Well, this didn't take long, did it? I mean, I was just talking to some friends earlier today and we were kidding around about how it's just a matter of time before religious fundamentalists start claiming that New Orleans was destroyed because it was a modern day "Sodom and Gommorah." Well, it's happened: RepentAmerica, a group with a "passion to serve the Lord," now says that it's all the homosexuals' fault. You know, just like 9/11, except that was also the liberals, masons, and secularists. Gotta love these "RepentAmerica" people, huh?Now, I just can't wait for Jerry Kilgore's best buddy (and major donor) Pat "Assassinate the President of Venezuela" Robertson to weigh in with his, um, insightful comments on the New Orleans disaster. Or should I say "inciteful" comments? Anyway, this is a classic...enjoy!
ACT OF GOD DESTROYS NEW ORLEANS DAYS BEFORE "SOUTHERN DECADENCE" 8/31/05PHILADELPHIA - Just days before "Southern Decadence", an annual homosexual celebration attracting tens of thousands of people to the French Quarters section of New Orleans, an act of God destroys the city.
"Southern Decadence" has a history of filling the French Quarters section of the city with drunken homosexuals engaging in sex acts in the public streets and bars. Last year, a local pastor sent video footage of sex acts being performed in front of police to the mayor, city council, and the media. City officials simply ignored the footage and continued to welcome and praise the weeklong celebration as being an "exciting event". However, Hurricane Katrina has put an end to the annual celebration of sin.
On the official "Southern Decadence" website (www.SouthernDecadence.com), it states that the annual event brought in "125,000 revelers" to New Orleans last year, increasing by thousands each year, and up from "over 50,000 revelers" in 1997. This year?s 34th annual "Southern Decadence" was set for Wednesday, August 31, 2005 through Monday, September 5, 2005, but due to massive flooding and the damage left by the hurricane, Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco has ordered everyone to evacuate the city.
The past three mayors of New Orleans, including Sidney Barthelomew, Marc H. Morial, and C. Ray Nagin, issued official proclamations welcoming visitors to "Southern Decadence". Additionally, New Orleans City Council made other proclamations recognizing the annual homosexual celebration.
"Although the loss of lives is deeply saddening, this act of God destroyed a wicked city," stated Repent America director Michael Marcavage. "From ?Girls Gone Wild? to ?Southern Decadence?, New Orleans was a city that had its doors wide open to the public celebration of sin. May it never be the same," he continued.
New Orleans is also known for its Mardi Gras parties where thousands of drunken men revel in the streets to exchange plastic jewelry for drunken women to expose their breasts. This annual event sparked the creation of the "Girls Gone Wild" video series.
"Let us pray for those ravaged by this disaster. However, we must not forget that the citizens of New Orleans tolerated and welcomed the wickedness in their city for so long," Marcavage said. "May this act of God cause us all to think about what we tolerate in our city limits, and bring us trembling before the throne of Almighty God," Marcavage concluded.
"[God] sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." (Matthew 5:45)
Love that last quote, by the way. I guess these must be "compassionate conservatives!"
P.S. Oh by the way, Michael Marcavage, why don't you go up to my brother, his wife, and his two young kids - all of whom lost their home to Hurricane Katrina -- and tell them how they deserved it. After my hard-working, law-abiding brother kicks your ass (with his family, me, my sister, my parents, and my in-laws all cheering him on and lending a hand if necessary), then maybe you can further explain the theology of it all to us. I can't wait!