While debating whether the state should stop flying the Confederate flag over its capitol, South Carolina Sen. Lee Bright pulled a Becky Wegner Rommel and self-detonated on the house floor.
Lawmakers were discussing whether the battle flag was a racist symbol (spoiler alert: it is!), when Bright got up to say his piece.
“Members of the senate,” he began, “I heard our president sing a religious hymn. And then Friday night I watched the White House be lit up in the abomination colors! … It is time! It is time for the church to rise up!”
Bright was referring to when the White House was illuminated with rainbow colors after the Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality on June 26.
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“The Bible is clear,” Bright continued. “This nation was founded on Judeo-Christian principles and they are under assault by men in black robes who were not elected by you!”
What exactly does this have to do with South Carolina removing the battle flag from outside its capitol, you ask? The answer: Absolutely nothing. But that didn’t stop Bright from continuing with his antigay rant.
“Our governor called us in to deal with the flag that sits out front, let’s deal with the national sin that we face today,” he bemoaned. “We talk about abortion but this gay marriage thing, I believe, will be one nation gone under like President Reagan said. If we’re not one nation under God, we’ll be one nation gone under.”
“The devil is taking control of this land!” Bright warned. “Now, I believe that the Christ teaches us to love the homosexual, but he also teaches us to stand in the gap against sin!”
Watch Bright meltdown in the video below.
h/t: Mother Jones
Stephen Meeks
He is an embrassment to the State
Noah Ayyash
This guy needs to choke to death on a bag of Uncut dicks
Robert Zakem
Let them rant. They’re behaving like 4 year olds who aren’t getting their way. What’s next, holding their breath until they turn blue? Talk about sore losers. What happened to the “Gracious South?” Doesn’t seem so gracious anymore.
Raymond D Owens
He sounds like a preach, I think he needs to go back to the Church and kneel at the alter and ask Jesus to come into his heart
Jesse Erickson
some first class deflection there -_-
Jim Cash
Sounds like they’re trying to obvouscate the real issue. (Smoke and Mirrors)
WilV
I’m divided on whether or not these kinds of rants should be sensationalized and reported. I mean, look at the antigay Indiana pizzeria. People hyped them up all over the news and they made over 800k as a result. When Chick-fil-A came under fire for their anti gay donations people rallied behind them and their restaurants became busier than ever.
mastik8
He should really switch to decaf.
Gene Dale Moore
bet he would love to burn a cross in the front of the white house. there is more than likely a hooded white outfit in his closet
Robbie Morgan
Wow. He sound real edumacated. I bet he went all the way to 9th grade.
Xzamilio
http://shallowvoices.blogspot.com/2015/07/god-and-gay-poem.html
A poem… just because
Jesse Blodgett
Separation of church and state.
Cam
What a shock, somebody supporting a flag that embodies bigotry also hates gays.
1EqualityUSA
Here’s betting his brain is a smooth grey ball with no fissures.
no1
Most of our founding Fathers were Deist. So, this means this Country was founded on Deist principles.This is easily confirmed if people would just open up a history book.
Jeff Phillips
I still wonder how my getting married changes your life
edtaylorky
History@no1: I think that for some, history books (like dinosaur bones) were planted by the devil.
Mark Gibson
He implles that he looks to the Bible as the ruling authority of the United States. Excuse me, I believe that is the constitution.
muscl954
Why doesn’t any other member stand up and tell him that there is such a thing as separation of church and state, and that this is not the place to be discussing biblical teachings? Someone should have cut his mic off and told him to sit down (and shut his pie hole).
John Wadsworth
What does Gay Marriage have to do with rhe confederate flag?
Terry Purdue
Anything to distract from the white supremacy mindset the flag stands for and continues to persist today with the oppurtunity disparity against folks of color
SteveDenver
Blathering ignorant Christian.
Jesus didn’t say one mother-Mary-fuc-king word about homosexuality. Zero.
Fable fail.
Bad Ass Biker
Typical southern redneck asshole.
David Johnson
he who doth protest to loud
Curty
Crazed nutjob alert who wants a tyranny of theocratic rule! Very, very scary propositions he said here in his tirade. How does he feel about Bill Cosby drugging women for sex or Jared house being raided by FBI for child porn? Not um… legal behavior like being gay and getting married.
Dion Daly-Susino
Fucked up asshole pig!
Bob Weber
At least he fully understands the concept of “SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE” NOT!!!! What an idiot
Tab-Eric Varney
Ho hum. Just another political homophobe throwing a hissy-fit. What else is new?
Realitycheck
@Noah Ayyash: Where can I buy one? 😉
Well, lets hope the A-Hole eat himself to death, a sin I believe called gluttony.
J.r. Graff
A shame that religious zealots are legally allowed to hold public office.
Ehren Zaun
What an ass!
Rick Wetzler
Is there an UNLIKE button to click on?
LK Amos Zaun
John Phillips
He is such a bigoted disgrace to this state…what should one expect from Spartanburg…dah
Chris Mommaerts
boy he NUTS
1EqualityUSA
Who votes these clown-boys into office?
DimAsAnEmber
This man shouldn’t have a job, unless he can prove that his religious views aren’t affecting his political positions. America is a secular country, so the bias of religion shouldn’t be brought into politics. The Christian right is entirely free to express their religious views, but they should realize that it should have no affiliation to government or legislature.
