The Official Chicken Of Jesus

Via Raw Story:

Fox News radio host Todd Starnes over the weekend delivered a sermon encouraging Christians to fight back against same-sex marriage and transgender equality. Speaking to Abilene Baptist Church in Augusta on Sunday, Starnes began by saying it was good to be back in the South where it was easy to find Waffle House and Chick-fil-A restaurants, which he argued was “the official chicken of Jesus.” “I believe that the reason that God blessed America is because we know how to smoke a pork butt,” Starnes said, turning to the recent Supreme Court ruling that effectively legalized same-sex marriage. “There is a war on religious liberty!” he bellowed. “And this war is not targeting people of the Muslim faith or the Jewish faith or the Hindu faith. This war on religious liberty is targeting people of the Christian faith.”

(Tipped by JMG reader DM)

Former President Jimmy Carter: Jesus Would Have Approved Of Gay Marriage

As you'd expect, Teabagistan is losing its shit.

Rainbows Appear Over White House UPDATE: False Alarm, Photo Is Week Old

UPDATE: White House economic adviser Betsey Stevenson clarifies, but not before Twitter went nuts over her image.

Christian Family Values Leader: "Hitlery" Clinton Is Too Ugly To Be President

"Think Evita after Botox treatments. Think Madame Defarge on a bad hair day. Think Lady Macbeth with serious issues (Out, out, damned bimbo!). Win the White House? Hillary couldn't win a popularity contest if she was the only contestant. The Hideousness Factor: Lyndon Baines Johnson was the last profoundly ugly candidate to be elected president, and he was a legacy of the martyred JFK. Voters don't want a leader who looks frazzled or frumpy. We're told that Lincoln was too homely to be elected president in an age of television and paparazzi. But Lincoln's homely face had a dignity, a gravitas. If nothing else, we want a face that reassures us, not one that scares us, a la Night of the Living Alinskyites. Conservatives might as well get in their licks in now. After Iowa, we won't have Hillary to kick around any more." - World Congress of Families communications director Don Feder, in a column titled "Top Ten Reasons Why Hitlery Will Never Be President."

RELATED: In September 2014 the World Congress of Families took part in a Kremlin "family values" summit which concluded with a formal written call (released in English and Russian) for more nations to criminalize homosexuality and enact brutal anti-LGBT laws. In attendance was NOM president Brian Brown. Two weeks later, in one of the most colossal moves in the history of hypocrisy, the World Congress of Families circulated a petition against the "haters" at the Human Rights Campaign.

Ted Cruz Ad: I'm Running Because Jesus

Neatly timed for Good Friday.

Starnes: Jesus Loves American Sniper

"Our sweet land of liberty has been soiled by the stinking stench of Michael Moore."

Pastor Says World Could Have "AIDS-Free Christmas" If All Gays Are Executed

"Turn to Leviticus 20:13 because I actually discovered the cure for AIDS. 'If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.' And that, my friend, is the cure for AIDS. It was right there in the Bible all along — and they’re out spending billions of dollars in research and testing. It’s curable — right there. Because if you executed the homos like God recommends, you wouldn’t have all this AIDS running rampant." - Arizona-based Pastor Steve Anderson, adding that the world could have an "AIDS-free Christmas" if all homosexuals were executed.

PREVIOUSLY ON JMG: Anderson tells Michelangelo Signorile that any gay man who says he isn't a pedophile is lying and that he hopes Signorile "dies of brain cancer like Ted Kennedy." Anderson claims that former Rep. Barney Frank has been arrested for pedophilia. Anderson publicly prays for God to murder President Obama.

Douchebag Of The Day - John Stemberger

(Tipped by JMG reader Erik)

RELATED: In July, Stemberger declared that the fight against same-sex marriage "is worth dying for."

Wife-Swappers For Jesus

"They say you should not covet your neighbor's wife. But what if your neighbor wants you to?"

PENNSYLVANIA: Teen Faces Two Years In Jail For "Desecrating" Jesus Statue

An unnamed Pennsylvania teenager is facing up to two years in jail after posting this photo to Facebook.

The young man posted that he took the pictures in late July at the statue of a kneeling Jesus in front of the “Love in the Name of Christ” Christian organization in his hometown of Everett. The criminal charge, which will be heard in family court, consists of “Desecration of a Venerated Object.” Pennsylvania law defines desecration as “Defacing, damaging, polluting or otherwise, physically mistreating in a way that the actor knows will outrage the sensibilities of persons likely to observe or discover the action.”

