Christian Anti-Defamation Commission #fundie

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SAN DIEGO, Jan. 5, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- In an annual online poll conducted by DefendChristians.Org, a ministry of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission, the surprising number one rated anti-Christian act of 2010 was the threat of the federal government interfering in the employment decisions of ministries. If passed, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) would have forced ministries to hire people who don't uphold the faith and values of the organization. For the second straight year it was the policies of the Federal Government that topped the list. In 2009 the Federal Hate Crime law was ranked number one.

[Full list in the link. Note that the attacks on churches in Egypt and Iraq are not even mentioned.]

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old comment by Doubting Thomas

I'm really suspicious of #3. I'm sure the universities really told the two ladies to not practice their religion. No, what probably happened was that they were kicked out of the program for not accepting homosexuals as normal people. Somehow these people tie that into Christianity. But unless you're a member of the WBC, being anti-gay isn't a necessary part of being Christian.

As far as #5, I believe the official report was that the Christians "peacefully sharing the gospel" were peacefully bullying the Muslims and telling them they were all going to hell for not accepting Jesus. In fact, I think there's even a youtube video about it.

The rest of the list is all "Waaah! We're butthurt because we don't get our way all the time any more!"

old comment by Brendan Rizzo

It's a good thing that that bracketed statement was included, because otherwise I would just be too confused to comment. I don't know what they mean by ministries having to accept non-believers, to be honest with you all, but I have a feeling that this Anti-Defamation Commission is just angry that now fundamentalist churches can't sack someone just because they don't worship Reagan/Bush/the Republican Party and aren't batshit crazy creationists.

But I do think it's funny that the discrimination against Middle Eastern Christians is not mentioned at all. These guys truly have no sense of perspective. They probably think that the United States is the only country in the world.

old comment by Joe Mama

Yeah, Christians have it so rough in this country. Meanwhile, I can't even be open about my atheism, because it means I would lose business and probably have to go out of business. That's what it's like being an atheist in a very religious area. Heck, I can't even vote for an atheist political candidate, because there either are none or none willing to admit their atheism.

Meanwhile, Christians are always talking about how hard it is to be openly Christian. Bull-fucking-shit. You can wear crosses around your neck all you want and put Jesus fish symbols on the back of your cars, and nobody says anything. If I put a Darwin fish on the back of my car, it would get keyed.

old comment by Doubting Thomas

And also regarding incident #5, where the Christians went to a Muslim festival in Michigan to preach, what the hell did they think they were doing there in the first place? I mean, the only people who attend religious festivals are those who are fairly comfortable in their religion to begin with. So the Christians who showed up there knew (or should have known) they weren't going to convert anyone, but instead wanted to just cause trouble, for which they were rightly arrested. If a few Muslims showed up at a Christian festival to preach the Koran at the attendees, Christians would be outraged.

And I'll never understand why evangelical Christians will never realize that people don't want to hear their spiel. It's not like Christians will be swayed by a Muslim, Hindu, or Jew preaching on a street corner, so why do they think anyone else would be swayed by the same tactic? Yet they continue to do that as well as show up on people's doorsteps in the mistaken belief that they're making a difference.

old comment by SleepNeed

Lets look at these one by one:

1) The bill would have have had a religious exemption, as seen here (S.2238, Section 7):
(a) IN GENERAL- Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act shall not apply to religious organizations.

2) Translation: "WAHHH! We can't force our morality on anybody else! WAHH!"

3) They where expelled because they went against both the school's policy and the American Counseling Association (what they had to uphold since they where counselors) code of ethics. So translation: "WAHHH! We can't force our morality on anybody else! WAHH!"

4) Translation: "WAHHH! We can't force our morality on anybody else! WAHH!"

5) A search pulls up that the law was no liturature could be handed out within five blocks of the event. They where closer than five blocks. In fact there where booths for Christians there.

6) I can't find a single neutral source verifying that Ms. Feldblum said anything like "Gay's win; Christians lose."

7) A lone nutcase.

8) I can see your side, though even according to Fox News he send the email at work, employers tend to not like personal emails going off at work.

9) Translation: "WAHHH! We can't force our morality on anybody else! WAHH!"

10) Sounds like a translation: "WAHHH! We can't force our morality on anybody else! WAHH!"

old comment by Swede

5. Christians denied their civil rights and falsely arrested for disorderly conduct at an annual Arab festival in Michigan for peacefully sharing the gospel. They were falsely arrested in 2009, too.
One wonders why they didn't learn from their mistake in 2009. These people obviously don't want the gospel, can't they share it with someone who actually wants it, instead?

9. Southern Poverty Law Center; A liberal ACLU-like organization that has continued to label many mainstream Christian organizations that hold traditional values as "hate groups" in lists that include violent racists groups.
ACLU-like organization? You mean an organization that defends the Constitution?
Whether you are violently racist or violently homophoic doesn't matter, really. Both are definite displays of hatred towards groups that can't change what these people hate them for.

old comment by Anon-e-moose

"SAN DIEGO, Jan. 5, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- In an annual online poll conducted by DefendChristians.Org, a ministry of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission, the surprising number one rated anti-Christian act of 2010 was the threat of the federal government interfering in the employment decisions of ministries. If passed, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) would have forced ministries to hire people who don't uphold the faith and values of the organization. For the second straight year it was the policies of the Federal Government that topped the list. In 2009 the Federal Hate Crime law was ranked number one."

*YAWN*

Christian organisations here in the UK have had to abide by anti-discrimination laws for years. The Salvation Army, Christian Aid etc employ Atheists in whatever post/position they're in. The world hasn't ceased to exist as a result.

So you fundies in the US will have to do the same. Ever hear of something called Romans 13:1-2? Your own scripture orders to abide by the law. You didn't say word one when your God Emperor of Fucking Up, George Dumbya Bush introduced the Patriot Act, something infinitely more significant socio-politically (certainly had more impact, human rights-wise - and not for the better). So bend over, drop trou, and take the pain.

@Doctor Whom

"If those are the ten biggest, then the site is admitting how cushy it is to be a Christian in America. Also, check out #2:

2. Vaughn Walker; California judge who overturned Proposition 8, a State Constitutional Marriage Amendment that defined marriage as a union of one man and one woman."

PROTIP: Vaughn Walker was initially appointed by Ronnie Raygun, until it was successfully opposed by a number of Democrat senators, led by Nancy Pelosi (oh, the irony!). But a few years later, he was personally appointed by George HW Bush.

Raygun & Bush I were voted in by the Religious Right. Oh, the irony II.

Hindsight isn't 20-20, I think you'll find, fundies. Your own lack of foresight in your political decisions merely serves to destroy your own agenda. Five Words: Judge Jones. Kitzmiller versus Dover.

"They're persecuting us by not letting us persecute them! Waaaaah!"

'The Puritans didn't leave England to escape persecution, but to find a country in which they could freely persecute others'

-Gore Vidal

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