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Louie Gohmert: Aurora Shootings Result Of 'Ongoing Attacks On Judeo-Christian Beliefs'

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said Friday that the shootings that took place in an Aurora, Colo. movie theater hours earlier were a result of “ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs” and questioned why nobody else in the theater had a gun to take down the shooter.

During a radio interview on The Heritage Foundation’s “Istook Live!” show, Gohmert was asked why he believes such senseless acts of violence take place. Gohmert responded by talking about the weakening of Christian values in the country.

“You know what really gets me, as a Christian, is to see the ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs, and then some senseless crazy act of a derelict takes place,” Gohmert said.

“Some of us happen to believe that when our founders talked about guarding our virtue and freedom, that that was important,” he said. “Whether it’s John Adams saying our Constitution was made only for moral and religious people … Ben Franklin, only a virtuous people are capable of freedom, as nations become corrupt and vicious they have more need of masters. We have been at war with the very pillars, the very foundation of this country.”

Ernest Istook, the host of the show and a former Oklahoma congressman, jumped in to clarify that nobody knows the motivation of the alleged Aurora gunman. Gohmert said that may be true, but suggested the shootings were still “a terrorist act” that could have been avoided if the country placed a higher value on God.

“People say … where was God in all of this?” Gohmert said. “We’ve threatened high school graduation participations, if they use God’s name, they’re going to be jailed … I mean that kind of stuff. Where was God? What have we done with God? We don’t want him around. I kind of like his protective hand being present.”

Gohmert also said the tragedy could have been lessened if someone else in the movie theater had been carrying a gun and took down the lone shooter. Istook noted that Colorado laws allow people to carry concealed guns.

“It does make me wonder, with all those people in the theater, was there nobody that was carrying a gun that could have stopped this guy more quickly?” he asked.

  1. divineirony reblogged this from friendlyatheist and added:
    The God bullshit aside- I bet most of the people in that theater probably could have been packing heat if they wanted...
  2. dakhla92 reblogged this from tandemtricycle
  3. drunken-rambling reblogged this from friendlyatheist and added:
    Were this the case, wouldn’t we be seeing a lot of attacks on churches?
  4. louislouee reblogged this from lillykane-dreams-on
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  7. lammergeier reblogged this from friendlyatheist and added:
    Do people even realise that having faith in (a) god(s) isn’t going to protect them from the things that happen around...
  8. talkearlietome reblogged this from friendlyatheist
  9. stuphunuu-muved reblogged this from friendlyatheist and added:
    Yes let’s blame the fucking victims! Oh you got pregnant from being raped? Well why weren’t you carrying your emergency...
  10. bearonstilts reblogged this from friendlyatheist
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  13. friendlyatheist reblogged this from huffingtonpost and added:
    before: NRA - Conservative dream:...future everyone has
  14. lillykane-dreams-on reblogged this from huffingtonpost and added:
    I give up. How dare this jackass take...national tragedy that
  15. touchmykneesbutt reblogged this from huffingtonpost
  16. all-that-pushes-and-pulls reblogged this from huffingtonpost and added:
    Jesus H. Christ, leave it up...politician from Texas
  17. phoenix-run reblogged this from oftfrustrated
  18. nocakeno reblogged this from drtanner-sfw and added:
    louie i think god’s plan for you is that you will watch a world gradually escaping from your idiotic vision i hope
  19. cure-light reblogged this from merlin-bunny and added:
    of morals and the difference...The problem is that fandom alone can’t make people lost...
  20. risquemarionette reblogged this from drtanner
  21. merlin-bunny reblogged this from oftfrustrated and added:
    Gohmert, get out. I swear to all that exists your IQ lowers that of the entire nation. First of all, Oft is right. Who...
  22. oftfrustrated reblogged this from la-belle-laide and added:
    And just *WHY* exactly should there have been someone else taking a gun to a movie? The last place I think of as needing...
  23. annilylf reblogged this from drtanner and added:
    Siiiiiiiiiiigh.
  24. drtanner-sfw reblogged this from drtanner and added:
    Wow, you don’t know how grateful I am that I don’t live in a country ruled by people who believe this bullshit.
  25. drtanner reblogged this from travelerofthetimestreams and added:
    Wow, you don’t know how grateful I am that I don’t live in a country ruled by people who believe this bullshit.
  26. travelerofthetimestreams reblogged this from huffingtonpost and added:
    Equally disturbing…
  27. la-belle-laide reblogged this from huffingtonpost and added:
    This guy makes me puke.
  28. fluipmotion reblogged this from huffingtonpost and added:
    There are two particularly things wrong with this...really upset me: first,
  29. texarshead reblogged this from huffingtonpost and added:
    So… Basically,...horror occurred because we’re not christian enough