Scott Lively, a man who thinks executing queer folk is a great idea is running for governor of Massachusetts. I most sincerely hope the people of Massachusetts bury this evil asshole in a blizzard of no votes at all.
Lively asserted that “there is no human right based in sodomy” and promised that if he becomes governor, he will ensure that the rights of religious individuals will always triumph over the rights of LGBTQ people.
“The two things that I would do in Massachusetts,” Lively said, “number one is what I call the First Amendment supremacy clause … It just simply says that whenever there is a conflict between [sexual orientation nondiscrimination] regulations and the First Amendment, the First Amendment has to prevail. It has to prevail; you cannot have newly invented laws and policies superseding the most fundamental right of Americans.”
Oh, how I wish these hateful, bigoted asshole christians would get the fuck over the whole sodomy thing. Men who happen to be gay are not the be all end all of LGBTQ, but you’d never know it going by Lively and those like him. Naturally, it’s all about the mighty, terrifying, all powerful penis! A teensy bit of education could go a long way here – all gay men don’t indulge in anal sex, and plenty of hetero people do indulge.
Of course you can have newly invented laws and policies, you flaming dipshit. They happen all the damn time. For all your waving about of the word amendment, you seem to be remarkably unaware of what it means. Oh, the irony!
“The second [policy] is what I call the separation of LGBT and state,” he continued. “To the extent that religion is restricted in government, so should the LGBT political movement because it is basically the counter to it. They’re opposite political forces and movements competing for influence in society and government should get its thumb off the scale when it comes to that and let’s get back to like we had it in the ’40s and ’50s.”
So much for the constitution love. Interesting how that goes straight out the window when it comes to separation of church and state. You don’t get to institute separations to cater to your unhinged hatred, Mr. Lively. It doesn’t work that way. As for the 1940s and 1950s, no, let’s not go back there. I wouldn’t mind if you went back there, Mr. Lively, then we’d be well shot of you. Can someone get on that time machine already? Please?
Wasn’t gay sex illegal back then? That certainly would fit Lively’s political track record.
Apparently, any legalization or protection of LGBT lifestyle is favorable treatment over the Christian lifestyle of upholding God’s law on earth. That’s because all LGBT protections were lobbied into government post WWII, whereas earlier status quo was natural, and in accordance with the constitutional right to uphold Christian theocracy.
Certainly, the traditionally existing legalization and protection of Christian lifestyle was never lobbied into the ruling structures of Western society. Just ask the early Roman Christian martyrs.
You know who else hates LGBT? Sharia law. Scott Lively wants sharia law.
Marcus:
No, Lively wants worse. He’s one of the architects behind the severe penalties for breathing while queer in Uganda, and other places. He wasn’t able to influence and change law here, so he took his ideas and energies to places more conducive to his hatred. I was dead serious about the execution business -- Lively thinks being queer should get a death penalty.
As always, christians really don’t have a problem with much of Islamic law, or religious thought. They just have a problem with the label.
Give you odds that he wants to reinstate executing witches too.
Busterggi, yeah, actually he has brought that up before. He doesn’t want to be governor, he wants to be Grand Inquisitor. He’s not too keen on atheists, either.
Scott Lively was quoted saying:
What would he do for those religions (e.g. Unitarian Universalists, United Church of Christ, etc) that view the absense of sexual orientation nondiscrimination laws as a conflict with their First Amendment beliefs?