Ah, Moral Xians
16 July 2008 by Bob
Registrar Who Won’t Serve Gays Because of Religious Beliefs has Illegitimate Child
Lilian Ladele recently won a suit against Islington Council alleging discrimination after she was punished for refusing to do her job and perform civil partnerships for same-sex couples. A judge ruled that Ladele was within her rights to deny service to homosexuals as a staunch Christian. However, it has now been revealed that Ladele is also a single mother to a child, now 27, born out of wedlock. So Ladele is so firmly Christian that she can’t possibly marry same-sex couples, but not so religious as to remain chaste until married. Presumably God will forgive the sin of extramarital sex but not the “sin” of joining two people together in a loving relationship. The discovery that she has an illegitimate son could cast suspicion on some of the testimony she gave at the discrimination tribunal. The tribunal wrote: “Ms Ladele is a Christian. Her unchallenged evidence was that she holds the orthodox Christian view that marriage is the union of one man and one woman for life to the exclusion of all others and that marriage is the God-ordained place for sexual relations.” “She told us that she believed this to be contrary to God’s instructions that sexual relations belong exclusively between a man and a woman within marriage.”
Ah, yes, moral xians…
16 July 2008, on 5:50 pm
A judge ruled that Ladele was within her rights to deny service to homosexuals as a staunch Christian.
All Right! The flood gates are opened for discrimination now. I work at my local library. We have those stupid Tim LeHay “Left Behind” books on our shelves. Since according to this judge we can now deny people services based on our beliefs, I think I will start denying people the right to check out these idiotic books because they offend me as a staunch atheist.
Seriously, how do people like this manage to become judges?
16 July 2008, on 6:09 pm
This hypocritical, scriptural cherrypicking they seem to do whenever the urge strikes has got to stop. As an atheist, I don’t believe in sin, which makes me about as free from it as it gets. I would like to be first in line to hurl stones at the adulterer Ladele.
Bruce, put all those LaHaye pieces of crap in the science section where they’ll never find them. Make a new library card up with a fake name and have he or she check all of the copies out and never return them. Ideally, make the card up in the name of a local pastor. Take them one at a time into the men’s room and handle them without washing your hands…
16 July 2008, on 6:35 pm
“She told us that she believed this to be contrary to God’s instructions that sexual relations belong exclusively between a man and a woman within marriage.”
She most certainly had to have been raped then, to have a bastard child. Obviously, she didn’t scream loud enough; I didn’t hear her. Did anyone else? GATHER THE STONES!!!!! The poor dear. She must have been in agony carrying the shame all these years. She’ll be so relieved when we release her into the arms of her loving Lard. Her refusal to marry the two homosexuals was a plea for others to see that she too, was guilty of OlTesticle sin and must, at long last, be brought to justice.
16 July 2008, on 8:10 pm
Bruce,
just do what I did with the old, unwanted donations that no one would ever let me throw away. Put them in the bottom of a box when no one is around and then wisk them off to the incinerator when no one is looking. I couldn’t even count the number of harlequin romances I sent to the flames.
It’s truly a shame to think that someone wasted trees printing that offal. But much like those religious books they keep pumping out, they’re always good for kindling.
I had one ‘assistant’ [term used very loosely] who decided to recatalogue all the Dr. Seuss books under his given name and for a time no one could find them. As RDZ suggested you might try cataloguing them under something else. Like 999 perhaps? Amusing on several levels.
16 July 2008, on 9:10 pm
So she gets paid but doesnt always have to do her job??? Well as long as she pays her tithings i guess its cool…
16 July 2008, on 10:42 pm
Let’s see, Bob…
Musing a bit about some possible way to prevent situations like this from happening…
What’s the first question that should, perhaps, be asked of ANY job applicant?
OK…(with additional thanks for inspiration from RDZ’s reposted photo)…
Let me propose the following, simplified, PRELIMINARY (non Chad-like) computerized testing sequence for a totally automated Job application.
Here’s one possible, machine posted, sequence for my little…and short…fantasy experiment…?
ATTENTION:
“FOR ENGLISH…PRESS 1″
Otherwise…Take an English course…and try again!…
somewhere else!
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer, HONESTLY, the following multiple choice questions.
[Note: a photo (See eye level camera lens) will automatically be taken during the sequence. If possible...
and you have any 'viable' front teeth...SMILE?]
1) “You DO have a reasonably functioning brain…right?”
[Answer]: YES / NO/ NOT SURE / D’oh!
If your answer is yes; push photo button, and proceed to the next question.
2) Do you PROMINENTLY wear a great big cross/crucifix/star of David…AND / OR…
ALWAYS carry a Bible/Koran/Torah/or any other wackadoodle “Sacred” book?
[answer]: YES / NO / ONLY WHEN I’M NOT AT HOME /
IT’S CONCEALED SOMEWHERE IN MY BACKPACK
If your answer is NO, after photo is taken, please have a seat in Station #2.
Someone will be with you shortly.
Otherwise…Please quietly leave the premises…Don’t try this again…and…
“Have a lousy fucking day…you totally incompetent, masochistic, delusional asshole!”
Of COURSE, as usual, I’m kidding!
What’s that, Bob…and GifSters?…
WAY too Cruel and complicated…and totally impractical, Chuck…but…just POSSIBLY…
“IT…
COULD…
WORK!!!”…?