Commenters are having quite the "free speech" argument at the above link. (Tipped by JMG reader Candide)

Harlem Hate Pastor James Manning: All Those Who Support Homosexuality, Be Thou Cursed With Ebola

Harlem hate Pastor James David Manning today posted the below video in which he says that he stands with Liberia's Christian leaders. Manning goes on to call on God to give ebola to all homosexuals and their supporters. "All the world needs to know that sodomy and homosexuality is more deadly than the ebola virus that is spreading all over the world. Everybody who stands up and embraces sodomy, BE THOU CURSED WITH EBOLA! Cursed be ye for embracing this!" Stand by for Manning to add ebola to the above sign he posted last week. Note: There's some screaming at the end, check your volume.

LIBERIA: Christian Leaders Say God Is Cursing Nation With Ebola Because Gays

The above headline is from the Washington Post:

According to Front Page Africa and the Daily Observer, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf called on Tuesday for all residents to fast for three days and pray for forgiveness. “Relying on His divine guidance for our survival as a nation,” she announced, “I call on all Liberians to observe three days of national fast and prayer to seek God’s face to have mercy on us and forgive our sins and heal our land, Liberia, as we continue to fight against the deadly Ebola virus.” That followed a recent recommendation by the Liberian Council of Churches, which said in a statement last week the outbreak has Biblical implications. “God is angry with Liberia,” the religious leaders said, according to the Daily Observer. “Ebola is a plague. Liberians have to pray and seek God’s forgiveness over the corruption and immoral acts (such as homosexualism, etc.) that continue to penetrate our society. As Christians, we must repent and seek God’s forgiveness.”

It should be noted that Sirleaf, who not incidentally is the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner, has not personally linked ebola to homosexuality. Here's an excerpt from the unanimously approved resolution by God's Gentle People at the Liberian Council of Churches:

The men of God, meanstream Episcopalians and non-denominational evangelicals alike, unanimously endorsed the following resolution: That God is angry with Liberia, and that Ebola is a plague. Liberians have to pray and seek God's forgiveness over the corruption and immoral acts (such as homosexualism, etc.) that continue to penetrate our society. As Christians, we must repent and seek God's forgiveness. That a three-day indoor fast and prayer across the nation be observed, commencing next Wednesday, August 6th, and concluding Friday, August 8th. That an inter-denominational committee be constituted to present said resolution to government. That if government is in agreement, the Republic of Liberia be locked up for three days of fast and prayer. All movement should be restricted during those three days. People should stay at home for three days of silence, fasting and prayer.

"Meanstream Episcopalians." If the above isn't bad enough for you, US-based white supremacists are reveling in both the ebola deaths in Africa and its linking to homosexuality.

Pastor Rick Wiles: Ebola Could Solve America's Problem With Gays & Atheists

Family Research Council: Jesus Is Coming Back With An AR-15 Assault Rifle

"The Lord is a warrior and in Revelation 19 it says when he comes back, he's coming back as what? A warrior. A mighty warrior leading a mighty army, riding a white horse with a blood-stained white robe. I believe that blood on that robe is the blood of his enemies 'cause he's coming back as a warrior carrying a sword. And I believe now - I've checked this out - I believe that sword he'll be carrying when he comes back is an AR-15. I know, everybody says that was a metaphor. IT WAS NOT A METAPHOR! He was saying in building my kingdom, you're going to have to fight at times. You won't build my kingdom with a sword, but you're going to have to defend yourself. And that was the beginning of the Second Amendment, that's where the whole thing came from. I can't prove that historically and David [Barton] will counsel me when this is over, but I know that's where it came from. And the sword today is an AR-15, so if you don't have one, go get one. You're supposed to have one. It's biblical." - Family Research Council vice president and retired US Army Lt. General Jerry Boykin, speaking to David Barton's Wallbuilders conference.

RELATED: Boykin is also a member of Groundswell, a secretive Christianist group that works to undermine the Obama administration. Other participants in Groundswell include Fox commentator Sandy Rios, Breitbart reporter Matthew Boyle, and former Rep. Allen West. Read the great Mother Jones report on Groundswell.

Turn The Other Other Cheek

Details. (Tipped by JMG reader Gene)

Fox News Anchor Megyn Kelly To Explain "White Santa/White Jesus" Remarks

Mediaite reports:

Friday evening on The Kelly File, Fox’s Megyn Kelly will address the controversy surrounding her Wednesday evening segment in which she declared that it is a “verifiable fact” that Santa Claus is white. The segment set off all kinds of reactions, from outrage to mockery to eye-rolls to scholarly analysis. Several media outlets noted how Kelly was absent from the anchor desk the next night, but her absence was unrelated to the Santa segment.

This should be interesting.

Holy Smoke

Paul Crouch: The Death Of A Salesman

"An honest eulogy." You must watch this.