birds as vengeance against the world for America’s repeal of DADT!

Over the weekend, Cindy Jacobs of Generals International posted a new video prompted by the fact that, as a prophet, people have been asking her about the meaning behind the recent rash of bird deaths … to which she replied that it might be due to the fact that America is violating God’s prohibition on homosexuality with support for gay marriage and the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell:

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