200 people gathered outside parliament during an initially peaceful rally for the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in Adelaide, Australia today before members of the Adelaide Street Church showed up waving their “God hates sinners” banner, getting in people’s faces, yelling loudly, and (according to two people) pushing a woman out of her wheelchair. A member of the church said that they didn’t come to disrupt but to love everybody and just quote the bible. Jesus loves (it when you throw crippled people to the ground).
It seems part of the anti-gay Christianist strategy these days to try to provoke LGBT folks into violence. Refusing to sink to their level makes them seem even crazier, but is there any way we can incorporate footage of their hateful signs and violence into our marriage equality PSAs?
In happier news the pro-LGBT folks outnumbered the haters at the most recent stop of the National Organization for Marriage’s “Summer of Hate” bus tour.
Michael
Asshole extremists. Religion continues to corrupt and infect this world especially with MORE hatred violence and anger.
Shannon1981
This is despicable. Whoever did that should be arrested.
Religion and loving Christians doing the Lord’s work again.
ChrisC
This is why I’m so against religion so much. It’s caused nothing but trouble.
Shofixti
God hates sinners, wtf? That is so laughably wrong.
You have to assume they have never read the Bible.
John 3:16 – For God is so loving and patient towards bigots that He sent his son to die just to give them another chance.
jason
He probably won’t be arrested. This is Australia, don’t forget. One of the most backward places in the world. Adelaide is a dump.
Chris
God hates sinners???
No!!! God loves everyone. Jesus came for sinners and that includes everyone. We are all sinners, even gays. We’ve each got our favoruite sin. But that doesn’t make sin right. It’s not a sin to be gay but it is a sin to have gay sex. However I don’t expect that this comment will be published given the 100% bias of this website.
denis mulheron
faggots and dykes should seek a cure for their pervesion they are no different tp pedophiles god created and and eve not adam and steve god sent aids to elemiminate poofs pity it did not work no matter how much the left wing media try to portray queers as normal ask this question how is it normal for a man to stick his pecker in an other mans corn hole and two snatch slurpers to lick each other out it is not normal
TheRealAdam
Stupid Christians and their damn Bible at it again. Is anyone really shocked? And they have the nerve to spout off they’re not there to condemn anyone. Well, why the FUCK are you there in the first place preaching against them?!
BTW, lmao @ 1:15.
TheRealAdam
@denis mulheron: You must be one of the preachers in the video. Were you the one that was arrested, or that pig in the red shirt?
paula barnett
people who choose to be queer are to be pitied they can never live a normal life and be productive to rhe community the most apauling thing about their life style is they display no shame all lesbians are ugly and wear mens clothes queer men are so sickly effeminate, woman should be feminine and men real men
Jesus is Fraud
Haaaaa I am not a particular fan of anyones cause, but I have an incredible dislike of the nazi christians and their bullshit cult of hate.
When you look at where all of this cult based bullshit comes from…
Check this out…
Genisis
25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
Exodus 22:
23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Exodus 32:
26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD’s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
Numbers 21:
23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
Numbers 31:
5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Deutronomy 13:
15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
Deutronomy 20:
12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
13 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
16 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
Joshua 6:
20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
Joshua 7:
20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.
22 And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
26 For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.
28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.
29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
Then along came Adolf Hitler – a christian, who stated, “God is with us”; and then he had put to death with the gun and the bomb and the gassing, and he killed their kings, burned their homes and cities, they killed all the men, women and children, they took all their food, cattle, crops and lands, and laid waste and took them into bondage etc., etc., etc., etc…
It seems to me that this holocausting business “In the name of god” – by the extermination of entire nations for profit, land and righteous cultural oppression; has been going on for a LONG time.
So christianity – is a hate cult… QED.
Shannon1981
wow there is a lot of trolling in this thread…
David Gervais
@Chris:
Why wouldn’t you comment be published? You have every right to express your opinion that people should not behave as god intended.
But if you are a *real* christian, you know that when you oppose gay sex, you oppose the will of god to have gays express their love in the way he intended.
David Gervais
@denis mulheron
Why are you so fascinated by penises, corn holes and snatch slurpers? Are you the lady who doth protest too much?
BTW, do a quick scan of the news about pedophiles. With the exception of priests and ministers who seem to have a thing for altar boys, it is almost aways a man after little girls.
paula barnett
@gDavid Gervais: god never made humans to have same sex people have sex anal intercouse is discusting and dirty same as lesbians licking each others genitiles it is wrong and a sin against nature if not god the sinners will be punished
David Gervais
@paula barnett
I can’t be bothered detailing the depths of your ignorance. You’re on your own.
James
Hey look – religious zealots spouting off hate and vulgarities. It’s quite telling of their intelligence that they can’t spell simple words like “disgusting”.
Shannon1981
@James: @David Gervais: Don’t even bother replying. Queerty is ripe for trolling, and a thread involving religion always draws them here in droves.
David Gervais
Hi Shannon:
I’m just playing whack-a-troll. I know that religion has rotted their brains beyond recovery. That “paula”, is most likely some very fat guy who hasn’t a chance of ever finding out what kind of sex he likes.
