Rev. Erudite Redneck, B.S., B.S., M.A., M.Div.

You can tell Farces on the Family is sweating, with an election in the offing and the Smurfs running for the GOP presidential nomination. (Smurfette, of course, is a Dem).

Most of the "news" on the Farces on the Family Reaction site is no more news than the fact I just tooted:

Pelosi Defends Removal of 'God' From Flag Certificates

I've got one of these certificates, and I never noticed a God reference.

Hmmm, looks like an Eagle Scout is trying to use a side-door method of imposing his own will, and that of the theocratic wing of the GOP, on the rest of this increaasingly secular country. Side-door methods are OK, unless you're ...

... gay ...

Same-Sex 'Divorce' Cases Have 'Marriage' in Mind

"The truth is, they want to destroy traditional marriage." A lie on its face. Expanding the definition of marriage no more destroys marriage than expanding my vocabulary destroys my ability to communicate.

Do what? These people are wack, I tells ya, wack.

"The opponents of marriage aren't merely trying to redefine marriage, they're trying to eliminate marriage."

Dr. Dobson is sounding increasingly shrill and desperate: "It's not just marriage that is at stake, it's absolutely evrything." Consider yourself called to action.

Aren't most of the people who oppose marriage married, heterosexuals and professed Christians who demonstrate their hatred of it by cheating on their spouses and getting divorces of expedience? Thought so.

Let 'em marry. Let 'em divorce. I DON'T CARE. What's good for the heterosexual goose is good for ... the ... gay ... gander.

I should probably have some coffee now.

--ER


(*Minor epithet used for alliterative and rhyming purposes only.)

P.S. Word schmords! Above, I answer Farce on the Family's brand of disingenuousness with some milder, rolling-of-the-eyes forms of my own. Y'all word people can work it out,

Usage Note (from www.thefreedictionary.com): The meaning of disingenuous has been shifting about lately, as if people are unsure of its proper meaning. Generally, it means "insincere" and often seems to be a synonym of cynical or calculating. Not surprisingly, the word is used often in political contexts, as in It is both insensitive and disingenuous for the White House to describe its aid package and the proposal to eliminate the federal payment as "tough love." This use of the word is accepted by 94 percent of the Usage Panel. Most Panelists also accept the extended meaning relating to less reproachable behavior. Fully 88 percent accept disingenuous with the meaning "playfully insincere, faux-naïf," as in the example "I don't have a clue about late Beethoven!" he said. The remark seemed disingenuous, coming from one of the world's foremost concert pianists. Sometimes disingenuous is used as a synonym for naive, as if the dis- prefix functioned as an intensive (as it does in certain words like disannul) rather than as a negative element. This usage does not find much admiration among Panelists, however. Seventy-five percent do not accept it in the phrase a disingenuous tourist who falls prey to stereotypical con artists.