The Elect Have Spoken

I hardly know how to react to this: one the one hand, it's funny as all hell, in a sick sort of way; on the other, it's just another example of the arrogance of the "Christian" right. From Tony Perkins (who else?):

This week, the president is back at it, using his Bible of convenience to justify his outrageous decree on public school bathrooms and showers. To the disgust of most Christians, Obama insisted that “my reading of Scripture tells me that [the] Golden Rule is pretty high up there in terms of my Christian belief.” Let me make a suggestion to the president: before quoting the Good Book, he should try reading what it actually says.

Perkins then proceeds to quote from the letters of Paul, who, as one commenter points out, never met Jesus and spent his life trying to proclaim himself as the one who really, really knew what God wanted. (Hmm -- sounds like a certain hate-group leader, doesn't it? Actually, it sounds like all the hate-group leaders.)

And there you have it, once again, in one noisome package: arrogance, self-absorption, and mendacity. I guess we all have to check with the FRC before we quote scripture now.