A joke tweet appears to have triggered a large number of church-goers who enjoy Easter Egg hunts.
It comes from a gay activist named Lance Preston, founder and executive director of the non-profit Rainbow Youth Project.
On X, Lance wrote, “To all the churches holding Easter egg hunts – Easter eggs are aborted chickens painted in drag for children. 🤷🏼♂️”
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Whoa… talk about throwing a spanner into Holy Week! Lance’s tweet has had over 13,000 likes.
To all the churches holding Easter egg hunts –
— ᒪᗩᑎᑕᗴ 🏳️🌈 (@LanceUSA70) March 24, 2024
Easter eggs are aborted chickens painted in drag for children. 🤷🏼♂️
Although many thought it amusing, others took it way too seriously. They wanted to point out that this is not true at all.
“We understand why you wish to ruin an Easter tradition, but the eggs used aren’t unfertilized. Painting them isn’t drag, it’s decoration,” one explained patiently.
Others were also quick to leap to the defense of eggs in drag.
We understand why you wish to ruin an Easter tradition, but the eggs used aren't unfertilized. Painting them isn't drag, it's decoration.
— FreedomHealth (@LaughlandMorgan) March 24, 2024
Without a rooster they're just eggs…derp.
— AJ 🦆 (@AjApplegoose) March 24, 2024
Somebody’s feeling needy again. This is the kind of post that displays the inner torment and sadness of people that are confused about their roles on this planet. Happy Easter.🐣🐇🐰
— 🇺🇸China_Joe_Cheated (@RedPillPusher_) March 24, 2024
At least those eggs don't try to turn my kid into an egg
— LTime1 🇺🇸 (@ltime778) March 24, 2024
Utter ignorance to promote their depravity https://t.co/8pa6sCS4PT
— Mary The Great-ful 🇮🇱 (@MaryTracy1101) March 24, 2024
Sweetness – find a hobby. If your life is so boring and miserable that you have to dive that deeply into a joke … you should put a larger focus on your life.
— ᒪᗩᑎᑕᗴ 🏳️🌈 (@LanceUSA70) March 24, 2024
Don’t you have a book burning to attend today?
— ᒪᗩᑎᑕᗴ 🏳️🌈 (@LanceUSA70) March 24, 2024
Another claimed it was a tradition going back to “ancient” times… and that those pesky gays never invented anything themselves.
Gays never invented anything?
— ᒪᗩᑎᑕᗴ 🏳️🌈 (@LanceUSA70) March 24, 2024
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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This prompted a history lesson about Alan Turing, the persecuted gay genius credited with being the father of computing.
Alan Turing invented the Enigma Machine in WW2 decoding Nazi Germany’s coded communications; He also designed the Automatic Computer Engine, one of the earliest computers; Leonardo DaVinci also comes to mind.
— Rosie Chase (@RosieChase2000) March 24, 2024
Then there were those who went off on a tangent about Easter Eggs and Christianity.
From a Christian perspective, the egg represents the resurrection of Jesus. The first book to mention Easter eggs by name was written 500 years ago.
— Funnybone (@FUNNYBONE8854) March 24, 2024
Thanks for trying
The replies went on and on, largely expressing outrage that someone made a joke about Easter Eggs. Lance was having none of it.
I’m actually gay and fabulous!
— ᒪᗩᑎᑕᗴ 🏳️🌈 (@LanceUSA70) March 24, 2024
🌈🏳️🌈🌈🏳️🌈🌈🏳️🌈🌈🏳️🌈 https://t.co/Yo82EdnLsi
Imagine if all the right-wing Christian folks worried about kids being shot in school like they worry about a joke about Easter eggs.
— ᒪᗩᑎᑕᗴ 🏳️🌈 (@LanceUSA70) March 25, 2024
Dayumm. We’d have the safest schools in the world rather than such dangerous ones.
Imagine taking a simple joke and turning it into a God-driven lecture on science, biology, chicken sex, and farming. Here. We. Are. pic.twitter.com/TZLP7QWMte
— ᒪᗩᑎᑕᗴ 🏳️🌈 (@LanceUSA70) March 24, 2024
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still_onthemark
Easter eggs are NOT laid by chickens, they are laid by rabbits! Everyone knows that!
G-Man
LMAO! Nice one!
bachy
What an idiot. Making a scornful remark about a harmless cultural tradition for children in order to what…? Gays should be more discreet with their sardonic humor. Save that kind of thing for your cackling gurl-friends.
Lucius
Once again, Christians don’t know enough about their own religion to recognize that their supposed holiday traditions – like Easter eggs – are of pagan origin that predate Christianity itself. So, when they complain that “Christian traditions” such as this are being disrespected, they’re talking nonsense. Will they please cite the passage in the Bible where Jesus asks his followers to dye eggs in remembrance of him? I’ll wait for the answer…
still_onthemark
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