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Keillor: Born-agains should not have right to vote
WorldNetDaily ^ | Posted: November 15, 2004 | World net daily

Posted on 11/15/2004 2:42:19 PM PST by JustAnotherOkie

Speaking in the aftermath of the presidential election, Democrat radio host Garrison Keillor says he is on a quest to take away the right of born-again Christians to vote, saying their citizenship is actually in heaven, not the United States.

Keillor, host of the popular National Public Radio show "A Prairie Home Companion," made the comments during a speech at Chicago's Rockefeller Memorial Chapel and during his radio monologue the Saturday after the election.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: christianity; evangelicals; garrisonkeillor; hatespeech; keillor; kerrydefeat; leftist; liberals; prairiehomenutcase; tolerance
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To: 1stFreedom
You know, this subhuman had the talent to establish a legacy for himself, and he became a bitter, smug birkenstocker. In a cosmos with no God, the state becomes the projection of the idealized self. That's my highfalutin' thought of the day.
101 posted on 11/15/2004 3:39:09 PM PST by ashtanga
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To: thoughtomator
Liberals shouldn't have the right to vote, either. They're "world citizens", not American citizens.

that's a touche'.

102 posted on 11/15/2004 3:39:21 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (if a man lives long enough, he gets to see the same thing over and over.)
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To: BibChr

I haven't heard this particular monologue.... been at the wrong place to hear his show lately when it's been on. I'm not going to judge the joke without the punchline.

You know, if you spoke for more than ten minutes, I bet you'd say something I didn't agree with, but if you said it with wit I might still like you. Wait... that happens all the time!


103 posted on 11/15/2004 3:39:24 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (<<<loves her hubbit and the horse he rode in on :~D)
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To: x
I don't believe he is apostate....yet. He is conscious of the spiritual realm and acknowledges the power of religion. I personally believe he is "born-again" and has been in rebellion against the Holy Spirit's conviction for years. It might take a death or other tragedy (like what happened to Eric Clapton and Bob Dilan) before he comes back to God. And if he does, what a clamor his re dedication would make - ( Because I don't think God would allow him to remain quiet about it) It would be bigger than when the "Galloping Gourmet" got saved years ago.
104 posted on 11/15/2004 3:40:12 PM PST by eternalperspective (Here's my take on the question you raise)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Mmm.

/c8|


105 posted on 11/15/2004 3:40:22 PM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: JustAnotherOkie

it was a joke. why get bent out of shape about it? then I recall the antiSemitic jokes that used to circulate in the German press...and do you recall when "dead baby" jokes were in?


106 posted on 11/15/2004 3:40:52 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (if a man lives long enough, he gets to see the same thing over and over.)
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To: k2blader
"My feeling is that born-again people are citizens of heaven, that is where there citizenship is, [laughter] is in heaven, it's not here among us in America. ..."

This from a guy raised in the Plymouth Bretheren.

107 posted on 11/15/2004 3:41:49 PM PST by nightdriver
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To: JustAnotherOkie
he is on a quest to take away the right of born-again Christians to vote, saying their citizenship is actually in heaven, not the United States.Just one little problem.

Just one little problem for Mr. Keiller, the Constitution forbids a religious test. Funny thing, I think at one time he had quite a few Christian and Conservative fans but he has become so goofy about this sort of thing it is just too hard to ignor. Perhaps he was joking?

108 posted on 11/15/2004 3:43:42 PM PST by WritableSpace
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To: Kackikat

And ain't it a shame...I mean really...I wish they could see the light.


109 posted on 11/15/2004 3:43:55 PM PST by weenie ("A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants." -- Churchill)
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To: JustAnotherOkie

Wait, was this a sketch for APHC, from his new alter ego "Liber Al"?


111 posted on 11/15/2004 3:46:43 PM PST by Scothia (If you pray for rain, prepare to deal with some mud.)
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To: JustAnotherOkie

You just have to pity anyone whose life is so small... that there is NOTHING in it that is bigger than themselves.


112 posted on 11/15/2004 3:48:18 PM PST by Baytovin
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To: 50sDad
Great e-mail! (#72)
113 posted on 11/15/2004 3:49:08 PM PST by nutmeg (THANK YOU RED STATES!!! -- Bush/Cheney 2004)
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To: JustAnotherOkie

Wow...as a citizen of Heaven...I vote liberals out.


114 posted on 11/15/2004 3:49:25 PM PST by nancetx
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To: Flying Circus

ping


115 posted on 11/15/2004 3:50:17 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: eternalperspective

Well, apparently he goes to Episcopal services (he isn't of Scandinavian ancestry and it's said that he has never been a Lutheran). He certainly does have a fascination with religion that's rare in the media. So perhaps he'll see the light at some point, but for now politics looks like the main thing on his mind.


116 posted on 11/15/2004 3:50:53 PM PST by x
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To: JustAnotherOkie

Does that include Jackson and Sharpton?


117 posted on 11/15/2004 3:50:58 PM PST by Zionist Conspirator (G-D'S TORAH defines conservatism.)
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To: StarFan; Dutchy; alisasny; BobFromNJ; BUNNY2003; Cacique; Clemenza; Coleus; cyborg; DKNY; ...
Speaking in the aftermath of the presidential election, Democrat radio host Garrison Keillor says he is on a quest to take away the right of born-again Christians to vote, saying their citizenship is actually in heaven, not the United States.

Keillor, host of the popular National Public Radio show "A Prairie Home Companion," made the comments during a speech at Chicago's Rockefeller Memorial Chapel and during his radio monologue the Saturday after the election.

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my ‘miscellaneous’ ping list.

118 posted on 11/15/2004 3:51:21 PM PST by nutmeg
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To: JustAnotherOkie

Garrison Keillor has always seen himself as a visonary who tell the stories of the special person within the boring and normal, but now we see he is just another holier-than-thou bigot in disguise.


119 posted on 11/15/2004 3:52:28 PM PST by Martins kid
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To: SaltyJoe
Like most of you, I was offended and angry when I read this article. How dare he suggest such a thing, even in jest! But then I picked up my Bible...

Jhn 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

Jhn 3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

Jhn 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Jhn 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

We may live in a Republic, where we have the free will to select our leaders, but it is God who casts the final vote on your eternal soul. He may choose to elect you into His Kingdom, or into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

After some reflection, I'm not as offended by this man's ignorance as I am saddened. I don't wish eternal Hell upon anybody. Forgive him Father, for he knows not what he does.

120 posted on 11/15/2004 3:52:43 PM PST by highimpact (Where are we going in this handbasket?)
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