We are watching ABC "News" 20/20 (not usually a habit of mine) reporting on Hurricane Rita -- and I was kind of suprised that they actually reported that religious wingnuts have made remarks about the devistation of Katrina being "God's Punishment".
Interestingly enough, it was radical Protestants condeming New Orleans for being a "City of Sin", a radical Rabbi in Israel condemning us for "America's Israel Policy" and a radical Islamic website condemning us for... the usual. It's interesting to me that fundamentalists of all stripes are sick in the same way. But I thought it was really, really weird for ABC news to dignify that kind of nutcasery with comment. Are we in such a religious country that it's commonplace for newscasts to ask if God is punishing us?
Wee-ird.
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