Ed Morrissey plays “Find the Hater,” embedding a possibly NSFW photo and adding:
I’ve had this photo from The Daily Caller up in my browser for days, ever since Vince Coglianese ran it, as it just keeps popping back into my mind. The photo comes from a speaking appearance by Belgian Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard in Brussels, which Femen targeted for a protest against what it calls “hate” and homophobia in the Catholic Church.
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Normally, I wouldn’t post this picture, but there is no other way to tell this story. One can disagree with the Catholic Church on same-sex marriage and the theology of sex on an intellectual and rhetorical level, and people can certainly protest those positions in a clear and unambiguous manner. That’s not what is happening in this picture and others Vince has posted at The DC. The angry, contorted faces of the protesters as they assault a man for speaking his mind — and who prays in response — provides a startling contrast, and a rather telling one about hatred.
Shades of the 2001 headline from the earlier, funnier days of the Onion, “Gay-Pride Parade Sets Mainstream Acceptance Of Gays Back 50 Years.”
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