September 28, 2007

Folsom Street Fair Poster Pisses Off Xtians

Somehow, a gang of christian terrorists from other parts of the country got ahold of the poster (above) for Folsom Street Fair 2007 and had a hissy fit over it. The picture is a satire of DaVinci's "Last Supper" with kinky leather folks at the table. Ohmygawd! Fire! Brimstone! Death! Ass-less Chaps!

First of all, being 500 years old, I'm certain DaVinci's work is in Public Domain, and even if it wasn't, satire is exempt. Second, as Dan Savage pointed out, there are a gazillion satires of that piece, including The Simpsons, The Sopranos, Star Wars, dogs, cats, and Big Bird.

The issue is not about the photograph, the issue is really not even about the debauchery of the Folsom Street Fair. The real issue for a couple of moralizing media watchdog groups is two-fold:

-a major corporation (Miller Brewing) is a sponsor of the Folsom Street Fair.
-The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc. are one of the beneficiaries of the Folsom Street Fair.

Now, let me explain the nature of these "media watchdog groups". They are snakeoil salesmen that are not really connected with any legitimate religious organizations, but use christian-style buzz words and moralizing jargon to create jobs for themselves by inciting the anger of "good Americans" willing to send them money.

The Catholic League website clearly states:

"We don't receive a dime from the Church. Nor should we: we are a lay organization. Sure, we have many clergy who are members and all are welcome to join – but our financial base comes from individuals, not the Church."

Hey, Beavis, he said "lay". Hehehhehhe.

The worst offender is a guy named William (Bill) Donahue that runs a group called "Catholic League". His website clearly explains that his group is not funded or associated with the Vatican or the multi-national corporation we know as the Catholic Church. He has a long-standing beef with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and saw an opportunity to once again get his face on all the talk shows.

(... and you know how important Bingo is to Catholics...)

With all the pieces in place, he is "... calling for more than 200 Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu organizations to join with us in a nationwide boycott of Miller beer...".

Oh yeah, losing the Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu beer drinkers in a boycott is really going to put a dent in Miller's sales ...

Apparently, Bill Donahue loves to be on TV talking about how sick and deviant other people are. That way, people will forget about the $660 million settlement for sexual abuse by priests in July 2007 and the $85 million settlement in 2002. And yes, it's the same Bill Donahue that was the subject of South Park's Easter Special where he declared himself Pope.

To titillate, excite and ultimately outrage his $upporterS, Donahue has violated the copyright of Folsom Fair's official photographer by stealing photos from the Folsom Fair website and posting it on his own. Not only could the copyright infringement cost $100,000 per image, but there is enough bare butts, naked tits and "lascivious display" to possibly make the Catholic League subject to inspection by the FBI for violation of 18 United States Code section 2257. In other words, does Mr. Donahue have I.D.'s on file for everyone in those photos? With all those pedophile priests running around, the FBI may come knocking on his door, too!

And finally, when you see this blowhard on TV this week - and you certainly will see him - please note the resemblance to Archie Bunker. Now, stifle it! Or better yet, check out the trailer for Dark Alley Media's new passion of the (hunky) christ movie, Passio, and go straight to hell.

Posted by lavenderlounge at 8:30 PM

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