What Christianity looks like to those of us who were never Christians.

Montana state senator Teresa Manzella (R-Hamilton) said in a speech on a so-called “God, Country, Family” tour that gays who experience violence for being gay deserve it, and in any case it’s nothing compared to what Christ suffered.

She was speaking in support of a pastor/Realtor who accused a food bank in Missoula of trying to recruit children to Teh Geyh Lyfestyle.

The pastor drew a complaint with the Missoula Organization of Realtors and has an ethics hearing next month (in which he could lose his license).

She claims she was quoted out-of-context, so she posted her whole speech to Faceborg (which shows she was quoted precisely). She said violence against gays walking down the street holding hands is normal consequences for their actions.

Democrats in the state senate have called for her to be stripped of committee assignments, which she calls persecution for her religious faith.

She also accuses the media reporting on this of being in the hands of “leftists” and offers as evidence “just look up the Council on Foreign Relations” (disclaimer, I’m a member so it must be true).

(Not a chance in hell the Republican-majority controlled state senate is going to strip her of her committee assignments.)

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