Minnesota GOP invites anti-gay death metal preacher to give opening prayer
Bradlee Dean, an evangelist preacher and death metal drummer who is known for his anti-gay rhetoric, was invited by Minnesota Republicans to deliver an opening prayer in the state House chamber Friday.
Praying before the Minnesota legislature in a track suit, Dean suggested that President Barack Obama wasn't a Christian.
"I end with this," he said. "I know this is a non-denominational prayer in this Chamber and it's not about the Baptists and it's not about the Catholics alone or the Lutherans or the Wesleyans. Or the Presbyterians the evangelicals or any other denomination but rather the head of the denomination and his name is Jesus. As every President up until 2008 has acknowledged. And we pray it. In Jesus' name."
The Minnesota Independent noted that Dean has a history of controversial remarks, "including advocating the incarceration of gays and lesbians, that the LGBT community is trying to usher in Sharia law in Minnesota, that gay men molest an average of 117 children “before they get caught,” and that Muslim nations that execute gays are more moral than American Christians."
Republicans were forced to call in the chaplain to redo the prayer after Dean left.
Republican House Speaker Kurt Zellers later apologized in a floor speech.
"I denounce him, his actions and his words," Zeller said.
The prayer came as Minnesota lawmakers were considering a constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage.
Dean is known to be close with Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann.
Well, he's a real freakin' charmer isn't he. Now we know what lives under the scum at the bottom of the pond.
WWJW? What would Jesus wear to give a prayer? I doubt it would be his jogging suit.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Love your comment: short, hilarious and to the point!
How can he both believe (or claim to believe) that the LGBT folks want to impose Sharia law, AND recognize that extremist muslims execute gays? Does death metal have some thing about suicidal tendencies?
Stop asking clergy to
speakpray before official government business.Remember the separation of church and state?
I don't think what this guy represents is any sort of religion but more like a mentally ill segment of the population. Religion is far removed from his state of mind.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
so religion doesn't inform this guys beliefs? yeah sure....
anyway the good folk at Americans United are always challenging these legislative prayers...
http://www.au.org/media/church-and-state/arch...
How can the very ones who *demand* public prayer call themselves "Christians"?
Jesus called them "Hypocrites".
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
bigoted, long winded horse's ass.
What a load of shit !!! Scary it's so prevalent in the USA today though.
far left loon >.<
our fornicating fearless leaders engage in from time to time.
And this guy's prayer was so heinous, they had to call in a stringer for a do-over.
Nice, that separation of church and state.
me-oww!
This is not death metal. From wiki:
"The ministry is centered around the Christian rapcore-nu metal band Junkyard Prophet.[7] The group features founder Bradlee Dean on drums,"
They're reeeeeeeally getting out there!
Jesus Christ on a cracker, do these fuckers possess no sense of shame whatsoever?
"No one ever said these people were logically consistent."
- watchdog -
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Hasa Diga Eebowai
long as you're not talking about Def Leppard's Rick Allen.
Reality ain't.
Its propaganda,... he's just spouting talking points & throwing in some half assed 'father gods',... the Bible is the most pro separation of church & state document on the planet. Seriously, why does all the white trash in the world think all they have to do to move from the trailer park is become God's right hand man?
Why do I not find that at all surprising?
And what's the OVER/UNDER until this guys found dead, hanging from this neck wearing a wetsuit, flitters, and an O2 tank, with a barbed dildo shoved up his ass after a meth-fueled orgy at an all teenage-boys bordello?
I say by Labor Day!
Sheer madness! Dear Gawd, if you're really out there, haven't you worked out the bugs yet on brain design? I mean, afterall, you've had a least 6000 years!
Their homeworld was a place called Earth, located in an uninteresting part of the galaxy. They had an expression: pride goeth before a fall. Their pride was their undoing. I know. I was there....They did not listen, of course. Arrogant men never do.
at 6:00 P.M. May 21, 2011.
Anyone preparing to be Ruptured, please send me your bank accounts, you're not gonna need the money anymore.
KTHNXBAI.
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -- Robert E. Howard
that an idiot with his history would say something totally offensive.
That's what I call a "CINO" (Christian in name only)!
Michele Bachmann sure know who to "pal around" with...
CINO evil, hear no evil, but talks a lot of shit.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Are they upset that he called Jesus the head of the denomination? Are they upset that he implied Obama was not Christian? I'll tell you what I am upset about. I am upset that he got an invitation to speak from the highest secular pulpit in the state of Minnesota, and they knew he was a raving hate-filled homophobe. And they invited him not in spite of his hate, but BECAUSE of it. The gays of America are being treated by the Republican Party more and more like the Jews were in Nazi Germany, and half the population of America is okay with this. Read the gay blogs. Gays are talking more and more about leaving the US. This nation is warming up to fascism. The media does not call it what it is. The people are not alarmed. I am.
