Gay Pride in Kansas City was invaded by an anti-gay clown. And this one was dressed up in clown make-up.
It was a busy busy day for fighting the Gay Agenda at AgapePress. But our good buddies over there took time to bring us a story about an anonymous clown calling himself JM (Jesus’ Messenger) who put cards on 200 car windows.
The clown, who will only identify himself as “JM” (“Jesus’ Messenger”) talked like he actually had a good time as he strolled the grounds, dressed in a rainbow-colored shirt that announced “Jesus is still SettingCaptivesFree.com” on the back. During an interview, our clown says he encountered no resistance as he blanketed better than 200 windshields with business cards announcing the website “PeopleCanChange.com” and a peppermint candy kiss attached.
An anti-gay clown? Who’d a thunk it?
The only time I’ve heard of anti-gay clowns was when Stephen Bennett decided to drag a clown brigade to Family Week in Provincetown. Does anyone know if Stephen was in KC for Pride?
A quick glance at PeopleCanChange.com suggests that it is some sort of course that can make wonderful changes in your life – for a price, of course. I never was much of a sucker for EST or The Landmark Forum or Course of Miracles so this little program just didn’t appeal to me.
In this little ray of AgapePress sunshine, Dwight Widaman (“Q”, for some unknown reason) interviewed JM and many delightful quotes resulted:
Q: Do you believe there is a gay gene?
JM: Nonsense. If the Word of God was silent on this issue, we might want to line up with the rest of them and “wait and see.” But there is no gay gene waiting to be discovered. Nor ever was. Neither are there little green men on Mars.
See, now. You learn something new every day. I didn’t know, for example, that the Word of God had anything to say about a gay gene. I didn’t even know that the Bible talked about little green men on Mars. I should read it again, or maybe ask a clown.
The clown recommended that when you encounter a “sincere gay stuggler” you should send in the ex-ministries (if not the clowns).
Q: Do you suggest “Exodus” maybe?
JM: Exodus Ministries is good — excellent, actually. But I don’t use them as a first resort, simply because they are so well known. The gay world is aware of Exodus and has already thrown its full weight into discrediting Exodus’ ministry. If your gay friend has already heard of Exodus, what he heard was slanted to “warn” him of this “dangerous” organization.
I bet you didn’t know that we here at XGW are the full weight of the gay world. Now I could afford to lose a couple pounds, but that “full weight” comment was just uncalledfor. (And someone’s gunna get it for dishing Exodus… I’d use a fake name and paint my face, too).
And finally my favorite:
The gay world is used to and prepared to hear that their lifestyle is offensive. But it’s hard to hate a clown!
Oh, it’s probably not as hard as you think.
The gay world is used to and prepared to hear that their lifestyle is offensive. But it’s hard to hate a clown!
Really, has this guy ever read and/or seen Stephen King’s “It”? ‘Cause that book and miniseries made me hate clowns forever.
I don’t know many people who like clowns–they are pretty creepy. I dated someone who was a clown and loved clown things. It did not last because the clown thing bothered me. Sure, call me shallow–but almost everyone hates a clown.
Anyhow, I find it fascinating that Agape News calls Phelps’ church “gay”-antagonistic. They can’t seem to use anti-gay or homophobic. I think though that by softening Phelps’a actions, that makes theirs on a similiar level.
A few interesting things about the interview:
1) He seems to think gays are becoming vocal and ready to pick a fight. This is nothing new–the gay rights movement has been vocal since the 1970s (some say late 1960s).
2) He says he never knew a gay person to have “victory” except through Jesus. That is very telling. Other things often considered sins or problems can be overcome without Jesus–alcoholism (no, I am not comparing the two), kleptomania, violence, anger, etc. Yet, here is one thing that only Jesus has victory over.
I find this fascinating, but he also seems to be setting himself up for disappointment in some ways. Will anyone take him seriously?
SettingCaptivesFree.com is run out of a church in Ohio. Their ‘online course’ Door of Hope is an “interactive course that will teach you to enjoy a newfound relationship with the Lord and how to find freedom from homosexuality.” You can check out the “first day” of the course without registering. It entreats one thusly:
First, let me just say that despite what you may have heard elsewhere, you do not have a “homosexual gene,” nor were you born this way, and thus have no hope of freedom. You can be set free from the bondage of homosexuality through the power of Jesus Christ and the cross! If you will apply the biblical principles found here, you, too, can walk through the Door of Hope into a new life with Christ, free from sexual impurity and self-gratification.
Be transparent and honest. Since you are likely someone who is quite used to hiding your sin from others, we would encourage you to walk in the light and speak forthrightly about what is happening in your life and in your heart. This will help you to receive the most benefit from these lessons.
Sounds just like my Catholic pastor, taught to think every gay person must hate himself. He was flabergasted when I told him I like men and happy about it. They’re after the person who hates themself, and of course, their dishing out the reason for your self-loathesome nature to begin with.
Good point CPT. I also think its pretty interesting to hear him basically say that it’s ok to tell gay people that they are offensive, and if a clown tells them that, they won’t get mad.
My little grandmother could tell me gays or gay ‘lifestyle’ is offensive, and I’ll still get mad. It’s not the messenger, it’s the message.
Brady makes the point I would have–many of us got these messages from people we don’t hate at all, but love and respect and know very well.
Also, I’ve always been slightly afraid of clowns!
I’ve analyzed the resonses to this thread (with the help of Paul Cameron). Call Focus on the Family!! We’ve discovered a new environmental cause for homosexuality. Melissa Fryrear can trot out a press release immediately:
“Of the hundreds of strugglers with SSA I’ve met, every one of them is afraid of clowns”.
Dobson can start right away writing a book warning parents to protect their children from clowns (if they send a donation he can explain how). Obviously, the fear of clowns causes the boy to seek to be anything but a man (like those scary clowns) but, ironically, it also makes him want to wear makeup.
But if a father will just drop his son on his head then the fear of clowns will go away. And what’s a little brain damage in exchange for a good little hetero.
Wakko Warner always did seem a little fey to me. (*smiles at other Animaniacs fans*)
Agape Press whom I imagine speciously opposes teaching children about gays (because this supposedly “sexualizes” children), doesn’t think to question the use of of a clown and candy to do just that – teach about gays. Aren’t they supposed to be outraged about the conflation of childish appeal and sexual issues? Aren’t they worried that JM the clown might teach some children about gays and thus “sexualize them and deny them the right to be children”?
I guess the religious right don’t want to sexualize children by teaching them about gays unless its teaching them something bad like to pre-judge LGBTs as offensive, faulty, broken, enemies.
Contrary to what Agape or JM the clown says I’ve heard “Jesus loves you” many times and its a threat when behind that message is support of discriminatory legislation and the attempt to discourage and interfere in the happiness found in relationships like my sweetheart’s and mine.
And what’s more Timothy, if you get the clown to do the dropping this will be extra reinforcement. The Double Whammy.
And, don’t worry, they may even be insured.
(If there’s one thing worse than clowns, it’s the mime artiste… Maybe not worse. Just differently infuriating. Oh and don’t even ask what I’m inclined to want to do whenever someone starts with that sqeeek-eek-sqeek-rrreeek balloon stuff.)
Speaking of mimes, there is a very good parody of Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” video here.
The parody video is called, “Mime After Mime.” It stars a self-absorbed mime, a neglected girlfriend, and some vigilante clowns.
Whereas the original video drowned in its own sentimentality, the parody’s motto is: “After all, if you’re a mime, you can’t say ‘I love you.'”
You will need speakers and Flash to view this. After the intro, you need to click the “Go” button in the lower right corner of the video screen and then click “Play Video” to view the video.