Oh my, that’s offensive
Pence is Offended. Deeply Offended. Profoundly Offended.
It’s about this Christian Skool where his wife has taken a job.
“My wife and I have been in the public eye for quite a while. We’re used to the criticism,” Pence said in an interview with Eternal Word Television Network. “But I have to tell you, to see major news organizations attacking Christian education, is deeply offensive to us.
“We have a rich tradition in America of Christian education and, frankly, religious education broadly defined. We celebrate it. The freedom of religion is enshrined in the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution prohibits a religious test for holding a public office and so we’ll let the other critics roll off our back, but this criticism of Christian education in America should stop.”
Ah but what kind of “religious education” and “Christian education”? It depends, doesn’t it. There’s also the fact that constitutional freedom of religion does not mean that religion is or should be shielded from all criticism. It’s legal for Karen Pence to teach in a Christian school, even a homophobic fundamentalist Christian school, but that doesn’t mean we can’t criticize her choice.
“religious education broadly defined. We celebrate it. ”
Well, unless it’s those Mooslims. Then we start screaming about madrassahs and sharia law. Hell, even the alleged sighting of a “prayer rug” causes us to freak out.
So I guess the “celebration”(at least of the “broadly defined” narrow Christian flavour) is compulsory then?
Fuck religious “edumacation.”
And just think–that fruitcake is going to be the next Prez.
mikeb, I cheer myself up by thinking that Pence will be indicted too; and that will mean Nancy Pelosi will be Prez.
The really great thing about Pence is that every time he opens his mouth, some young Christian who has been pondering atheism goes “right, I definitely can’t do this bullshit anymore.” So having to read his dog-whistles about the war on Christianity and be boggled how he aligns his alleged values with teaming up with Trump, has its upside.
ah, learie, wouldn’t it be nice?
So BIGOTRY + PREJUDICE + INTOLERANCE = CHRISTIAN EDUCATION. Always suspected as much, but thanks for the confirmation Mike! Plugging this equivalent term into your statement gives us a much clearer idea of your actual message:
Glad to have that cleared up.