I don't have a favourite right-wing fundy Christian. Because Timothy McVeigh and Scott Roeder are right-wing fundy Christians who are murderers.
But I do almost have a soft spot for Ted Faggard - Almost. Because his hubris, with all his exhorts of
'We don't have to debate about what we should think about homosexual activity. It’s written in the Bible.'
prior to his exposure as a crystal meth-taking, rent boy-hiring hypocrite made my schadenfreude all the sweeter, when I heard the news.
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And still to this day, I take infinite pleasure in gloating over his fall from grace. Founding one of the biggest megachurches in the US. From once holding such sway - over not only Evangelical dogma & policy - but GOP policy; he even had the ear of George Dumbya Bush on a regular basis. Then after that fateful day, said megachurch he founded disowned him. All his powerful religious & political contacts dissolved, as he was dropped like a towel with a skidmark on it. And the White House stopped returning his calls.
And today? Ted Faggard* is now a nobody. And yet, Richard Dawkins is still a well-respected author, biologist, lecturer, and thinker. So maybe you should reconsider your saying "I don't have a favourite athiest", Filled with Jesus Love. Because at least Dr. Dawkins isn't a hypocrite. Nor has he killed anyone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#Awards_and_recognition
He's certainly my favourite Atheist.
*- I'll continue to refer to him as Ted Faggard. Until he gives up on his sham marriage and comes out of the closet & admits his homosexuality on worldwide TV. Then finds his true same-sex life partner. Also when he admits his religious beliefs are a sham (remember Leviticus, Ted?), and becomes an Atheist. Once you do so, Ted, only then will you have earned the right to your original surname. Until then, your continuing hypocrisy deserves no less.