Rep. Alan Nunnelee (R-MS) was on Tony Perkins’ radio show recently, where he said some seriously stupid things about the Pentagon’s recent decision not to allow a publisher to use the official emblems of the armed services to create official Bibles for the four branches. He says that decision is a “government assault on religion” and that “to say that you can’t link your service in the United States Military and the comfort that you find in the Word of God is just absurd.” As if that had anything even remotely to do with what is going on.
Jul 17 2012
MS Legislator Spews Stupid on Pentagon Bible Decision
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'Tis Himself
July 17, 2012 at 9:28 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Nobody is prohibited from producing Bibles, they just can’t print Bibles with non-religious insignias on them.
Gregory in Seattle
July 17, 2012 at 9:43 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
If someone tried to publish a Bible with a gold-embossed Mickey Mouse on the cover, and Disney said “No”, would these morans start screeching about how Disney is forbidding the publication of Bibles?
Yeah, probably.
Abby Normal
July 17, 2012 at 9:55 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
It’s not like decals of the various service emblems are hard to come by. Anyone who wants to link their faith with their service is free to put whatever sticker they want on their holy book. This also has the advantage of avoiding the appearance of unconstitutional government/religion entanglement or preferential treatment to a single religion.
nigelTheBold, Venomous Demonic Hater
July 17, 2012 at 9:59 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The very existence of non-Christians is an assault on their freedom of religion. Why, if it were up to them, we’d all talk like Smurfs, only with the word “Christ.” Anything less is an assault on their freedom to force their religion.
Christ me, if that’s not the Christing truth!
baal
July 17, 2012 at 10:06 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I might be less of an anti-religionist if the religion proponents didn’t lie(dissemble?) so much. No use of military emblem =/= no right to continue publishing bibles.
d cwilson
July 17, 2012 at 10:17 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
But bibles need to be government-endorsed. How else will we know that it represents the One True Faith ™.
Raging Bee
July 17, 2012 at 10:25 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
“to say that you can’t link your service in the United States Military and the comfort that you find in the Word of God is just absurd.”
Because the Word of God offers absolutely no comfort unless it has a US military service logo stamped onto it. The RIGHT service logo — we all know an Army guy can’t find any comfort from a Bible with an Air Force logo, nosireebob. That’d just be wrong…
Trebuchet
July 17, 2012 at 10:38 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Lots of religious right folks have a major hate on for Disney anyhow, owing to a relatively progressive policy on extending benefits to domestic partnerships.
Larry
July 17, 2012 at 10:42 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Just the emblems? Why not the whole ‘murican flag on the front cover just to reinforce the fact the Jebus ❤ USA.
Anything less is a war on religion
brocasbrian
July 17, 2012 at 12:24 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
He can link together all the supernatural beliefs he wants in the confines of his own head. What he can’t have is the government endorsing those beliefs. Bibles with the symbols of state or any branch of gov clearly does that.
fifthdentist
July 17, 2012 at 1:35 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The official Marines Book of Cthulhu would be kick-ass!
Oh, you just want official endorsement of YOUR religion.
caseloweraz
July 17, 2012 at 1:43 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
@fifthdentist:
Crom!
(“Grant me revenge!”)
billydee
July 17, 2012 at 7:07 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
#4 They sound more like they’re from Marklar.