# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1042
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20822 "2015-04-06T05:07:14Z")
Hatemonger and former televanelist Joshua Feuerstein somehow got the odd idea that he was clever and, pursuing that notion, decided that he knew how to show them damned libruhls a thing or two. So he made a Youtube video of him calling a local bakery and attempting to order a sheet cake bearing the message “We do not support gay marriage”. The owner, Sharon Haller, told him no and hung up. She says that she thought it was an April Fool’s joke. Feuerstein has been ranting about how the bakery discriminated against Christians, and now, the bakery is receiving death threats from many kind loving Christians. Feuerstein may be guilty of violating Florida’s wiretapping laws because he recorded the conversation. > **[HELP! My Local Bakery Getting Death Threats for Refusing to Make Anti-Gay Cake!](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/04/04/1375604/-HELP-My-Local-Bakery-Getting-Death-Threats-for-Refusing-to-Make-Anti-Gay-Cake)** > > Cut the Cake is a longstanding business in the Longwood community outside Orlando run by the ultra-polite Sharon Haller. > > Joshua Feuerstein is a disgusting bigot (who should not be trying to rock > **[Cut the Cake Getting Threats over Refusal to Make Anti-Gay Cake](https://www.mediaite.com/online/fl-baker-were-getting-death-threats-over-refusal-to-make-anti-gay-cake/)** > > A Florida baker says she's getting death threats after a pastor tried to get her to bake a cake with an anti-gay message. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20823 "2015-04-06T05:13:22Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Do you have the tendency to feel faint in the presence of colossal stupid? Better sit down… > > [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/kentucky-argues-gay-marriage-ban-biased-30030410](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/kentucky-argues-gay-marriage-ban-biased-30030410) > > \*\*Kentucky Argues Gay Marriage Ban Not Biased \*\* > > Why? Because heterosexuals cannot get gay married either! I swear, I am _not_ making this up! [QUOTE=Anatole France] The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets or steal bread. [/QUOTE] … ---
**Author:** ![orangeapples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@orangeapples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orangeapples)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20824 "2015-04-06T05:17:35Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > It takes a really special kind of stupid to be a conservative Republican today. Cited twenty thousand times and counting, amirite? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20825 "2015-04-06T06:27:47Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Do you have the tendency to feel faint in the presence of colossal stupid? Better sit down… > > [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/kentucky-argues-gay-marriage-ban-biased-30030410](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/kentucky-argues-gay-marriage-ban-biased-30030410) > > \*\*Kentucky Argues Gay Marriage Ban Not Biased \*\* > > Why? Because heterosexuals cannot get gay married either! I swear, I am _not_ making this up! I have nothing to say except that the attorney mentioned in the article as representing six gay couples, Dan Canon, is a good, personal friend of mine. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20826 "2015-04-06T06:41:44Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > So, in fact, it is right there in the bible itself: money should be taken from the poor and given to the rich. Yes, but then they can’t pass through the eye of a needle. Entrapment is what it is ! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20827 "2015-04-06T07:00:27Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Hatemonger and former televanelist Joshua Feuerstein somehow got the odd idea that he was clever and, pursuing that notion, decided that he knew how to show them damned libruhls a thing or two. > > So he made a Youtube video of him calling a local bakery and attempting to order a sheet cake bearing the message “We do not support gay marriage”. > > The owner, Sharon Haller, told him no and hung up. She says that she thought it was an April Fool’s joke. > > Feuerstein has been ranting about how the bakery discriminated against Christians, and now, the bakery is receiving death threats from many kind loving Christians. > > Feuerstein may be guilty of violating Florida’s wiretapping laws because he recorded the conversation. > > [HELP! My Local Bakery Getting Death Threats for Refusing to Make Anti-Gay Cake!](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/04/1375604/-HELP-My-Local-Bakery-Getting-Death-Threats-for-Refusing-to-Make-Anti-Gay-Cake) > [http://www.mediaite.com/online/fl-baker-were-getting-death-threats-over-refusal-to-make-anti-gay-cake/](http://www.mediaite.com/online/fl-baker-were-getting-death-threats-over-refusal-to-make-anti-gay-cake/) I noted at the dailykos link that there was a gofundme site for donations for the non-hateful cake shop… and it was sitting at just $11k and change. Judging by the anti-gay wedding catering pizza joint’s fundraising effort, it seems its much, MUCH more profitable to be on the side of the haters, at least in the short term. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20828 "2015-04-06T13:30:19Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Actually, that bit of scripture is kind of evil. Matt 25:30 is preceded by a parable about a guy who entrusts 4 of his servants, in order, with 10, 5, 2 and 1 talents; the first three invest their funds and get a 100% return, while the servant with 1 talent squirrels it away, which pisses of the master (there is some odd phrasing about how the master reaps where he does not sow, which sounds a little sleazy to me). So then the text reads, > > So, in fact, it is right there in the bible itself: money should be taken from the poor and given to the rich. Of course, that is a parable and the money is clearly a metaphor for righteous living . . . but in Joni Ernst’s world-view, there probably is no distinction between the two. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20829 "2015-04-06T13:41:31Z")
In news of the bizarre, Jeb Bush [claimed to be Hispanic](http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/04/06/jeb-bushs-deep-ties-to-hispanics-show-even-in-voter-form/) on a 2009 voter registration form he filled out. Let the mockery begin. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20830 "2015-04-06T14:26:55Z")
