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Newt Gingrich Compares Gay Marriage to Paganism
« on: January 26, 2012, 06:51:36 pm »
Which is why this is here in religion rather then politics.

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Newt Gingrich has three marriages and repeated infidelity under his belt, but that doesn't stop him from sounding off about the sanctity of male-female marriage.

On a conference call for Religious Right supporters Wednesday, Newt compared gay marriage to paganism. Right Wing Watch has excerpts from the conversation:

So let's see what ol' Newt has to say about this link between paganism(i.e. worshipping other gods rather then God) and gay-marriage.

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It's pretty simple: marriage is between a man and a woman. This is a historic doctrine driven deep into the Bible, both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, and it's a perfect example of what I mean by the rise of paganism. The effort to create alternatives to marriage between a man and a woman are perfectly natural pagan behaviors, but they are a fundamental violation of our civilization.

Uh...what?  Violation of our civilization?  What?  I'm serious.  This idiot has no clue what he's saying.  And it's not like gays can vote or anything so the GOP can say shit like this and not have any negative consequences whatsoever.

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Re: Newt Gingrich Compares Gay Marriage to Paganism
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2012, 07:00:42 pm »
Oh... fuck you with something sharp, Gingrich.
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Re: Newt Gingrich Compares Gay Marriage to Paganism
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2012, 07:02:18 pm »
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It's pretty simple: marriage is between a man and a woman. This is a historic doctrine driven deep into the Bible, both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, and it's a perfect example of what I mean by the rise of paganism. The effort to create alternatives to marriage between a man and a woman are perfectly natural pagan behaviors, but they are a fundamental violation of our civilization.

*scratches head* Now, I admit that it's been a while since I've cracked open a copy of the "good" book, so someone will have to refresh my memory.  How many wives did Solomon have, again?

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Re: Newt Gingrich Compares Gay Marriage to Paganism
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2012, 07:24:07 pm »
Am I the only one who clicked the article link and thought "Oh my god, what's wrong with that woman?!"

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Re: Newt Gingrich Compares Gay Marriage to Paganism
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2012, 07:30:39 pm »
Paganism harms no-one.
Gay Marriage harms no-one.

Paganism only affects the people involved directly.
Gay Marriage only affects the people involved directly.
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Re: Newt Gingrich Compares Gay Marriage to Paganism
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2012, 07:51:27 pm »
Someone whose name sounds like a traditional ingredient in a witches' brew has every reason to be concerned about the rise in paganism.
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Re: Newt Gingrich Compares Gay Marriage to Paganism
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2012, 07:54:25 pm »
Am I the only one who clicked the article link and thought "Oh my god, what's wrong with that woman?!"

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Re: Newt Gingrich Compares Gay Marriage to Paganism
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2012, 08:08:10 pm »
Newt's special mix of fear mongering and god bothering aside, there's no similarities between the two. One's a non-business related financial and legal contract between two people of the same gender, while the other's a load of airy-fairy nonsense. Can't get much different than that.

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Re: Newt Gingrich Compares Gay Marriage to Paganism
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2012, 08:19:50 pm »
It's pretty simple: I make statements that bear no resemblance to reality, then repeat them over and over to demonstrate their veracity.
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Re: Newt Gingrich Compares Gay Marriage to Paganism
« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2012, 09:04:21 pm »
Newt, keep your holy book out of politics.

It has no place there.  No holy book has any place there.

All secular cultures outside fiction have had laws against killing and theft.  These are common sense.  We don't need your diety to tell us what's right or wrong, we can figure that out ourselves, and that's because our species would not survive if we didn't have a little thing called a conscience.  And if you had a single braincell that knew what evolution actually entailed, you would understand that the conscience didn't develop due to some divine nanny, but rather because it contributed to the survival of our species.
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Re: Newt Gingrich Compares Gay Marriage to Paganism
« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2012, 10:35:25 pm »
I guess he never heard of the 1st amendment. Hey Paganism is not illegal, why is Gay marriage?

Love how Conservitards are all for "State's rights" until the states disagree with them.
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I'd be more sympathetic if people here didn't act like they knew what they were saying when they were saying something very much wrong.

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Re: Newt Gingrich Compares Gay Marriage to Paganism
« Reply #11 on: January 26, 2012, 11:47:41 pm »
Paganism harms no-one.
Gay Marriage harms no-one.

Paganism only affects the people involved directly.
Gay Marriage only affects the people involved directly.
Exactly. I have no problem with either gay marriage OR paganism.

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Re: Newt Gingrich Compares Gay Marriage to Paganism
« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2012, 01:12:24 am »
Gay marriage is like paganism... a civil right.
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Re: Newt Gingrich Compares Gay Marriage to Paganism
« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2012, 02:20:54 am »
Yet another reason this fucking idiot makes me facepalm.

Remind me why this guy has support again?
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Re: Newt Gingrich Compares Gay Marriage to Paganism
« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2012, 02:50:23 am »
Yet another reason this fucking idiot makes me facepalm.

Remind me why this guy has support again?

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