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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ed-coffin/woman-posts-epic-antigay-_b_7707838.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592A woman by the name of Becky Wegner Rommel recently posted an epic anti-gay video to Facebook as a result of the SCOTUS decision on marriage equality. During the course of several minutes she goes on a hilarious rant against gay marriage, President Obama, Islam, and several other things she believes are against God. Take a look for yourself, you won't be disappointed!
I have to step out for a little while. If this has already been posted feel free to delete it. I just thought it was too good not to share.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)She is completely insane.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)that there is no such thing as a "Biblical marriage." And if there is, it certainly is not One man and One woman.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)They apparently had their kids out of wedlock, so she has no room to be casting asparagus on anyone!
napkinz
(17,199 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)Keep it up you stupid fundies- This is exactly the material we need so younger generations realize, damn- All that shit is crazy LOL
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)that is some massive crazy. These bible literalists are really out of their minds, hateful bunch. I really wonder who would actually want to spend eternity with them.
LondonReign2
(5,213 posts)If she was a literalist she would be totally fine with polygamy, selling her daughters, etc. And that blouse she is wearing -- that isn't made from more than one type of material, is it?
JudyM
(29,248 posts)COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)CanonRay
(14,101 posts)Now the CIA knows exactly how to torture me to get whatever they want.
whatthehey
(3,660 posts)If there's one thing DU tells us it's that no matter how much people who hate and oppress and kill say they are doing so because of religion, and act as if that were their genuine motivation, it's never ever actually religion's fault or blame. ISIS is nothing to do with Islam, homophobia is nothing to do with Christianity, bombing abortion clinics and shooting doctors isn't due to it either. Never.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)We must always respect Faith at all times, no matter how fucking batshit crazy the lunatics beliefs are. Amen.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)you are all over the place.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Nevernose
(13,081 posts)It's one thing to criticize her ridiculous beliefs, but her choice if breakfast? Gin is not only reasonable, but nutritious, as gin contains all of the vital alcohols necessary to get one drunk at seven in the morning, a claim that Big Granola would have you believe isn't healthy.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)They're going to form a joint venture with Big Berry.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)PufPuf23
(8,776 posts)This woman and people like her are seriously insane.
The insanity has nothing to do with whether or not God exists or if the Christian version is reality.
Rotten fruit. The purveyors should be ashamed and isolated.
Whackadoos.
whatthehey
(3,660 posts)I can guarantee you that this woman is a functioning member of society who is perfectly rational and no doubt quite pleasant among her co-religionists. She is driven to frothing lunacy solely because she believes, as doubtless she was indoctrinated from birth along with the vast majority of the nation, that she is in possession of universal eternal truths about what the divine creator of the universe wants. Take that away and the "insanity" will, pun intended, miraculously disappear. She is not ranting about being controlled by dogs from Sirius B or that the British royal family are lizard people or other random insanities. She's ranting about what millions of Americans are fed and accept as truth every Sunday in churches.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)whatthehey
(3,660 posts)PufPuf23
(8,776 posts)the purveyors of the rotten fruit.
Scary what millions of Americans are fed and accept every Sunday in churches.
Dogs from Sirius B or Reptilians or brown acid may be more obvious whackadoo crazy but the mainstreaming of functional crazy and functional hate is more dangerous.
What the heavy beings on Sirius C are telling the dogs on Sirius B may be functionally less crazy and hateful.
We may be agreeing.
whatthehey
(3,660 posts)Our whole evidence is one obviously religiously motivated rant. There is no psychiatric case file, no known history of wandering the streets gibbering about the walls talking Greek to her. Her only example of being unstable is being religious and having that make her bigoted in a FB video.
If you assume that is prima facie proof of insanity, then you are saying about 40%+ of the nation is functionally insane.
I'm not willing to extend the religious bigots that cover. They are almost all perfectly rational in every other area of their lives. It's not neurochemistry or frazzled synapses that make them act so wildly in religiously motivated ways. It's not a disease that can be treeated or controlled like schizophrenia or depression. Sure there are a few theocratic folks who have genuine mental illness, but no more than the general population I'd warrant and certainly not close to half of the country which is generally the right number for those who hold extremely irrational religious views such as young earth creationism, biblical inerrancy etc.
So no they are not, like mentally ill folks, victims of disordered biology or chemistry. They are otherwise normal functional mentally well people who are wilfully choosing to partition off one section of their life and decision making from the use of reason, science and logic, and deciding that that irrational part of them is the override switch for social opinions. When fundamentalists start driving 100mph in crowded streets or thinking they can fly on tall roofs, things that could cause themselves pain and risk, then I'll believe they may be insane. When they live perfectly rationally other than deciding who to hate based on a smarmy grifter in a pulpit's ramblings, it's just religion. Only religion.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)my very pious European relatives are always floored: they can't even understand the *notion* of creationism
mainstream denominations have been *minorities* in the US since the 70s backlash
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)just because said nonsense is called "religion."
