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December 19, 2006
Haj On Baby!
Now here is a brilliant bit of satire found in the most unlikeliest of places...
PRESS RELEASE
EMBARGO DATE: December 15, 2006, 4 PM.IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM AND TOLERANCE, AND IN HARMONY WITH OUR GAY MUSLIM BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WE PROUDLY ANNOUNCE THE FIRST MARCH TO MECCA, FEBRUARY 14, 2007
Human Rights Watch, Moveon.org, ACT-UP, the Huffington Post and David Geffen are proud to present the March to Mecca, a celebration of peace that calls all gay brothers, sisters and people undergoing sex-reassignment to march to the holiest of holy cities, Mecca, the capital city of Saudi Arabia's Makkah province on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2007.
Oh baby! I dunno if Greg Gutfeld made that site, but I wouldn't be surprised. He holds nothing back here:
The march, a brainchild of activists and celebrities who acknowledge that more gays are dying from Islamic fundamentalism than from the policies of George W. Bush, will begin 12 noon sharp in Jeddah, the stunning night-life friendly Saudi Arabian city located on the coast of the Red Sea.
OMG! You just know that some heads exploded over that! But wait! There's more:
"Not marching in these countries, in this era of terror, seems cowardly," says event co-organizer Sharon Stone. "I'm embarrassed to say at social gatherings I even blamed the United States for everything. But I realized it's the radical Muslims - not the US - who want gays dead, and for that I am truly sorry."
Damn right! Too bad it is satire, because I would certainly donate money to support a gay march on mecca! In fact, I'd pay for Rosie's ticket myself!
Beth Ditto, lead singer of the Gossip, who will perform with the newly reformed Yaz, thinks the march is overdue. "Forget right wing Christians. They don't hang gays for being gay. Islamofascists do. That's why were asking moderate, non-violent Muslims across the Western Province to join hands and embrace gay people everywhere."
"Almost half of all Muslim countries outlaw gay relations," says Huffington Post contributor Gene Stone, "and more than 70 countries ban all homosexuality, sometimes making it punishable by death. And here I am, blogging about how bad Renew America is. LOL."
"Think about the two teenagers convicted of homosexuality who were hanged in Iran last year," says Harry Shearer, "It makes all the hay we made over Mark Foley at the Huffington Post seem stupid. I, for one, am tired of being part of the problem."
The comments at HuffPost are a riot, half of them actually take the article and the event seriously and the other half... well... there is a petition to get Greg Gutfeld off HuffPost, and a petition to support the petition to get Greg Gutfeld off HuffPost!
I heart Greg Gutfeld.
Posted by LindaSoG at December 19, 2006 09:04 AM
Comments
You made my morning & now I have to clean the spewed coffee off my screen!
Posted by: Greta at December 19, 2006 09:58 AM
I wonder what happens if we create a petition to support the Petition to Support the Petition to Oust Gutfeld from the HuffPo?
Do we go back in time and become our own grandmothers?
I wish I didn't have a job.
Posted by: Cassandra at December 19, 2006 11:23 AM