The AFA is doing a fine job of promoting Eureka Springs, AR as the Gay Mecca of the South and, here at Gay News, we're delighted with the attention.

We couldn't hope for a better launch to the gay tourism season in Eureka Springs. There are too many online mentions to list, but here are a few of our favorites:

First, from Pandagon:

• New AFA hyperventilating Action Alert hawks DVD on 'homo invasion' of Arkansas town
  Is it just me, or has the homo-obsessed professional bible-beating set really ratcheted up the insanity over the last few weeks as the primaries approach?

No, it's not just you. We've noticed the same thing. Fortunately, insanity is Eureka's official mental state. The AFA's gay tourism initiative should buy a lot of sequins for Eureka Gras. Thanks for helping us tart up the parade route, AFA!

Then, there's this from Pam's House Blend:

• Behold the power of the sodomites. We've apparently overrun the town of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and turned it into the Castro.

That's right, and we're just getting started. Thanks for helping us to promote the Gay Agenda, AFA! (If you left the Gay Agenda in the pocket of your Perry Ellis cargo pants, you can get another copy here.)

Here's another favorite from Good As You:

• Because the title 'DANGER, DANGER: QUEERS!' would've been too histrionic
  Forget killer bees. Forget bird flu. Forget Wal-Mart. For it's not any of those things that are coming to wreck havoc on your towns. No, no -- as the American Family Association tells us in this newly issued email blast, it's actually the gays who are «coming to your town» to destroy life as you know it...You know, we're really beginning to think these «pro-family» groups actually have a Vice President of Destroying Last Remaining Shreds of Credibility on their payrolls!

And we're beginning to think the Vice President of Destroying Last Remaining Shreds of Credibility is in charge of the Foot-Shooting Department.

Greetings from East Jesus, VA appears to agree:

• Do honest, thinking Christians really believe this shit?

Well... no. If the reaction of Eureka Springs' self-described honest, thinking Christian community is any indication--no, they don't believe this shit. In fact, they get rather peevish when organizations like the AFA give honest thinking Christians a bad name.

Then, there's this thread from Democratic Underground:

• Gay People are coming to YOUR TOWN !!!! OMG!!! *lol*
  Can I get some creepy horror movie music? Seriously, this is so incredibly, willfully stupid. I'm torn between disgust and the urge to laugh at their boogeyman attempts at scaremongering.

Laugh away! Thanks to the AFA, we assure you, Eureka's 50 gay-owned and hundreds of gay-friendly businesses will be laughing all the way to the bank.

Finally, there's this gem from Free Range Librarian:

• American Family Association Provides Handy How-To Guide
  Some blog posts just write themselves.

Yes, now that you mention it, some posts do just write themselves, don't they?

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