Is that anything at all like Ted Cruz claiming to be American? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20831 "2015-04-06T15:53:53Z")
For a change of pace: [“Why I Left the GOP,”](http://www.salon.com/2012/09/10/why_i_left_the_gop/) by Jeremiah Goulka; a fascinating account of a recovering conservative’s journey of political education and discovery. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20832 "2015-04-06T16:36:10Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Georgia elementary school teacher tells her students that Obama isn’t a Christian and if their parents voted for him, they aren’t Christian either.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/04/georgia-teacher-tells-students-their-parents-arent-christians-if-they-voted-for-obama/) Much as I love mocking the insane gibbering Republican idiocy that oozes out of my home state regularly, this seems like small potatoes. Something a teacher in a rural Georgia elementary school told her students is making national news? Granted it’s truly dumbass political dickery, but I don’t see how it’s worth more than a “hey, cut that out, or you’re outta here,” from the principal. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20833 "2015-04-06T16:53:15Z")
The teacher in Dublin has apparently been scheduled for some sensitivity training. Since her hubby’s on the school board, her job is probably OK. Of course, some of those [complainers are complaining](http://www.41nbc.com/story/d/story/georgia-naacp-dublin-school-board-member-possibly/84055/fJzeXMfz30KQHp10tO4UTA) that he should not have sat in on the parent-teacher conference… ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20834 "2015-04-06T17:46:09Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > For a change of pace: [“Why I Left the GOP,”](http://www.salon.com/2012/09/10/why_i_left_the_gop/) by Jeremiah Goulka; a fascinating account of a recovering conservative’s journey of political education and discovery. Wow. Thanks for sharing that, **BG**. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20835 "2015-04-06T18:41:41Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > For a change of pace: [“Why I Left the GOP,”](http://www.salon.com/2012/09/10/why_i_left_the_gop/) by Jeremiah Goulka; a fascinating account of a recovering conservative’s journey of political education and discovery. > [@a35362](#): > > Wow. Thanks for sharing that, **BG**. Good article. I was in similar shoes, but figured all of that out already in the early 1990s, especially H.W. Bush losing support for being “dangerously liberal.” The Gingrich nonsense sealed the deal for me. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20836 "2015-04-06T19:59:44Z")
[Ted Cruz wants a Constitutional amendment to strip federal judges of the ability to rule on gay marriage.](http://crooksandliars.com/2015/04/ted-cruz-wants-strip-supreme-court-ruling) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20837 "2015-04-06T20:33:37Z")
[Alaska state senator thinks we can determine by middle school who will become criminals, so we should collect and archive DNA samples from those kids because law enforcement will need that down the line](http://www.adn.com/article/20150403/senator-proposes-dna-sampling-some-middle-school-kids). ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20838 "2015-04-06T20:35:53Z")
That makes Ted Cruz unutterably stupid. Why do things in such a roundabout, back door, Robin Hood’s Barn fashion? It would be exactly as easy – maybe easier – just to pass a Definition of Marriage Amendment. When a Senator can’t even comprehend the notion of how amendments work, it’s really sad potatoes for the GOP. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20839 "2015-04-06T20:41:32Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [Alaska state senator thinks we can determine by middle school who will become criminals, so we should collect and archive DNA samples from those kids because law enforcement will need that down the line](http://www.adn.com/article/20150403/senator-proposes-dna-sampling-some-middle-school-kids). [Don’t forget to measure their facial features.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare_Lombroso) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20840 "2015-04-06T20:45:22Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [Alaska state senator thinks we can determine by middle school who will become criminals, so we should collect and archive DNA samples from those kids because law enforcement will need that down the line](http://www.adn.com/article/20150403/senator-proposes-dna-sampling-some-middle-school-kids). What is it about Wasilla that brings out the crazy? ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/20841 "2015-04-06T20:49:59Z")
Just collect DNA from everybody. Problem solved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1041) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1043)