Coulter to speak TODAY at "Reclaiming America for Christ" conference.

[Vinnie From Indy]

Coulter will be headlining another event this afternoon. The following is from the Sun-Sentinal in Florida.

"Sharp-tongued conservative columnist Ann Coulter will headline speakers for this year's Reclaiming America for Christ conference.

The journalist and frequent talk show guest will speak Saturday afternoon at the closing session of the two-day conference at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale.

Organizers cheerfully acknowledged the controversial choice, saying Coulter had the high profile they wanted."

It should be quite an affair at the church! I heard that the church is going all out this year because of the prestige of having Ann Coulter at the conference. The church and congregation are hurriedly creating a "carnival" like event with rides and games in addition to the speaker events. There will be a team "Drag a F@g for Jesus" competition. Another new game being tried at the conference will the "Stone a H@m@ Rock Toss. It is rumored that Ann Coulter will throw out the first ceremonial rock. All in all it should be a great day celebrating Jesus Christ. The first 100 in the door get a free Brownshirt and Jackboot keychain!

[tanyev]

1. She gonna call Christ a faggot?

:nuke:

[originalpckelly]

2. Well he did have long hair.

And he was a confirmed bachelor, that is if that isn't his tomb in Jerusalem.

[mzteris]

7. and he sent those guys out in pairs,

doncha know.


Ann Coulter is pathetic.

[Amonester]

14. yup. spoke softly and tenderly too...

to all men... except for that one time in the temple where there were corporations... ummm, i mean... merchants.

ann cult-herr and her ilk have no idea

[Bluebear]

43. .

[WinkyDink]

44. Pretty much wore a dress, too. Was a Mama's Boy.

[marmar]

3. Sickening....Annthrax and any church that's "excited" about having her speak....

If there is a hell, they're going to need to build plenty of extra housing units for all the right-wingers who are on their way.

[etherealtruth]

23. Without doubt!

[ulysses]

4. in other news, Vlad Dracul to speak at "Up With Vegans!" conference

:eyes:

[Goblinmonger]

26. ...

:rofl: That was awesome.

Question: Is your user name in reference to Homer, Joyce, or other?

[ulysses]

41. not really either.

I used to have a habit of picking user names by glancing at my bookshelves, and my forlorn, dusty copy of the Joyce jumped out at me one day (this was before DU). It's not really a reference, though.

:hi:

[Hubert Flottz]

5. Jumpin' Jackbooted JC...they'll do anything for a dollar! Anything!

Edit...she will have a snake handling workshop after the main event! BBYOS...Boys Bring Your Own Snake!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

6. I think even Jesus would want to smack her silly. Fascist party doll....... nt

[spanone]

8. F U C K H E R

[Mz Pip]

9. Good

Everytime she gets paid to speak for some organization it further proves how viscious, vindictive and wrong these people are. I hopes she gets on the stump with all the frontrunning GOP presidential candidates. I hope she starts dating Newt. Maybe she'll steal him away from wife #3. That would be sweet.

Ann Coulter eptomizes everything that is wrong with the conservative movement today - nasty, irresponsible and out of touch. The more she opens her pie hole the more she causes moderates and independents to peel away from the GOP. She's good for us.

I am convinced Rush's nasty tirade against Michael J. Fox cost the Republicans the election in Missouri. Time will tell what gifts Ann will give us.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Cameron27]

10. "Sharp-tongued" ???

That thing could kill a small rodent with it's venom.

[Alamom]

11. I hope someone calls her on that hateful word she uses ...often it seems. n/t

[Red Zelda]

12. Hence the crumbling downfall of religion

They are so much like Ann.

[lisby]

13. I hope the last part was satire.

If not, then :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:


:argh:



Lisby

[madrchsod]

15. the guy that runs the church is laid up

in a michigan hospital rehab unit due to a heart attack..i wonder what would jesus think of annie....

[BlooInBloo]

16. That's Christianity for you.

[WinkyDink]

45. No, that's Right-wing ideology masqerading as "Christianity".

[moose65]

17. I've said it before and I'll say it again...

What has Coultergeist EVER done that is even remotely "Christian"? I've never even heard her speak the name of Jesus. How could she? All that spews out of her mouth is hate and venom. For them to have her speak at this conference says a lot about THEM, too. How could they possible believe that she is remotely a speaker that Christians should listen to? They're doing this for the same reason Coulter does everything: for attention and money. Sheeesh.

