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CommentsRe: Rudolfo Anaya on Mexican-American studies and book burning
I wonder why Shakespeare's "The Tempest" was banned by the conservatives? I'm guessing that it's because Prospero gave Ariel and Caliban freedom, forgave those who had trespassed against him, and gave up magical thinking. Last edited [3/8/12 1:19 AM]
His recent outburst of abuse against Gay people is just the latest trespass to forgive. The internet shows that he's lobbied hard in Santa Fe against full citizen equality, welcomed the infamous Scott "Pink Swastika" Lively to Legacy Church (who has the blood of African Gays on his hands), endorsed Islamophobe and professional hater Jerry Boykin, honored the pseudo-historian and propagandist for Christian supremacy David Barton...for starters. What's at Pastor Smothermon's core? Go read "What's at Your Core?" on the Tony Cooke Ministries website. This is a smarmy, thinly disguised patriarchal white supremacist fantasy chapter on the "The Priveleges (sic) of Nobility." (From his book, "Large Large Living in a Small Small World: the amazing power of a generous spirit.") "A noble birth (apparently that is exclusively limited to ultra-conservative born-again Christians) is not to be taken lightly. It places an individual above the common man and carries a distinction of honesty and integrity." (Identifying as "Gay," "GLBT," "SGL," etc is a proclamation of personal integrity and authority. Those commoners, those inferior unregenerates, those people who apparently aren't one with Jesus Christ simply cannot be trusted and have no integrity that Prince Smothermon need recognize.) "As a believer you can claim your “noble birth.”" "We are elevated to the ranks of prince and princess in God’s family." "When you are born again, you are given a new ancestry, or noble birth, from God. As a result, we become disposed to do things His way." (Which judging from His Majesty, Prince Smothermon, are far-right patriarchal fantasies with a distinct lack of a generous spirit towards everyone except his self-proclaimed born-again nobility.) Pastor Smothermon's condescending pretensions of noblesse oblige are just pathetic and delusional. His Lord's Prayer seems to be: "...Give us this day our daily bread and take it away from Gay and Islamic people. And as we don't acknowledge our trespasses against them, there is nothing to forgive..."
Oops. like Pastor Smothermon's "Priveleges, my spell checker somehow missed "chruch." Bad spell checker...bad bad spell checker...go to your file and think about what you did. lol.
No, I don't think that "these strong-willed men and women can be soooo easily turned into religious zealots by attending a one hour ceremony in this facility..." But I do think that the Sheriff's Department, in full uniform, holding ceremonies at an influential and well known Protestant born-again supremacist organization's facilities ...an organization that has sponsored anti-Gay/holocaust revisionist and anti-Muslim extremists such as Scott Lively and Jerry Boykin (among others),is inadvertently sending a bad message to the community the Deputies serve and protect...and the attending family members as well. (I know that Legacy Church has worked with a Catholic anti-legal abortion organization...but it's still a Protestant born-again religious-right organization.) Speaking of Legacy Chruch, where its Pastor Steve Smothermon will be Sept. 15th...honoring "National Hero of Faith" David Barton. Here's Rick Scarbourgh's (another Legacy Church speaker) Vision America announcement. [link] David Barton's own Wallbuilders website. [link] A link you won't want to read, by Right Wing Watch, on David Barton. [link] Where Pastor Smothermon was in the summer of 2010...Reclaiming America for Christ...with "National Hero of Faith" David Barton and other far-right Christian supremacists. The Reclaiming America for Christ announcement of the event. [link] "What's At Your Core" by Pastor Steve Smothermon...with "The Priveleges (sic) of [born-again] Nobility [link] Last edited [9/3/11 3:34 PM]
Legacy Church hosted infamous Gay and Muslim bashers like hate group leader Scott Lively and Jerry Boykin, and I'm the hater? Is it really free when the Sheriff's Department parades around a supremacist group's parking lot? Is free parking worth having graduating deputies share the space with a shameless supremacist who dismisses everyone who is not a conservative, born-again Christian as beneath him, of lacking in integrity and honesty? Who is on record that born-again Christians should be privileged over "the common man?" Is sitting in seats that, thanks to hosting holocaust revisionist Scott "Pink Swastika" Lively, has the blood of Ugandan Gay people splattered on them. Is free parking at Legacy Church really all that free?
