The Catholic Jesse Jackson at it again
Bill Donohue has his polka-dot boxers in a bunch over Miller Brewery's support of the Folsom Street Fair, a San Francisco event that is a bit kinky. The fight started over the poster, which bears a mild resemblance to Da Vinci's Last Supper. It was over-the-top enough that Miller wanted their logo removed, which didn't happen because, well, the posters were already printed.
Here's doubtless how it happened: It's a street fair, and street fairs sell BEER, and this one was selling beer to a mircrobrew/import crowd, so why wouldn't Miller want to curry favor with them to take back some market share? And the decision was probably made locally, with no examination of the global parameters. So now, if Miller caves to pressure and backs out, the other side will boycott. It's better business just to ignore the Catholic League.
I certainly don't blame any Christian who quietly decides to drink something else; I think Catholics should be drinking more monastic beers anyway. But Do-no-ho-ho-ho and his buds are so excessive as to be a laughingstock. Especially the Constipated Women for America:
Concerned Women for America first drew attention to the Last Supper poster Tuesday.The group wants California's elected officials – including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer – to "publicly condemn this unprovoked attack against Christ and His followers."
Now, excuse me, but I didn't see an attack against Christ's followers there, or even against Christ. The guy in "the Jesus position" on the poster is black, and nobody is going to confuse him with the Son of God (who we all know was a blonde...unless we think He's Jim Caviezel.) I think it's time for CWA to take a tour of those parts of the world where they really do make "unprovoked attacks against Christ's followers." They'll be able to see the difference between free speech and dhimmitude (at best), even through their burqas.
UPDATE 10/6: Donohue is now sending pornography (or what he perceives as such) to every parish in the Milwaukee (home of Miller) archdiocese.
Comments
Posted by: Leslie
Posted on: September 28, 2007 05:22 PM
Well then...............lets all have a gay bashing fair and have Coors support that one...............Then you will see leather undergarments in a bunch and I would be willing to wager that the leather undergarment will be a whole lot bunchier than Donohue's boxers could ever become.