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How does a mayor of a medium-sized Arizona town get the attention of gays around America? Like Mayor Al Krieger: By managing to get yourself recorded by a news station espousing on how those disgusting homosexuals shouldn’t be allowed to serve openly in the military. “Limp-wristed?” Say that again when we’ve got a submachine gun pointed at your house, bro!
UPDATE: Mayor Krieger says he’s sorry. And it sooo doesn’t sound like a forced apology at all!
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Says the man sporting the very 1970’s Gay porn star moustache…..
Ryanthehulk
How can I get the link to embed this? I want to share this on my facebook to show how stupid this man is.
Mike L.
Case of the gay face, family knows family ya’ll.
What scum.
Ind
I wouldn’t mind seeing some “limp-wristed fairy” kick his ass.
La Belle Otero
Perhaps we all might want to email him at [email protected]. And also leave comments at [email protected].
thedarkchariot
ARGH. This makes me so angry! On some level, at least he’s being honest about being a homophobe, and not being a smiling bigot.
whatever
I am surprised that queerty did not use this opportunity to wrangle Obama into this story and say he is actually worse than this mayor. I guess this is progress?
Michael vdB
Those “lazy, limp-wristed people” serve their country with honour, as they do in every other country. As a Canadian bumpersticker says, “If you can’t stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them.”
That would include *all* of them.
Eminent Victorian
Wow, this is depressing to watch, and I’m sorry for the sensible people in Yuma who have to put up with this guy.
I wonder if he ever considered that LGBT people have had to live with worries that straight homophobes in positions of power won’t look out for them, won’t protect them, and won’t represent them as they simply try to live in this country in the ways he enjoys? Perhaps that might be a rational for wanting to serve and “change things.” I hope he might one day come to a better understanding of this subject; it isn’t too late.
schlukitz
@La Belle Otero:
Thank you for the information you provided us with. Here is a copy and paste of the email I just sent to [email protected].
“As an out and proud gay senior citizen of 73, I am dismayed and outraged by the recent comments of Yuma, Arizona Mayor Krieger wherein he called brave members of our armed forces “limp-wristed fairies”
We taxpayers of America, which includes the tax dollars of a very large minority group, namely LGBT people, work very hard for the money we earn, especially in these very difficult and trying economic times. To see those tax dollars being wasted on the salaries of hateful people like Mayor Krieger, is an insult and affront not only to the good citizens of this country, but to the brave and heroic service members who put their lives on the line daily for us, including the disrespectful name-calling Mayor of Yuma. He is no better than the equally homophobic Reverend Phelps and his clan from the Westboro Baptist Church ion Wichita, KS.
Fundamental religious extremists seem to be enjoying their heyday of “freedom of speech” in America. However, when a politician like Mr. Krieger is elected to a secular position of power, he should be aware of the fact that this power was not given to him to abuse, as he has just done. If Mr. Kreiger wishes to indulge himself in bigotry, hatred and religiously inspired mud-slinging, then I would suggest that he resign from his office and submit an application for membership with the aforementioned Westboro Baptist Church, where he would be welcomed with open arms.
Nothing but a full, heartfelt apology will address this grievance and is fully expected by those of us who help to pay this man’s salary.
Sincerely,”
damon459
I posted a response to this article on another site I’ll post here as well. I wonder if this Moron knows George Washington hired a known homosexual general to whip his troops into shape during the revolutionary war? I may be wrong but it seems to people they don’t teach American history in AZ?
hephaestion
Wow, Al Krieger is a big mother-freakin’ idiot.
hephaestion
Remind me to never go to Yuma.
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@schlukitz: SCHULTZY! Where the hell have you been? I was ascared that you may have gone into the witness protection program for offing ML!!! Welcome back my friend!
schlukitz
@PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS:
Thank you for the very warm welcome back. So nice to hear from you.
For awhile, things were getting just a bit tense on these threads and I thought it best to give it a rest for awhile.
Sadly, I have noticed that quite a few of the familiar posters have disappeared. I hope that they too, have not gone into the witness protection program for offing ML. 😉
Good to be back, Pal.