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“To me it's just like running up a Nazi flag in a Jewish neighborhood." -- Some asshole
This is one of the more baffling stories we have come across recently. A heterosexual married couple who own a bed- and-breakfast in Meade, Kansas are being persecuted and boycotted for flying a rainbow flag outside their establishment. The local radio station has pulled their advertising and they have even gotten a chastising visit from the pastor who compared the rainbow flag to a pair of womens panties.
The most puzzling aspect, however is the reason why they fly the flag. It's not because someone gay gave it to them, or because they even knew it was a gay symbol. Rather their 12-year-old (yes, that's right 12) gave it to them as a souvenir from "Dorothy's House," a museum about the Wizard of Oz, because he said it reminded him of the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."
Does that make the kid a "friend of Dorothy"? We certainly wouldn't want to imply that, but it would be a pretty sneaky way to get a subversive message across in a repressed little Kansas town. If only we had been so clever during puberty.
Whatever the reason, local townspeople, such as the dummy pictured above, will not be dining at the rainbow-flag-flying B&B, so the owners had better hope that gay tourism to Kansas picks up really soon.
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What do you expect from a town that has a 2 headed calf in it's museum
From now on it will be refered to as K-ANUS''s What a bunch of assholes
That kid's parents are awesome to stand their ground. Hopefully, they won't go out of business.
Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Oz anymore....
Several years ago in Virginia (outer suburbs of metro DC) a couple who owned a pick-your pumpkin farm that gave hayrides, etc. to school and youth groups in the autumn was boycotted by local churches and some schools because of rainbow banners. Like the Kansans, they claimed they were unaware of the "gay connection" and just liked the bright, cheerful colors.
So does this mean we official own the Rainbow? What's going to happen the next time one appears over Kansas?
This just goes to show how RIDICULOUS the moonbats on the Right have become. They are so hypersensitive that any depiction of rainbow colors offends them. Well, tough shit. No one has the right to NOT be offended; we are all offended by something.
Look, it is easy: If you hate gay people, then don't sleep with one. If you hate gay-friendly businesses then don't spend your money there! If you want to teach hatred to your children then go ahead. But GROW UP ALREADY!!
Send them a check people. My office (mostly straight) got together and is sending them some money to show that they have some support. Let's prevent them from going out of business.
I'm sending money to support them -- you should too! Remember, it's Kansas -- a few bucks will go a long way!