Posted by Dave on 08/02/05 at 11:14:15 am
Categories: Religious Right

Quotes from the American Taliban [hat tip Jesus Politics]

I have major issues with calling the Religious Right in this country the "Taliban". While I strongly oppose the RR, I have a very difficult time equating them with the Taliban. I just do not believe that they are the same thing.

At the same time, if you look at some of the quotes at the above link, it is revolting. Here is just a small sample:

Ann Coulter:

We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war.

Bob Dornan (Rep. R-CA):***SEE UPDATE***

Don't use the word 'gay' unless it's an acronym for 'Got Aids Yet'

George Bush Sr. (President of the United States):***SEE UPDATE***

I don't know that atheists should be considered citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God.

Jerry Falwell:

AIDS is the wrath of a just God against homosexuals. To oppose it would be like an Israelite jumping in the Red Sea to save one of Pharoah's chariotters.

Falwell:

If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being.

Pat Buchanan:

Rail as they will about 'discrimination,' women are simply not endowed by nature with the same measures of single-minded ambition and the will to succeed in the fiercely competitive world of Western capitalism.

Disturbed yet?

***UPDATE***: The two quotes above, by Dornan and former President Bush, have been found to lack sources for the actual quote. I cannot say whether or not these quotes were ever given or if they were accurately quoted. For more on the quotes, read the comment thread. For information on the Bush quote, you can read where it came from in this comment.

***UPDATE #2***: Dornan was Roland's Representative in Orange County back then, and Roland says the quote is accurate. I trust him...anyone else have concerns about that?

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