On Saturday, two Portland artists invited Pride Festival-goers to smoke joints rolled in homophobic Bible verses. The idea came from local artists Jennifer Rabin (WW's art critic) and Ross Lee, They went to two dispensaries to find the strain called God's Gift, then went around to 10 Goodwill stores in search of Bibles. Then, they offered the Bible J's to Pride-goers. "As soon as I said we were smoking joints rolled in the Bible, people's faces changed completely," says Rabin. "They were like, 'Oh yeah, we are doing this!'" http://www.wweek.com/arts/2016/06/20/joints-rolled-in-the-bible-got-smoked-at-pride/
Neglected to say they used the homophobic verses. For the first 6. Loving verse for number 7. The 6 verses may explain the enthusiastic response. The rainbow flag is not a sacred object. If someone is antigay enough to burn one, the flag won't complain.
Exactly. Who here hasn't gotten really Gideon'd in a hotel? I did it on tour, and PapaG helped pay for it.
I personally think it was rather stupid because it confuses the message. Like flag burning. I've seen it over and over; 10,000 people attend a protest, five burn a flag, the big photo in newspaper is the burning flag and it's half the story. Not the 10,000. I don't know how many were at Pride but I'm guessing a lot. I don't know how many smoked the joints but I'm guessing a few. So what is the thread? Any of you go to Pride? Allies have always been welcome and are especially so now when we are under attack. Anyone here an ally? Don't all jump at once.
So it's ok for some here to vilify Christians because of a few idiot extremists, but not ok to vilify the other way?
Do we have to attend Pride to be allies?? Is that an LGBT requirement in order for heterosexuals to be considered allies?? If I joined a parade put on by every group under attack in this world (and for whom I have sympathy and/or compassion), I'd be marching all day, every day. Basically you're telling us that if we're not with you, we're against you. Please don't presume to judge me....or those like me. It comes off as hypocritical......
Living in Walla Walla now, so I didn't go. I went once a few years back and another time my house was used as a staging area for a bunch of friends to get into costumes and attend, but I was out of town that time. Not sure if I'd go again, I hate parades, I hate crowds, but was a good experience nonetheless. In response to UncleCliffy'sDadd, I don't think she meant you can't be an ally and not attend, more that it's a show of unity and that many allies enjoy showing a demonstration of solidarity. And many LGBT love seeing people come out in demonstration that they are loved in the world too. But not a requirement, I think you jumped on some odd phrasing by crandc. perhaps I'm wrong, if I am, I'm sure she will let me know.
Further, you are correct as always. Not a requirement but it is an acknowledgement of us to attend. Crap, in San Francisco, any politician who wants to get elected to local or state wide office had damn well better attend. If they don't, they will be asked why. I'll be there staffing Hillary booth.
Christians are more tolerant about things like having pages in their holy book burnt. That's something to be proud of and a feather you can put in your hat as a christian. You're bigger than those that want to have someone killed over an insult. As an American we should support their right of free speech to insult any fucking thing they want to including mohammad, jesus, gods of all types and any other thing they please. Just because I don't think it's amusing to smoke a page out of a book doesn't mean it's worth getting bent out of shape over. Once again, the war on christmas is not a thing. You christians are better than that. What, you guys want to be considered a protected class or something? CLM!
