Mike Johnson says God will punish “depraved” U.S. because more teens identify as LGBTQ+
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"God is mocked openly in the public square," he said this past Sunday...
  • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    At the risk of sounding like an edgy reddit atheist…

    God isn’t real, and most of those teens don’t believe in him as there is no evidence such a thing exists.

  • 520@kbin.social
    1·
    10 months ago

    As House Speaker, it is not your job to speak on behalf of God.

    Perhaps leave that to the popes.

  • IHeartBadCode@kbin.social
    21·
    10 months ago

    Mike Johnson: “Look it’s not my fault that I’m making this country shitty, it is those pesky LGBTQ+ people.”

  • Rusticus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Meanwhile, God is good with the US setting yet another firearm mass murder yearly record because for sure God is a second amendment advocate.

  • rbesfe@lemmy.ca
    21·
    10 months ago

    If all Americans went out and voted in their congressional elections, you guys wouldn’t be in this mess. I worry that the US will fall into fascism not because of Christian nationalists, but because of excessive political apathy.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
      22·
      10 months ago

      If all Americans went out and voted in their congressional elections

      Ever hear of gerrymandering?

      While you’re at it, try counting the polling places per capita in blue neighborhoods versus red ones.

      When you’re done with that, check how many polling places per capita colleges have, how many college students have to travel several states on a Tuesday in order to vote.

      Then check how many voters are struck from the rolls using flimsy excuses.

      Lastly, check how difficult it is for the working poor to get enough time off work, childcare etc.

      If all Americans COULD vote, everything would be a lot better, but victim blaming without doing a goddamn thing about voting rights like neoliberals are doing isn’t helping.

      • rbesfe@lemmy.ca
        11·
        10 months ago

        All I’m hearing are excuses. Polling places do exist, and even with Gerrymandering if everyone went out and voted it wouldn’t matter as much. Stop whining and just vote next time.

  • TokenBoomer@lemmy.world
    1·
    10 months ago

    God should’ve made them not LGBTQ+ then Mike. Seems like Johnson’s argument is with God. Good luck with her.

  • Wahots@pawb.social
    1·
    10 months ago

    It’s getting more and more difficult to understand where they are coming from. I ask my boyfriend what we want to make for dinner, while our speaker asks his son, a minor, to monitor him so that he doesn’t get addicted to porn. The relationship I have with my boyfriend is just as healthy, maybe even more healthy than the relationships I’ve had with women. I give people a pass in the 00s since being queer was rare, but queer people have been in the mainstream for well over a decade at this point, and we are a known quantity. We just want a happy life like everyone else. That’s it.

    I often laugh that some religious people most likely spend more time thinking about gay sex than we do. Which is once a week if that for us.

  • bmsok@lemmy.world
    1·
    10 months ago

    Seriously, who can possibly be so invested in the personal lives and relationships of others?

    I genuinely don’t understand how you can waste your time with that amount of hate.

    It’s extremism, plain and simple. Live the life you want and let others live theirs.

    Be kind. Support one another despite any differences we may have. Seriously, WTF?

  • ClaireDeLuna@lemmy.world
    1·
    10 months ago

    Okay, let’s see “God” come on down and do that. Until then I’m gonna continue being “depraved” fucking nut jobs.

  • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    1·
    10 months ago

    Considering LGBTQ+ is a protected group in the USA, surely the Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s comments are tantamount to criminal harassment if not hate motivated harassment.