Written by Eureka Springs is abuzz over the AFA’s gay tourism promotion movie, “They’re Coming to Your Town.” Sooner or later, someone will upload this stellar example of the cinematic arts to YouTube and everyone will get to see it–even if they’re “not about to give those AFA bastards a dime!” Here in Eureka Springs, Gay Mecca, [...]
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Keep those cards and letters coming
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 [...]
READ MORE »They say Prayer Walk, We say Pub Crawl
The Rev. Phil Wilson’s leather-clad posse, the Jericho Riders Christian Motorcyle Ministry, returns to town Jan. 4 for another sidewalk cardio workout. They call it a “prayer walk,” though how these bible thugs will be able to do two things at the same time remains to be seen. It is not yet known whether Wilson [...]
READ MORE »Gay-bashing video trailer now on-line once again
The promotional trailer for the American Family Association’s video bashing Eureka Springs, “They’re Coming to Your Town,” has been unlocked for the first time in weeks on the AFA’s website. You can now see and hear the Rev. Phil Wilson of the First Christian Church of Eureka Springs shoot himself–and “faith-based” tourism–in the foot and [...]
READ MORE »Today Eureka Springs, Tomorrow Toad Suck: The Planetary Gay Agenda Disclosed
Jacqueline Froelich, radio journalist from KUAF in Fayetteville, asked me last week what I thought about the American Family Association’s new video featuring Eureka Springs and entitled “They’re Coming to Your Town.” “I give it two thumbs down for the title alone,” I said. “It should have been “They’re Already IN Your Town, Stupid.” As [...]
READ MORE »Gay “takeover” of Eureka Springs hits radio airwaves Friday
On KUAF Public Radio 91.3 FM or streamed on-line at KUAF.org Friday, December 14, 2007, at noon, Ozarks At Large with Jacquie Froelich. Topic: The American Family Association’s new gay-bashing video, starring Eureka Springs and ominously entitled “They’re Coming To Your Town.” Plus an interview with film critic Indiana Dunes (AKA Michael Walsh), just one [...]
READ MORE »To hell with coming to your town, they’re coming to destroy your universe!
In a GQ article entitled, “Is this guy for real?” Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee explains that gay marriage will end civilization. “There’s never been a civilization that has rewritten what marriage and family means and survived,” says Huck. Except, of course, for the civilization Huckabee proposes to lead–the United States of America–which has radically [...]
READ MORE »American Family Association: Best ad agency we’ve ever had?
In its new travelogue video about Eureka Springs, “They’re Coming To Your Town,” the American Family Association employs some pretty colorful adjectives to describe our quirky little village, including terms that make those dreaded code words “eclectic” and “mecca” sound downright benign: “A national hub for homosexuals.” “The San Francisco of Arkansas.” “A gay hot [...]
READ MORE »To Boycott or Not? Fundies Flip and Flop
Though incessantly threatening to stay away in droves from Gay Mecca, ultra-Christian fringies can’t seem to make up their righteous minds. Boycott–kinda, sorta, maybe, not really I: Within a week of calling for a “nationwide boycott” of Eureka Springs, the rabidly anti-gay Jericho Riders (so-called) Christian Motorcycle Ministry had an apparent change of heart and [...]
READ MORE »Holy smoke! More fall fundie foolery
It’s autumn in the Ozarks, that glorious time of year when trees don their colorful gay apparel in preparation for Fall Diversity Weekend. As is traditional in the weeks leading up to every Diversity Weekend–particularly fall–the HSA (Homosexual Security Agency) division of Gay News has noted a sharp uptick in religious terrorism chatter. The first [...]
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