{"id":886,"date":"2011-07-22T11:14:05","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T15:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=886"},"modified":"2011-07-22T11:17:12","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T15:17:12","slug":"fun-friday-rick-perrys-ideal-running-mate-lesbian-jewish-irony-alert-wronged-hindu-vegetarians-priest-protests-too-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/07\/fun-friday-rick-perrys-ideal-running-mate-lesbian-jewish-irony-alert-wronged-hindu-vegetarians-priest-protests-too-much.html","title":{"rendered":"Fun Friday: Rick Perry&#8217;s Ideal Running Mate, Lesbian Jewish Irony Alert, Wronged Hindu Vegetarians &amp; Priest Protests Too Much"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Colbert had some fun words for Texas Gov. Rick Perry &#8212; is it just the twangy God talk, or is he<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/0711\/58329.html\"> physically morphing into his predecessor George W. Bush<\/a>, too? &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/the-colbert-report-videos\/392478\/july-19-2011\/god-calls-rick-perry-to-run\">on his Comedy Central show a few days ago<\/a>, regarding his<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/nicole-neroulias\/dalai-lama-separation-church-state_b_899980.html\">\u00a0controversial upcoming prayer rally<\/a> and possible presidential bid:<\/p>\n<table style=\"font: 11px arial;color: #333;background-color: #f5f5f5\" width=\"512\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #e5e5e5\" valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 1px 0px 5px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Colbert Report<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 5px 0px 5px;text-align: right;font-weight: bold\">Mon &#8211; Thurs 11:30pm \/ 10:30c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\" valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 1px 0px 5px\" colspan=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/the-colbert-report-videos\/392478\/july-19-2011\/god-calls-rick-perry-to-run\" target=\"_blank\">God Calls Rick Perry<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px;background-color: #353535\" valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 5px 0px 5px;width: 512px;overflow: hidden;text-align: right\" colspan=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.colbertnation.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0px\" colspan=\"2\"><object width=\"512\" height=\"288\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:392478\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"window\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"autoPlay=false\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allownetworking\" value=\"all\" \/><embed width=\"512\" height=\"288\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:392478\" \/><\/object><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 18px\" valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0px\" colspan=\"2\">\n<table style=\"margin: 0px;text-align: center\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 3px;width: 33%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/full-episodes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Colbert Report Full Episodes<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px;width: 33%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Political Humor &amp; Satire Blog<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px;width: 33%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/video\" target=\"_blank\">Video Archive<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>If you&#8217;re still in need of some guilty chuckles after that, here&#8217;s a few more politically incorrect religion news stories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/07\/15\/andres-garcia-torres-spanish-priest-anus_n_900209.html\">Spanish priest seeks to prove he&#8217;s not gay <\/a>(Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/news\/article\/2011\/07\/21\/3088648\/lesbian-couple-ejected-from-gertude-stein-exhibit#When:13:51:00Z\">Lesbian couple ejected from Gertrude Stein exhibit <\/a>(JTA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/07\/21\/hindu-diners-sue-indian-restaurant-for-selling-meat-samosas\/\">Hindu diners sue Indian restaurant for selling meat samosas\u00a0<\/a>(CNN Belief)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Caveat: The funny part of the last story isn&#8217;t that the restaurant accidentally served meat to devoted vegetarians a few years ago, but that the victims are demanding a big trip to India out of it &#8212; where, presumably, they can visit family and friends in between all the ritual purifying they claim they must do <em>there<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visajourney.com\/forums\/topic\/320462-hindus-sue-edison-restaurant-after-it-accidentally-serves-them-non-veg-samosas\/\">as opposed to at an American temple<\/a>. Maybe they can get some first-class tickets while they&#8217;re at it!)<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to\u00a0<strong>subscribe to Belief Beat\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to\u00a0<strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Colbert had some fun words for Texas Gov. Rick Perry &#8212; is it just the twangy God talk, or is he physically morphing into his predecessor George W. 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