Bible Hawkers Arrested at Pride Fest in Minneapolis
No doubt these religious nutz will soon be crying persecution, their favorite mantra. But how many gay-friendly booths have you ever seen at religious celebrations, if you’ve ever attended one? I won’t even address in depth the presumption of trying to infiltrate the Pride Parade knowing full well they hadn’t paid for the privilege of doing so. Let this be a warning to all LGBT-haters, find your own venues to spew your nonsense, leave ours alone.
The Minneapolis Gay Pride Fest is the third largest GLBTQFA festival in the country. Of which we are very proud. Which is why we call it the pride festival.
Well, yesterday, three people form Hayward Wisconsin, which seems to be in a region that is a hotbed of bible thumping yahooism, were arrested.
Previously, these three people (father, wife, son, traditional family and all that) had a booth at the fest but this year were not issued a permit. The difference between previous years and this year is how much of the park fees were paid by the pride fest organizers. This year, for the first time, the festival organizers paid the full fee instead of getting support form the part, and therefore, had the legal right to determine exactly who would be issued rights to set up a vending booth and who would not be issued a permit.
The bible thumping yahoos are all about curing teh gayz, and rescuing them from the sin of homosexuality and stuff. The equivalent would be having a holocaust denial booth at a celebration of the founding of Israel, or a creationist booth at a science education convention.
(Source-scienceblogs)