Arkansas state Senator Jason Rapert (pictured) is pissed off that his hometown of Conway, AR just hosted their twelfth annual gay Pride parade on Sunday.
Rapert posted a book length rant on his official Facebook page over the weekend accusing gay people, or as he likes to refer to them “anti-Christian activists,” of “crossing the line” by purposefully planning their parade on a Sunday (a.k.a “the Lord’s Day”) to “mock” and “intimidate” Christians.
“[T]hey understand that the lifestyle they are glorifying on our streets is considered sin by every Bible-believing Christian,” Rapert exclaimed, “and they use their parade on a day reserved to worship God and reverence the Lord to mock Christians.”
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Rapert called the parade “truly one of the most offensive public displays against Christians you will find anywhere in our state,” saying that gay people “have specifically chosen Sunday to try and intimidate people who believe in the Word of God.”
As a result, the Republican lawmaker said he “objects” to the parade “ever again being held on the Sabbath Day again.”
Of course, by that logic, we should probably also reschedule SuperBowl Sunday, televised awards ceremonies like the Grammys, the Tonys and the Oscars, all Sunday night Primetime television, and any other event that happens to fall on the seventh day of the week. You know, so as not to make any Christians feel intimidated.
“This has all gone way too far,” Rapert concluded. “[E]vil has won too many battles in America lately.”
A man by the name of Hank House had the best response to Rapert’s tirade when he posted to the lawmaker’s Twitter page: “Maybe, just maybe, Sunday happens to be the day the parade would affect local businesses, traffic, etc. the least.”
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Cam
To make matters worse, his Grindr account was suspended!
Frank Smekar
As a result of his tantrum, the event was bigger than ever with even the mayor participating this year. The city owes this hater thanks for helping promote the parade, although one does think the senator doth protest too much. What’s hiding behind your closet door, Jason?
Kangol
Time to usher this anti-gay closet case out of the closet, and have him reread the Gospels again so he’ll learn Jesus Christ never even mentions homosexuality. Not once.
Estill Tibbs
Lol I agree what’s up Jason
Glücklich
“Of course, by that logic, we should probably also reschedule SuperBowl Sunday, televised awards ceremonies like the Grammys, the Tonys and the Oscars, all Sunday night Primetime television, and any other event that happens to fall on the seventh day of the week.”
Ha ha. Yes! I wonder why some of these events aren’t held on Saturday, anyway. Give everyone Sunday to recover.
Mark Binmore
So whats his grindr/scruff profile name again……
David Andrew Roubideaux
OH God not toooo sensitive! Homophobic people need to grow up & start accepting what they can never change!
Michael Finnegan
Roan
What are you wearing, “Jake From State Farm?”
Michael Haynes
It was good that it was held on a Sunday, the Bigots were in church and Pride would then be peaceful event
Lee-Gwen Booth
To be fair, he’d probably really object to it being held on any day. After all, we’re meant to rest on the Sabbath (and that’s open to interpretation as being any day from Friday to Sunday) and then work the other 6 days. No mention in there of parades at all.
AtticusBennett
uh…..if he wants to get all Abrahamic – the sabbath is saturday.
Valerie Anderson
Get over it!
Glenn Wentzel
This idiot needs to worry about more important issues… like the starving poor in his state.
Alan David
Crazy
westeggguy
Doesn’t “19 Kids and Counting” also broadcast on Sunday. So does that mean it is okay Christian molesters to appear on Sunday television?
chuck
GAWD IS FAKE!
aidanbh
Of course, the fact that nowhere in the Bible does it say that homosexuality is a sin does not seem to deter these morons.
SteveDenver
Rapert
yaletownman
He’s white trash. A product of his society. If he didn’t have somebody(s) to project upon he’s blow his own head off.
TheBigOne
Sounds like a severe case of ‘closetqueenitis’ to me.
aliengod
Atticus is correct. The Sabbath is technically on a Saturday.
