Conservatives here in Washington State are terrified:
In the wake of Washington's historic votes to legalize both same-sex marriage and marijuana use, some longtime conservatives say they're contemplating moving to more like-minded states — say, Texas.
And when they get there, they can proceed with that secession project they're working on. Everybody's a winner in that deal, as far as I'm concerned.
Exactly why does Texas look more appealing? Because marriage equality and the decriminalizing of a plant that Jesus gave to us for our use, is nothing but an orgy of sin:
"I feel like I'm living in pagan Rome," said Dan Kennedy, CEO of Human Life of Washington [...]
We should have seen it coming, because it was only natural that abortion and physician-assisted ending of one's physical suffering would
eventually lead to gay marriage and legal pot, according to this fool:
It wasn't as if the votes were a total surprise. State Republican Party Chairman Kirby Wilbur noted Washington voters' previous approval of abortion and physician-assisted aid in dying.
Thankfully, more people in Washington State prefer
moving forward, instead of backward:
Predictably, socially liberal voters in the Puget Sound region outnumbered voters in less populous, often more conservative, areas of the state.
No so fast...these voters in the majority are nothing but modern-day barbarians, according to this out-of-touch prude:
[David] DeWolf, a Catholic [who teaches law at Gonzaga University], sees the votes as "sort of a reversion to a less developed way of living," he said. "The impulse here is a kind of selfish, me-oriented way of not wanting to think about the impact my behavior might have on the rest of society."
Got that? Everybody else should forego civil liberties and the use of a "God-given" plant so these people don't get offended.
No sooner are we blessed with this nonsense, than the troublesome contradiction of Conservative Christianity arrives:
"The introduction of Christianity was the introduction of a way of understanding ourselves that says we're made for better things, we're capable of real charity and concern for one another and living a life of virtue."
The "virtue" part is conveniently open to interpretation, of course, because anyone who doesn't share their views are...pagans,
unhappy pagans, this time:
"In my mind, this is an unhappy reversion to a pagan understanding of ourselves and of society."
And check out this nut, who really feels bad for all those celebrating their new hard-won rights:
Steve Beren, a conservative Christian political consultant from Seattle who has run unsuccessfully against U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott, says just because something is celebrated doesn't mean it's right. "I feel bad for those people, because they're celebrating what they're doing wrong," he says.
Take special notice of the emphasized words, from a
losing Conservative Christian political consultant. Separation of church and state? Only when it's convenient, of course.
So onward!... It's not too late to make people see the light:
Despite seeing the recent votes as moral deterioration, "I don't necessarily buy that it's irreversible," Beren says. "If you go back into history, you'll see they were burning people at the stake and sacrificing children."
(Whoa. Maybe someone can tell me what exactly this person meant by that last line.)
Some console themselves by writing this "paganism" off as just a Ron Paul-ish type of thing:
Wilbur, the GOP party chairman [regarding voters who voted yes to marriage equality and legal pot] says he believes that voters who said yes to same-sex marriage and pot don't necessarily support those things. "I think people are saying, 'It's none of the government's business,' " he said. "I think there's a strong libertarian streak out there."
I can't help but feel satisfied by the fact that, for some at least, the shoe is now on the other foot:
"It's not fun always feeling like an outsider," he said. "I feel like I should carry around a sign that says, 'Unclean, unclean.' "
That doesn't keep them from doing Gods work, however:
Still, he says, somebody has to hold the line against devolution.
Now, what was it you were saying about Texas?
(All emphasis in the quotes are mine)