Investigators of unmarked envelopes containing a powdery substance sent to organizers of Boston’s “Straight Pride” have announced the packages did not contain a dangerous substance after all. Instead, they held only Bible verses… and glitter.
Super Fun Happy America, the organizers of the event, notified the FBI after receiving the envelopes earlier this week.
The Massachusetts State Police bomb squad, FBI and three area fire departments all converged on the scene to investigate the packages, suspecting they might contain a dangerous substance. You know, like anthrax.
“We, of course, called the police,” Super Fun Happy America president John Hugo said. “I mean, why would we open something like that?”
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Hugo, along with two other organization volunteers, received the envelopes. Boston City Hall received a similar letter, though police have yet to connect it to the other mailings.
Despite the benign nature of the letters, Hugo has decried the mailing as one of intimidation.
“Even if it’s nothing in it, it’s still terrorism as far as I’m concerned because obviously it’s meant to intimidate us,” he said.
Boston Straight Pride has attracted controversy from its inception. John Hugo, as well as other members of Super Fun Happy America, have ties to the noted white supremacist group The Proud Boys.
Somewhat ironically, the group has also named gay provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos as the Grand Marshall of the Straight Pride Parade.
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Cam
They are SO desperate to play victim that they actually seem disappointed that there wasn’t anthrax in the letters. And now they’re crying that Glitter is terroristic?
Sit down Drama Queen.
david_warner
What you said!! Sit the fcuk down and stop whining.
Juanjo
How do we know they didn’t send this to themselves for publicity? What self-respecting queen would send anyone Bible verses?
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
1 Timothy 5:8
8 Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
How’s about this one for starters? I so wish the Gays would start publicly posting the Bible verses that show what hyprocritic pigs the right are. Such as you must KILL YOUR TEENAGE CHILDREN if they talk back. Or you MUST KILL YOUR MOTHER if she wears “gold and baubles” ..
IanHunter
Publicity stunt.
1898
i’ve received many unsolicited mailings from religious organizations over the years. some of them made me very uncomfortable. i guess i should call the “see something, say something” hotline, according to this john hugo fella?
or, alternatively, he’s just a whiny pantload looking for attention and should be ignored
Doxies
How ironic that proud-of-being-straight people should be terrorized and intimidated by verses from the Bible. Poetic justice?
Kangol2
Typical fragile straight privileged stunt queens. Were they rushed to the hospital to get an IV drip full of hetero serum?
scotty
if you could reason with religious people,
there would be no religious people