Holy Anger

[Christa]

Obama's stimulus package includes a provision that funds awarded may not be used for modernization, renovation, or repair of other facilities primarily used for events that charge an admission fee to the public, or facilities

(i) used for sectarian instruction, religious worship, or a school or department of divinity; or

(ii) in which a substantial portion of the functions of the facilities are subsumed in a religious mission;

To no one's surprise the religious right is all over this, calling it unconstitutional and discrimination. An email in my inbox from the American Family Association contains some spectacular hyperbole:

"Our culture cannot survive without faith and our nation cannot survive without freedom. This provision is an assault against both. It's un-American and it's unconstitutional. Intolerant and it's intolerable."

And

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich feels that if Christian activists would have enough courage and holy anger to e-mail and call their representatives and senators, a number of Democrats would vote no on final passage. We should demand that this anti-religious provision be removed.

I totally love the idea of holy anger. Sounds quite acceptable when you put it that way. The AFA continues:

It's the evil liberals stealing the hard-earned money from the saintly Christians, again.

Just how are they being taken advantage of, those people of faith? Are they unable to use all their buildings primarily for worship, while liberals can unrestrained go ahead and use it for porky things? The liberals are doing great during these financially troubled times, and now with Satan's henchman in the White House they can finally suck the last life out of every decent person of faith in God's own country.

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http://pleion.blogspot.com/2009/02/holy-anger.html

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Spectacular hyperbole is an understatement. LOL

[NC_Nurse]

2. They are used to being bankrolled by the Bushies. Tough shit.

:nopity:

[earth mom]

3. Maybe the fundies can get some money from the Faith based office Obama is keeping that * set up.

:grr:

[Still Sensible]

4. Same shit, different issue.

They can go on claiming there is a war on Christianity all they want. Pretty much the only people that attribute any credibility to the fundamentalists are other fundamentalists or opportunists (like Newt the Asshat) that see they can get a little publicity stirring up shit for them.

[jaxx]

5. I wonder if he had holy anger after his two affairs and divorces?

Freakin hypocrite.

[HillbillyBob]

6. I'm so sick of the kkkreestians trying to choke us out of our freedom

from religion.

[rock]

7. If you're giving away money

you get to set the rules.

[MattBaggins]

8. Correct me if I am wrong

But isn't this a standard clause for appropriation bills; that has been used for the last million years?

[Arugula Latte]

9. Ah ha ha. I love it.

I hope the angry Christian rightwing freaks all get rage-induced aneurysms.

[2Design]

10. wow this is terrific if this is really in there n/t

[MiniMe]

11. It apparently is pretty standard language that has been in spending bills for years

They just haven't had any reason to crow about it before.

[hootinholler]

12. Oh Hell

Newt's gone all bipartisan on us.

Now this?

Sneaky bastid.

-Hoot