Republicans love to teach their hate-filled Theocon brand of pseudo-Christianity disguised as education.  They almost got away with doing just that, teaching hatred for Muslims, at a Lane Community College here in Oregon.  The school learned of their deception and pulled the plug.  Now Pat Robertson’s legal group is suing the school.

Barry Sommer was supposed to teach a non-credited class at Lane Community College in Oregon entitled "What is Islam?"

But that was before the Council on American-Islamic Relations alerted them to the fact that Sommer was the president of an Oregon chapter of the anti-Islam group "ACT! for America," started by Brigitte Gabriel to save  [hate group delinked] Western Civilization from the "authoritarian values of radical Islam, such as the celebration of death, terror and tyranny" and that he had a history of making anti-Islam statements.

So Lane College dropped the class, for which not even one student had signed up, and Sommer was out the $160 he would have been paid for teaching it … and so, of course, Pat Robertson’s American Center for Law and Justice has taken up the case is the threatening to sue Lane College if it doesn’t let Sommer teach this course:

The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) said today it is demanding that an Oregon community college rehire a teacher fired after the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) complained about a class he was scheduled to teach about the religion of Islam. The ACLJ, which represents the instructor, contends that Lane Community College (LCC) in Eugene, Oregon violated the contractual and constitutional rights of the teacher by firing him and canceling the class because of pressure from CAIR.

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By misrepresenting the character  and content of the course to the college, this Republican hatemonger voided the contract himself.  He has no constitutional right to teach religious propaganda at a state funded school.  While a religious survey course is legal, one that pushes a single religious point of view violates the establishment clause.

in As a rule, I have a problem with third parties, although I often agree with their goals.  Historically, they have tended to help Republicans achieve elected office, and Republicans often finance their inclusion on the ballot to split the lefty vote.  So I would not vote for a third party candidate, unless first, I support their candidate’s positions, and second, either the candidate has a solid chance to win, or the Democrat in the race is just to heinous to support.  Here’s a third party that could never get my vote, but that I would love to see formed.

Today, Cindy and Mike Jacobs of Generals International held a webcast to discuss the meaning of last week’s elections and Cindy proclaimed that despite the Republican wins, the nation would see the rise of a third party based on God’s righteousness that will be led by people like Marco Rubio as proof:

 

I have to admit that I had not noticed that, but Jacobs is correct…

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Aren’t third parties that split the right-wing vote a great idea?

The the Theocon and InsaniTEA wings of the Republican party may be on the verge of a win in their quest to foment a final solution for Uganda’s gay population.  I have previously documented Republican efforts to that end here and  here.

Homosexuality may soon be a capital offense in Uganda.  David Bahati, Ugandan member of Parliament, and sponsor of Uganda’s notorious "kill the gays" bill, told CNN in a recent interview that the controversial anti-gay bill will become law “soon.”

Once the bill becomes law it will punish homosexuality with life imprisonment or execution.

The law would impose a minimum sentence of life imprisonment to anyone “convicted” of having gay sex: life imprisonment to punish anything from "sexual stimulation to simply touching another person with the intention of committing the act of homosexuality.”

If the accused person is HIV-positive or a serial offender, or a “person of authority” over the other partner, or if the “victim” is under 18, a conviction will result in the death penalty… [emphasis added]

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The tie in is the C-Street ministry, infamous for providing extreme legislators with cut-rate luxury housing, helping Republican legislators cover up sex scandals and ethics violations, and this.  Here’s an old Rachel Maddow video that ties up the lose ends.

If that’s what Republicans think is good for Uganda, what wil;l they do here if they take power?

Vote!

The followers of Republican Supply Side Jesus love to hate.  He is not the real Jesus.  He is a Theocon invention  to justify their false gospel of war, bigotry, greed, and intolerance.  Whenever their hatred produces consequences, they act innocent, often blaming the victims of their hatred.

Back in August, Focus on the Family launched “True Tolerance,” its campaign to stop schools from implementing anti-bullying plans that include protections for LGBT students. Since the start of the school year, there have now been five reported cases of teens who have committed suicide following anti-gay bullying. GLSEN has been documenting anti-gay bullying, and according to a 2009 survey, the vast majority of LGBT students reported being verbally harassed, and “40.1% reported being physically harassed and 18.8% reported being physically assaulted at school in the past year because of their sexual orientation.”

Focus on the Family, however, says that bullying isn’t the problem, anti-bullying policies are. The group’s True Tolerance [Pseudo-Christians delinked] campaign argues that school strategies to target bullying are really covert ways for “activists who want to promote homosexuality in kids” to “capture the hearts and minds of our children at their earliest stages.”

Candi Cushman of True Tolerance asserts [pseudo-Christians delinked] that “gay activists” are “infiltrating classrooms under the cover of ‘anti-bullying’ or ‘safe schools’ initiatives.” That’s why Focus on the Family claims to be defending the “innocence and purity” of children against LGBT groups that conspire “under the cover of so-called safe-school initiatives” and use [pseudo-Christians delinked] “‘Safety’… as a political arm-twisting tool to force an adult agenda into schools.” [emphasis added]

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How absurd!  Their logic that the policies to stop the bullying causes the bullying is analogous to having the resurrection precede the crucifixion.  This is nothing more than a desperate attempt to duck accountability for their own criminal anti-Christian behavior.

Furthermore, this rush to evade accountability is not exclusive to the Theocon wing of the Republican Party.  The Neocon, Corporacon, Plutocon and InsaniTEA wings are equally at home with it, as Rachel Maddow aptly demonstrates.

One month from today, we vote.  Are these the people we want in charge?

Every Republican in office is one Republican too many!