Posted on 04/05/2017 2:36:00 PM PDT by Ennis85
Dutch men are uploading pictures of themselves holding hands on to social media to stand against homophobia. The trend was sparked by an alleged attack on two gay men on a street in the Netherlands on Sunday. The images are being shared via the hashtags #handinhand and #allemannenhandinhand (all men hand in hand). Politicians, celebrities, football pundits and workers have joined in, throughout the Netherlands and beyond.
Jasper Vernes-Sewratan, 35, and Ronnie Sewratan-Vernes, 31, say they were attacked by a group of men in the early hours of Sunday morning in Arnhem, in the country's east. Their story was widely publicised and they appeared on Dutch talk show Pauw earlier this week, where they described being set upon after holding hands.
The lawyer of one of the alleged attackers also appeared on the show, later in the week, claiming the pair threw the first punch. The couple have emphatically denied this.
Gay couples in Amsterdam and Eindhoven also reported being assaulted because of their sexuality over the weekend, according to Dutch media. In some parts of the world, including India and some African countries, men commonly hold hands, taking it as a sign of friendship and respect. The Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage in 2011.
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What’s the next logical move?
That's just darling.
Just..
Jasper Vernes-Sewratan and Ronnie Sewratan-Vernes?....................
Hold hands? Sweetie,you have *no* idea!
On threads like this I’m tempted to post a photo of rectal syphilis but I know I’d be banned.
Well, we have men who run around in women’s pink shoes.
The decline of the West is truly shocking these days.
On the way to Antichrist. It has been prophesied and so it shall come.
Obama’s “rainbow White House” was a very bad omen. And yes, the pun is intended.
Once the men-holding-hands culture meets the islamokazi-terrorist culture.....wow.
My father was born in Holland in 1904. He’s probably rolling over in his grave with what has happened to the Netherlands.
Now hit them with a snarky #hashtag campaign!
That will teach those radical Islamists a lesson they won’t soon forget!
Probably the Dutch equivalent of Patrick Fitzmichael and Michael Fitzpatrick.
I think we should follow the example and find ways to demonstrate support for heterosexuality.
Now they Dutch men upload pictures of themselves holding hands...
....and the religion of the attackers was?
Attacked by a group of men? Hmmm. I wonder what type of men they were. I doubt any of those men will be part of the hand holding campaign.
No mention of who is attacking them. Is it Muslims??
Next they will putting their finger in the dyke.
I have been to many countries throughout the world and in many cultures men hold hands and women hold hands as friends, nothing sexual ... Russians hold hands.
People join in and sing songs in bars too. Totally different in the U.S.A.
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