Donald Hank is a columnist for RenewAmerica – or at least he was: we haven’t seen any new columns for a while – and wingnut. Most of his writings seem concerned with perceived Washington overreach and countering what he thought was fake news from mainstream media, but he did, of course, broach other issues, too, including (sigh!) gay marriage and gay rights. Responding to a decision of the Presbyterian Church to allow pastors to officiate same-sex weddings back in 2014, Hank accused them of “blasphemy against the Holy Spirit” and of supporting what he called “socialMarxism.” Said Hank: “This is social Marxism and we are slaves to it in the US. Isn’t it time to throw off the chains? It's all up to the people”. As Hank sees it, gay marriage “is like saying a dog is a cat” and will allow for “our culture and hence our sovereignty to be destroyed” (The mechanisms he have in mind are a bit unclear). Moreover, gay marriage is wrong because people “deep down” feel is wrong; then he cited the assassination of the Roman Emperor Elagabalus, whom historians have said was either gay or transgender: “In Elagabulus’ case, he was eventually assassinated. The people’s will was done.” So there.
Diagnosis: Take a moment to consider how he invokes freedom vs. slavery in the context of the issue at hand (Presbyterian Church allowing pastors to officiate same-sex weddings), and you can probably come up with a diagnosis yourself.
Hat-tip: People for the American Way
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