Nothing
brings the creeps out of the woodwork like pro marriage equality. The good news
out of New York has gotten some people fired up. And by "fire" I mean, of
course, Hell-fire.
It comes
as no surprise that Pat Robertson is one of the folks shouting that the sky is
falling.
On a
recent episode of The 700 Club, Robertson said that America was basically
becoming Sodom. You know, that little city in the Bible that gays were totally
gentrifying and making hip before God destroyed it?
I kid.
Folks like Robertson love to point to the story in the Bible about Sodom to
prove that God hates homos. It’s a misguided interpretation to say the least.
If you don’t know the story of Sodom, here it is in a nutshell: This dude Lot
lives in the city of Sodom and lets a couple of angels crash at his place for
the night. His neighbors freak and surround his house because they want to rape
the angels. So Lot says, "No dudes, that is way uncool. Take my virgin
daughters instead" (Lot was a good host, but maybe not the best dad) but the
neighbors are still freaking out. Then God’s all like, "WTF?" and gives Lot and
his family a head start before he destroys the whole city. Oh, and Lot’s wife
gets turned into a salt lick for deer.
In any
case, this is, in essence, where America’s headed according to Robertson. "I
think we need to remember the term sodomy came from a town known as Sodom and
Sodom was destroyed by God Almighty and the thing that they practiced was
homosexual activity," he said, "and even they tried to rape angels who came
down there, so that’s the kind of people they were."
Thank
you, Mr. Robertson, for the linguistics lesson. And I have to agree, angel
rapists are the worst! But trying to say that the angel rapists of Sodom are
akin to the gay couples of New York who want to get married is a bit of a
stretch.
"(God)
sent an angel down there and He said to Lot and his family, ‘get out now
because I’m gonna destroy this whole area.’ That’s where sodomy came from, we
use the term sodomy and it means Sodom. What’s it like?" Robertson continued.
Wait,
"What’s it like?" Is Robertson asking what anal sex is like? Does he know his
mic is on?
"We’re
heading that way as a nation," Robertson declared. "In history there’s never
been a civilization ever that has embraced homosexuality and turned away from
traditional fidelity, traditional marriage, traditional child-rearing, and has
survived. There isn’t one single civilization that has survived that openly
embraced homosexuality. So you say, ‘what’s going to happen to America?’ Well
if history is any guide, the same thing’s going to happen to us."
Ah, yes.
History as our guide. Just look at all of the civilizations that God put the
smack down on after they were all, "We’re totally gay. Heterosexuality is for
losers." Because that’s totally what it means to "embrace" homosexuality. You
either have exclusive heterosexuality or you have angel rapists in the street
pounding down your door. There is no in between.
"It’s
not a pretty world we live in right now and we need all of God’s help we can
get and I don’t think we’re exactly setting ourselves up for his favor,"
Robertson said.
And
Robertson’s no stranger to attributing tragedy to the gays and God’s wrath. No
doubt the next natural disaster, no matter where in the world, whether it’s a
hurricane, tornado, tsunami, or a continent-swallowing giant squid, it’ll be
all New York’s fault.
Here’s
one thing I don’t understand about Robertson’s God. I’m no theologian, but if
God can supposedly lift up the entire ocean and slam it down on a country
because he’s pissed off, why can’t God stop two dudes in Times Square from
saying "I do"?
I don’t
know. Maybe God’s priorities and Robertson’s differ a bit.