This is what happens at the intersection of American exceptionalism (“We’re all God’s children, but our God’s better”) and American pig ignorance.

Although this appears to have been nothing but stupidity on the part of the “missionaries”, many foreign aid programs administered by religious groups place equally unsubtle pressure on recipients to consider converting to the party line.

It’s one reason among many why there are supposed to be laws in America that clearly separate church and state.

If organized and disorganized religious leaders insist on faith-based bigotry, intolerance and discrimination, then their religions shouldn’t be funded by government, either through tax subsidy or foreign aid and other programs.

These groups could easily be replaced by secular, unemployed American workers, who might welcome the opportunity for a paycheck and a chance to do something worthwhile in places like Haiti.

Gorilla says: “These missionaries were not even useful idiots, Haiti and America don’t need any more of ‘em running around loose!”