Republican U.S. Congressman Louie Gohmert of Texas, infamous for his warning of immigrant “terror babies” says today’s tragic massacre in Aurora, Colorado is the result of “the ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs.” Rep. Gohmert, one of the GOP’s more colorful representatives, was speaking on the Heritage Foundation‘s “Istook Live!” show. The Heritage Foundation is an ultra-right wing conservative think tank.
“Gohmert was asked why he believes such senseless acts of violence take place. Gohmert responded by talking about the weakening of Christian values in the country,” the Huffington Post reports:
“You know what really gets me, as a Christian, is to see the ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs, and then some senseless crazy act of a derelict takes place,” Gohmert said.
“Some of us happen to believe that when our founders talked about guarding our virtue and freedom, that that was important,” he said. “Whether it’s John Adams saying our Constitution was made only for moral and religious people … Ben Franklin, only a virtuous people are capable of freedom, as nations become corrupt and vicious they have more need of masters. We have been at war with the very pillars, the very foundation of this country.”
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“People say … where was God in all of this?” Gohmert said. “We’ve threatened high school graduation participations, if they use God’s name, they’re going to be jailed … I mean that kind of stuff. Where was God? What have we done with God? We don’t want him around. I kind of like his protective hand being present.”
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“It does make me wonder, with all those people in the theater, was there nobody that was carrying a gun that could have stopped this guy more quickly?” he asked.
Gohmert did rightly state that terrorism isn’t always Islamic fundamentalism terrorism.
Last month, Congressman Gohmert falsely claimed ENDA is part of President Obama’s ongoing war on religion, and falsely claimed ENDA would force Christian schools to hire gays. In April, Rep. Gohmert was the keynote speaker at a Patriots Day Tea Party rally in Boston that featured speakers from two certified anti-gay hate groups.
And last year, Congressman Gohmert falsely claimed Obama’s jobs bill “something nice he’s throwing out for gay folks,” and claims it “takes a shot at traditional, conventional marriage.”
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Whenever somebody like Gohmert talks about "Judeo-Christian" beliefs, you have to remember that he doesn't give a damn about the "Judeo" part. "Judeo-Christian is a nonsense term. "Christian" means "believing in Christ." Jews do not believe in Christ.
Actually that's not true.
Orthodox and Conservative Jews do not; there are Reformed Jews that keep ALL of the Jewish practices but believe Christ is the Messiah. They are not considered Christian.
Do me a favor. Call 2,000 leading Reform Jewish rabbis, and ask them their opinion of what you wrote there.
Um…yeah. What Scott_Rose said. I was the personal assistant to a Rabbi for quite some time and while I was working for him, my husband had to write a paper for his Master's degree on world religions. He interviewed the Rabbi and asked his opinion of groups such as, Jews for Jesus. The Rabbi just laughed and said that one of the basic and fundamental beliefs of Judaism is the belief that Christ is not the Messiah and that any person who said that they were both Jewish and a believer in Christ, was only a believer in Christ because he most certainly wasn't Jewish.
I'm assuming your rabbi was orthodox or conservative? because a reformed jew would not have answered that way.
Wow….
As for "Was there no one else there with a gun…" did he miss the fact that the guy had tear gas and people were essentially blinded?
And, just how much more tragic would the situation have been had others had guns and fired into the dark, smoke-filled theater? One has to assume, the horror would have been far worse.
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