Having a ceremony in the building of an organization that hosts anti-Gay and anti-Muslim extremists, lead by a lobbyist against full citizen equality,as I have illustrated, is giving the appearance of condoning that organization's hostility towards many law abiding, taxpaying New Mexico citizens...which the Sheriff's Department is sworn to help and protect. As I have written on my social blog, Pastor Smothermon is teaching that born again Protestants are, by being so, privileged, set above the "common man." See below. Not that I disagree with everything that anti-full citizen equality Pastor Steve Smothermon writes here...but...I find this pathetic. "Noble birth...as the result of a born again experience, you are adopted into God’s royal family. Since H...e is generous, you will be too." Noblesse oblige is better than contempt for one's subjects and inferiors, but America theoretically doesn't have people subjected to the caprices of nobility and the aristocracy, right? "A New Creation A noble birth is not to be taken lightly. It places an individual above the common man and carries a distinction of honesty and integrity. " Well...that's what nobility would like the "common man" to believe. I would think that the "common man" is also capable of honesty and integrity...and hardly needs the likes of that noble lord, Pastor Smothermon, to lord over him/her. And of course, why the Pastor is so excited to be of noble lineage: "The Priveleges (sic) of Nobility" "As a believer you can claim your “noble birth.” We are elevated to the ranks of prince and princess in God’s family. Because of salvation your limitations are behind you and you possess all the rights and privileges of nobility—including a generous spirit." Prince Smothermon's "generous spirit" apparently doesn't mean "rising above pettiness or meanness" when it comes to GLBT people. Commoners have rights, too, and special rights for nobility is, well, un-American. Excuse me if I don't tug my forelock. [link]
Legacy Church and Pastor Steve Smothermon, who was on the Police Oversight Commission, apparently haven't met an extremist that he didn't like. Even founded is own extremist group, Voices for Family Values to slander Gay people. Holocaust revisionist Scott Lively, BFF Rick Scarbough, Gen. Boykin were some of Legacy Church's event speakers. American Family Association "Voter's Guides" were distributed to the parishioners. Bizarre and bigoted textbooks by Bob Jones University and A Beka are used in Legacy's academy, according to church's old website. Smothermon lobbied against even Domestic Partnership bills in Santa Fe. Considering that New Mexico was way ahead of many states in anti-discrimination statutes, the lobbying against full citizen equality by Smothermon and others is more than mere bigotry, it's a betrayal of New Mexico's ideals. Any church that would throw open its doors to Scott "Pink Swastika" Lively has the blood of Ugandan GLBT people splattered on its pews. That a speaker at the Patriot Pastor Tea Party, lobbyist against equality (who no-doubt professes to "love homosexuals)," anti-intellectual who mis-educated his academy's young students with pseudo-science text books; that he was on the Police Oversight Commission in a university town with a large Gay community, should have been a major scandal. Every case reviewed while he was a commissioner, should be reopened.
Where Legacy Church's Pastor Steve Smothermon will be Sept. 15th...honoring "National Hero of Faith" David Barton. Here's Rick Scarbourgh's (another Legacy Church speaker) Vision America announcement. [link] David Barton's own Wallbuilders website. [link] Right Wing Watch, on David Barton. [link] Where Pastor Smothermon was in the summer of 2010...Reclaiming America for Christ...with "National Hero of Faith" David Barton and other far-right Christian supremacists. The Reclaiming America for Christ announcement of the event. [link] "What's At Your Core" by Pastor Steve Smothermon...with "The Priveleges (sic) of [born-again] Nobility [link] Last edited [9/3/11 3:31 PM] | 
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