Cult-like thinking

Ilove the GOP ever since they became an extremist, conspiracy-based, anti-women’s rights personality cult. I don’t know who writes their material for them, but I bet it’s Pope Francis. He’s not doing it for the money, though. He’s just a mischief maker.

Richard Mourdock, a GOP Senate candidate justified opposing abortion in cases of rape saying that if a woman becomes pregnant under those circumstances, “It’s something God intended.”

Missouri lawmaker Barry Hovis offered his opinion that most sexual assaults are “consensual rapes”.

Rep. Todd Akin from Missouri said rape-induced pregnancies were “really rare” because ‘if it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”

Did you ever get the feeling that you’ve been sucked into an alternative universe where there are no consequences for outlandish behavior and reality plays no part in political rhetoric?

But Republican Robert Regan, a candidate running for the state House in Michigan, takes the Most Egregious and Offensive Award for saying, “Having three daughters, I tell my daughters, ‘If rape is inevitable, you should just lie back and enjoy it.’ ”

That prompted his daughter, Stephanie Regan, to tweet, “If you’re in Michigan and 18+ pls for the love of god do not vote for my dad for state rep. Tell everyone.”

Meanwhile, hundreds of innocent children worldwide have been molested, raped, and impregnated by Catholic priests and clerics. Yet the main concern coming from Rome is always to close ranks and shield the perpetrators. Zero compassion or concern is shown for the traumatized children.

Maybe that is because “It’s something God intended.”

Maybe the bishops and church hierarchy living in opulence in Rome believe that “If rape is inevitable, you should just lie back and enjoy it.”

Pick a cult, any cult.

Art Sirota Lancaster