Then again, these fundies also believe in biblical inerrancy, the notion that every single word in the Bible means exactly what it says it means. According to this theory, the Earth is no more than 6,000 years old, so that whole carbon dating thing is a fraud, which means the Flintstones was a more or less accurate depiction of how man and dinosaur interacted together.
But let’s be candid, shall we? Southern Baptists also view homosexuality as ‘an abomination’, and thus it can’t have escaped their notice that the prime mover behind the online gambling push is one Barney Frank, an openly gay man. As the Church Lady used to say, how convenient. Nice to be able to combine all your blinkered prejudices into one tidy bundle, isn’t it? Read more.