Superman is not a Republican!!!!

OK, a few weeks ago I was on CNN.com reading an article about how some christian right wing nut jobs are claiming Superman is a GOP hero, and is a christ-like figure.

As my sister can atest I have been a Superman (and a comic nerd) since I was a kid. Hell, I even have an "S" tattoo on my arm. So, I think I know a little about the character. First off, he was not born from a virgin. We know he had a father, Jor-El (or Jor-L if you followed him from the begining). He was sent to Earth because his dad knew what was going to happen to Kryton and that all there were going to die. He sent his son to Earth to save him from death.

Secondly, his creators were Jews. Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster. (I know Mary and JC were Jewish as well) They based his exodus from Krypton on another biblical figure, Moses.

Thirdly, if you ever read Action Comics 1-10 (which are availible in a collection called the Superman Chronicles Volume One from DC comics) Superman was an agent of social justice. Tearing down slums in Metropolis, exposing unethical treatment of prisoners, and freeing the wrongly convicted. Unlike the GOP who agree with keeping the poor, poorer. Treating the accused as the guilty. And treating people in prison in an inhumane way.

So, yeah he was like JC. I'm talking about the Christ I believe in. The one who spoke about love, humanity, and REAL social change. As I said before If Christ was a conservative....he would have been a Roman.

I am sick of the "religous" right stealing secular things. Go back to looking like the geeks I used to laugh at in high school (on orders from my pastor father). Quit dressing like skaters, surfers and punks. For far too long these people have tried to co-op everything and make it there own. Trying to steal Superman is the last straw. You people perverted the word of God. Now you want to pervert an icon.

When Superman saved people he didn't care what they believed or if they believed in anything. Much like Christ.

And yes this is recomedation to see "Superman Returns"!!!! It was brilliant! Gene Hackman is no longer Lex Luthor. Kevin Spacey is!!!! Brandon Routh is amazing! (Although creepy in that he seemed to channel Christopher Reeves)

Supprt Inderpendent film (except Superman Returns) and keep music dangerous.
J