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Bill Maher BLASTS selfish Christian hypocrites who don't tip waiters

On Friday night, Bill Maher delivered a great New Rule blasting conservatives who call themselves Christians, and yet show themselves to be little more than selfish assholes, notably when it comes to tipping the wait staff.

And finally, New Rule: It's OK if you don't want to feed the hungry, or heal the sick, or house the homeless. Just don't say you're doing it for their own good. Don't say you'd like to help people, but your hands are tied because if you did, it would cause a culture of dependency, or go against the Bible, or worst of all, rob them of their freedom... to be sick and hungry.

Just admit you're selfish, and based on how little your beliefs mirror the actual teachings of Jesus, you might as well claim to worship Despicable Me.

[Other examples]

I don't know what the snake-handlers have against the food-handlers, or when restaurant receipts became the new bully pulpit, but there was another story recently, this one from Kansas, where instead of a tip, a Christian family left their server, who they knew was gay, this note:

Thank you for your service, it was excellent. That being said, we cannot in good conscience top you, for your homosexual lifestyle is an affront to GOD. Queers do not share in the wealth of GOD, and you will not share in ours.



Note they repeat the phrase "not share", to really drive home that they've absorbed the message of Jesus.

Watch video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN9FPKai3Ik

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ORIGINAL: TNDommeK

See, this is the type of behavior that has me embarrassed to claim
Christianity as my religion. Those ppl's actions were NOT Christian at all.
That lady needs some Jesus in her life!
Poor kids, growin up...seeing that hate.

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So we don't know if they were christians and we don't know if they were conservatives but just for shits and giggles we will talk about how awful those people are. Why am I not surprised?

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ORIGINAL: kalikshama

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So we don't know if they were christians and we don't know if they were conservatives but just for shits and giggles we will talk about how awful those people are. Why am I not surprised?

I was raised Catholic, am now Unitarian, went to church Sunday, and was delighted when my minister said "Go Hawaii!" during our Candles of Joy or Concern segment, and the congregation applauded.

Before I posted the Bill Maher bit, I wasn't able to confirm one way or the other about the homophobic couple in the OP. However, is there any doubt about the religion of people who leave fake $10 bills as tips?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/10/1254527/-MUST-SEE-Bill-Maher-BLASTS-selfish-Christian-hypocrites-who-don-t-tip-waiters

And if you're a waiter or waitress in the Bible Belt, you may very well have seen one of these.



It's a phony $10 dollar bill that Christians sometimes leave on the table in lieu of an actual tip. It looks like a $10, so you get the benefit of giving poor people hope, and then crushing it, but on the back it says, "Some things are better than money ... like your eternal salvation that was bought and paid for by Jesus going to the cross."

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I am THOROUGHLY offended mad pissed off and hurt that THIS is what her kids will grow up learning and that I served in the Marines to keep ignorant people like them free. Sorry lady but I don't agree with YOUR lifestyle and the way you're raising your kids but you didn't see me throwing that in your face and giving you shitty service. Keep your damn mouth shut and pray we never cross paths again.

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ORIGINAL: thishereboi

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ORIGINAL: TNDommeK

See, this is the type of behavior that has me embarrassed to claim
Christianity as my religion. Those ppl's actions were NOT Christian at all.
That lady needs some Jesus in her life!
Poor kids, growin up...seeing that hate.

I am not embarrassed to be a christian because of others actions any more than I am embarrassed to be gay because there are pedophiles out there. If you dig into any group you are going to find hateful little asshats. That is just part of life.

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ORIGINAL: MasterCaneman

As someone who's worked in the restaurant/bar industry and relied on tips for my income, as well as considering myself Christian (R.C.), I'm offended by the actions of that family, and I'd hope that they reconsider their tack of using Him as an excuse for being cheap, which I suspect is really the case. That said, the server's comments about spitting in their food steps over another line, so in football terms, I'd say it was an offsetting penalty. Neither are acceptable, and both parties should think about cause and effect regarding their actions.

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ORIGINAL: JstAnotherSub

She had my sympathy until I read the email she sent to Have a Gay Day and then posted on her Facebook account.

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I am THOROUGHLY offended mad pissed off and hurt that THIS is what her kids will grow up learning and that I served in the Marines to keep ignorant people like them free. Sorry lady but I don't agree with YOUR lifestyle and the way you're raising your kids but you didn't see me throwing that in your face and giving you shitty service. Keep your damn mouth shut and pray we never cross paths again.

So, she wants to spit in their food and they need to pray they never cross paths with her again. I would say that she is as big an asshole as they are.

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ORIGINAL: njlauren
the gay guys must put on a beautiful wedding").

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ORIGINAL: thishereboi

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ORIGINAL: njlauren

So much for "Christian" compassion, about love the sin and hate the sinner, etc..religious people complain that they are targeted for abuse, are called intolerant and mean and such, but where is the outrage for them at this stupid, stupid family? Evangelicals claim to be spreading the love of God, yet they are routinely like this, judgmental, mean, etc.

It is funny, years ago there was a case where some of the morality police were able to pressure a hotel into canceling a leather event called "Beat Me in St. Louis", from a Howard Johnson's hotel there (the event had the whole hotel booked, so no 'vanillas' would be put out). I got involved (turns out the corporate parent of Howard Johnson's hotels literally is in my back yard), and the hotel chain as a result issued rules to their hotels telling them not to ever do what the hotel in St. Louis did, that their basic credo was as long as the groups activities were legal and were willing to be accommodating when concerns about mixing with others in the hotel were concerned i.e being discrete where needed, everyone was welcome.I spoke to someone at the headquarters (literally made an appointment to talk to them) and the woman laughed, said they got feedback from employees at the hotel, who said the leather people were fun to work with, were good tippers and were just great people. Meanwhile, not long before, some evangelical conference was there,and the employees said that they never worked with a nastier group of people, complained about everything, and often refused to tip, claiming that a good job done is reward enough and other BS......

Yes they were assholes. They are obviously bigoted toward gays. They look at the actions of one and apply it to the whole group. And we all know that is wrong. To turn around and try to paint all christians as hateful because of this is just as wrong. Now there were all kinds of things you could have said about the couple who actually did this, but instead you felt to use this to further your hatred towards christians. How are you any better than they are?

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Also, I would like to see some responses on here from other posters who have or presently wait tables about their tipping experiences.

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ORIGINAL: Kirata

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ORIGINAL: DomKen

lauren was quite careful to never bash all Christians. Why are you claiming she did?

And where, precisely, is it reported that they were Christians?

K.

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ORIGINAL: kalikshama

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Also, I would like to see some responses on here from other posters who have or presently wait tables about their tipping experiences.

The best tips I received was during my brief career as a barmaid in a strip club...which lasted until my girlfriend ratted me out for being under 18. It was quite some time until I was able to earn that much per hour again.

I've only worked part time waitressing, and never at high end places. It was never enough to live on. For example, one waitressing gig was while I was collecting unemployment, receiving the GI Bill, and going to school.