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Color of Law

GOP Jesus is No Friend of Mine – Color of Law

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Most of all, he takes a careful look at the atrocities occurring in other theocratic regimes, organized crime rings operating under the guise of religious values. Morality police who arrest and whip women for not wearing “proper” clothing. So-called religious authorities who sentence a woman to death for practicing witchcraft or committing adultery. And GOP…

February 21, 2008 1 min read Free to read

Most of all, he takes a careful look at the atrocities occurring in other theocratic regimes, organized crime rings operating under the guise of religious values. Morality police who arrest and whip women for not wearing “proper” clothing. So-called religious authorities who sentence a woman to death for practicing witchcraft or committing adultery. And GOP Jesus is taking notes, because he thinks that perhaps he can learn something from these regimes, and adapt their thuggery and laws of intolerance to the American market.

So, what would they do if they encountered Black Jesus? They wouldn’t let him pass through airport security. They would likely deport him, or brand him a terrorist, or a nutty, unpatriotic antiwar activist, and lock him up in Guantanamo.

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