With the progress of gay marriage becoming obvious, the Christian Right has resorted to some pretty desperate claims about homosexuals. For example, Pastor Patrick Wooden claims that all gay men die in diapers , presumably from cavorting with baseball bats and cell phones. And Liberty Counsel attorney and commentator Matt Barber has recently tweeted for all of us to get used to married gay men raping their adopted children .
But the Christian Right's latest attempts have actually coalesced the image of Satan with the gay community - via former political lightweight and perennial presidential candidate Alan Keyes and his organization Renew America :
Satan's Ten
Commandments to the Homosexual Lobby:
For the purpose of deceiving Mankind and destroying souls, Satan
has thus given the homosexual lobby the following 10 commandments.
1) Always see your sexual opponent (anyone who rejects homosexual
acts) as the enemy. Project what they see as your sexual disorder onto them by
repetitiously calling them "homophobes";
2) Separate the act of sex from its natural purpose of procreation
by referring to all homosexual relationships as expressions of "love"
rather than "lust";
3) Fight to deny those who oppose homosexual acts their right to
free of speech.
4) Use the "race card" unceasingly against your enemy by equating
homosexual behaviour (which can change) with a person's color (which, by one's
will alone, cannot). Most people don't know the difference;
5) Build yourself up in the eyes of the indifferent masses -- who
are mere sheep -- by claiming to be a modern person of tolerance and peace -- one
who is accepting of all. The people will believe you because in today's
materialistic word people are focused primarily on themselves and their own
gain.
6) Act and speak as if homosexuals have a corner on the truth and
that they alone -- not their opponents -- can demand of society what is right and
wrong. Use every form of deceit imaginable including the use of straw man
arguments and false scientific studies -- anything that will appeal to the
simpleton.
7) Confuse the distinction between "hating the sin" and "loving
the sinner." This is an absolute must since everyone -- especially parents
-- know the time-honored value of disciple and "tough love." This can
be effectively achieved by introducing special "anti-bullying" laws
into schools that aim at protecting homosexuals from the enemy.
8) Never lose sight of the fact that God is your ultimate enemy.
Attack God and all religion as something oppressive, hypocritical and evil.
9) Assure everyone that no religion will be made to suffer from societies'
acceptance of homosexuality. Speak always and often of equality and
co-existence. Claim, as a sham, snare, and illusion, that tradition marriage
and homosexual marriage can live side-by-side in complete harmony.
10) Redefine joyful and well-established words and symbols like
"marriage," "spouse," "gay" and
"rainbow" and attach them to homosexual acts in order to give sin an
innocent, natural and pleasing appeal.
For the full text, click the above link, especially if you want to laugh
more, cry more, or simply scream "WTF?" more.
* Which is why they are
exporting hate to Africa.