It probably won’t be long until this guys Scruff profile pops up or some male escort outs him.
boops123
This MORON is so ignorant about his own delusional religion, he does not know it says the sabbath is Saturday, whatever that is supposed to mean anyway. It’s amazing how these zealots that condemn and judge all others using their religion, actually know so little about religion, only what benefits themselves. If any sane person really read any bible, they would really see how insane, corrupt and full of hatred, murder and death it is. Plus all the same things it has caused throughout written history.
Stephen Meeks
I wonder if he knows that his holy day is named for the Egyptian Sun God
Luis H. Lopez
Another NAZI homophobic anti gay bigot !
Ward Dustin
I can’t wait til all your skeletons start coming out of your closet it’s all going to be so bittersweet!! Maybe you can be Scott Walkers vice presidential nominee!
BlueDude
He’s trolling for evangelical votes. The simpleminded smalltown politicians really have nothing worthwhile to say, or contribute, so, making this kind of noise gets them attention and support from like-minded nitwits. It still astounds me that, apparently, none of them have read the Gospels, ya know, the stuff Jesus taught.
Giancarlo85
Typical right wing Republican. It is guys like this that make me wonder why gay Republicans and libertarians hate themselves so much… They vote for guys like this.
BGinBigD
How much you wanna bet he’s friends with Josh Duggar and the rest of ’em???
Dr. Arthur Frederick Ide
The legislator, who claims he is defending god (but doesn’t explain why his god needs mortals to defend him) exposes his ignorance on the bible and history. The “sabbath” is Saturday–not Sunday, and the early communities of chrestianos and christianos did not sit at home for their leader said “Where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am also” and the nature of that place (there were no “churches” [ekklesia] as the ekklesia were law courts) was one for dancing, celebrations, drinking of wine. Obviously, like all evangelical extremist he does not know ancient Hebrew but gravitates of the KING James bible (not as they say in Arkansas–as King James VI & I was toying with his boyfriend “Stinky” the Duke of Buckingham) that has numerous errors, such as unicorn (in actuality the word is bulls). This senate needs serious psychiatric help as he is as bad as “I want to shower with girls” candidate Huckabee.
marc sfe
St. Patrick’s Day was on Tuesday – the parade on Sunday. what’s your point asshole?
Krishnan
Dude looks like he ain’t getting any…from either gender.
Maude
According to the Bible of Abraham, God made the earth, and all things above, on, in, and below the earth in six days, and on the seventh day….He rested.
Sunday is not the seventh day, it is the first day.
Saturday is the seventh day. The day the Lord commended be kept Holy.
God is not as ‘picky’ as some would have you believe.
Pay no attention to those who tell you what God thinks about anything.
They don’t know, what He thinks anymore than you or I do.
It’s what you believe in your heart that counts.
Each and everyone of us knows down deep in our hearts, the good and bad of all things we are confronted with…Listen to your heart, and if you can truly say you wish no harm, than keep listening, because you’ve got it right.
It’s called having a good conscience.
Gustaf Au Chocolat
Queen, please, pull it the f*%# together.
Dan Levin
We should totally move Pride to Dec 25th just because of this jackass.
pattygale
My first thought was exactly what was mentioned in article, not as much disruption of traffic and commerce on a Sunday. All the good Christians should be at church and/or at Grandma’s for dinner. Having said that, we all know there will never be a good day according to some ppl for a Pride parade. They’ve had anti-abortion demonstrations in DC on Sundays, beer-fueled tailgating parties before pro football games, and drunken, semi-naked boat races on Lake Conway, Lake Martin, AL, Lake Murray, SC all on Sunday’s….sometimes INSTEAD OF church. You don’t suppose this could just be another homophobic rant, do you? Banish the thought because good Christians know you should Love Thy Neighbor and Judge Not.
TheGregoryProject
@Cam: you’re awesome !
Clai Green
Do they allow blacks there yet or are they 2nd class
Maude
@aidanbh:
You’re wrong. It does.
