Without clicking the link, guess why this is news.

[theweaselking]

Radical cleric issues fatwa, demands the death of those of disagree with him.

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[clinkerfiasco.livejournal.com]

Says it's only available to registered users.

[vagabond27.livejournal.com]

Because you have to register to read the article? :D
(because its a conservative american priest?)

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Oops.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

It's not news because it's a white male American Christian. They pull this kind of shit all the time, so one more doing it is entirely unremarkable.

It's news because *nobody calls them on it*.

eep

[buck-x.livejournal.com]

the scariest part is the quote at the end:

"Mike Huckabee is a born-again Christian," Drake said, "And I believe in the final countdown for him, he will do what God told him to do. He is a God-fearing man and he'd fear God more than his constituents and more than the Constitution."

[sivi-volk.livejournal.com]

You're right, nowhere in the article is he depicted in a negative fashion.

Balanced reporting, right? Present both sides fairly, even if they don't both deserve it?

Re: eep

[harald387.livejournal.com]

I was about to comment saying exactly the same thing. That terrifies me.

[argaive.livejournal.com]

"I don't believe in the separation of church and state and I believe the IRS should stay out of church business."

Really?

These guys don't hear themselves talk. Yeah, that must be it.

A.

Re: eep

[cleodhna.livejournal.com]

Me too. Criminy.