{"id":4021,"date":"2011-12-08T05:25:47","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T13:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thepangeablog\/?p=4021"},"modified":"2011-12-08T07:53:08","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T15:53:08","slug":"dear-rick-perry-read-the-myth-of-a-christian-nation-dont-pick-on-lgbt-folks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thepangeablog\/2011\/12\/08\/dear-rick-perry-read-the-myth-of-a-christian-nation-dont-pick-on-lgbt-folks\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Rick Perry-Read “The Myth of a Christian Nation” & Don’t Pick on LGBT Folks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

This short video = lame. Really? Obama\u2019s war on religion? And the evidence???? LGBT folks can come out of the closet in the military???? Ya, that\u2019s a real sacrilege\u2026 That certainly matters more than the real problem with the military: they kill human beings and fight foolish wars endorsed by self proclaimed followers of Jesus. <\/p>\n

My solution to this video? Rick Perry needs to read Greg Boyd\u2019s The Myth of a Christian Nation<\/a>. Rant, over.<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>THOUGHTS?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a bit of a \u201cPS,\u201d Someone on Facebook posted this video wondering if Rick Perry stole his ad from the \u201cOld Fashioned Guy\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"410\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dpiw-ng5wkQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This short video = lame. Really? Obama\u2019s war on religion? And the evidence???? LGBT folks can come out of the closet in the military???? Ya, that\u2019s a real sacrilege\u2026 That certainly matters more than the real problem with the military: they kill human beings and fight foolish wars endorsed by self proclaimed followers of Jesus. 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