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Q: What if Mary had taken Plan B after the Lord filled her with his hot, white, sticky Holy Spirit?
A: You'd have to justify your misogyny with another ancient mythology.
The joke was typical of Pandagon's satirical tone and was intended to mock a common rhetorical ploy of abortion opponents -- a hypothetical question and answer -- not to mock anyone's personal faith.
Not mock anyone's personal faith? How on earth can she possibly make that statement? Amanda Marcotte is either very ignorant of the personal faith of Catholics or legitmately an anti-Catholic bigot. Hot, white, and sticky are not adjectives I've ever heard associated with the Holy Spirit. They were chosen specifically to be jarring and offensive. Linking Catholicism futher with misogyny and reducing it to mythology only futher proves my point. She's either ignorant or a bigot.
The next time Ms. Marcotte wants to needle anti-abortion extremsits, she would be wise not to take out the shotgun when trying to kill a fly. When you insult Christian icons like Mary and the Holy Spirit, you should not be surprised that mild-mannered Catholics like myself condemn you.