Candideinnc
usedta be a lot more than half the people that hated LGBTs. . .it's coming down; just not fast enough. and, even if they got everything they wanted, the attitudes will still be there. prejudice doesn't disappear when a law's enacted.
Reality ain't.
I understand your frustration, but can we stop with the nazi comparisons? it really does not reach that level here.
go be gay in uganda, or saudi arabia....where it truly sucks for gay folks.
plus. where have you been living? republicans-christians have been nasty to gay people forever.
that the gig in Uganda was an experiment to see if they could pull it off for future use here.
And sorry, I find comparisons between todays Teabagger GOP and the Nazi's particularly apt. Godwin can kiss my rear. parallels are parallels. To ignore them is sticking our heads int he sand.
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -- Robert E. Howard
but its somewhat insulting to use such a comparison.
go to netflix and watch Paragraph 175. afterwards try using your comparison of gay people in America to the people that suffered through Nazi Germany.
it is not the same.
I see way to much whining from gay folks about how tough it is. we have never had it so good...and it gets better all the time. the generation of kids now have an radically different opinion of gay people versus the generation that preceded it...and so on.. and so on...
there will always be homophobic people. just like there will always be racism, sexism, ageism.....you name it.
The Germans paid no attention to the anti-Jewish and homophobic rants of Hitler. Once he was in office they denied they were aware of the activities of the Nazis in the camps. There was and is a willing blindness in America to the same talk. You may not find frightening the bill passed in the Minnesota legislature, the ousting from office of the Iowa judges who decided a case in favor of gays in Iowa, the discriminatory Proposition 8, the constitutional amendments passed in every southern state and about to be proposed in my home state of North Carolina, the efforts to revive DADT in the House, the papal bull condemning homosexuality, the homophobic rantings of men like Santorum and Huckabee--people believed by many to be real potential candidates for the highest office in America, murders of gay people in Africa and the middle east, and a rapidly increasing incidence of hate crimes in America. You call it whining. I find it frightening.
Candideinnc
This asshat says gays are pedophiles who molest 117 children on average! He and other rabid homophobes continue to call for imprisonment of gays. These people are demonizing us, and there are huge numbers of "believers" who accept their BS. The Ugandan bill designed to imprison gays was written as a result of American evangelists prosletyizing in Africa. All over America, states for the first time in history are changing their state constitutions to specifically discriminate against gays. When? Tell me at what point does state sponsored discrimination cease just being the norm and become fascist? Do we have to be put in camps?
Candideinnc
So he's Tea-Bagging the bat-shit crazy Bachman too???
and his relationship with the Mn. GOP than his ties with Bachmann.
Here's a list of guests who appeared on Dean's radio show courtesy of dumpbachmann.com:
http://www.dumpbachmann.com/2011/05/bradlee-d...
He's way deep into the Republican Party and his appearance at the mic didn't just come out of thin air. Speaker Zeller's words ring false. Don't let the Mn. Republican party get away with this!
"Bradlee" is a girls name.
Just sayin'.
a bone-a-fone!
See that press photo in Mother Jones? Looks more like one of the guys from Poison, to me. No corpse paint = no death metal. Let's get it right, folks, and not cast aspersions on death metal by lumping this fool in with them.
not. Death metal is tragic in it's own right. But to each his own.
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -- Robert E. Howard
not a death metal thing, it is a black metal thing.
Mayhem, Burzum, Emperor, Darkthrone, Immortal - Black metal. These bands were essentially the founders of black metal...all of them wear or have worn "corpse paint." They were also the same people who used to burn down churches in Scandinavia in the early 90s.
Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Death (later stuff not death metal), Suffocation, Obituary - Death Metal. These bands were essentially the founders of death metal and they never wore/don't wear corpse paint.
Being a fan of death metal and someone who dislikes most black metal, I had to step in to correct what you said. But I must state that both black metal and death metal lyrics are not very Christian...in fact black metal tends toward satanism, anti-Christianity, or pro-Norse religions.
He apparently doesn't understand the definition of "non-denominational."
It doesn't mean "christian generic," bra.
Remember when politicians cared at least a little about what "all" their constituents thought of them? Now the goal is to be recognized by Fox News for being intolerant to/of (insert your poor and/or defenseless person or minority/issue here) or not to be shown on Fox News being tolerant to/of (insert your poor and/or defenseless person or minority/issue here).
