PART 2 OF 2: Michael Nugent’s opening speech opposing the motion.

Yeah, they won’t stop the Native Americans from building a business, just one that the Christians approve of ahead of time.

Chris Buskirk with the Abiding Harvest Church says, “I know if there was a Kialegee Indian museum, or a Kialegee hospital, or a Kialegee gas station on this corner that they’d have my business and probably the eager business of the whole Broken Arrow community. I’m not saying those are good ideas, but couldn’t we come up with some idea?”

Yes, they came up with a casino. They are going to build the casino. It’s their land and it’s been approved.

This crowd says they’d also like a blank slate which is why they’re praying for God to come up with a solution that would benefit both the Kialegees and Broken Arrow.

Yes, keep praying and acting like idiots in public instead of doing anything productive, like actually talking to the other side and investigating what casinos actually do economically to a town.

This is the future of America and the reason we’re here is we want to learn what kind of future are they going to have. Are they going to have a future of opportunity, of safety, of freedom? Or are they going to have an opportunity of dependence on government, control from Washington, danger from foreigners? And this election may be the most important election of their lifetime and they can’t vote yet … and so, in a sense, we have to stand in as trustees of their country, all of us, every one of us has to stand in.

If I am president, these children are not going to grow up in a secular country dominated by elites who despise our history, dislike our culture, and dislike our religion. These children are going to grow up in a country which is genuinely free and which worships God, which is the source of our rights!

If Newt Gingrich is president, there is no way the United States will be “genuinely free” because it will only be free for Christians who have the same vision as he does. Everyone else will be discriminated against as much as possible.

More at Right Wing Watch.

The idiocy of these people is astounding.

Throughout the video, the Christians in this town spew forth vast amounts of hate and would have no problem resorting to violence to get their way. I know it’s not a good idea to invoke Godwin’s law, but these folks remind me of the fear that was instilled on the people of Nazi Germany. They do not understand people of other faiths, no faith, or those who are just plain different from them, so their first response is to push back with some sort of violence.

Unfortunately, in my experience, most Christians are extremely ignorant, have no desire for learning about the world around them. They are happy in their sheltered world and don’t like anything that challenges their beliefs.

What aspects of religion should atheists (respectfully) adopt? Alain de Botton suggests a “religion for atheists” — call it Atheism 2.0 — that incorporates religious forms and traditions to satisfy our human need for connection, ritual and transcendence.