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Culture War Gasoline

25 Sep 2007 04:56 pm

San Francisco's Folsom Street Fair commits a provocation. Utterly unnecessary, I'd say, and counter-productive to ensuring that events like Folsom can continue to thrive. And not even ballsy. Next year, guys: do a similar parody on a sacred Muslim scene, if you have the balls. Easy, cheap blasphemy impresses no one.

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Blasphemy in Context
Excerpt: Andrew Sullivan criticizes an advertisement by the San Francisco's Folsom Street Fair recreating the Last Supper as, apparently, a gay bondage scene: Utterly unnecessary, I'd say, and counter-productive to ensuring that events like Folsom can continue ...
Weblog: Steven White
Tracked: Sep 25, 2007 6:15:57 PM

It's not about the fair -- it's about fairness!
Excerpt: So yesterday we showed you how Matt Barber is condemning an ad for San Francisco's Folsom Street Fair, because organizers of the event used The Last Supper as the creative basis for their promotion. Well, in a new, coattails-riding piece
Weblog: Good As You
Tracked: Sep 26, 2007 10:10:17 AM

A provocation, or an homage?
Excerpt: I don't see this as a provocation, or even as a "parody" of a "sacred...scene" as Andrew apparently does. I see this as a reference, and nothing more, to a well-recognized work of art that was painted by famous artist who may have been gay!
Weblog: Blamarama
Tracked: Sep 26, 2007 4:52:02 PM

How Did I Ever Miss This?
Excerpt: In what should be a non-story, the Concerned Women of America (or is it for America) have some problems with the above image, an advertisement for the upcoming Folsom Street Fair this weekend. A number of blogs have picked up on this including the p...
Weblog: The Probulator
Tracked: Sep 26, 2007 10:10:54 PM

Father forgive them…
Excerpt: (click to enlarge and enrage) UPDATE at the end of the post: …even they know exactly what they're doing. I can take a joke as well as the next guy, but there's nothing funny about this year's Folsom Street Fair
Weblog: Citizen Crain
Tracked: Sep 27, 2007 1:17:11 AM

Baiting the Fundies
Excerpt: Entirely missing what makes a thing funny, Andrew Sullivan suggests that next year, they do a parody of a Muslim sacred scene.
Weblog: Newshoggers
Tracked: Sep 27, 2007 12:30:28 PM

The Folsom Street Fair poster, sexophobia, and cultural appropriation
Excerpt: This Folsom Street Fair ad has been making its rounds, and the Religious Right, of course, is all up in arms about this one. If you haven't seen it, here it is: It's a re-enactment of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper with leather men and Sisters of Perp...
Weblog: The Bilerico Project
Tracked: Sep 27, 2007 8:38:27 PM

Das „Letzte Abendmahl“ - vielfach verhunzt?
Excerpt: „The Last Supper“ klingt nicht so heilig wie das „Letzte Abendmahl“, das der Religionsstifter Jesus von Nazareth nach verschiedenen Überlieferungen mit seinen Anhängern feierte. Aber den Christen läuft immer wieder kalte Schweiß von der Stirn, wenn...
Weblog: moralinblog
Tracked: Sep 29, 2007 11:45:59 AM

Gay Bloggers Fault Folsom Fair
Excerpt: In my last post, I asked gay leaders to criticize San Franciscos Folsom Street Fair for allowing children to attend this celebration featuring public displays of sexuality. So far, none have responded to my invitation. That said, while browsing...
Weblog: Gay Patriot
Tracked: Oct 3, 2007 8:22:04 PM

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