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Manhattan Diary by Cahir O'Doherty

Japan suffers becuase of DADT repeal

Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 05:10 PM

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I've written about Cindy Jacobs before, because, well just look at her.

A fundamentalist Christian, she often says the most hateful things you could ever concieve of in that sweet little lady voice of hers.

This week Jacob's is suggesting that God may have killed tens of thousands of men, women and children in Japan with an 9.6 earthquake and a terrifyingly powerful tsunami's after that because the Obama administration repealed Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

I'm mean the connection is obvious, innit? That's right. When gay people are happy God is sad. In fact, the thought that any gay person anywhere ever might some day live a life free from insult and harassment apparently drives God to multiple homicides.

But can people like Cindy Jacobs really be the face of the Christian gospels? I mean to say, when you think about the implications of what's she's saying here (go on, try) what sort of light is she putting God in, really?

Are we to accept that year after year He keeps making the same mistake of creating millions of new gay people all over the world, accidentally leaving Him with - whoops - no choice but to send earthquakes and tsunamis and plagues of frogs the boils of Egypt etc to eradicate them all and to, you know, send a message?

The thing about natural disasters is that they can be attributed to a set of envioromental factor rather than divine metaphors. So wouldn't help us all to be a little more explicit? In fact couldn't He, you know, send us an email maybe?

I for one would be glad of an explanation, one way or the other. Because if Cindy Jacobs is representative of the kind of person He'd prefer to spend eternity with then I really won't feel so bad about missing out on Him or Heaven.

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Pittsburghkid | Apr 18, 2011, 10:04 PM EDT

I do not think God caused the Tsunimi You must remember the bible Sodom and Gammorra. Abraham begged God to save Sodom and Gammorra, but God could not do it. God distroyed Sodom and Gammorra. I do not think it is fair showing this lady as being representative of Christians, because you have nuts on both side. As a matter of fact, there are homosexual that believe a certain type of unnature intercourse is normal. They are real wackos.

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maloney | Apr 12, 2011, 07:24 PM EDT

whining aussie little girl. I'm going to tell daddy Niall on you for picking on me. seanomelbourne not a man, just another split tail.

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seanomelbourne | Apr 09, 2011, 08:03 PM EDT

That's your opinion I'm not so sure.

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maloney | Apr 09, 2011, 01:56 PM EDT

You are right seano. She would be a lot better catch than the poor roos you've been courting.

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seanomelbourne | Apr 08, 2011, 10:29 PM EDT

marry her Maloney you can have a second coming every night.

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maloney | Apr 08, 2011, 06:56 PM EDT

I kinda like her. Much more entertaining than The Daily show or Maher.

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Aleeyne | Apr 07, 2011, 10:53 AM EDT

I have heard a few say that Japan blatantly and defiantly abused and pillaged the wildlife of the sea, and in the end the sea jumped inland and bit them.

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wonderful | Apr 07, 2011, 01:13 AM EDT

I think a mistake was done with nuclear power and there are plants popping up all over the world Everyone wants to believe it will not be a happening at there home town. But my Mom was right human beings will end the world before any meteor or cosmic disaster. Humans are the disaster that God created and always think they know more than God.

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seanomelbourne | Apr 06, 2011, 11:24 PM EDT

It's so uncomplicated being an atheist.

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hollabackgurl | Apr 06, 2011, 11:03 PM EDT

There's not a shade of difference between this woman's convictions and that of the GOP's when it comes to gay people. John McCain and other prominent Republicans swore that the repeal of DADT would be a disaster - in fact, it merely allowed gay troops to serve without threat or insult. The GOP also plans to defend DOMA (which does nothing except discriminate); they attack every non-disrimination employment bill; they oppose marriage equality and even civil unions; they want to throw the foreign born partners of gay American citizens out of the country. If you vote Republican you're voting for Cindy Jacobs.

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hollabackgurl | Apr 06, 2011, 10:46 PM EDT

Massachusetts has offered gay marriage for years without earthquakes or any other calamities. Clearly God is telling us he in favor of gay marriage.

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Scrivner | Apr 06, 2011, 02:43 PM EDT

And so the ancient Hawiians would toss a virgin into the volcano to appease the volcano god. Sometimes it simmered down, sometimes it didn't. At least they did not pretend to be Christians.

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AngelPrecious | Apr 06, 2011, 12:54 PM EDT

ROFL, olovely, GOP talking points, huh?? Hardly. Thankfully, most Christians believe that this woman is way out of line, similar to many of the articles written by Cahir!

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starg8r | Apr 06, 2011, 12:26 PM EDT

As a Christian, I am horrified at this woman and her vitriol. She apparently has skipped over the part in the bible that states: God Is Love. She and "Christians" like her are the reason many non-Christians have no desire to know the Lord -- and that is the saddest thing of all.

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olovely | Apr 06, 2011, 11:11 AM EDT

Cindy Jacobs has a terrific grasp of something and it ain't the Old Testament: it's GOP talking points with a side order of evangelism. It's hilarious to me that people think there's an up or down elevator that will will take you to the afterlife. Why not an escalator? Or a moving walk way? Will the afterlife look like LAX International Airport?

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