First wingnut explanation for the hurricane

[Sava]

Is Katrina God's punishment for abortion?

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We knew this was coming.

Two days after 9/11, Jerry Falwell took to the airwaves to proclaim that God had allowed the United States to be attacked because "the pagans and the abortionists and the feminists and the gays and the lesbians" had tried to transform America into a secular society. Just this weekend, wingnuts from the Westboro Baptist Church turned out at the funerals of two fallen soldiers to say that God is punishing the United States in Iraq for its tolerance of homosexuality back home.

So when Hurricane Katrina hit land yesterday, we knew it was only a matter of time before we'd be hearing from the lunatic fringe again. And now, here it is. In an e-mail message we just received, a group calling itself Columbia Christians for Life alerts us to the fact that a satellite image of Hurricane Katrina as it hit the Gulf Coast Monday looks just like a six-week-old fetus.

"The image of the hurricane ... with its eye already ashore at 12:32 p.m. Monday, August 29, looks like a fetus (unborn human baby) facing to the left (west) in the womb, in the early weeks of gestation (approx. 6 weeks)," the e-mail message says. "Even the orange color of the image is reminiscent of a commonly used pro-life picture of early prenatal development."

And in case you're not getting the point, the e-mail message spells it out in black and white: "Louisiana has 10 child-murder-by-abortion centers," the groups says, and "five are in New Orleans."

But why would God single out Louisiana? Other states have many more abortion clinics, and Louisiana and the other states hit hardest by Katrina all voted for the pro-life president of the United States. It didn't add up for us at first, but the Columbia Christians for Life have an answer for everything. God has already punished California with earthquakes, forest fires and mudslides; New York with 9/11; and Florida with Hurricanes Bonnie, Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne and the early version of Katrina.

link: http://www.salon.com/politics/war_ro...ane/index.html

In order to visit the website you either have to be a member or watch some flash ads. I copied the text of the article.

Here are the pics.



Columbia Christians for Life
Steve Lefemine
P.O. Box 50358
Columbia, SC 29250
(803) 765-0916
CCFL@sc-online.net

I don't really feel the need to comment. It's pretty self-explanatory.

[Dis]

and the left is blaming this on global warming.

Your point?

[Sava]

Originally posted by Dis
and the left is blaming this on global warming.

Your point?

well...

global warming is supported by scientific evidence...

can't really compare the two dis...

I hope you see the difference.

And I really HOPE you don't equate the two.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Here I thought it was God's wraath on the evli GAYS in the big sleazy.

The religious right are slipping.

The pixs are clearly of some gay orgasmic nature.

[Dis]

global warming is happening, but you can't blame this hurricane on global warming.

[Dis]

http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,372179,00.html

[Sava]

I find the name of their group interesting. They are "Christians For Life". So that's it? Once they die they stop believing in Jesus?

Why not just be Columbia Christians?

[Sava]

Originally posted by Dis
global warming is happening, but you can't blame this hurricane on global warming.

I haven't seen one person blame this hurricane specifically on global warming. And I've been frequenting the DU.

What people on the left are saying is that with global warming, you get more hurricanes and more intense hurricanes. That's it.

[lord of the mark]

I thought lousiana had one of the most conservative abortion laws on the books in the 50 states. Theyre one of the few places where if Roe v Wade were overturned, abortion really would become completey illegal.

OTOH I can think of alot of other sins in New Orleans the fundies would have some issues with. Hell, NO was sort of the sin island in the deep south back to antebellum days. Doesnt anybody read Faulkner? Or Tennessee Williams? Maybe we need a literary rumble

[Sava]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
Maybe we need a literary rumble

[Sava]

Gays 'Responsible' For New Orleans Devastation Group Claims
by Fidel Ortega 365Gay.com Miami Bureau

Posted: August 31, 2005 3:00 pm ET










(New Orleans, Louisiana) An evangelical Christian group that regularly demonstrates at LGBT events is blaming gays for hurricane Katrina.

Repent America says that God "destroyed" New Orleans because of Southern Decadence, the gay festival that was to have taken place in the city over the Labor Day weekend.

"Southern Decadence" has a history of filling the French Quarters section of the city with drunken homosexuals engaging in sex acts in the public streets and bars" Repent America director Michael Marcavage said in a statement Wednesday.

"Although the loss of lives is deeply saddening, this act of God destroyed a wicked city." Marcavage said. "From ‘Girls Gone Wild’ to ‘Southern Decadence’, New Orleans was a city that had its doors wide open to the public celebration of sin. May it never be the same."

"Let us pray for those ravaged by this disaster. However, we must not forget that the citizens of New Orleans tolerated and welcomed the wickedness in their city for so long," Marcavage said.

"May this act of God cause us all to think about what we tolerate in our city limits, and bring us trembling before the throne of Almighty God," Marcavage concluded.

As 365Gay.com reported on Tuesday, organizers for Southern Decadence have cancelled the event and are promising full ticket refunds. (story)

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said Wednesday that hundreds are known dead and the death toll will reach into the thousands. Some estimates, CNN reported, indicate the final death toll in New Orleans alone may top 100,000.

Water levels eased off slightly on Wednesday, but most of the city remains submerged and it is believed it could be months before the city is inhabitable.

Repent America most recently demonstrated at the Philadelphia Phillies tribute to gay fans earlier this month. (story)

Last year 10 members of Repent America marched to an area near the front of a stage at Philadelphia's Outfest and began to yell Biblical passages.

Police attempted to get the protestors to move to to an area on the edge of the Outfest site. Instead they went deeper into the gay crowd. Using a bullhorn they condemned homosexuality. They then got into an argument with a group of Pink Angels, who screamed back.

It was at that point police intervened.

Four members of Repent America, including Marcavage, were charged with ethnic intimidation, criminal conspiracy and inciting to riot. The charges carry sentences up to 47 years behind bars. But, in court, a judge dismissed the charges saying the protestors were in a public park and police had violated the group's First Amendment right to free speech. (story)

Marcavage has been arrested, detained or cited by police around the country since founding Repent America in 2002, including at a demonstration against same-sex marriages in San Francisco.

link: http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/08/083105nola.htm

I think these religious right groups need to fight it out to see who they are going to blame the hurricane on.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Now thats more like teh wack jobs we come to know and .....

[Dis]

Originally posted by Sava
I haven't seen one person blame this hurricane specifically on global warming. And I've been frequenting the DU.

What people on the left are saying is that with global warming, you get more hurricanes and more intense hurricanes. That's it.

see my link, germans are blaming the U.S. for this tragedy.

[Winston]

I have to say I'm very confused. I would imagine the hurricane to be Bush's fault, and he's against abortion.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Yeah but he does hate teh gays.