I’d tell you where, but I honestly don’t know…because I honestly don’t care to know.
Too much that is written in the Bible is not only wrong, but stupid.
I’m not criticizing your belief or non belief..I’m criticizing your flat statement that “It’s not in the Bible”.
Again, You’re wrong. It is.
You can Google it, and find it if you wish…I just don’t want to bother.
Maude
Oh Hell, it’s Leviticus 20:13 “If a man lay with a man…etc, etc…….”
Pay it no mind.
“It’s just one of those things,just one of those crazy things, one of those things, that now and then rings, just one of those things.”
Sung to the tune of…”Just One Of Those Things”……LOL
It was a big hit of Cole Porter’s and included in “A Cole Porter Review” on Broadway in NYC.
Bellamy
If Senator Rapert really loved the Bible, he would know that the Bible says that the 7TH DAY – “SATURDAY” – is the Lord’s Day AND WAS NEVER CHANGED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. It was written on the tablets of the 10 Commandments by the finger of God Himself, “Six days shall you do all your labor, and on the seventh day you shall rest, just as the Lord God made the heavens and the earth in six days and rested on the seventh.” Jesus and all of the Apostles observed the 7th day, and Paul specifically said in the Book of Acts that there should be no gathering on the 1st day (Sunday). Sunday is a Pagan holiday adopted by Roman Catholicism as their Sabbath; it is not a biblical Sabbath.
Furthermore, “This Constitution [not the Bible] shall be the Supreme Law of the land” – Article VI, U.S. Constitution
-Rev. Jim Cunningham, D.D.
King James Bible Ministries International
GayChristianSurvivors.com
Bellamy
Someone should also notify the Senator that the United States is a Constitutional Republic – not a theocratic dictatorship.
Mack
If having Gay Pride on a Sunday is wrong, them what about all the businesses opened on a Sunday? Shouldn’t all those employees be allowed Sunday off to go to church? I know Walmart and Waltons in Arkansas might disagree with you but they’re only one company-right? I would imagine this fool gets a lot of his campaign money from these business so there is no way in HELL he’ll stop them. But Gay Pride in Arkansas he might have a chance. They’re a little backward there. Plus the Molester’s Mother might complain.
Jim Guinnessey
Another Southern asshole politician! Why so many bigoted morons in the South? Maybe the Civil War was fought in vain because mentally and politically the South has been secessionist from the USA since 1865.
Chris DeMay
What did he think was going to happen…the world coming to an end? He needs to get another hobby!!
onthemark
@Mack: Actually the Bible says we should KILL anyone who works on the Sabbath! – see Exodus 31:15.
onthemark
His name is Rapert? Is the T silent, like with Stephen Colbert?
It must be easy to deface his campaign signs!
Patrick Cremeans
America is not a Theocracy. End.
Chris
The only solution is for his constituents to vote this embarrassment out of office.
Artie Waterbury
Fuckhead
Anthony Angelino
He should stop crying and go to church???
polarisfashion
Next week he’s going to boycott Red Lobster for selling shellfish. The week after that he’s going to protest a Target for not only being open on Sunday but selling clothes made of blended threads. Next month he’s going to give a hate speech to Great Clips because they cut men’s hair. I can only imagine what he has planned for the local tattoo parlor. NOT!!! He’s just another cherry picking CINO (Christian In Name Only)!!!
Mark Pilsnik
Isn’t the Sabbath actually on Saturday?
Daniel-Reader
Politicians are politicians 7 days a week. Working on the Sabbath is expressly forbidden by the bible so he will be stepping down right? So he doesn’t violate the bible, right? Or is he just another hypocrite fake?
Daniel-Reader
I also wonder what the police and military and EMTs and firefighters think of him hating people who break the Sabbath, since they all do.
IanHunter
I wonder if they wonder how much money the gay community spends in NC on weekend getaways.
