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To: POKERSAM who wrote (856399)5/12/2015 6:00:10 PM
From: joseffy  Respond to of 1576823
 
Liberals Don't Want to Have a Real Conversation About Race, They Just Want to Call Us Racists



To: POKERSAM who wrote (856399)5/12/2015 6:05:50 PM
From: joseffy  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576823
 
More teenagers charged as adults in beating of Dundalk man (Baltimore)

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wbaltv ^ | 5-12-15 | Lowell Melser

Previous story about the attack:

freerepublic.com




To: POKERSAM who wrote (856399)5/12/2015 7:19:25 PM
From: Mongo2116  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576823
 
Biblical Marriage Made Easy for Conservatives

We hear a lot about “Biblical marriage” these days, particular from right-wing conservatives battling the idea of same sex marriage or unions. The problem is that most of them are not clear on what that means. Here is a helpful article on the types of marriage found in the pages of the Bible.

The important thing for conservatives to realize here is that none of these models are described as being any better than any other. They all appear to have been accepted throughout the Bible.

So there you go. The next time someone opposed to gay marriage says that we need to stick with traditional Biblical marriage in this country, you can ask them which of the eight kinds they would prefer, and why.

Man + Woman (Nuclear Family, Monogamous, heterosexual marriage)

What you might think of as the standard form of marriage, provided you think of arranged marriages as the standard. Also remember that inter-faith or cross-ethnic marriage were forbidden for large chunks of biblical history. Genesis 2:24

Man + Women (Polygamy)

Probably the most common form of marriage in the bible, it is where a man has more than one wife. For example, Jacob had 2 wives and fathered 13 children. This is rarely spoken about when the subject of marriage and the bible is debated! Genesis 4:19
Esau (3 wives), Gideon (many), Solomon (700)

Man + Brother’s Widow (Levirate Marriage)

When a woman was widowed without a son, it became the responsibility of the brother-in-law or a close male relative to take her in and impregnate her. If the resulting child was a son, he would be considered the heir of her late husband. See Ruth, and the story of Onan. Genesis 38:6-10

Man + Wives + Concubines

A man could have one or more wives and any number of concubines. The definition of a concubine varies from culture to culture, but they tended to be live-in mistresses. Concubines were tied to their “husband,” but had a lower status than a wife. Their children were not usually heirs, so they were safe outlets for sex without risking the line of succession. Genesis 20:10 To see how badly a concubine could be treated, see the famous story of the Levite and his concubine Judges 19:1-30.
Abraham (2 concubines), Solomon (300)

Rapist + Victim

If a man raped a woman and she wasn’t married, she would be forced to marry him. A man could rape any woman that he liked and they would be considered married. The draw back? For the man OF COURSE! He could not divorce her!! Deuteronomy 22:28-29

Man + Woman + Woman’s Property

If a woman was “married” and infertile, she could give her property, her slave, to her husband as a wife. This is also referred to as the famous “handmaiden” sketch, as preformed by Abraham, Genesis 16:1-6, and Jacob, Genesis 30:4-5.

Male Soldier + Prisoner of War

As with many wars, women become the property of the victor. And that is how it was in biblical times. Female captives were forced to submit to their male captors, usually by force, RAPE. Deuteronomy 21:11-14 and Numbers 31:1-18

Male Slave + Female Slave

An owner could order a female slave to “marry” a male slave without any input from the female. The consummation of this “union” usually involved rape. Exodus 21:4



To: POKERSAM who wrote (856399)5/12/2015 7:23:18 PM
From: Mongo2116  Respond to of 1576823
 
Cue The White Conservative Rage After Michelle Obama Addressed Racism


First Lady Michelle Obama delivered a moving and powerful commencement speech to the graduating students at Tuskegee University this past weekend.

African-Americans make up the majority of Tuskegee University students and Mrs. Obama took the opportunity to address the problem of racism in the United States. Not only did she mention it, she pointed out common occurrences felt by too many black Americans:

The world won’t always see you in those caps and gowns. They won’t know how hard you worked and how much you sacrificed to make it to this day — the countless hours you spent studying to get this diploma, the multiple jobs you worked to pay for school, the times you had to drive home and take care of your grandma, the evenings you gave up to volunteer at a food bank or organize a campus fundraiser. They don’t know that part of you.

