Rick
Scarborough is a former Southern Baptist and head of Vision America, Vision
America Action and the Judeo-Christian Council for Constitutional Restoration.
Scarborough believes that the tenets of fundamentalist Christian morality apply
to all civic affairs, and says: “I'm not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican. I'm
a Christocrat”. Tom DeLay counts Scarborough as one of his closest friends, though Scarborough has been
caught working closely with Alan Keyes as well
– the purpose is of course to establish a theocracy by any means possible (especially by targeting school children).
He doesn’t seem to like immigrants either, suggesting that “more non-white
families” (in particular Hispanics) means more single-parent households, which
in turn means less Christians.
He is also
famous for opposing the otherwise moronic Texas Governor Rick Perry's decision
to vaccinate sixth grade children against the most dangerous kinds of HPV
(later repeated by Michele Bachmann), because STDs are God’s punishment for
breaking His moral code about sex, and hence Just Punishment. “We can not overlook
the moral dimension. The governor's action seems to signify that God's moral
law regarding sex outside of marriage can be transgressed without consequence.”
In other words, Scarborough unabashedly overlooks the moral dimension.
Predictably, he has also claimed that AIDS is God’s punishment for the immoral
sexual behavior of gays.
In 2011 he even attempted to channel Reagan to condemn the CPAC decision to let
conservative gay groups speak at the event.
It is worth mentioning, however, that he appears to be a Rick Perry fan in
general – at least he thinks Perry’s Response prayer rally actually did end the drought
in Texas,
and that prayer controlled the BP oil spill along the Gulf Coast - in spite of the fact that it didn't appear to do so particularly effectively (does it still count
as a post hoc fallacy when the effect simply doesn’t exist?).
Scarborough
is the author of dominionist books such as “Mixing Church and State” and “Liberalism Kills Kids” – the title
of the latter, given Scarborough’s other views, may actually sound like an
endorsement of liberalism for all the wrong reasons. He has asserted that
“objective history shows that God gave us America”,
though “objective” is obviously one of those three-syllable words Scarborough
never mastered. He is also a firm critic of “activist judges” (and contributed
to the book “Judicial Tyranny”), which apparently means anyone responsible for
court rulings to the effect that other people and groups have the same rights
he does.
Like wingnut
Taliban extremists, Scarborough suffers from a severe persecution complex, and thus
considers all political decisions he does not agree with to be personal attacks
against him (or Him, but that amounts to the same thing,
it seems) that surely violate the First Amendment.
He is also, shockingly, a
birther.
A fine
Scarborough resource can be found here.
Diagnosis:
Taliban madman and theocrat. Usual stuff. Extremely influential and dangerous.
Scarborough argues that the Affordable Care Act leads to tyranny, i.e. it is an intentional act of instituting tyranny from the Obama administration.
ReplyDeleteScarborough weighs in on Christian persecution, and his "argument" is certainly not sensitive to the facts.
ReplyDeleteAnd now Scarborough, in what may be one of the most idiotic ideas in the 21st century, has decided that he wants to sue The Gay - a class action lawsuit against ... homosexuality. It's amazing that this guy even manages to put on his pants every morning, but it looks like he does.
ReplyDeleteWith immigration reform, says Scarborough, Mexicans will storm the borders and end the two-party system. I'll let the comment speak for itself.
ReplyDeleteHe's threatening to burn himself if gay marriage passes in Texas. Who's bringing the marshmallows?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/06/19/texas-pastor-threatens-to-set-himself-on-fire-to-stop-gays-from-marrying/?utm_source=PNFBND&utm_medium=FB&utm_campaign=Texas