Will Glitzern
He’s either a closet case, adulterer, or pedophile.
Nat Jones
Firstly, hes far from being an eloquent person… Youd have thought that if making such a dramatic speech, he might have thought it through in his head and practiced it first. But more imoortantly, as a non- american (im british), what befuddles me is that the US is supposed to have a clear separation between church and state (i believe that the 1st amendment), so how can he (and many other political representatives be allowed to stand in up in a political institution and reference, God, the bible, church, the devil etc. and use it as a valid political argument?
Atldeuce
Welcome to South Carolina. Where we embrace the 19th century over our cold, dead bodies.
Gerald GeeLocke Panuthos
Have him forcibly removed from the building!.. placed under arrest and subjected to a 72-hour psych observation in a state mental ward!!!!!
Giancarlo85
Keep your religion out of government.
@DimAsAnEmber: LOL So much for the compassion you were screeching about the other day.
William C. Searcy
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks”, come on out of that stuffy ole closet, gurlfriend! You’ll feel better, and Jesus will still love you, honey.
DimAsAnEmber
@Giancarlo85: I never said anything about taking action against them, I only said we didn’t have to be cruel about it. Offer kindness, then remove and ignore the problem neutrally and fairly.
Damon Robbins
Absolutely Sickening !
Noah Samuels
gay
John P Farinhas
he is grabbing that mic like its his little wanker
James Thomas
It means he’s prejudice AND Bigoted (at least according to the current line of thoughts of conservatives)
Anthony Narducci
this guy believes his homophobia is sanctioned by the bible and the founding fathers…sadly his hate can’t be hidden…
Ra Hill
BlueDude
@Nat Jones: Well said, Mr Jones! Unfortunately, the electorate which put this dumbsh*t in office agree with him, for the most part. Fortunately, for the Nation, that Old-White-bigot population is dying off, albeit too slowly, and the younger, more sane voters will be making the difference. I’m praying America will then recover, heal, and take care of itself.
James Greuber
Throw his ass out of office. He is mixing his religion with governing a nation with many religions. No one religion should be influencing how we treat all of our citizens.
Rangerboy
Is he sponsored by the Taliban or ISIS? His statements sound exactly what they are also saying, just that he mentions the US and a Christian God, instead of Allah and the kaliphate…..
Giancarlo85
@DimAsAnEmber: You’re delusional. You cannot offer kindness to people who express disdain and violence. They need to be exposed for what they are.
DimAsAnEmber
@Giancarlo85: Then you can at least be professional about it. “You may not continue to fulfill your position because you do not have an adequate understanding of the secular state of America.” Show them the door, that’s it. The end. There’s no point in being awful to anyone, period.
1EqualityUSA
Queerty, The photo is eery. He looks as though he’s going to start channeling an old woman’s disembodied voice.
Gee Rosato
They just don’t know who to hate
DC Sheehan
He sets off my gaydar big time.
Xzamilio
@DimAsAnEmber: Define “remove.” You’re uttering sweet nothings, but you’re not saying jack about HOW you would remove the problem. Be nice to them? Doesn’t work? Ignore them? Doesn’t work. Turn the mirror back on them and show them that we’re not going to sit back and allow them to denigrate us as people with their actions, more so than their words? Yeah… that is effective.
George Bench
Amen
Caleb Breland
I’m originally from the country in SC and sadly more people speak this tune than any of us would like. It’s 2015 and people like him are an embarrassment to civil rights and the beautiful state is SC. My hope is that my generation / younger generations will replace this way of thinking because it gets weird quick down there!
DarkZephyr
“Now, I believe that the Christ teaches us to love the homosexual..”
When do people like this EVER do that?
Michael Craig
He needs to check the history books.
jason smeds
Who does Lee Bright think he is? He’s certainly not a logical individual.
I wonder if he’s married to a woman who thinks he might turn to men. When women fear their husbands turning to men, the husband usually becomes defensive and homophobic in order to relieve her fears.
In any case, with a face like his, I think he has no chance of hooking up with a sighted person.
jason smeds
Also, judging by his fat stomach, I would suggest that Lee Bright might also be guilty of the sin of gluttony.
Barry Shatswell
The mistake was giving him a microphone.
Emery Biggar
He’s a closeted homosexual
Giancarlo85
@DimAsAnEmber: You’re just naive. So bloody naive if you think you’re approach will work. It never works. And what am I being “awful” about? You are living in fantasy land. These people will stop at nothing to push for violent action against LGBTQQI people… and you just sit with your head in the fucking sand.
Sluggo2007
He’s wearing a lavender tie and the judge behind him is in a bright purple robe. You’ve gotta love that!
Blackceo
These are the kind of people who scare and piss me off the most. Not some dumb jock who posts “no homo” on his twitter, or who calls someone a fa**ot, but the people who are in legislative and judicial positions who influence laws and policy that have this kind of ra*cist and anti-gay ideology.
mikelphx
I love this is filed under “When Crazy Speaks.” LOL
nastyboy
NEXT WEEK…..we will read about this jackhole who has 2 gay lovers who he gives BJs to….