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Sun 29 Feb 2004 16:45
by Kevin McGehee
[Wackadoodle]
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So Chris and I were out running errands today, and we come to this intersection on Newnan’s Big Box Boulevard (a.k.a., Bullsboro Drive) where a bunch of locals are standing on the various corners holding up signs. And the first sign I see says
Queers will burn in Hell unless they repent!
Gawd he’p us all.
If Georgia voters could put state constitutional amendments on the ballot by initiative, a same-sex-marriage ban amendment would have gathered enough signatures to qualify within ten days of San Francisco starting up with the gay marriages. But I’m reasonably sure most of those signing would have shared our dismay at seeing a message like that on a sign in front of ... (wait for it) ... a Wal-Mart.
The other signs were somewhat less hateful, but the presence of that one pretty much set a bad tone for the whole protest.
Now, just because a bunch of drooling idiots with nothing better to do on a beautiful Sunday afternoon were out holding ugly signs saying ugly things about an ugly controversy, doesn’t mean I’m going to change my mind and suddenly start supporting gay marriage.
Still, sentiments like that are not far off the “Bush = Hitler” rhetoric of certain other people I could name. And on gay marriage, I would just as soon not have the spittle-flecked “help” of people who think messages of hate are suitable for display where members of polite society might accidentally see them.
Comments:
Yeesh. Although, compared to the “I hate queers but I love AIDS” signs in SF, that’s practically cuddly…
Tanya (IP: 24.107.28.71) Feb 29, 2004 7:26 PM
Phelps got it wrong. It’s not “fags” that God hates, it’s shrimp.
Xrlq (IP: 68.96.74.26) Feb 29, 2004 7:32 PM
I hate shrimp too. So much so that whenever I see one on my plate I pulverize it to pieces with my teeth, then dissolve the remains in an acid solution—and finally, flush the whole mess into my septic tank.
I mean I really hate shrimp.
McGehee (IP: 24.240.122.201) Feb 29, 2004 8:09 PM
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