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WillyT

(72,631 posts)
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 09:22 PM Oct 2014

"Wrapped In A Flag, And Carrying A Bible..."

Texas GOP lawmaker: Secularism is like Nazis putting a ‘bullet through the throat’ of Jews
DAVID EDWARDS - RawStory
01 OCT 2014


Texas state Sen. Charles Perry takes the oath of office (YouTube)

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Texas state Sen. Charles Perry (R) used his inauguration speech on Tuesday to warn that a government without God was similar to the Holocaust under Nazi Germany.

After placing his hand on the Bible and taking the oath of office, the newly elected Republican talked about a “spiritual battle” that was been waged in the United States, according to Lubbock Online.

“There were 10,000 people that were paraded into a medical office under the guise of a physical,” Perry explained. “As they stood with their back against the wall, they were executed with a bullet through the throat. Before they left, 10,000 people met their fate that way.”

“Is it not the same than when our government continues to perpetuate laws that lead citizens away from God?” he asked. “The only difference is that the fraud of the Germans was more immediate and whereas the fraud of today’s government will not be exposed until the final days and will have eternal-lasting effects.”

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More: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/texas-gop-lawmaker-secularism-is-like-nazis-putting-a-bullet-through-the-throat-of-jews/


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enid602

(9,696 posts)
1. hair?
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 09:33 PM
Oct 2014

I couldn't understand why he eas talking like an evangelical and wearing a yarmulka, but then I enlarged the tiny photo on my smart phone and realized it was jusr a bad die job.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
3. The theocrats are so close to achieving their wet dreams.
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 09:39 PM
Oct 2014

This asshole and Antonin Scalia are both the moral equivalent of ISIL.

JEFF9K

(1,935 posts)
4. What could be more fraudulent than Republican media?
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 09:41 PM
Oct 2014

And the "religious" right that ignores the Commandment about lying.

Prophet 451

(9,796 posts)
5. It's their go-to comparison
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 09:46 PM
Oct 2014

Secularism? Like the holocaust. Abortion? Like the holocaust. Not allowed to use religion to bully people? It's like the holocaust.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
9. It's that desperation that makes me mostly not worried about them.
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 10:23 PM
Oct 2014

I mean, they can't get much more out there than THAT! How do you follow up a Nazi Holocaust reference?

Prophet 451

(9,796 posts)
11. The problem is that idiots believe them
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 10:25 PM
Oct 2014

This is how you've ended up with a country that's considerably more religious and theocratic than it was in teh Founder's time.

QED

(3,353 posts)
8. Thank you... let me try
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 10:22 PM
Oct 2014

Didn't work - just had a link.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23726049@N08/3045141166/

Maybe this?

#Facism%20to%20America%20%20wrapped%20in%20a%20flag%20389x500

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