Posted on 01/17/2006 7:13:19 PM PST by DesScorp
A "gay rights for LBGT families" group plans on creating a public relations firestorm by crashing the annual White House Easter Egg hunt. A group calling itself Soulforce is arranging the event, hoping to steal the spotlight for their groups agenda.
"The media will be there (they are always there for the egg roll) and millions of Americans--many for the first time--will meet our families," the Soulforce email explained. "This is an amazing opportunity to reach homes in blue states and red states with positive images of our families participating in this great American family tradition."
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If any of these boneheads are shot by the Secret Service, they really WILL be flaming homos!
Great way to introduce yourself to the world-crash a children's party to which you were not invited.
Impresses the heck out of me, NOT.
Are these people self centered twits or what?
Yep.
I wonder what the Secret Service orders are for groups who 'crash' uninvited onto White House grounds?
Yeah, and the when the Secret Service escorts them out, they will say that they were "not allowed" to participate
What is an LBGT? Some kind of a sandwich?
"What is an LBGT? Some kind of a sandwich?"
They do not have any kids, thats their problem
They dont have any, just Dogs
Homosexual death cult.
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Instead, the White House should cancel the egg hunt, thereby ruining what has become a delightful tradition. Then they should make every American keenly aware WHY the event was canceledI agree. I think this, along with all of the in-your-face brokeback mountain stuff would backfire on them. If the Easter Egg event was canceled because of this, red state America would be mighty pissed.
No word from the Polygamous families on why they weren't invited...
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Also, why are the necrophiliacs being discriminated against?
From AP via the C-SPAN homepage:
Gay Parents Line Up for Easter Egg Roll 2 hours, 46 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Hundreds of gay and lesbian parents hoping to take their families to the annual White House Easter Egg Roll plan to start lining up Friday evening to make sure they get tickets for the Monday event.
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Thousands of tickets — an estimated 16,000 last year — are given away on a first-come-first-come basis beginning at 7:30 a.m. Saturday.
National Park Service officials said Wednesday that children of all ages may attend as long as there is at least one child 7 years old or younger, and no more than two adults per group.
First lady Laura Bush's office issued a statement saying all families are welcome to attend.
"I don't think this is a protest," said Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of the Family Pride Coalition. "Showing up, participating fully in an American tradition, showing Americans that we do exist, that in our minds isn't a protest."
Some say the parents are playing politics.
"I think it's inappropriate to use a children's event to make a political statement," said Mark D. Tooley, of the Institute on Religion and Democracy.
The parents say they won't carry signs or chant slogans, but will wear rainbow-colored leis as a unifying symbol.
"The message is that gay and lesbian families are everywhere in this country," said Chrisler. "We care about the same things that all parents care about: providing our children with every opportunity and every experience possible."
The egg roll has been a Washington tradition since the mid-19th century. Children use spoons to push colored eggs through the grass in a race. Past events have included petting zoos and White House staff members in bunny costumes.
The president sometimes makes a brief appearance, and the first lady often reads a story. The White House has not announced plans for this year.
Thanks for the update...
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