[Hubert Flottz]

20. Love and Forgiveness- Rn't- Us = The GOPers

Edit...The Devil makes them do it!

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. Weird. There is zero tolerance in that religious world for swearing, and she has a potty mouth

[TexasLawyer]

19. THE EIGHT BEATITUDES OF JESUS

Ann should read these through a time or two. So should the people who invited her to speak.

THE EIGHT BEATITUDES OF JESUS

"Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they who mourn,
for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the meek,
for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they shall be satisfied.

Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure of heart,
for they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called children of God.

Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

[Missy Vixen]

40. WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS?

Sorry for yelling, but here's a suggestion.

Write them a note, in your own words and enclosing the Beatitudes. My letter will say something to the effect of, "I'm enclosing the words of Christ. It seems you may have overlooked these." They can be addressed at:

Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church
5555 North Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

Writing a short letter and pasting in the Beatitudes will take less than fifteen minutes, cost you a thirty-nine cent stamp, and make a lasting impression on the person who opens their mail at the very least.

Julie

[rodeodance]

21. good joke Vinnie. could be real though.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

22. Christians would allow this?

Or perhaps you mean the Hypochristians--you know them. They spout out selected verses from the Bible to reinforce their own prejudices and then flagrantly get involved in the very things they condemn!

[goddess40]

32. not real ones

but those I would consider real Christians don't speak out against her so are they really any better?

[XanaDUer]

47. I used to live in Fort Lauderdale

This church is not aligned with the PCUSA. This is a right-wing nutbag church run by D. James Kennedy.

[BeyondGeography]

24. More wingnut freak show follies

:puke:

[donsu]

25. and she is so christ like - with her dirty mouth

the xtians will just love her


I think real xtians wouldn't listen to her.

[Arkansas Granny]

27. When I first saw this I thought it must surely be a joke. It's not.

I just can't imagine how they can feel that adding her to the roster of speakers does anything to promote Christianity.

[AlCzervik]

28. The senate Chaplin was invited to that and was going to go until he has a change

of heart--or whatever?
here is the article.
http://www.spcm.org/Journal/spip.php?article6327

[Skidmore]

29. I don't get Ann Coulter being accepted among conservative Christians.

I grew up in a fundamentalist church. One thing we were taught was that cursing and bad language was sinful (obviously I don't practice this any longer), and we were taught that it was not our place to pass judgement on others but that was God's perogative. I haven't attended one of these churces for several decades but I don't understand how people got to this hatefulness.

I hope there will be film of this gross hatefulness that makes it out so it can be viewed in all its ugliness. I am so sorry that that Christians have allowed the church to descend once again into a new Dark Age. I can't tell you how much this bothers me and how firmly I hold that any belief system that embraces hatred of this type and does not denounce it, does not deserve to be recognized by society.

[The Cleaner]

38. Here is your answer (unfortunately):

The ends justifies the means. It's that simple.

To these people it doesn't matter how foul you are, or how rude, or how mean, or how callous. After all, those evil liberals aren't worth crap anyway. Steamroll over 'em in order to create a Christian nation. Bump 'em aside to create a Christian theocracy. Knock 'em over to take America back for Christ (although as many here said it's funny they're taking something back that never was; maybe they should read up on the deism of our founding fathers).

I have seen these attitudes tear up the Church and create a vast chasm between believers and non-believers. Now it's gotten so bad they just look like fools - unChristianlike fools, mocking Christ rather than serving Him. They are just another branch of the Republican party.

