PepeLepew's Comments (100)

“Yes! This is so true! Palin 2012!!!”

“Keef went up the yellow brick road and came back with the gift of perpetual animation.”

“i heard that once a year he checks into a swiss clinic for a week and undergoes a complete blood transfusion.”

“smack must have preseratives in it”

“Keith is proof positive that there is life after death.”

“It is being broadcast on CNN, too. But the better commentary will likely be on MSNBC.”

“C-SPAN beats MSNBC, hands down. That is, unless you need some talking head to talk over the speech so that it can try to explain what you would perfectly understand yourself if only the talking head would just shut up.”

“It's good that you are able to select the things from the bible that you want to believe, but can dismiss the others. Hmmm.”

“Jesus? Or Obama?”

“It is true if he was an alien from an advanced universe”

“I am in total agreement.”

“I think you are talking about Jesus. He most likely actually existed, and may have even said some of the things attributed to him. "The Christ", however, is a fictional character in a book of mythology.

Sorry to nitpick, but I do agree with the spirit of your post.”

“"who wanted all people to be treated equally under the Roman law"

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Revisionist history? I think the traditional story was that he challenged and wanted equality under Jewish_law.”

“If that is the case why do liberals despise the guy so much?

How many times a minute someone calls him Jeebus or some other insult here on HP?”

“I am a person of faith and you might be surprized to hear the my priest agrees with you,as do I it's a matter if intepretation. Make no mistake I totally and completely respect all religions for those who choose to follow and I feel the same respect for those who do not.It is the fundamentalist's point of view that I find to be hypocritical. My gay brother who died in a tragic accident was buried from the Church.”

“No, Pepe. It's a good discussion to be had; as much as is possible within the confines of a moderated blog that doesn't necessarily occur in real time. It's just so difficult with opinions and perspectives running the full gamut; from gay to literally tight @ss.”

“pepe~

You are doing great! If anything, Christ was a liberal, anti-establishment guy who wanted all people to be treated equally under the Roman law. He threatened their establishment, and that was why the Romans killed him. I'm no scholar either, but I do educate myself on books of current theologians such as Bishop John Spong, John Dominick Crossan, Marcus Borg, Karen Armstrong , Richard Rohr, and Joan Chittister to name a few of tmy tops.”

“I don't understand that either Pepe. This is why I am not a believer of any religion”

“You are a voice of reason, Pepe, comme d'habitude!!”

“Pepe, I will bet you anything that some of those people opposed to gay marriage, yet live in states where it is legal, don't even KNOW it. Or, put another way, it doesn't threaten or affect their lives AT ALL.. They just think it's going to, but the reality is far different.”

“The bible is only great to condemn actions when you get to pick and choose which items you want to follow.”

“Anything good in the mail, Pepe?”

“Exactly. Christians pick and choose which teachings they will follow. They chose this one and rejected other teachings. Either you follow the bible or you don't. Middle ground is a cop-out.”

“Christians follow the New Testament, which is the fulfillment of God's promises in the Old Testament.”

“I think it sometimes helps if you consider the source.

So-called Christians who take it upon themselves to judge others - even though their Bible tells them not to - have a basic personality disorder that causes them to think in this self-righteous way.

As an example of a more extreme case, one of those fundamentalist republicans was a guy named Dennis Rader - deacon of his Lutheran church in Topeka, KS and leader of the youth program there for years - a real stand-up Christian conservative... right up until they found out he was the infamous BTK killer.

Here is a guy who took it upon himself to judge others, and thus felt justified in binding, torturing and killing people because of his personal beliefs. He felt that his Lord had made a special exception in his case.

There are hundreds of other examples of people who take their basic Christian beliefs and twist them to the point of fanaticism. Of course, these people are always given media attention before anyone else with a more reasonable point of view.”

“Closet cases. If they have to suffer in straight marriages, so should you.
Otherwise, why would they care?”

“Republicans like to stir up Fundamentalists for the funds.

Usually if someone is angry and worked up about something there is a little envy involved.

Gay marriage doesn't bother me, because I'm not interested in either.”

“First, not everyone that is Christian is a fundamentalist”

“Fundamentalists are taught from Day One that homosexuality is an abomination and a man with a man, or a woman with a woman, is a sin.

That's probably all they can tell you, because they themselves don't understand their belief beyond what they've been taught and told to believe.

I've gotten into this discussion with some of my fundamentalist religious friends, and though they're adamant in their opposition to gay anything, their argument is so weak and flawed and so rooted in scriptural fantasyland that it makes debating with them pointless.

During the Puritanistic era, sin was virtually anything that made one happy or that made one feel good about him or herself. Today's fundamentalists are not much different from yesteryear's Puritans.”

“..I think the answer is in your last sentence......the Republicans/Fundies dont want gay people to be happy. They want to repress them and keep them riled up because that way they continue to make noise and they think that the more noise gay people make about the marriage issue the more likely the general populace will side with them (Republica­ns/Fundies­) when they give us the 'family values' speil.

Ask Larry Craig and the other guy....cant remember his name.....Republican representative from Florida....involved with congressional pages.....it helped keep them in the closet and in denial....until they eventually outed themselves.

I am straight and I have always believed that people should be free to do what they want with whom they want.........it shouldnt take an act of congress..........”

“PepeLepew most of the one's that are so passionately against gay rights can be found in the men's room of any airport or truck-stop. Tap, tap, tap.”

“Scripturally, God has ordained marriage to be between a man and a woman. He is the one who joins them together as one flesh. There is no mention of biblical endorsement of marriage for same sex partners.

Having said that, as far as I am concerned you can call it all civil unions, including heterosexuals as well. I see no need to discriminate in either case.

Many see "marriage" as a Biblical issue. If so, then don't call it marriage.”

“It's got nothing to do with happiness. It has everything to do with "legislating morality" (or certain people's warped notions of morality). It's an established legal principle that you don't do this. The law is strictly for keeping public order and ensuring everyone's rights are respected equally. It is NOT about trying to enforce certain restrictive standards of behavios espoused by particular religious groups.”

“i think they get worked up because to them, issuing marriage licenses to gays is refining the word marriage. marriage has a religious based definition of a man and a woman, for better or worse, that is how it is and has been for thousands of years. so the government would be meddling in religious affairs.

i think the government should get out of the "marriage license" business. marriage is a religious definition. the government should register "unions" between two people (same sex or not) for legal purposes only.”

“or me, I do not think they care about the actual issue, they just need to be anti something and to whip their base into a frenzy. If they lost that what would they do? Seemingly they r losing the race issue.”

“OK- here's my stab at it.

Republicans like to play divide and conquer - because it traditionally works.

Do you remember Orwell? 1984?

the authorities were constantly switching the "enemy" with whom the people went to war, the ones they hated.

That way they avoided having the people really look at what THEY the authorities were doing.

Stirring up hatred is the best way to avoid responsibility and stir up a dust storm so that you can get away with running off w all the money and power.

And anyone who falls for the divide and conquer game (being taught to hate others who have a lot in common w you) is a FO OL.”

“It is a cultural difference. Nothing more, nothing less. The Bible defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman. That's what Jesus taught.”

“Why is it that they need to get married? Folks co habitate all the time (not that I'm agreeing with it)”

“I think they think that "gay-ness" is going to rub off on them or their children...G*d forbid...”

“I share your confusion.
I just don't get it either.”

“I'm not ready to take up smoking pink cigars!”