Posted on 04/18/2016 2:17:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A same-sex couple from Ohio says they received a hate-filled RSVP after sending out invitations to their wedding.
Keith and Chad told WOIO that they sent out wedding invitations to friends and people they thought were their friends.
About a month before their wedding, they say they received a hateful letter in the mail.
Hello Keith Alan and Chad Michael
Just wanted to let you both know, you have sent an invitation to the wrong people.
You thought we supported you as a couple, well boys you were so wrong!
Your invitations were forwarded to an anti gay group in Canton Akron area, they will be attending your wedding.
Protesters will be there.
Its not normal for 2 men to marry.
What is wrong with you?
Its a sin!!!!!
Some of your friends are only coming to your so called wedding to help in protest.
Like it or not, this is going to happen. This day is going to be ruined for you.
This is going to be a fun show to watch. You both are going to get what you deserve.
SEE YOU AT THE ANTI-GAY SHOW!!
The couple told WOIO that the letter was typed and unsigned. The envelope had no return address on it.
I guess we thought we knew the people that were coming and we didnt know that well, Keith said.
The couple says they wont let the letter ruin their wedding.
Never even crossed my mind I never even thought about canceling and quite frankly, other than our initial shock of the letter this made us both want to do it more, Keith said.
This letter we received yesterday is more of a reason to move forward with it. Love will win in the end, thats what it comes down to, Chad said.
The couple told WOIO that their wedding is on private land, so protesters will not be able to get in.
After news of the hateful letter spread, a local church decided to host a card shower for the couple.
Letters of support can be sent to:
The Episcopal Church Welcomes You!
Affirmative Fiction: This will make the front page, based the correctness of its politics, not that character of its content. The retraction will never come or be buried by the obits.
“Person of color, vacate this residence if it’s okay with you.”
You can bet your bottom dollar......YOU LEAVE MY BOTTOM OUT OF THIS...YOU BRUTE!
Bend over and feel the burn!
Ten bucks says these two have already set up a gofundme account, to deal with the alleged hardship.
It can be a solid moneymaker for them, especially if they can get it well publicized on Farcebook and local tv news.
I have trouble believing that someone so upset at the idea would say I’m arranging a protest or call it an “anti-gay” group instead of traditional marriage group.
The two occasions I’ve received such invites, I just said no or heck no. I can imagine someone sending back a traditional marriage pamphlet or Bible verse, but not anything this stereotypically “homophobe”.
Once, I had to explain to the woman how it was blasphemy, so no, we aren’t coming, but this conversation was politely done as possible. I wouldn’t have interrupted the event itself.
For some people, the response would be to tear it up or ignore it. Few would seriously think or even threaten to PROTEST and disrupt the event.
Oh man this is such a hoax. The way it is written is such a total giveaway.
Drama Queens.
You mean to tell me that “Up yours” is not a fond reply to a homo-hitching invitation? we
Good idea. I nominate nickcarraway. Start a thread, then as everyone posts links or memories of hoaxes in recent years you can enter them into a spreadsheet with various fields that can be sorted based on date, location, cause, prosecuted or not, etc. etc. Then every once in a while you can post the larger list as it grows.
Here's a link to start the hoax thread.
Jimminy Crickets...they actually wrote a reply that said, “Love will win in the end?”
The only thing missing was a sympathy “Go Fund Me” account for their wedding registry............
So what???...you invited sane people to a bizarre ceremony and didn’t expect any dissident thought.....try inviting folks to celebrate an abortion and see what happens.
So they’re upset that they chose their own mailing list?
I agree. People are far too politically correct to do such a thing now, in fact I knew gay couples as far back as 1970 that were out of the closet and did not get hassled- some people would avoid them but no one said a thing to them.
No way would anyone do anything like this if they felt it was wrong. There might be talk behind their back, people would make excuses not to attend, but this is over the top. All these things that are over the top turn out to be hoaxes if investigated. This is designed so they can be victims, nothing more.
YUP; if somebody did send the invite to a “anti-gay group”, they would have said anti-homo, anti-fag, anti-queer group.
At least that would have been my wording, or perhaps anti-sodomite.
The fags don’t want to get married (except as a publicity stunt), they want to hump as many partners as will have them.
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