Gay Earthquake Strikes Israel
February 22nd, 2008 | by Omnipotent Poobah |
Apparently homosexual penguins aren’t the only threat to the world’s existence. Shlomo Benizri, a member of Israel’s Knesset, took a page from Pat Robertson to blame 6 earthquakes that recently struck the region on gays. Let’s hope legislators in Nevada and Norway don’t fall in line after earthquakes there too. Harry Reid speaking out against gay-induced temblors is more than I can bear.
Shlomo asked his fellow Knesseteers to stop, “passing legislation on how to encourage homosexual activity in the state of Israel, which anyway brings about earthquakes. ” One could understand this sort of assumption in San Francisco, where gays are as numerous as delicate flowers in spring and earthquakes do their Magic Fingers imitation frequently. But in the Middle East? COME ON!
Holier Than Thou
Theocrats in the region fight over parts of the Middle East because they’re adamant the Holy Land is, well, holy. Holier than thou anyway. Of course, like creationism, this flies on the face of easily observable facts. What person in their right mind could see centuries-ol d animosity and blood-lettin g as demonstratin g God’s benevolent and peaceful hand? Similarly, why would a kind and loving God visit disaster on innocent, unrelated bystanders because he caused a particularly active Jello wrestling match? This suggests that either God isn’t as loving as his adherents suggest, a myth, or a deity with one hell of a QA problem.
Happily, all of Israel’s gay penguins can relax. Mainstream Israelis are actually embracing pro-gay legislation like, inheritance rights for gays and same-sex marriages performed abroad. There appears to be no imminent threat from gay, Hamas suicide bombers though. Only time and Pat Robertson can tell if there’s still a danger from earthquakes.
It’s easy to take this Westboro Baptist Church behavior as garden variety lunacy. In fact, part of the reason I support even the most offensive speech is too keep pea brains like Shlomo and Pat out in the open where everyone can see just what raving asshats they are. Drive them underground and they become a new branch of Unabombers Inc. by way of Waco, TX, with a pee stop at the People’s Temple.
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