KKK To Hold Anti-Gay Rally In Austin

[sonicx]

Austin, Texas) The city of Austin on Monday gave the Ku Klux Klan permission to hold a rally against same-sex marriage on a public square in front of city hall.

The decision was made as early voting began on a proposed amendment to the Texas constitution to ban gay marriage. (story)

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In seeking permission for the protest, called a "pro-family" rally, the American White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan said: "Our speech will not be inflammatory, but we all know the reputation of the name of the KKK, so we expect anti-Klan demonstrators to be there who may become violent. We certainly don't want any of our people hurt nor any city officials. We just want to come and encourage people to vote for Christian Family Values and against legalized homosexual marriage in the state of Texas."

Voters will go to the polls November 8, three days after the Klan rally, to cast ballots on the gay marriage ban, that would also bar civil unions.

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/10/102405austinKKK.htm

[leftofcool]

1. Ah, yes...........

good old Christian values in white pointy hats.

Left of Cool

[PatrioticLeftie]

2. Let me get this straight

They are accusing others of being violent? Others such as they people they brutally murdered?

They're sick.

[NYC Liberal]

3. These people are too chickenshit to show their faces.

C'mon, what's the matter? To scared to show yourself? Be men and take off your masks! Fucking morons.

[Bonescrat]

13. That's Morans!!! nt

[Jacobin]

4. They'll be laughed out of town

Oh, and they probably need to wear football helmets under their sheets.
Austin ain't too Klan friendly

[Missy M]

5. The KKK spouting 'family values' is beyond comprehension.....

does it mean the whole family wears white pointy hoods?

[madeline_con]

21. I wonder if Lamb and Lame, the pro Nazi twins, will sing.

:puke:

[arwalden]

6. Will The Pope Join Them? He's About As Anti-Gay As Anyone!

They all feed off of each other. They all contribute to the climate of hostility, intolerance and hatred.

They all disgust me!

[marmar]

17. And he does wear a white pointy hood from time to time...

:scared: :scared: :scared:

[Ignacio Upton]

19. The KKK doesn't like Catholics

They call them "Papists."

[arwalden]

26. I'm Sure They'd Make An Exception...

after all... 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend,' right?

[realisticphish]

7. You know...

i wonder if these Klan rallies ever encourage people to vote differently? And i mean, not in the way the Klan wants them to vote, but making them change sides, since they probably don't want to be associated with them. Just a thought

[shadowknows69]

8. Somebody want to explain to me

how homosexuals threaten their view of a pure gene pool?

[entanglement]

30. Probably an attempt to go more 'mainstream'

and appeal to Fundies. People are generally more open to anti-gay propaganda than anti-Black propaganda (at least they express bigotry against gays more openly)

[arwalden]

10. No... Their Rallies Just Reinforce, Strengthen, And Justify The Bigotry...

... and hatred of the "stealth bigots". You know the ones... they'll publicly say the "right-things" and pretend to support equal rights for everyone. But when it comes right down to actually VOTING for equality---in the privacy of the voting booth, when nobody is watching---they are just as anti-gay as the Klan.

The stealth bigots will smile to your face but stab you in your back. They will probably always BE bigots, and rallies like this one just stir them up and get them motivated, and angry, and feeling threatened.

The Pope does the same thing... vilifying gays and lesbians... calling us "evil", etc.

These hate rallies are dangerous things. It poisons minds for GENERATIONS at a time.

[JudyM]

23. Hopefully thoughtful people will shift a bit closer to the left on this

It could lead people to think twice about whether their own opposition to gay marriage is in part bigotry rather than principled.

[stepnw1f]

9. Guys That Hide Their Faces

are going to march against agys... hmmmmmm.

Hate Groups=Inferiority Complex

The bully syndrome. Never fear their kind. Just laugh at them.

[Carmerian]

11. I say it's time we give them a repeat performance!

If you're happy and you know it, moon the Klan!

http://www.turkpipkin.com/mag/fun/klan.htm

[Rex]

12. Must be some DeLay supporters!

nt

[Fight_n_back]

14. Well, the looting will be different

much more focused on accessories and kitsch.

[dean_dem]

15. I think it's great, personally.*

Let everyone see who the Repubs have aligned themselves with.

*I mean that half-sarcastically- I wouldn't want them stinking up my town either.

[niallmac]

16. I'm no psychiatrist but...

people who dress up willingly in white sheets and pointy hats and attend secret meetings with secret handshakes ought to think twice before suggesting they represent the 'norm'. They sound about as queer a bunch as I can imagine. And I've got a fair imagination.

[cascadiance]

18. Ack... Our local Dem group leader is just moving out there this week!

I'm sure that will be an unpleasant welcome to her family there. Wonder if she'll have second thoughts after leaving here then seeing something like that. North County San Diego area is redder than we'd like it to b here, but I'm trying to remember when we ever had a Klan rally out here!

[kurth]

24. They're from out of town - probably East Texas

Remember Jasper, Texas (black man dragged to death behind a pickup by Klansmen)?

[madeline_con]

20. ".... that would also bar civil unions."

This has to go to the Supreme Court eventually. It's a civil rights issue, not what some ignorant f#ck thinks Jesus said!

[kurth]

22. And Austinites will welcome them with open arms... NOT

They're coming to the wrong city, that's for sure. They'll need a lot of police protection. What a waste of taxpayer money.

[blueblitzkrieg]

25. KKK and Religious Right have the same family values!

Big surprise!

I wonder if Gov. "If they don't like our anti-gay laws, they can GET OUT!" Rick Perry will make a special appearance at the KKK rally.

[whirlygigspin]

28. Hurricane Homo Alert!

How long do the Republicans think they can get away with just screaming 'homo' everytime they want to win an election?

Even the Morans aren't falling for it anymore, not after Katrina.


It takes a big man to beat up on a sissy; what's next? throwing retards out of their wheelchairs for fun?

Oh yeah, I'm impressed

[Arkana]

27. Which BushCo member is the keynote speaker?

[drb]

29. Someone needs to get permission to hold an opposing rally....

...and have everyone show up in white hoods, sheets down to the waist, and then really, really short and tight white shorts. Call the rally, "What's really under those sheets!"

[deadparrot]

31. The true meaning of "pro-family" comes out. nt

[leesa]

32. Well it's nice to see the KKK expanding their horizons of hate.

[donheld]

33. Maybe they'll invite Fred Phelps too

:puke:

[Initech]

34. Fred Phelps should just start giving his "sermons" wearing the white robes

And get it over with!