{"id":211,"date":"2009-08-13T12:14:36","date_gmt":"2009-08-13T12:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lynnvsekulow\/2009\/08\/jay-i-want-to-get.html"},"modified":"2009-08-13T12:14:36","modified_gmt":"2009-08-13T12:14:36","slug":"jay-i-want-to-get","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lynnvsekulow\/2009\/08\/jay-i-want-to-get.html","title":{"rendered":"Ann, Aliens and the Antichrist: A Corrective For Coulter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jay, I want to get back to the very serious issue of the debate over health care in a few days, but I want to interrupt that flow with a point of personal privilege.<\/p>\n

You see, I have been attacked<\/a> by Ann Coulter…again. This one deserves an immediate response. <\/p>\n

She has now claimed that I’m not a real minister — and not a real Christian — and has told readers that she would send a free copy of her newest book (sure to become another New York Times<\/i> bestseller) to the first person who can send her a “copy of my bar mitzvah photos or birth announcement.”  <\/p>\n

I wonder why my lineage would matter. After all, there are some of Jewish converts to Christianity, including yourself, Jay. Maybe she is convinced that I am the Antichrist.  Many fundamentalists concerned about this matter (including the late Jerry Falwell) believe he is already among us and claim the said figure must be Jewish<\/a>. Hence, to Ann, I must have been born Jewish.<\/p>\n

Obviously, Jay, I believe all of this is just nonsense, but I want to put this claim of Ms. Coulter’s to rest–and I’d like to win one of those great New York Times<\/i> best sellers.  I would also like to ensure that she does not repeat this error that could discredit her scholarship, which has already taken a few hits over her recent works, Treason<\/a> <\/i>and Godless<\/i><\/a>.  <\/p>\n

So, in the interests of the truth as Ann Coulter would want to know it, please note the following:<\/p>\n

Here is my birth certificate from Cameroon — as anyone can see, this “authentic” document makes no reference to Jewish origins. (Note, this birth certificate is courtesy of lead “birther” Orly Taitz<\/a>.) <\/p>\n

\"certificate.JPG\"<\/a><\/span>And here is one of the earliest known photos of my parents and me.<\/p>\n

\"ALIEN-FAMILY.JPG\"<\/a><\/span>Frankly, alien lineage is incompatible with any known Jewish tradition. (I verified this with several rabbis and Madonna, for the more mystical possibilities.)<\/p>\n

Look, I don’t even have Ann’s e-mail, so you might want to help get me get this vital material to her.<\/p>\n

As noted, I’ll get back to “socialist medicine,” “death panels” and other non-existent features of the Obama health care plan in a few days. <\/p>\n

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