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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 07:14 PM Feb 2016

The Religious Right Believes It Has A Right To Dominate & Rule US. Cruz Is THEIR Man.

This election is slowly being framed as an election for "religious freedom". More and more certain GOP campaigns have the flavor of the old religious tent rally. Rubio, Cruz, Katich et al are openly professing that religion has a rightful place in government. Separation of church and state is seen as out of date.

Voters better understand that the GOP itself is becoming the theocracy party. And it better be rejected out of hand.

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The Religious Right Believes It Has A Right To Dominate & Rule US. Cruz Is THEIR Man. (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Feb 2016 OP
I want to hear more mention of the 2naSalit Feb 2016 #1
Coming soon to America - Sharia Law: Christian Style dmr Feb 2016 #2
They Are Now Now More Determined Than Ever To Get Their Way. TheMastersNemesis Feb 2016 #3
All that, plus something that really pisses me off. longship Feb 2016 #4
Seriously? oberliner Feb 2016 #10
A baseball park is not a church. So, yes. Pisses me off. longship Feb 2016 #12
All the advertisements piss me off oberliner Feb 2016 #13
It is not just a patriotic song. longship Feb 2016 #14
Sure it is oberliner Feb 2016 #17
If you like the Gvt of Iran, you'll love the Cruz Presidency. nt ladjf Feb 2016 #5
KKK&R yortsed snacilbuper Feb 2016 #6
They'll never agree on who gets to be boss... Fumesucker Feb 2016 #7
He's a Dominionist that would love Ilsa Feb 2016 #8
Too damn many wannabe Nehemiah Scudders out there. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #9
Nobody's a more dangerous candidate than Cruz. Nobody. Paladin Feb 2016 #11
He's the Greg Stillson character from Stephen King's The Dead Zone. Frank Cannon Feb 2016 #15
exactly. spanone Feb 2016 #18
The Born-Again Taliban is gonna be disapointed...again. GOLGO 13 Feb 2016 #16
Heard Cruz laying down the bible thumping on a RW New Hampshire radio show jpak Feb 2016 #19

2naSalit

(86,798 posts)
1. I want to hear more mention of the
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 07:27 PM
Feb 2016

establishment clause in political conversations from now on.

I don't have a religion and I don't want one... I also don't want anyone ordering me to church or to pray or whatever else religious people do. I could possibly lose my mind and become a criminal shortly after the election if any of these zealots win.

longship

(40,416 posts)
4. All that, plus something that really pisses me off.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 08:03 PM
Feb 2016

The pervasive singing of "God Bless America" at every fucking baseball game! (Not just the Christian nights at the ballpark.) Talk about absolutely ruining America's past time!

These lunatics want to turn every fucking thing into church.

They can have all the church they want in their homes and in private. But it doesn't belong in a fucking baseball park, let alone the halls of government.

So, fuck them!

"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is the only proper song to sing at the ball park. Everybody knows that.

longship

(40,416 posts)
12. A baseball park is not a church. So, yes. Pisses me off.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 09:12 AM
Feb 2016

But some people want church to be everywhere.

Plus, God Bless America is just a horribly presumptuous song. Every country on the planet thinks they are blessed.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
13. All the advertisements piss me off
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 09:57 AM
Feb 2016

Singing a patriotic song seems like one of the more innocuous elements of going to a baseball game.

The abundance of billboards and loud blaring advertisements annoy me a lot more.

At some parks, you can't even have a conversation with your friends between innings because of the high volume garbage playing on the screens.

longship

(40,416 posts)
14. It is not just a patriotic song.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 10:11 AM
Feb 2016

And for Christ sakes, the game starts with the national anthem! How much more patriotism does one have to profess at a baseball game?

That's right. There's not enough God in the national anthem.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
17. Sure it is
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 04:00 PM
Feb 2016

You'd rather sing a song where you are exhorted to buy Crackerjacks?

There is quite enough subtle and not so subtle pressure to empty your wallet at the old ballgame and buy overpriced crap.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
7. They'll never agree on who gets to be boss...
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 06:32 AM
Feb 2016

The Pope?

Pat Robertson?

Jimmy Swaggart?

Creflo Dollar?

Ernest Angley?

Ilsa

(61,698 posts)
8. He's a Dominionist that would love
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 07:41 AM
Feb 2016

to start WW3 to bring on the Apocalypse. He'll be warning Israel to get converted to Christianity or burn in Hell.

Paladin

(28,273 posts)
11. Nobody's a more dangerous candidate than Cruz. Nobody.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 09:08 AM
Feb 2016

In the end, I believe his repulsive looks, his whiney voice, his obvious self-worship, his alienation of the D.C. establishment, and his hyper-conservative, theocracy-oriented policies will do him in. I've come across rattlesnakes with more personal appeal than this guy, and I won't be happy until he's bowed out of the race.

Frank Cannon

(7,570 posts)
15. He's the Greg Stillson character from Stephen King's The Dead Zone.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 12:48 PM
Feb 2016

Every year, someone comes along that reminds me more and more of that character. Cruz has it down to a fucking T.

Our future if that jackass gets anywhere near the White House:

GOLGO 13

(1,681 posts)
16. The Born-Again Taliban is gonna be disapointed...again.
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 03:18 PM
Feb 2016

Only the KKK echo-chamber is drumming that song again. Not going to fly, but please tell us more about your Jesus inspired hatred.

jpak

(41,759 posts)
19. Heard Cruz laying down the bible thumping on a RW New Hampshire radio show
Sat Feb 20, 2016, 04:21 PM
Feb 2016

Dominionist writ large and scary.

yup

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