Shannon1981
LOL David. I just didn’t want you to let them upset you. One thing that is great about Queerty is that they censor hardly anything. But its a double edged sword, because a site where no sign up is necessary to spew whatever verbal diarrhea you please then disappear into the sunset without fear of censorship= a troll’s heaven.
M. geary
This group of bigots is a recent phenomenon in Adelaide, which is a quiet, fairly tolerant city, no more than usually homophobic. There aren’t many of the fanatics, but they have been making a nuisance of themselves by ranting and raving (sorry, Witnessing) in the streets over the past 3 months. This is the first time they’ve really shown their true colours, but I suppose it won’t be the last.
It’s sad that a peaceful demonstration should have been turned into a battlefield, but I’m very much afraid that this pack of god’s hyenas won’t go away. They have such a splendid example of mindless bigotry to model themselves on in the Westboro Baptist Church, which seems to be their inspiration.
This isn’t Adelaide’s best side, but it’s also not typical – I apologise for my city’s poor reception of a perfectly peaceful (and lawful) group of people, excercising their democratic right to make their protest heard by our government.
paula barnett
@David Gervais: i am a married woman i have 6 children and 3 grand children and am a practising catholic faggots and lesbians are the work of the devil
BamBam
@David: Thats right! paula has a large family, and doesn’t need any of our “faggot and lesbian devil-work” grammar!
Kev C
Does the “straight church” congregate in a bar or dark alley? Because they really look like hooligans.
David Gervais
Thanks BamBam
You`re right.
She needs a lesson in family planning.
David Gervais
This is just for fun for us, and to demonstrate to Paula that the youth of the world reject the hate spewed by old people who have stopped growing.
This is a song that was Malta’s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest a couple of days ago:
http://www.eurovision.tv/page/multimedia/videos?id=27113
As far as I know, the singer is not gay, but obviously understands inclusiveness.
Jesus is Fraud
Every morning I get down on my hands and knees and say, “Cum into me Jesus”
fuzzy
@paula barnett: Keep practicing, because you’re still really weak on that whole ‘love and charity’ thing you guys are supposed to have going. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Also, your English needs some help. 😀
MikeE
@Chris: I’m sorry, please do share. Where the hell does it say that gay sex is a sin in the Bible?
Why do you pander to all those idiots who use falsified translations of the original texts to support such utter rot?
There isn’t a single mention of gay sex anywhere in the bible.
If you believe that, then you are either willfully ignorant, or are an idiot.
HeyPaula
@Paula – So there’s 6+3+1=10 people in your family.. And one out of every ten ppl is LGBT…
Statistically speaking, one of you is a “Faggot” or “Lesbian”!
I’d put my money on you though.. Why else would you post on queerty?!!! Have a nice day guttersnipe.
the crustybastard
@paula “practicing catholic” barnett:
The difference between a Catholic and a faggot?
When a fag eats a buff bearded Jew, it’s just a figure of speech.
Catholic Jesus. He’s transubstanulicious!™
Aussie Col
What I don’t understand is that Jesus never said anything about homosexuality, and He did speak on the fact that we earthly bound folk should NOT ‘judge’ others because that is God’s perogative. He also did the ‘let he who is without sin to throw the first stone’. Jesus said you should not enter into prayer with hate in your heart, or with any conflict. I don’t see how thes publicity seekers can be called Christians. Churchgoers have replaced God with Church and if any of them did any real reading of the Bible would know there’s not any Jesus in todays congregations. They might mention a name, but his presesnce will never be where there is hate. I also think they missed the boat with Jesus and his commandment of LOVE. Love thy neighbours, thy enemies………everyone. So this bunch in the video defintely have a lot of penance before they reach the pearly gates. How awful it must be to have to hate another to preserve your feeling of privilege. How insecure must you be about the sins in your past, or lacking in faith about your chosen path to attack peaceful protestors and throw a disabled person from a wheelchair. I feel very sorry for the ‘Christians’ in this story because they have ‘nothing’. They have abandoned Jesus.
Jesus is Fraud
Homo in the bible! Jesus IS the founder of the worlds gay movement!
He is a butch, sweaty hard working guy with a very accommodating arse – to die for.
He is a cross dressing queen, who wore gowns, which are ladies clothing.
He went away on camping trips into the desert, with 12 men – who he kissed often – and to this day he expresses his desire to be a lover of all mankind.
And he is into bondage and dicipline…
Take it from me, there is nothing like being with Jesus when he is in the mood for a lot of hard cock; That is why he has 12 boy friends and an insatiable need to love all men.
Jane
@Chris: Nope, wrong. It got published and now your ignorance is available for all to see.
matt baume
You guys will no doubt be SHOCKED to hear that the comments from “Denis Mulheron” and “Paula Barnett” both come from the same IP address. Is one or both fake? Is Paula just borrowing Denis’ computer? Who knows.
