It's strange how these people always and consistently fall short of the values they're trying to force on others.
There's one of those dropkicks in the Australian parliament. One of those staunch conservative, deeply catholic people. Was dead set against same sex marriage because 'it devalues traditional marriage'. One day it came out that he'd been cheating on his wife and the mother of his four children with a woman half his age (he was nearing sixty at the time). Not only did he get his mistress pregnant, he also set her up with a cushy job in parliament.
His response when questioned about all this in relation to his claims about gay marriage: "I never said I was a saint."
Ah yes, the "I was only joking bro" defense. The hallmark of assholes around the world.
Oh, this guy wasn't joking. He just thought that his own standards, which he wants to force on others, didn't apply to him, and was completely unapologetic about that fact becoming public knowledge.
This is also know as hypocrisy.
John 8:7 ESV / 34 helpful votes
And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Fucking hypocritical politicians, same the world over.
Edit: I'm not religious overall, but I love throwing scripture in the face of these assholes.
These people aren't religious, they ham it up for the religious vote. Shutting them down with scripture doesn't really prove anything to them
Not to mention that particular passage was added to the bible hundreds of years after it was assembled by a random scribe scribbling in the margins, they don't even understand the nature of their sacred text.. (Check out Misquoting Jesus, excellent read..)
It's strange how these people always and consistently fall short of the values they're trying to force on others.
There's one of those dropkicks in the Australian parliament. One of those staunch conservative, deeply catholic people. Was dead set against same sex marriage because 'it devalues traditional marriage'. One day it came out that he'd been cheating on his wife and the mother of his four children with a woman half his age (he was nearing sixty at the time). Not only did he get his mistress pregnant, he also set her up with a cushy job in parliament.
His response when questioned about all this in relation to his claims about gay marriage: "I never said I was a saint."
Ah yes, the "I was only joking bro" defense. The hallmark of assholes around the world.
Oh, this guy wasn't joking. He just thought that his own standards, which he wants to force on others, didn't apply to him, and was completely unapologetic about that fact becoming public knowledge.
This is also know as hypocrisy.
John 8:7 ESV / 34 helpful votes And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Fucking hypocritical politicians, same the world over.
Edit: I'm not religious overall, but I love throwing scripture in the face of these assholes.
These people aren't religious, they ham it up for the religious vote. Shutting them down with scripture doesn't really prove anything to them
Not to mention that particular passage was added to the bible hundreds of years after it was assembled by a random scribe scribbling in the margins, they don't even understand the nature of their sacred text.. (Check out Misquoting Jesus, excellent read..)
Ah the beetrooter.
The one and only.