Instead they will make assumptions about who they think you are based on their limited notion of the world. And my husband and I know how frustrating that experience can be. We’ve both felt the sting of those daily slights throughout our entire lives — the folks who crossed the street in fear of their safety; the clerks who kept a close eye on us in all those department stores; the people at formal events who assumed we were the “help” — and those who have questioned our intelligence, our honesty, even our love of this country.”

Cue the angry, white conservative freak out.

The Fox “News” crowd can’t STAND it when people (especially black people) call out racism. Ann Coulter spoke with Fox’s Sean Hannity and criticized the First Lady, saying:

I think she’s just letting out her Reverend Wright now.”

Yes, America does owe black America for slavery, for the Democratic policies of Jim Crow. I think we’ve — we’re making it up now, when you’re getting admitted to Princeton when you can’t read, is that enough yet?

This nonsense about the peaceful protesters. No, I want a milk carton for, ‘Has anyone seen a peaceful protester in Baltimore?’ As if work-a-day blacks are rushing out to protest Freddie Gray. No they aren’t.”

All the conservative bloggers scurried to write about it using their very favorite dramatic headline verbs and descriptions (emphasis mine):

The Young Cons’ headline read: “Ann Coulter Completely Annihilates Michelle Obama Over Racist Remarks”

MRCtv: “Ann Coulter Goes Nuclear on Michelle Obama for Race Comments”

And from Red Flag: “COULTER SCOLDS MICHELLE O: BACK OFF THE WHITE GUILT — ‘She’s just letting out her Reverend Wright now'”

DC Gazette: “Careful, Michelle Obama, That Victim Complex Is Showing”

One of the Chicks On The Right used a gentler headline but had this to say:

“Oh please. When you’ve built a career on being a victim, it’s hard to give up that victim status, even when your grievances have been addressed. Repeatedly. So much that crying someone’s a ‘RAAAAACIST!’ is almost a joke now. The majority of Americans are NOT racist and we’re actually quite tired of having to prove it at every turn and moment.”

Right! Michelle Obama has built a career on being a victim. Okay. And monkeys are currently flying OUT OF MY BUTT! The COTR piece went with the all too familiar – but, but, but we have a BLACK president and that means NO MORE RACISM!!!

Of course Rush Limbaugh was unable to resist and claimed Mrs. Obama doubled down on the race card. He’s depressed you guys!!

Michelle Obama is on a roll. She is playing the race card, she’s doubling down on it, and the reason I didn’t start with this in the first hour, I’ll be real honest with you, is it depresses me.

I also knew, I knew it, I was hoping I was wrong, but I knew Michelle Obama’s running around the campaign saying, “For the first time in my life I’m proud of my country.” You listen to Reverend Wright, you know what these people think, you know what they have been exposed to. You know that they have got a giant chip on their shoulder. And she’s making it plain that she always has had and that it’s getting worse after six, seven years, almost, in the White House, it’s getting worse.”

If you head on over to Twitter, you can see tweets from disappointed white conservatives all over America.

Here’s one of the more popular tweets:

“Articles: Michelle Obama Should Have Read the Founder of Tuskegee University Before She Spoke There … #racebaiter”

The tweet included a link to American Thinker’s popular article which highlighted the words of Booker T Washington from 1911. And they like what he said. Can you guess why?

“There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs — partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.”

Hmmmm….

Poor white conservatives.



To: POKERSAM who wrote (856399)5/12/2015 8:08:28 PM
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Hitler did mention Christianity many times in his writings. He mentioned Christianity a lot in Mein Kampf, and he claimed to be a Christian. Isn't a person who claims to be a Christian a Christian?

Not in right-wingnut world, eh?



To: POKERSAM who wrote (856399)5/12/2015 8:24:29 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Respond to of 1576823
 
"Wharf Rat = I hate to burst your balloon but the more fundamental Christians of the United States are the most ardent supporters of Israel. "

You didn't. They need Israel for the Apocalypse. Then they need the Jews to build the Third Temple for Jesus, and then convert.
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