Pastor Mocks "Weak" Church Member Who Died of COVID

Let's hope 2021 isn't this depressing.

• MAGA cultist Sean Feucht, the ego-maniac who’s been throwing super-spreader Christian worship concerts across the country, has finally met his match in Los Angeles. Feucht planned a two-day New Year’s Eve COVIDfest in the epicenter of L.A.’s homeless communities, so opposing churches and other caring people have created the “Resistance Bloackade Against Biological Warfare.”

  kevin m nye @kevinmnye1

  “WE SAY NO WAY! SEAN FEUCHTS GO AWAY!”

  

• The Western Isles of Scotland decided against teaching children the government-backed comprehensive sexual education in favor of prudish abstinence and heterosexual-only relations.

• When the new Congress convenes, the House will have a new chaplain:

  Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

  Inbox: Speaker Nancy Pelosi today announced her appointment of Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben as House Chaplain, following the House retirement of Father Pat Conroy.  Kibben will be the first woman to serve as Chaplain in either chamber of Congress.

  While I would prefer the House not have anyone in that role, let’s hope she allows atheists to deliver the invocations. Her predecessor refused to do so.

  Nick Fish @NotNickFish

  And if she wants to truly represent all Americans, she should allow @MarkPocan or @JaredHuffman or any other member to invite a secular celebrant to deliver a secular invocation as a guest chaplain.

  

  Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

  Inbox: Speaker Nancy Pelosi today announced her appointment of Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben as House Chaplain, following the House retirement of Father Pat Conroy.  Kibben will be the first woman to serve as Chaplain in either chamber of Congress.

• COVID-denying Pastor Rev. Jeffrey Whittaker mocked a member of his own congregation for dying of COVID. Whittaker gave a sermon teasing those who wore masks and socially distanced at services before saying the 71-year-old man died of COVID “because he’s weak, because he has no faith.”

• Our sincerest condolences to Rep. Jamie Raskin, a co-founder of the Congressional Freethought Caucus, on the heartbreaking loss of his 25-year-old son.

  Rep. Jamie Raskin @RepRaskin

  With profound sorrow, Congressman Raskin and Sarah Bloom Raskin today announced the loss of their son Tommy: raskin.house.gov/media/press-re…

  

• Canada’s conservative groups may be as flagrantly theocratic as those in the U.S. at times, but at least their people call them out for it.

  United Conservative Party of Alberta @Alberta_UCP

  Merry Christmas 🎄

  

  Anna Greenwood-Lee @AnnaGreenwoodL1

  As a Priest and Bishop-Elect, I’d ask that the UCP send Christmas greetings without the wholly inappropriate inference of divine sanction for their government. There are so many things wrong with their use of these words from the Prophet Isaiah it’s hard to know where to start.

  

  United Conservative Party of Alberta @Alberta_UCP

  Merry Christmas 🎄 https://t.co/5WjXda4uGT

• Rick Maruniak, a retired police detective, has written a book about how God helped him crack cases in his 30-years working for the Cleveland Division of Police. The book is chock-full of coincidences he attributes to God, which is kind of sad when you consider he was probably a really good detective who never gave himself the credit he deserved.

  No question, often police need a break to crack a case. Maruniak said he relied on help from heaven.

  “The reason I wanted to write this book was that God was working. I would pray about a case. God would answer it sometimes within 24 hours,” Maruniak said.

• And 3… 2… 1… Happy New Year! Assume the worst is still ahead so you can only be pleasantly surprised by whatever 2021 holds.

  God @TheTweetOfGod

  Getting through 2020 is as good a training course as you could have for getting through 2021.