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Whether the criticism of his wife was deserved or not (and I think it was), what he actually said was, 'When my wife, Karen, returned to teach art at an elementary Christian school earlier this year, we faced harsh attacks by the media and the secular left,' which is perfectly true. He followed up with, 'These attacks on Christian education are un-American', which is also true. How are these objectionable?
'It didn’t even occur to people that you might be shunned or ridiculed for defending the teachings of the Bible' is perfectly true. A century ago, the idea that Christians would be called out for defending the Bible seems unthinkable. Today, it's commonplace.
I can't really respond to the rest, since it is either what he didn't say, or something you're reading in to what he did say.
Boru
(May 12, 2019 at 5:05 pm)Nomad Wrote:(May 12, 2019 at 4:36 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Read the article. I'm sure what was objectionable about what Pence said.
Boru
The first thing that jumps to mind is him bitching about when his wife got rightly called out for going back to work at an anti-LGBT school. Then the bullshit about it being hard to call yourself a christian in today's USA (when it becomes a disadvantage to be publically christian to gain public office, rather than the current advantage that it is, I'll entertain that idea). Then the "protect religious liberty" bullshit, which is a dog-whistle for "only my brand of christianity will be accepted in the America I will build for me!" And finally the fact that he is speaking at "Liberty" "University" the US version of the madrassas which spit out al-Qaeda and ISIS fanatics.
Whether the criticism of his wife was deserved or not (and I think it was), what he actually said was, 'When my wife, Karen, returned to teach art at an elementary Christian school earlier this year, we faced harsh attacks by the media and the secular left,' which is perfectly true. He followed up with, 'These attacks on Christian education are un-American', which is also true. How are these objectionable?
'It didn’t even occur to people that you might be shunned or ridiculed for defending the teachings of the Bible' is perfectly true. A century ago, the idea that Christians would be called out for defending the Bible seems unthinkable. Today, it's commonplace.
I can't really respond to the rest, since it is either what he didn't say, or something you're reading in to what he did say.
Boru
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