The Jenny Sanford thign is a joke, folks.

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Okay...I've seen this article all over my friends list today with all kinds of outrage and whatnot.

I started to read it, first decided that I was too incredulous to get pissed off, then I started reading the comments on the site and did a bit more searching.

Apparently, the website http://www.thediscust.com is largely a parody site. From their about page:

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Everyone can breathe now.

Comments

[ranger-hotsauce.livejournal.com]

I can't remember where I read it, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that it's virtually impossible to parody religion, because no matter how outlandish you get, someone somewhere seriously believes what you made up. As a result, people reading it can't tell that it's parody. I think the same thing is happening to the right.