Fox "friend," Gretchen Carlson, is an uber Christian warrior princess who is constantly outraged about how the forces of evil, secular darkness are trying to make life miserable for Christians. Gretch is in a constant state of righteous Christian indignation about the outrageous atheistic forces of "political correctness" that are trying to take Christ out of Christmas, crosses out of cemeteries, bible verses off of army gun sights, and prayer out of places where the Supreme Court says it shouldn't be. Yet, the former Miss America and decorated Christian soldier seems to have a problem with Sikhs whom she suggests are oversensitive about their religion. Oh, the irony! Oh, the hypocrisy!
Last December, in one of far too many Fox & Friends vignettes about the supposed attack on Christmas by those who seek not to offend those of other faiths, the asses on the curvy couch reported that a California school had "banned" poinsettias because they might offend non Christians. It turned out that the good Fox & Friends were telling sweet little lies. There was no ban. However, the school administrator said that they wanted to be respectful of all communities as the area had a diverse population. As an example, she cited the presence of a large Sikh community. Gretch, playing to the church of the perpetually outraged Christians, doubled down on the outrage by engaging in some tried and true scapegoating. Gretch claimed that the school's egregious offense to the spirit of Christmas was because of sensitivity towards Sikhs. With a look of total disdain, she shouted this: "One of the other rationales that the school administrator mentioned that the first Sikh temple in the west is located in their city so they didn't want to offend those people. The administrator mentioned the Sikh's as an example of why teachers should be sensitive about their decorations. "
Flash forward to January and Gretch is still annoyed about Sikhs. Last week (January 26th) she appeared on Bill O'Reilly's "Culture Warriors" segment. The topic was a lawsuit that was filed against Jay Leno over a comedy monologue satirizing Mitt Romney's wealth, in which he showed a photo of the Sikh Golden Temple, in Amritsar, as an example of the kind of home owned by Romney. The Indian American who filed the suit states that Leno's routine exposes Sikh's to ridicule in implying that the holiest place in The Sikh religion is owned by a non-Sikh. O'Reilly described the lawsuit as "dopey." In an ROFLMAO moment of gut busting irony he asked "are some people taking their religion, in America, too seriously...do some overdue it?" (Uh, kinda like the Fox News bogus "War on Christmas?) Margaret Hoover talked about "frivolous lawsuits."
After O'Reilly remarked that some folks go crazy if you tell a joke about their religion, Carlson admitted that she "defends Christianity" (Ya think!) but "that it's a fine line." She then launched into some possible Sikh bashing with her accusation that the Sikh litigant was doing this "to get attention" because "it's not a very well known religion across America." She added that more people "will hear about" the religion as a result of the publicity surrounding the suit. O'Reilly opined that folks need to lighten up. After Hoover spoke of how the suit is contrary to the principals of the Sikh religion which is tolerant, Gretch commented that when Fox & Friends "talked about a story that involved the Sikh religion, we get a ton of e-mail from people who are very passionate about that." Bill said that it's akin to the Muslims who don't want their religion insulted and that "we should be careful."
The Sikh "passion" that Gretch referenced was because they were "vilified and mocked" as "those people" who were helping to ruin Gretch's Christmas. Now she accuses a Sikh of filing a frivolous lawsuit because he "wants to get attention." When any persecuted Christian files a lawsuit, it's just fine and dandy; but if somebody from one of those religious "fringe" groups complains (and in the case of the California school, they didn't) fagetaboutit. Life would be so much better for Gretch without "those people."
Fox's Gretchen Carlson: Man May Have Filed Suit Against Jay Leno To Get Attention For Sikhism
On last night's The Factor, host Bill O'Reilly looked into the lawsuit filed against Jay Leno by a Sikh in California for a joke Leno had made about Mitt Romney. Leno's segment poked fun at Romney's wealth and multiple homes by showing a picture of the very ornate Golden Temple of Amritsar, a sacred site and the holiest shrine in Sikhism, as if it were the candidate's lake house.