What a whiner. If you’ll remember, the other day, hate-filled pastor Bradlee Dean was invited to give the opening prayer in the Minnesota legislature. Dean, of course, is one of the most unhinged anti-gay wingnuts in the country, having asserted [among other things] that Islamic nations that put gays to death are more moral than the United States, for that reason. The outrage came immediately after his bigoted prayer, which excluded people of all faiths other than Christianity, and insinuated that President Obama isn’t a Christian. There was a do-over, an outraged Democratic representative who took to the floor immediately, and a tail-between-the-legs reaction from the Republican House Speaker.
So Bradlee Dean decided to take to the radio and his website and cry, cry, cry. Here’s what he said on his website:
“If Speaker Zellers does not stand for the Constitution, our veterans, the Founding Forefathers and the Christian God to whom he swears by an oath to uphold these very things, then I would say Mr. Zellers is not fit to be the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Minnesota,” Dean wrote on his website Friday. “Today Speaker Zellers exemplified a point I have made many times over in past years. When a little heat comes for taking a stand, diplomatic people immediately bend to the opposition. They fall all over themselves to apologize for something that they claim to stand for when speaking to their constituents. But when it comes to actually putting what they said into practice, they denounce the Constitution’s laws and the people’s principles who voted them in. How hypocritical.”
Right, whatever. Then he whined on the radio:
Dean then devoted his entire two-hour radio program to the prayer flap. He denied mentioning President Obama and compared himself to Martin Luther.
“I went into them chambers with total respect,” Dean told his listeners. “I feel like Martin Luther, innocently nailing the 95 theses on the wall, and I’m not even Catholic.”
“I didn’t say we weren’t a Christian nation, Obama did,” Dean said. “If you want to point the finger at someone denying Christianity in our country, you might want to talk to Obama about it, because I didn’t say it.”
No, Bradlee, dearheart, you didn’t say we weren’t a Christian nation. That is not even what people are accusing you of. So either you are too dumb to understand the English language when it is directed at you, or you’re lying and creating a strawman since you can’t fight against what you actually did say. It’s one of the two, or possibly a combination of the two.
For their part, members of the DFL party issued a statement protesting the decision to invite such an unhinged bigot to participate in such an honored tradition, and Andy Birkey’s got that posted if you want to read it.
How sad it is to see a fellow “Christian” doing back bends to cover his efforts to redefine “faith” as “putting the civil rights of those you dislike up to a popularity vote.” What would Jesus think?
Awwwwwwww, cwy me a river, Bradlee! Your little feewings got hurt? They should be you hater. Maybe it’s time for you to get a little of what you so eagerly dish out to others. Will he learn from this…probably not.
Fundamentalist Christians are some of the most dangerous people in this country. They want nothing less than to rule this country and I am certain all but the densest of GLBT people know what that would mean for us.
I found this over at Alternet and it is an interesting read.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/151034/i_was_a_right-wing_evangelical_pastor_–_until_i_saw_the_light/
I advise readers here to check it out. There is alos an article about how school vouchers are being used to inculcate children with hatred.
…nailing the 95 theses on the wall…” Actually it was the church door, not a wall, what an idiot. And what the hell is that tracksuit he wore to the legislature? He looks like Sue Sylvester…and just as mean.
What Rev. Dean wore to give the blessing says it all. He was invited to give an address before the state legislature, the highest elected body in Minnesota. When you are invited to do that you do not wear a track suit! He is the pastor at a church and should know better. Is this how the good reverend dresses every Sunday to speak before his congregation? Rev. Dean’s attire was blatantly disrespectful to the elected officials of Minnesota and their constituents. That alone shows the contempt he has for elected government.
Good point Nick. I was once kicked out of a dinner party where a Catholic Bishop was, for lack of a better word “modeling” his new (silk, velvet and amythyst embroidered) robes, which I referred to as his “transvestments”, but, who the hell shows up in the statehouse chamber in ‘tracksuit’. Granted, I am sure his “church” is located in only the best of doublewides, but….exercise clothing? Not that he looks like he exercises much.
White Trash. Pire and simple. A nasty term maybe, but, you cannot fault me for accuracy with it.
Let’s give him some credit: His command of the language is formidable. “I went into them chambers..”
One is never too old to learn good English.