WorldNutDaily's hypocrisy towards religion and ... noise

The WND sports an article full of religious zealot outrage, focusing on how some churches in Phoenix, Arizona, have been forced to ... comply with anti-Christian measures? Allow same-sex marriage? Nope – they're being forced to stop ringing their bells for the call to mass, as per the city's noise regulations.

Of course, you can already picture the WND's headline for this "Exclusive" ...

FAITH UNDER FIRE
Church-bell 'noise' under attack – in America

No demagoguery at all, der.

The article itself is too plain and boring to quote; it's just wining about churches are being forced into lowering their noise levels to comply with the city's regulation – regulations that apply to everything else in the city, including establishments of other religions, of course. Ah, sweet Christianity favoritism.

But what's interesting to note (or at least, amusing) is how highly hypocritical the WND is once again being in focusing such an outraged slant on this story, when just a few years back, they ran another article on how those evil Moslims (intentional misspelling to convey sense of irony) are trying to take over by asking permission to install loudspeakers which would convey the Islamic call to prayer. Here are some choice quotes for y'all:

A holy war of sorts is heating up in a Detroit suburb, where members of the local Muslim community want loudspeakers on mosques to announce the Islamic call to prayer five times each day.

But the idea is running into opposition from other residents of Hamtramck, Mich., many of whom are Christian, who think the prayer calls as early as 6 a.m. and as late as 10 p.m. would be disruptive.

"When you call to prayer, you are proselytizing, and as a citizen of the United States I don't want to hear it," Bob Golen, 68, told the Detroit Free Press.

"It is not my God. My God is Jesus Christ," Caroline Zarski, 81, said. "I don't want this noise invading my home at 10 p.m."

WND: death to all ze irony meters in ze land!

A "holy war" ... nice touch, there. Almost doesn't appear like the article is trying to incite anger and outrage over something as silly as religious people wanting to host their traditional call to prayer ... while, of course, nuts are getting all outraged over the fact that churches, being part of a city, need to follow the city laws.

This sort of doublethink cannot be good for these people's health.

(via Dispatches from the Culture Wars)
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