ISIS, Spieses a Davises

The Davis phenomena has given us a lot to think about. On the one hand we have Huckabee (aka the White Sharpton - quoted by Bill Maher) who implored to put him in jail instead of Davis and on the other hand we have the right wing cavalcade making statements that "God's Law supersedes the Supreme Court Laws" (Mike Huckabee Article )

Now let's ponder on that point for a moment - "God's law supersedes the Supreme Court Laws". I wonder....wonder if this parallels another group in the middle east that is currently on the quest to create a Caliphate. So how is this different from the implementation of Sharia Law?

This is cognitive dissonance at it's purest!

Ah! but I am sure I will get the "sanctity of marriage" argument. Am sure her three ex husbands agree with her on the sanctity of marriage. For Pete's sake we let Michael Jackson get married (not to speak ill of the dead)
I love the internet meme on Kim Davis - Sorry we can't give our marriage licenses, I used them all on myself!

But I come to a broader point..religious persecution. Christians constitute the majority of this country's population and yet if you listen to Fox News or the right wing nut jobs apparently catholisim is under attack. Further more Christmas is under attack! Marriage values are under attack! being able to practice religion is under attack!
My question is where? For a majority group why do they always feel the victim?

In a recent Real Time with Bill Maher episode Salman Rushdie nailed this as follows:

" It is the classic trope of the religious bigot.While they are denying people their rights they claim that their rights are being denied. While they are persecuting people they claim that they are being persecuted. While behaving colossally offensive they believe that they are being offended"

Rushdie continues, "But everybody does this. In India right now, which has a 85% Hindu majority, leaders are always saying Hinduism is being threatened. In the Islamic world, the paranoia is routine; 'The world is anti-Muslim.' and so this is a trope that they are stealing from other bigots".

For me Rushdie summed up a feeling that I have had for years. Back to the original point how can anyone even state that God's Law rules over Supreme Court law? The egregiousness of this argument is mind boggling.(Louie Gohmert weighs in).  One wonders if these people really believe this or is this grandstanding to pander to the base that can get them the vote.

Interestingly when the Pope weighs in on Gay Marriage; Atheism and Climate Change ...that is NOT God's Law. So at best what we have here is God's (Selective) Law that goes something like this:

- Marriage has to be between a man and a woman (or many men and many women OR as the Bible stated one man and many women). But just not between man and man or woman and woman.
- There is no pro choice and abortion under any circumstance is evil
- This is a Christian Nation built on Christian values

It is very difficult to debate such idiocy. Specifically if you consider the last point. While no one can argue against the impact of Christianity in the formation and development of this country, the founding fathers went to great length to separate church from state for the very same reason.
(A great article breaking down the details of our founding documents can be found here - LINK )

Oh well...... as long as the "trope" continues to be perpetuated the likes of Davis will have a fan club.