No matter what crazy-ass myth you pull out of your own behind or a collection of stories like the Bible, you expect complete respect from everybody because It Is Your Faith!!! You don't need proof or evidence -- you've got FAITH. And we all know that faith is oh-so-special in 'murika. So people get carried away with their sense of power in having all the answers because they think they are speaking for the omnipotent ruler of a 14 billion-year-old universe, taking inspiration from the twisted tales in a storybook from 2,000 years ago.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)attention than she was begging for.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)someone else has created a parody version:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Becky-Wegner-Rommel/418631938309385
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)beveeheart
(1,369 posts)there could be more stuff like this ). And even as I laughed, I also felt so sorry for her that she believes as she does .
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)think like her, aka teaparty
Sylvarose
(210 posts)...even has a similar hairstyle. Even does the same "I love you" after ranting about how wrong you are in the most awful way. Sadly it's a Hoosier thing. Thankfully not all of us Hoosier are this way.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)DawgHouse
(4,019 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)I do hope she does not have kids.
They will be in therapy for years.
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)You know who would like thie Video? Trump. He's have another group of people he could tap into. These people would be amazingly good at justifying his revolving door of marriage licenses. It might be entertaining to see Trump going all holy roller
Butterbean
(1,014 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Craven coward.
Grammy23
(5,810 posts)In church, on TV and the radio. What you call ranting she would say is a sign of her conviction. We may laugh at her and mock her for her performance but she has been conditioned and brainwashed over years and years of being told "the truth". Sadly, she truly believes that her savior has been disrespected by the latest ruling on marriage equality and will carry out vengeance against all of us. So much for the All loving God she worships. But she is simply not capable of seeing the contradiction....it has been trained out of her from childhood. Things don't add up? It is God's will. Or ...there are some things you take on FAITH. Therefore, no questions. Just accept it.
As crazy and misguided as we think she is...it is important to remember she is just one of the people living in the U.S. Who think and truly believe this way. Not all will act on their emotions the way she did but they are out there and would agree with every single thing she said. And that is chilling.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)dembotoz
(16,804 posts)could see pat robertson next to her saying amen
texanwitch
(18,705 posts)The minute the ruling came out the nuts came out. I told them I didn't want to hear their hate.
This video is so crazy It almost like satire. The woman needs her meds.
spanone
(135,832 posts)hey missy, didn't gawd create gay people?
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)TYY
Edit to add: Heyyy Lady! I hate to break it to you, but the internet is F.O.R.E.V.E.R. Hangovers suck and this one is going to be especially painful as you gradually realize that this epic FAIL of a drunken rant cannot be erased. There will be no hiding from this massive fuck up. Welcome to social media notoriety, you dumb shit; you've earned it!
napkinz
(17,199 posts)posted by marym625: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026928483
JanMichael
(24,887 posts)Are they all gay Catholics saying they don't like or want to be married or a bunch of weird loners longing for a date with the same or opposite sex?
Maybe I am just too cynical?
What the hell?
napkinz
(17,199 posts)tishaLA
(14,176 posts)"She's DARK SIDED!"
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)"Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godlinesswith good works." 1 Timothy 2 : 9 -10
Honey, that cleavage and makeup are what HUSSIES WHO HATE GOD wear Check yourself.
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. 1 Corinthians 11:15
And Jesus weeps that you cut your hair.
This woman is a manipulative bully who uses religion to feel superior to others. Listen to how she "relates" as she speaks. She badgers and demeans and feels a grandiose sense of knowing what god wants when she doesn't even follow the strictest rules herself.
She's probably divorced, or good friends with those who are, but their blatant sin doesn't phase her. The truth is, her life will be no different than it was before. She'll never know a difference. But her preacher and the TV evangelists she supports are going to make a fuckton of $$$$$$ from her imagined trauma.
Do you know how many rightwing politicians are going to rake in the dough by saying they're going to put a stop to gay marriage? This woman will fill their coffers as they laugh their asses off behind her back.
The great news? One of mine was at Electric Forest and when the ruling hit the festival, there were massive engagements and lots of the vendors sold out or nearly sold out of high end merchandise.
The economy is about to get a nice boost, just as some of us really smart people, who really know what god wants, have been saying for years.
Peace
*and only kidding about that last part. I meant goddess.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)hatrack
(59,587 posts)Befehl der Feldmarshallin Rommel: jetzt der Angriff - fangen Sie AAAAANNNNN!!!
Stupid, venomous cow, with dangerously high levels ofAbrahamic bullshit.
Prognosis: Terminally Deranged (but in a socially acceptable way, so no worries!)
Solly Mack
(90,767 posts)GitRDun
(1,846 posts)you can't fix stupid...
Warpy
(111,261 posts)The only thing you can do with these people is laugh at them, walk away twirling your finger next to your temple. They're lost souls and unless they admit they're the ones with the problem, something the truly insane are incapable of, there is no hope they will say or do anything else.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)The STUPID really does burn
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)Its people like this who would chase me down the street trying to confront and convert me. Did they think by scaring me, I would have to join them? No...and the Moonies were the same way.
bleh.
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)As Muslims. Just another prophet folks.
Education people.
Monk06
(7,675 posts)come here just so they could start a new cult?
Monk06
(7,675 posts)Oneironaut
(5,495 posts)That didn't change over the years. Nope. Not at all...
LuvLoogie
(7,003 posts)Leave Britney Alone! video.
Takket
(21,568 posts)Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)That's a pretty good trick.
ladyVet
(1,587 posts)Then go into your closet and pray, because this shit in public is offensive. And yes, God said so.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)Wow!