But here’s an interesting tidbit: Denis Mulheron made headlines a few months ago when he sent a fax to a politician that contained terms like “sandnigger.” Here’s some details: http://buckfrain.wordpress.com/2010/08/10/judge-for-yourself/
Denis was helpful enough to include his email address when he signed up for a Queerty account, so I searched for it and discovered that it’s also associated with a commenter named “Donna Maria Morello,” who left a comment on a blog … praising Denis Mulheron.
Aussie Col
@paula barnett: Is God the source of your venom and hate? As a gay man I find salvation in the LOVE of Jesus. Something you know nothing about. I am more than happy for God to judge me, for that is His role – as for YOU speaking for God – give up tryhard. You don’t represent Him, you can’t understand Him, because He is perfect and YOU are not. See you in Hell sinner.@matt baume:
Jesus is Fraud
Incest is really, really bad – unless it’s our loving heavenly father.
Personally as a practicing christian, there is nothing I love better than to have gods cock up my arse.
joblo
@Chris: What an utterly stupid comment. If god doesn’t hate gays, why would he hate gay sex??? Oh sorry, I forgot, common sense not really required for pple that believe the universe was made in 7 days… Why, if your skydaddy is the createor of everything, would he need to impregnate a virgin to give birth to himself on earth? Don’t make a whole lotta sense when u think it thru rationally now does it Chris? Regardless, if you feel the need to believe that skydaddy loves you unconditionally, even tho he will send you to burn forever if you stray from anything he says (even though half of his shit contradicts the other half, ie don’t kill, but an eye for an eye just to name 1 of many), thats fine, but why do you people, christian, muslim, jewish, romulan, jedi whatever, feel the need to push your stupidity on other pple. If u r right, u’ll go to heaven & why do you give a shit, just live according to your beliefs and leave others the fuck alone. I personally dont need the threat of eternal damnation to do the right thing.
Ryan Woods
I need to see a video of them pulling her out of her chair or some sort of physical injury the might represent it before I believe that they pulled her out of the chair.
Rainfish
@matt baume:
Dear Matt,
I am so impressed with your research skills in exposing the recent troglodyte infestation on this thread. Queerty is in good hands indeed. Thanks for being a great reporter.
~ Bud
declanto
@Chris: So much for the 100% prejudice of Queerty (yawn). I’m personally glad you have a chance to self-loathe here where we can observe and feel so much better about being who we are, not who others want us to be.
Christians are convinced they won’t go to heaven if we don’t go to hell.
@Ryan Woods: Voyeur!
prohomo
@joblo: Thank you for writing exactly what I felt, JOBLO. Excellent!
Jeffree
@matt baume: I join Rainfish in applauding your research. Very nicely done. It makes me realize that we’re seeing an editorial board who actually pays attention to the discussions. We didn’t have that before (at least for the last couple years).
the crustybastard
@matt baume:
I’m shocked. SHOCKED, I tell you!
David Gervais
Matt Baume:
I did a little looking around.
Denis Mulheron appeared in Queensland court:
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/qld/QADT/2009/19.html
He is also the director of a used car company, registered to:
3 The Sovereign Mile Paradise Point, QLD 4216, Australia
photo at: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=46.630055,87.1875&ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=41.890062,12.492549&panoid=07gbqMWIg_HId5m7W94qHg&cbp=12,301.45,,0,-4.23&ll=41.889579,12.49307&spn=0.002692,0.005322&z=18&utm_campaign=en&utm_medium=et&utm_source=en-et-na-us-gns-svn
He is also a director of:
United Sheetmetal
Units 3&4, 14 Energy Crs, Molendinar QLD 4214 ph: (07) 5594 0394
Any readers in Australia, can you take it from here?
Aussie Col
Denis is proud of his bigotry, I found this too
http://www.topix.com/forum/world/australia/TF9A0RFDEGVOKAPBG
So he doesn’t just hate fags, he hates ‘n….r’s, Indians, and whatever he isn’t – so I suspect happy people as well. He seems to be very well known for his abusive language. I suspecetd all along he was only typeing with one hand and getting excited every time he gets to use a ‘naughty’ word. I’m starting to feel very sorry and sad for him, he has some very big issues based on fear. Sad little man, with sad little ideas, where no one listens to him unless he says bad words.
Queer Supremacist
Man’s inhumanity to man.
You know, sometimes I wonder if being called “inhuman” is all that much of an insult and more of a compliment.
Aussie Col
@Queer Supremacist: You got it right. Oh great QS your words are wise.
Aussie Col
@David Gervais: More Denis stuff – he hates Jews as well. here’s a post under his name …3
denis mulheron Says:
January 8th, 2011 at 2:11 am
a gallant german warrior murdered by jew scum the gallant germans were only trying to rid europe of jew parasites hiel hitler.
From this link http://www.123people.com/ext/frm?ti=personensuche%20telefonbuch&search_term=denis%20mulheron&search_country=US&st=suche%20nach%20personen&target_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.executedtoday.com%2F2008%2F03%2F06%2F1952-jurgen-stroop%2F§ion=blog&wrt_id=262
Shannon1981
@matt baume: Thanks for the research! You are impressive. Queerty is much improved.