By SnifflesWe cats are always happy when National Public Radio alters events. First, they bring a whole new audience to our favorite anti-Condoleezza Rice photo blog; now, they appear to have denied right-wing religious nutbags their favorite lobbyist.
The Reverend Richard Cizik has had to quit representing the National Association of Evangelicals, because he let slip to Terry Gross on the NPR program "Fresh Air" that he was in favor of civil unions for gay couples.
Aw! This is truly a tragedy of momentous proportions. But we cats aren't just pleased that Reverend Cizik's "shocking" social beliefs have burst from the closet. We wonder why in the, um, hell the good Christians in the NAE need a lobbyist at all. Isn't the mighty word of God enough?
We HISS at the evangelicals, for being their usual intolerant selves — and we also say to them, nanny nanny boo-boo. To Reverend Cizik, we don't quite purr. But we gaze somewhat approvingly on him for his ever-more-progressive views. And if his new position was inspired by a secret lust for Sean Penn — who plays gay icon Harvey Milk in an acclaimed new film — we simply say, "We understand."
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