The Life and Thoughts of a Modern Day American Heathen
Bilerico Project writer Steve Ralls absolutely nails Bobby Jindal and the hypocrites of the “pro-family values” wing of the GOP. They’re only pro their own family’s values, whether that includes eulogizing skanky Ann Coulter who think women should not vote or corrupt hypocritical anti-gay loons. Checkidout.
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Hrafnkell Haraldsson is the author of A Heathen’s Day, which since 2005 has addressed the life and thoughts of a modern day Heathen. He is also the founder of the Mos Maiorum Foundation (www.mosmaiorum.org) which is dedicated to the study and support of Paganism as ethnic religion and writes for PoliticusUSA (www.politicususa.com) 
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I love how they talk about family as if they were the only ones who care about it. The truth is, they have a personally held idea of what family is that is based on their religion. Ergo, in my mind…any program run by these people and taxpayers money violates the separation of church and state.
Unless family means ALL families without exceptions to gender, religion or race it’s not good program in my opinion.
Families are wonderful things. Children are the future. These people think that same-sex families are a threat to the human race or something. Weirdos.
Hrafnkell,
I want to know why our politicians are after a group of people who exist in low numbers and who mind their own business?? If a gay or lesbian couple adopts a child or gets married…how does it affect the life of Governor Jindal? So, why is he losing sleep over the presence of LGBT people in Lousiana?
I want to ask you: What does the veto in California of the gay marriage issue (Proposition 8), and the choosing of a far-right Republican in the state of Lousiana, signal about the population in these two states?
Does it indicate that the majority of people in California and Lousiana are LGBT haters? If so, then it’s a worrying sign.
Granamyr: They have a really skewed idea of what family values are, these Evangelicals. Fortunately, most Christians don’t share them but are far more moderate in their views. But money talks, and some powerful, wealthy people fund all this hate and intolerance. Jindal seems to be in bed with most of them, if you’ll pardon the expression.
I hope under the Obama administration there will be some improvements made to the Faith Based Initiatives. Using tax dollars to fund intolerance in a free society…
Indrani: These people feel persecuted if we say “no” to them.
The fact is that the Christian fundamentalists nearly took control of our government during the Bush administration. If you want to see how close, check out theocracywatch.org or AU.org. Frederick Lane, an author who writes about civil liberties, told AU:
“The Religious Right has come perilously close to achieving its goal of taking over the Supreme Court. President George W. Bush essentially outsourced the selection and vetting of judicial nominees to representatives of the Religious Right, particularly the ACLJ’s Jay Sekulow and the Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins. Although neither Chief Justice Roberts nor Justice Alito are nominally members of the Religious Right, their overall approach to judicial issues is generally in line the goals of the Christian right.”
The problem is that the silent majority of moderate voters is seldom heard. That changed this last election, fortunately. We got out in record numbers.
I think intolerance won in California due to superior funding and organization, and not because most Californians are intolerant. Louisiana, on the other hand, is one of the bastions of the Republican base. I agree with Mr. Lane when he says,
“Above all, respect the pluralism that has made this country the remarkable place that it is. Already in 1787, America was a nation of immigrants. The firmly secular language of the Constitution was intended to send a message that the goal of this nation was to welcome all creeds and faith. It is a goal that has been imperfectly met on occasion, but the aspiration remains noble.
A greater respect for pluralism would lessen the expectation that the government would favor one religion over the other, and would encourage people to speak out against efforts to do so.”
I think we have that pluralism in California. In Louisiana? Not so much.
“If a gay or lesbian couple adopts a child or gets married…how does it affect the life of Governor Jindal? So, why is he losing sleep over the presence of LGBT people in Lousiana?”
It doesn’t affect them; for them it’s a matter of principles. They oppose any definition of family that isn’t their own and want their views to be the only ones publicly recognized. He “loses sleep” over it because his religion is losing ground in the US. (: