WTF is Repent Amarillo?

[icymist]

Repent Amarillo Back in the News
Thursday March 4, 2010
Thanks to PollyAmory for sending this bit my way -- remember a year or so ago when we talked about the right-wing nutjobs from Repent Amarillo? They're the "prayer warrior" group that targets sin-filled places like swingers' clubs, coffee houses, and breast cancer events. Well, last month Observer reporter Forrest Wilder got a chance to sit down with Repent Amarillo's leader, Dave Grisham, and the conversation is, at the very least, illuminating.

Grisham goes into extensive detail about how his mission is to save the souls of everyone in Amarillo, as well as in neighboring cities like Houston, the entire state of Texas, and apparently every other place in the world. What's a bit scary about Grisham and his army of jackbooted minions is that they really don't understand why it's not okay to use terrorist tactics against people just because you disagree with them.
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Oh my God (pun intended) look at this Christian hate groups' map of "place to pray for"! Looks militaristic to me.

[Fridays Child]

1. And what about "The Big Texan" steakhouse and motel?

Everybody knows what they really mean by "Big Texan!" Oh, the filth!

[MrCoffee]

3. I LOVE the Big Texan!

When I was there, a whole group of Australians were going for the 72oz steak. Several of them made use of the buckets next to their chairs.

[Fridays Child]

19. The rooms are a lot of fun, too.

The decor, that is. :)

[sharesunited]

17. I accepted that challenge and am on the honor roll there.

But I never looked at a cow the same way again.

[cherokeeprogressive]

18. I saw a trucker do it when I was young. WOW! n/t

[KittyWampus]

2. why can't these sorts ever just worry about saving their own souls?

[jonnyblitz]

4. I wonder what is "sin-filled" about a breast cancer event. nt

[Lars39]

5. Fuckwits think that abortions cause breast cancer.

:grr:

[jonnyblitz]

10. wow i had no idea. thanks for the info.

jesus christ.

[Dappleganger]

20. Wow, neither have I.

I guess my two bouts w/it are due to my four kids???

What idiots.

[icymist]

6. They claim abortion leads to breast cancer.

Disagree with them and they'll come to pray at your house with guns too.At least that's the opinion I get from reading this. These self-righteous a-holes have cost people their jobs and livelihoods.

[jonnyblitz]

11. i had never heard this reasoning before.

:crazy:

[KittyWampus]

12. I'd never heard that either.

[texastoast]

7. Caption this pic of Grisham

Interesting that they are part of "Raven" Ministries. Ravens are often touted as witches' familiars. What a hoot.

[NeedleCast]

8. That is a lot of crazy right there.

[Ron Green]

9. Amarillo can't be saved, but not for the reasons these morons think.

[canetoad]

13. Milataristic?

Must be that music from Return to Castle Wolfenstein that plays each time you load a page on that site.

[Warpy]

14. That and the warrior imagery at the top of the first page

and I notice they even targeted the Episcopalians and Christian Scientists!

Yeah, that's going to win them a lot of friends!

[seabeyond]

15. bring it on brother, come save me, lol. amarillo isnt anywhere near houston. 14 hour drive

at least.

i havent heard a word about these people and i am in amarillo

[onestepforward]

16. "Prayer Warriors and Sarah Palin Are Organizing Spiritual Warfare to Take Over America"

http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/145796/heads_up:_prayer_warriors_and_sarah_palin_are_organizing_spiritual_warfare_to_take_over_america_/

Imagine a religious movement that makes geographic maps of where demons reside and claims among its adherents the Republican Party's most recent vice presidential nominee and whose leaders have presided over prayer sessions (one aimed at putting the kibosh on health-care reform) with a host of leading GOP figures.

It's a movement whose followers played a significant role in the battle over Proposition 8, California's anti-same-sex marriage initiative, and Uganda's infamous proposed Anti-Homosexuality Law, more commonly associated with the Family, a religious network of elites drawn from the ranks of business and government throughout the world. But the movement we're imagining encompasses the humble and the elite alike, supporting a network of "prayer warriors” in all 50 states, within the ranks of the U.S. military, and at the far reaches of the globe -- all guided by an entire genre of books, texts, videos and other media

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This is a really creepy group that is growing. Uggg.

[MineralMan]

21. As far as I'm concerned, they can have Amarillo. It is a true

entry point for a colonoscopy of this planet.