Heh! Oh, my, but we're all having fun pouncing on the 2 Evangelical right-wing slimeballs...a regular swarming going on here. It feels so darned GOOD to find a target which everyone in the "in group" can agree on, and pillory without a moment's regret or doubt.

Would this thread be getting so much attention, though, if these 2 people were in a less politically acceptable category of target? I doubt it. Would their every statement and rationalization and personal feelings be treated with such delighted ridicule and skepticism if they were...

A couple who have fought all their lives for gay rights? Or Black rights? Or native American rights? Or women's rights? Etc? Just pick your favorite sacred cow.

People, you are enjoying your chance to judge these others, primarily and foremost on the basis of who they are...and who you perceive them to be. Right wingers do that too, and you don't like it when they do it. You recognize it then for exactly what it is.

It is no accident that all the great spiritual teachings in the world encourage us not to judge others lest we shall be judged ourselves, and found wanting.

But you're all having great fun judging the Evangelical slimeballs, right? I mean, they're just evil, right? So why not go after them? Why should I spoil it for you? Enjoy the feast.

Rightwingers have fun just like that when they go after Al Gore or Barack Obama or Michael Moore or Shirley MacLaine or Oprah or Reverend Wright or any other (for them) juicy target.

You're more like them than you think you are. You look for juicy targets just like they do. Different opinions, similar unholy glee at the expense of someone you decided to target.

It might just be that this guy's wife DOES genuinely love and care for him in spite of all that's happened. It's possible. You'll never know. Only the people directly involved will ever know.