[Pico and ME]

Originally Posted by Brianna

I was surprised by all the effing yahoos who lined up around the local Chik-Fil-A to "show support" for their anti-gay views.

I don't know WHY I was surprised. This IS Ohio. This IS the buckle of the damn Bible Belt. Oh, how I despise the Christian Right. They make me sick. I need to move away to a better, more tolerant, accepting, loving planet. Or Cape Cod - either one. And I'd gladly take my chances with the Great Whites circling the Cape rather than wrangle with these hillbillies in Hush puppies as they smugly scarf their fucking fried chicken. May they choke upon it. May they be smoted by the great FSM who rules us all! Jesus was never married; Jesus never even had a girl friend! Jesus hung out with dudes his whole freaking life!!!! Looks like Jesus was...teh ghey, right?

It's sickening, sickening.

OK. I need to take a deep, cleansing breath.

then drive down to Chik-Fil-A and french kiss the first woman I see and tell her that she turned me gay and ask her "Where's your god NOW bitch?!"

I read this on Americablog today...it's perfect.

God is in the nuggets

The God of Gluttony smiled upon all those waddling through long lines at Chick-fil-a Wednesday to celebrate their pride in being heterosexual, bigoted and obese.

Sitting in their idling cars with the AC running, they waited their turn to take communion in the form of a typical American factory-farmed chicken breast laced with all the natural goodness of antibiotics, Benadryl, and arsenic (sorry, "organic" arsenic), then rolled in white flour, powdered sugar, butter, salt and deep fried.

In a culture that readily accepts highly-processed substances as "food," it was only a matter of time before we found people going to the same trough to meet their other needs, from spirituality to political expression.

In a matter of days, we've seen the meteoric rise of a brand new symbol of moral righteousness: the greasy fast food bag. Long thought of as mere garbage, this former agent of death is now the exulted symbol of a desperate people's moral compass (life imitates art). Politicians like Sarah Palin and Lindsey Graham proudly pose with it (oblivious to how gay their photo opps actually came off). I imagine Republicans will soon be signing pledges of loyalty to their chicken god.

The scenes were repulsive. Supposedly civilized people turning to the drive-through window for a super-sized order of malnutrition, warped spirituality, and bigoted political discourse. (Obesity and arteriosclerosis all being part of God's plan, praise the Lord.)

Though not a God you or I might be familiar with. Rather, a cheap fast-faith God who shares their prejudices, along with free refills of hate and intolerance.