AP today
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley told a church crowd just moments into his new administration that those who have not accepted Jesus as their savior are not his brothers and sisters, shocking some critics who questioned Tuesday whether he can be fair to non-Christians.
Speaking to a large crowd Monday at Montgomery's Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church — where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached — Bentley said that "if you're a Christian and you're saved ... it makes you and me brother and sister," according to a report in the Birmingham News.
"Now I will have to say that, if we don't have the same daddy, we're not brothers and sisters," he added, according to the paper. "So anybody here today who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, I'm telling you, you're not my brother and you're not my sister, and I want to be your brother."
Bentley, 67, a retired dermatologist, had been sworn in earlier Monday.
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Perhaps Gov Bentley (who will not be anyone's sister, no sir) likes to get people really, really, pissed off. I mean to the point of causing spontaneous tracheostomy to occur in people screaming their disapproval. As part of an ongoing research project to accurately define the border between "pissed off" and "ballistic", I once requested "The Horst Wessel Song" ("The Flag Up High") at a Peter, Paul & Mary concert. I elicited no response from the audience, other than a confused "how does that go?" from the person sitting next to me. This necessitated a re-write of the "Methodology" section of the grant when it came up for renewal.
Perhaps I should submit a business plan to Goldman Sachs to get start-up funding for a chain of Unfriendly Restaurants in Alabama. I plan to have vampire squid on the menu.
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