Crossposted on 43rd State Blues
Has it really been since August of 2008 since the passionate and persistent Bryan Fischer critic Binky Boy has blogged on 43rd State Blues?
See his posts regarding "The Village Idiot" (Fischer).
Reading the article below made the title of this entry pop in my head.
"Where's Binky?" I thought to myself.
Imagine a team up between Binky and Mittens!
Joanna Brooks, writing in Religion Dispatches said:
"Earlier this week, I predicted that Romney would not confront notoriously bigoted AFA radio host Bryan Fischer this morning when the two shared a stage at the Values Voter Summit."
Brooks continued, "I was wrong. And I'm glad."
Rather than taking a characteristically pragmatic and passive response to Fischer's anti-Mormon (and anti-everyone-else) rants, Romney said:
Almost all Americans live for a purpose greater than ourselves. Our heritage of religious faith and tolerance has importantly shaped who we have become as a people. We must continue to welcome faith into the public square and allow it to flourish. Our government should respect religious values, not silence them. We will always pledge our allegiance to a nation under God.
Our values ennoble the citizen, and strengthen the nation. We should remember that decency and civility are values too. One of the speakers who will follow me today, has crossed that line. Poisonous language does not advance our cause. It has never softened a single heart nor changed a single mind. The blessings of faith carry the responsibility of civil and respectful debate. The task before us is to focus on the conservative beliefs and the values that unite us – let no agenda, narrow our vision or drive us apart.
And I'm most inspired by the response of Pocatello's Tamara Code:
"What I can't figure out is why either issue is an issue. Who cares about color and you can be whatever religion you want. Who cares!!!!!!"