Video footage of a gay rights opponent's protest gone awry is going viral in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) blogosphere.
Originally reported by Good as You blogger Jeremy Hooper, the clip shows an unidentified man attempting to light a box of Cheerios cereal on fire in protest of General Mills' proclaimed pro-marriage equality stance.
"One out of every eight boxes of cereal in this country is Cheerios," the man states. "This is really the treat now for the homosexuals! And this is our protest of General Mills, because they're advocating same-sex marriages. So we are gonna torch some cereal!"
Things don't go exactly according to plan, however, as the fire quickly spreads to the lawn below as the man struggles to extinguish it.
Meanwhile, the National Organization For Marriage (NOM) recently launched a "Dump General Mills" campaign. "Your decision to pander to same-sex marriage activists has forced me to choose between your food products and my conscience," a petition, which has so far drawn over 24,000 signatures, states. "As long as food is produced by other companies my conscience is going to win out over the desire for another bowl of Lucky Charms."
I would honestly think lighting a fire (even if contained) in front of a business or building of any kind would be illegal. This guy should have been arrested on these grounds.
Video at source.
Originally reported by Good as You blogger Jeremy Hooper, the clip shows an unidentified man attempting to light a box of Cheerios cereal on fire in protest of General Mills' proclaimed pro-marriage equality stance.
"One out of every eight boxes of cereal in this country is Cheerios," the man states. "This is really the treat now for the homosexuals! And this is our protest of General Mills, because they're advocating same-sex marriages. So we are gonna torch some cereal!"
Things don't go exactly according to plan, however, as the fire quickly spreads to the lawn below as the man struggles to extinguish it.
Meanwhile, the National Organization For Marriage (NOM) recently launched a "Dump General Mills" campaign. "Your decision to pander to same-sex marriage activists has forced me to choose between your food products and my conscience," a petition, which has so far drawn over 24,000 signatures, states. "As long as food is produced by other companies my conscience is going to win out over the desire for another bowl of Lucky Charms."
I would honestly think lighting a fire (even if contained) in front of a business or building of any kind would be illegal. This guy should have been arrested on these grounds.
Video at source.
What folks don't like is the reason why these people are protesting General Mills.
Edited at 2012-08-07 12:22 pm (UTC)
Does he have the right to protest (assuming he can do so without setting people's damned lawns on fire)? Sure. However, that doesn't mean that his reasons for protesting are good or that we have to pretend that we are talking about ~equally valid opinions~ or other such nonsense.
Edited at 2012-08-07 03:58 pm (UTC)
http://courses.durhamtech.edu/perkins/a
also it's not okay b/c he lit a lawn on fire.
As far as I know, no one was setting Chick-Fil-A products on fire.
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/f
A mosque was burned to the ground on Sunday too.
I have different feelings, though, about lighting things on fire on public property. Someone could have gotten hurt! (And yes, I'd feel the same way about someone trying to light Chik-Fil-A stuff on fire.)
And the other opposes the rights of human beings
Supporting bigotry, trying to hurt people, fighting against human rights is wrong, evil and disgusting
Fighting against bigotry, trying to help people, fighting for human rights is good, respectable and honourable.
Well said, and I absolutly agree. I also believe that God holds us to His absolute standard of morality by which we will be held accountable when we step into eternity. I also believe that a nation that opposes His standards will ultimately fall.
And no small number of them are not compatible with human rights.
1carolinabrown, I applaud you