The bar is very low at the moment for acceptable behavior by people who claim to love their brother or their country. I'm not saying people's behavior was any better before, but now the things that they only said in their thoughts, are perfectly acceptable to air in public.
More proof that the evil Right wing Extremism (American Taliban) is now main stream Republicanism/Conservatism.
These lunatics live in fear of anybody who does not look, think, believe, or act like they do, hence the hate.
I really wish these corrupt dangerous Bigots would get Ruptured already and leave the planet so us sinners could get back to the important task of making the world a better place, free of Hate, Fear, Lies and Violence.
"And two gay Legislature members also released statements. "In my 30 years in the House, I have never seen such a hateful person be allowed to deliver the opening prayer," Rep. Karen Clark (D) said.
"Instead of providing a message of inclusion and hope, the House began this day with hate and discrimination," Sen. Scott Dibble (D) added."
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/201...
How about not doing prayers in the first place?
Ted Nugent drops by with advice on how to handle those nasty little sexual innuendos. . .
Reality ain't.
"Republican House Speaker Kurt Zellers later apologized in a floor speech.
"I denounce him, his actions and his words," Zeller said."
OMG!!! What nonsense. The republicans knew who he was and what he espoused. There is no I didn't know what he was going to say nonsense here. I just loved how he dressed for the occasion though. I guess he was going drinking with his buddies before during and after his convocation.
Just when you thought republicans can't get any stupider, meaner and more right-wing this happens. WOW!!!If this doesn't show what the republicans are capable of doing than nothing does.
They'll probably invite Terry Jones to the GOP Memorial Day picnic next week.
That's Right, I Said It!
http://imsickof.com/
It was a freshman legislator, Rep. Ernie Leidiger, R-Mayer, who had arranged the guest pastor's visit.
Leidiger said he was unaware of Dean's views on homosexuality, calling it "radical thinking -- that kind of thinking, I think back to Nazi Germany." Leidiger did say he liked Dean's message about "bringing the Constitution back" into the schools. "Little did I know there's another side of him, which, by the way, I just learned today," he said.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/stateloca...
"Trust no one, Mr. Mulder." - Well-Manicured Man
spoken like a typical christian
anyway...
dear god, please protect me from those who believe in you
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/05/mi...
do we need a "Prayer" before the Govt does the peoples business?
Seperation of Church and State? Hello?
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -- Robert E. Howard
...that associating with this kind of freak can cause Michele Bachmann irreparable political damage.
Amen.
Since when do death metal rockers moonlight as evangelical preachers?
Since when is a "redo" called on a prayer?
What's with that track suit?
change the topic to a correct one
Being a huge fan of death metal, having been in a death metal band, and knowing lots of people who are in death metal bands...I must say this guy's "music" isn't even remotely death metal.
Also, I don't know many evangelical Christians who even like death metal.
yup
Fuck's sake...
I am REALLY starting to hate this country. I mean, DEEPLY, DEEPLY loathe it. I want out of this fucking shithole pronto.
Just 'Cos You Got the Power...THAT DON'T MEAN YOU GOT THE RIGHT!
you can't say that. Look at the wingnuts. They hate nearly everything about our socialist, gay lovin, taxin', gobmint. But they LOVE our country. Even though the only thing they seem to consistently profess to be proud of is our war machine.
Only they can understand that. I don't even want to try. I think it is their version of politically correct speech.
If it is going to be an America on their terms I want out of here too. Maybe they could pool their money and have a ship a liberal to Europe completion or something.
The craziest frickin' people in the world are conservative republicans
This guy has some skeletons in the closet in which he currently resides.
Just sayin'.
This whole Sharia law thing is one of the most dumb things they bring up. And that is saying something.
First various religions are able to do particular things within their faith all over this country in a number of different religions.
Beyond the wall of their church we have a law that is based on the Constitution they pretend to know and reverence so much.
It says no establishment of religion in our civil or criminal law. That includes Sharia Law.
Game over wingnuts..shut up now and move on to some other insanity. And go read the Constitution again(or for the first time).
Most Americans know that this persons beliefs are so silly that most reasonable people will simply ignore him. Sadly, the dominant portion of the American body politic are from the lower side of the bell curve and He will gain some traction among the fearful and ignorant of us. It is time that we, as responsible men and women take back our political process from those whose thought process is rife with ignorance and fear or they will rule over us and abuse minorities and those that hold more enlightened views than they can comprehend.
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