16 July 2008, on 11:26 pm
Ourlady, I would’ve taken them to a second hand bookstore, gotten some money out of them.
I live by only one commandment and that is thou shalt not destroy books! Blasphemy! I challenge you to MORTAL KOMBAT!! (providing I get to be Sub-Zero).
16 July 2008, on 11:59 pm
That’s her in the photo, eh?
Well, she’s got the “staunch” part of staunch Christian down pat. I swear, her eyes follow you around the room. I moved as far as I could right and left of my monitor w/o getting out of my chair and she just kept staring me down. Creepy. I can see her handling snakes. They would hiss and she’d whip out that hand and raise those brows and go, “Oh no, you di - int!” And them snakes would be like, “oh, we’s sorry, we dint know it was you.”
Looks like she could use some fiber, too.
ChuckA
Love the job application! If only!
17 July 2008, on 3:16 am
As a staunch atheist this ruling has finally allowed me to stop serving Christian organisations at work. Bliss!
“I’m sorry sir, I’d love to sell you things but your working on behalf of a church and my beliefs say that you are slightly mad and delusional. As such please bugger off and leave me alone.”
Yeah… I very much doubt I’d get away with saying that, because of course a lack of belief in the supernatural is always trumped by skygod worshiping, hypocritical fundies rights.
It wouldn’t be so bad if it wasn’t for the fact she’s being paid for with tax and other public revenue. As such she should be expected to serve all members of the public equally or be expected to stand down from her post.
17 July 2008, on 3:18 am
Oh God Karen is right!! Her eyes really do follow you when you move… creepy.
17 July 2008, on 6:59 am
What is frustrating is that people like her cannot see their own hypocrisy. They are blinded by their own self-righteousness. They judge others but do not judge themselves and do not hold themselves to their own set standards. They make it up as they go along to whatever fits their own prejudices and will believe whatever they want to suit themselves, and will believe whatever they choose that will mentally vindicate themselves from breaking their own rules. I see this with several of my family members. They say marriage is sacred and what Gob has joined together let no man put asunder and all that and then they get divorced and break “Gob’s covenant” and then justify it by making up their own reasons that “Gob would not want me in an unhappy marriage.” (I actually heard that excuse from a divorced family member.)
17 July 2008, on 8:33 am
Sad, sad irony. This lady’s parents could have been legally refused service in many places in this country. In time I hope her behavior is treated with the same general scorn.
17 July 2008, on 8:33 am
Yeah, Star, that niggling little statistic about roughly half of all marriages today ending in divorce really kicks the legs out from under the “sanctity of marriage” high horse they rode in on.
17 July 2008, on 8:40 am
AUM,
Same thing only you have to choose your avatar from various Australian fauna. Killer Koala! Deadly Dingo!
I only play mortal wombat.
I apologize for the destruction I’ve caused but I promise it wasn’t my first choice. I’m also anti-censorship and against destruction of materials but then there’s the practical side of it too…
I really did take a lot of books to the used book store but most of our “donations” were boxes of ancient, often physically decaying books and periodicals from people who found them while cleaning out their basements. The bookstore wouldn’t even look at them. I got a lot of things because it was easier for people than hauling it off to the garbage.
“Yes sir we do accept donations. Yes magazines are fine, even if they’re not subject relevant we can use them as project materials…. what? No I don’t think your collection of ‘Playboy’ mags with the pictures removed would be appropriate for a middle school but thanks for thinking of us.”
We used as much as we could for ‘project’ material and I did everything I could to use or find a place for the stuff but lack of space and need eventually required that I take some drastic steps.
It’s pretty bad when you have to weed on the sly because the staff is afraid you’ll CHANGE something. But that’s part of the downside of living in a town where time stood still.
17 July 2008, on 11:53 am
Playing the devil’s advocate here, but does anyone think it might be possible that she had the kid before converting or becoming “born again” or whatever? It is possible that she’s just a vile, hateful piece of humanity, but not actually a hypocrite.
17 July 2008, on 2:54 pm
I can’t wait for the fallout from this decision. Suddenly, it will be copacetic to engage in all sorts of religious discrimination until a higher court strikes it down.
18 July 2008, on 12:17 am
Julie;
I had certainly thought of this. That’s the great thing ’bout being a believer–you get to take a hypocrite mulligan on anything you did before your after-birthing. The rest of us are held to task for the thing we say or do.
The hypocrite thing, to me, is practically a non-issue. A good number of the hyper-religious are hypocrites of the highest degree. Sanctimony is practically second nature. The real issue is that some judge has decided that when someone holds beliefs without rational, observable evidence, those beliefs take precedence over other people’s civil rights.
Some might argue it is Lillian’s civil right to believe whatever she wants. I agree. Hell, she can use her religious faith to believe blacks are second-class citizens for all I care. It’s not as outlandish as it sounds, considering that her forebearers in xtianity have used their faith to believe this and, ironically, to argue in favor of anti messegination laws. She can believe what she wants–but in a land of laws and civil rights, her beliefs can’t countermand the civil rights of others.
I’m not sure how that judge is able to find his gavel considering the depth to which his head is planted in his rectum.
18 July 2008, on 8:10 am
Religion is hypocrisy. It’s the muck that hypocrisy thrives on. “I’m ok but you’re in trouble”. “My god is bigger than your god.” “My religion of peace tells me to kill you”.
WHEW!! Smell that? Must be religion.