Anti-gay Southern Decadence preacher arrested on obscenity charges

[Ferret Annica]

Source: bestofneworleansdotcom

The Rev. Grant Storms, who made headlines in 2003 when he attempted to shut down the annual Southern Decadence festival in the French Quarter, was arrested in Jefferson Parish on obscenity charges Feb. 25.

Storms, who famously denounced the largely gay Labor Day celebration as "perversion," was arrested for allegedly masturbating near a Lafreniere Park playspot where children were present. According to an arrest report, Storms told the attending officer he wasn't masturbating, but had simply opted to urinate in a bottle in his van rather than find a park restroom.

In 2003, Storms and his followers marched on the Southern Decadence festival with bullhorns, and told ABC News' Primetime Live he wanted Southern Decadence shut down "utterly and totally. We want them out of town." At the time, he told The Times-Picayune, "Having oral sex in the middle of the street or masturbating is illegal and immoral," and worried that NOPD officers patrolling the festival might work "some kind of back-room deal to have an orgy in the street."



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It's amazing what stories these guys make up when they get caught. It just goes to show you people who bother others with their little pet morality crusades are usually battling inner demons compelling them to this sort of 'activism.'

[DURHAM D]

1. rich, just rich

Scratch a religious zealot and you fund a pervert, always.

[xfundy]

2. He's not "battling an inner demon"

He's a typical, hypocritical, dipshittical, cancervative.

[Trajan]

10. Taps his pen ....

"Dipshittical" ....

Got it ... Thanks ...

[xchrom]

3. Some news is more Fabulous than other news. Nt

[derby378]

4. But Officer, I was just ogling the GIRLS, so that's okay!

Creep. It's not an offense to put him under the jail for, but I sure hope that's all he's done - methinks there will be a search warrant for his home, and if the cops find any kiddy porn, he's toast.

[jerseyjack]

5. How do you know it was the girls he was ogling?

Wanna put money on it?

[derby378]

6. With my track record? Nah...

I was reassured that Toy Story 3 was a shoo-in for the Oscar for Best Picture last night. At least I have a spare kidney. :rofl:

[muntrv]

7. Right winger caught in sex scandal? How shocking!

[defendandprotect]

8. "Lafreniere Park playspot where children were present..." --

[edbermac]

9. "Officer, I was just combing my hair"

:rofl:

[mackerel]

11. Couldn't he just battle his inner demons by majoring in Psychology

like the average fecked-up person?

[yellowcanine]

12. "Officer I was just peeing in a bottle for my pastoral drug test."

And then I kind of just got carried away a bit. Could have happened to anybody.