Gay street fair Last Supper parody prompts Catholic beer boycott
William Donahue of the Catholic League told Fox news on Thursday that his organization plans to call for a boycott of Miller Beer over a poster advertising the "Folsom Street Fair," an annual gay street fest in San Francisco known as "the world's largest leather event." The poster, which depicts a scene of a gay leather bar parodying Da Vinci's "Last Supper," has previously been featured by Fox as an "attack on Christianity."
Donahue said his organization will be contacting 208 religious groups to participate in the boycott (including Muslims, for whom alcohol is forbidden.) Miller Beer, which has sponsored the fair for several years, has asked to have its logo removed from the offending poster, but this is not enough to satisfy Donahue, who is particularly outraged that charities supported by the fair include "the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a notoriously anti-Catholic group."
"Miller doesn't know what they're in for," Donahue threatened. "We're putting up the pictures on our website."
Fred Kuhr of In Newsweekly, a New England gay and lesbian newspaper, began trying to say, "Boycotts like this that have happened in the past have failed ..." but was immediately interrupted by Donahue.
"No, I had one with WalMart two years ago, buddy," Donahue sneered. "I won within 48 hours and I'll win on this too.
"WalMart did not suffer ... " began Kuhr.
"Because they gave in! They gave in to my demand!" yelled Donahue. "Where have you been living?"
Donahue, who successfully intimidated the John Edwards campaign last winter into firing two liberal bloggers, seemed to have no doubts of his own ability to bully both Miller Beer and Fred Kuhr.
"Were you offended by the Sopranos version of the Last Supper?" Kuhr tried asking. "I mean, the Last Supper has been parodied and been an object of satire for decades."
Donahue insisted that the Sopranos is different than "half-naked men in leather standing over a table with sex toys." His rhetoric became increasingly belligerent as he continued to taunt the unfortunate Kuhr, telling him, "You don't even know what you're talking about."
"It doesn't offend the City of San Francisco," said Kuhr weakly.
"I have no doubt about that," Donahue replied smugly. "It offends me. That's all that matters."
"It's a Catholic-bashing festival in part," Donahue went on, "and this is the sickest, most depraved segment of the gay community. ... Most gay people wouldn't be associated with this crap. But you want to defend it? I don't know where you came from."
"There's no sex going on [in the poster]" Kuhr retorted weakly. "There are a couple of objects that are shocking ..."
"Fred, you shouldn't go on tv again," said Donahue dismissively. "You're a loser."
"Is it a Catholic value to call someone a loser?" asked Kuhr, finally roused to a mild degree of anger.
"It's called the truth, yes," said Donahue. "Catholics believe in the truth."
The following video is from Fox's Fox & Friends, broadcast on September 27.
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