[hfojvt]

30. I wrote to them back in November

I think your association with both Ann Coulter and George W. Bush is indefensible. It is clear to me that he has been brazenly lying since he came on the national stage in 1999. I do not need Michael Moore, Al Franken or the media to tell me that either. Except for the very left wing on-line media and "The Nation", the media has given him a free pass on his lies. I took a series of quotes from whitehouse.gov and wrote 18 pages explaining how Bush has lied about economics again and again and again.
Ann Coulter is also clearly not even a decent person, much less a follower of Christ. She said: "... Christianity fuels everything I write. Being a Christian means that I am called upon to do battle against lies, injustice, cruelty, hypocrisy—you know, all the virtues in the church of liberalism." Only trouble is, she seems to be unaware of either George Bush's or her own lies.
Publisher's Weekly writes "Her modus operandi is to "start with the maximum assertion about liberals and then push the envelope, because, as we know, their evil is incalculable." If the title isn’t clue enough, the "we" in that quote demonstrates her assumption that the reader is as angry as she is, which frees her to make any accusation, whether grounded in reality or not."
Neither of those two are decent people, and I think your association with them is indefensible.


They only replied with "We sincerely appreciate you sharing your thoughts with us."

[The Cleaner]

31. It sure ain't the Christianity of the Bible...

:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

Shocked these guys aren't afraid God will strike 'em with a huge bolt of lightening or something. How they can justify their foul mouths and bad behaviors and still call themselves Christians is beyond me. I know Jesus said don't judge but man, it is TOUGH...

"how to talk to a liberal if you must..." use of obscene/offensive terminology...Please!
:eyes: :puke:

[goddess40]

33. Reclaim something that never was - that's almost funny

if it wasn't a sick plot to turn the US from a secular country to a theocracy.

[BootinUp]

34. They should rename the conference...

However my brain is unable to function normally for the next few minutes after reading this, so perhaps someone else can suggest some better names.

[LouisianaLiberal]

35. From People for the American Way's "Right Wing Watch"

An excellent site if you haven't seen it:

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/02/claiming_to_be.html

snip

Over the last three decades, D. James Kennedy has established himself as one of the most powerful religious-right leaders in the country – called an “ivy-league Jerry Falwell.” Kennedy’s Center for Reclaiming America for Christ is dedicated to mobilizing its supporters against abortion, gays, and evolution, and his Center for Christian Statesmanship is dedicated to honoring almost exclusively Republican politicians who take up the religious-right standard in office. His 2007 conference will reflect those missions:

Reclaiming America for Christ 2007 is coming, and “evil” is counting on you.

That’s right. The only thing evil requires for its triumph is for Christians to say and do nothing.

According to the brochure, attendees will receive “Power packed training sessions taught by ‘culture war’ veterans” on “How to recruit and mobilize your pastor and church” to combat abortion, homosexuality, and “Darwin’s deadly legacy.”

And although the conference, in Fort Lauderdale, is at the same time as the much larger Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, a number of prominent right-wing speakers will make the trip down, including Coulter, Phyllis Schlafly, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, Frank Pavone of Priest for Life, and Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention. (Schlafly and Coulter are scheduled for both conferences.)

Although Center for Reclaiming America Executive Director Gary Cass claims “It's not political,” his organization’s history and the choice of speakers makes that assertion pretty unconvincing.

[libodem]

36. I hope they invited the IRS

so they can revoke that churche's tax exempt status. Coulter is vile and her only credentials are having come from a wealthy family. I thought the evangelicals had gotten the message that KKKarl only wants to use them for votes and they have no other use to this administration. They are scorned and laughed at. Perhaps it's worth it to them so they can rake in the taxpayer's dollars for faith based initiatives. Hurry, tax that organization's profits.

[Ilsa]

37. She'll spontaneously combust as soon as she crosses the threshold. nt

[Ishoutandscream2]

39. Up is down, war is peace, black is white

I really can't get too surprised anymore. This is the definition of Christianity in Bush's Amerika.

[Obamarama]

42. I just called the church and asked them why they are sanctioning Ann's hate.

I aked if they thought it was apporpriate to have Ann Coulter speaking at their event given she just called John Edwards a faggot.

The flummoxed woman on the other hand hmmed and hawed and refused to comment.

Maybe we should flood them with calls asking the same thing? Here's their number (it's the last one of the three listed):

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Coral+Ridge+Presbyterian+Church+Ft.+Lauderdale&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8

[xchrom]

46. conservative christians + ann coulter = good fit.

they should have to wear her like a burning tire around their necks.

a sign for the world to see their hate.