More of what you might be asking? More in your face bigotry against not just people of faith, but people of a particular faith. Quick, guess which one.
Today the Washington Post brought in Rabbi Bradley Hirschfield for an online chat on the topic
of, “What role does Christianity play in the murder of the openly gay mayoral candidate in Mississippi?”
Notice that the Post didn’t even ask if Christianity did play a role in the killing — which would have been weird enough. No, for the Post, that question was settled; the only one worth asking is the nature of the role.
Were you aware that there was a Christian angle to the shocking murder? No? Because guess what: there isn’t. The Washington Post is making it up, in a “when did you stop beating your wife” kind of way.
On March 2, the Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger reported that people close to the dead man, Marco McMillian, and the accused murderer, Lawrence Reed, say the two were friend, possibly lovers, and had a fight. Excerpts:
Friends of Reed told Memphis television station WPTY that the two recently had met at a Clarksdale bar and became close. Then, sometime either late Monday night or early Tuesday morning, McMillian made sexual advances on Reed, the friends said, adding that Reed is straight.
The so-called “gay panic” defense. That’s not what McMillian’s friends say:
Friends of McMillian, however, say the two men were romantically involved and quarreled immediately before the slaying.
“They were having an affair,” said 18-year-old Carlos Jones. “They got to tussling.”
There is no evidence — none — that Christianity had anything to do with this hideous killing, which, whether it was “gay panic” or a lover’s quarrel gone badly wrong, was apparently a crime of passion. But that wasn’t good enough for the Washington Post, which fanned the flames of anti-religious bigotry by desperately searching for a faith angle.
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Simply living in the vicinity of the Christian religion can turn you into a stone-cold murderer. I read that in the Washington Post online.
When a Jewish person is arrested for killing someone, will the Post invite Father F.X. O’Finnerty in to discuss the role Judaism played in the killing? Even in the absence of any evidence to suggest that the murder suspect practiced Judaism, or that Jewish teaching had a thing to do with the killing? Because if they did such a thing, it would be blatantly, disgustingly anti-Semitic. It would also be an act of grotesque civic irresponsibility so vile and provocative you’d have to wonder what the newspaper’s ultimate goal was.
Do not doubt that the Washington Post knows exactly what its doing. And it’s proud of it. There will be a lot more of this kind of thing. We live in interesting times.
of, Last I checked, Muslims have problems with homosexuality. I wonder why the Washington Post didn't offer that angle up as a meme?
Cowards.