Korree Johnson
Oh brother
gaym50ish
He is quoted as saying, “They understand that the lifestyle they are glorifying on our streets is considered sin by every Bible-believing Christian,”
No, we DON’T understand that, because it’s not even CLOSE to being true. In a 2014 Gallup poll, responders (70 percent of whom are presumably Christians) were asked if homosexuality is “morally acceptable,” and 58 percent said yes.
Even among Cathoics, 56 percent do not consider gay sex a sin, according to a 2011 poll by the Public Religion Research Institute. Only among evangelicals do the majority consider it sinful
Barry Shatswell
It’s just a sad cry for help. Please pray for nationalized mental healthcare. He needs it.
gaym50ish
Why all the discussion about which day is actually the Sabbath? Whether you believe in a six-day creation or the formation of our planet over millions of years, in neither case was there a Julian or Gregorian calendar at the time. Those came along much later.
And the calendar has been adjusted with leap years, leap days, leap centuries, etc. To adopt the Gregorian calendar in 1582, they had to eliminate 10 days, so there are no days at all — Sabbath or any other — from Oct 4 to Oct. 15.
In other words, quarreling about which is really the 7th day is just a meaningless debate.
F. Jay Ver
Wait till he finds out people have anal sex on Christmas. His head should pop right off.
ChuckGG
What astounds me about the religious crowd is their presumptuousness! Why do they think we would deliberately have a Pride Day on Sunday “just to torment them?” Here’s why it was on Sunday: Everyone was busy on Saturday!
Newsflash: The world does not revolve around them and the dumba$$ spook in the sky. I don’t think about them any more than I think about cricket scores in the UK. It’s there but who cares?
Jeesh! Lighten up already! Is is any wonder young people are fleeing from the old-time churches?
NoCagada
He probably licks Duggar fingers
Joseph Miraglia
Get a life!
Dakotahgeo
@Frank Smekar: The religious extremist nutjobs have always had a leading hand in supporting LGBT events, although not of their own chosing! Normal, reasonable people see through their hatred, haughtiness, and arrogant pride and come to the GLBT’s rescue! It’s been that way for years! And we GLBTers thank them from the bottom of our hearts and asses! Kiss it, BOYS!
Dakotahgeo
@Dakotahgeo: *choosing.
Dymension
I have been going to gay pride since 1985 in different cities. It’s ALWAYS on a Sunday. Get over it Mary!
billywonka
So intelligence is not a requirement to be a State Senator in Arkansas. Nor is the “true meaning of Christianity.”
Poor baby – such a fool and so proud he is.
darian
Damn Christians own Sunday now?
Sluggo2007
The article didn’t have to mention that he was from Arkansas. The picture pretty much illustrated that.
shane15235
does this mean “christians” now think they own a day of the week??
Ian
Uhh yeah, not every bible believing Christian sir senator. I just delivered a youth & family sermon which talked about what it was like growing up in the Christian community in the gay hating AIDS crisis 80s. These times are different. The infamous verses often quoted by the fag haters are now being interpreted more accurately, within they’re historical context. My whole Christian church (Lutheran, even) has no beef with LGBT – whatsoever. There isn’t even a beef to be had for that matter. Another Lutheran church we partner youth programs with has a gay married youth pastor, ordained ELCA Lutheran and all. Wake up mr senator, get with the times and don’t speak for me, an openly gay bible believing Christian with a family and a healthy sex life without shame or fear. drop yer hate – after all, WWJD? Hypocrite.
Dakotahgeo
@Ian: Ian, THANK YOU for telling it like it is! Most true Christians practice what you and I are teaching/preaching these days and we are appalled by the shameful actions of the religious extremist American christian Taliban! They cry and whine about their horrible ‘persecution,’ all by their own hands! If they don’t like being treated like lepers, go to a Dr. and get treatment. They might even survive and become real Christians!
Pastor George M Melby (Rt.).
NJjoe
@Cam:
LOL!!!
Steve
He needs to opens up that bible and shove it up his ass!!!