Homosexual hate in Britain
A newlywed couple have been targeted by internet trolls after they joined a campaign against the Government's gay marriage proposals.
Campaign group Coalition for Marriage (C4M) said Rhys and Esther Curnow, both 23, from Newcastle, have been subjected to a torrent of abuse on Facebook and Twitter.
C4M, which is a coalition of groups opposed to plans for same-sex marriage, backed by former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey, said the messages included deaths threats.
One Facebook message said: 'I really hope you & your husband turn out infertile & die of cancer. That would be something to celebrate.'
Another, on Twitter, said: 'Did Esther Curnow suffocate and die a sad and lonely death in her polyester wedding dress yet? No? Shame....'
And a further tweet said: 'Esther Curnow needs a punch in the face. That is all.'
C4M said one troll urged others to send excrement to the couple, who married in March and live in Newcastle.
They have also been told to 'Go and die and rot in hell.'
Internet hate; One of the vile tweets targeting young bride Esther Curnow
The group said the hate campaign began after Mr and Mrs Curnow took part in the presentation of a C4M petition to Downing Street last week. They posed outside the famous front door in their wedding outfits. The petition opposing proposals for gay marriage has 575,000 signatories.
C4M campaign director Colin Hart said: 'The level of abuse that this young couple have been subjected too is shocking.... Mr Hart said the matter has been referred to the police.
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7 comments:
their haters talk a big game but have little guts.
I used to think that the following passage overstated the hostility homosexuals have towards those who are not like them. This kind of harassment makes a modern day recurrence seem almost inevitable.
Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”
Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him and said, “No, my friends. Don’t do this wicked thing. Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
“Get out of our way,” they replied. And they said, “This fellow came here as an alien, and now he wants to play the judge! We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.
— Genesis 19:4–9
When lack of civility is tolerated from all sides, that's democracy, when lack of civility is not tolerated from any side, that's respect, when lack of civility is tolerated only on one side, that's a dictatorship.
That anti-gay-marriage couple knew they were being provocative and knew what response they were likely to get, and probably did it for that very reason to gain extra publicity and sympathy "votes".
As for Luke spewing yet more biblical text (in a modern translation!). What kind of "morality" had Lot to offer his virgin daughters for gang-rape. Why didn't he offer himself for abuse? And then, after Jehova saved him and his daughters (but nkilled his wife) after destroying the city, these three commit incest with each other (family values?!).
Does Luke really think that gang rape of a same-sex kind relates to gay couples wishing to have a legal marriage, any more than the gang rape of a girl by a group of men relates to a conventional church wedding?
3:00 So it's ok to call for death threats because they "had it coming?"
We will remember that, so when it's YOU on the receiving end, don’t you dare complain because you knew what would happen!
Typical liberal blame the victim mentality!
3:51 AM You clearly miss the point - that couple wanted a negative and even extreme response to their media stunt to get support for the fake view that opposite-sex marriage advocates were "victims".
Are you too dumb to perceive that kind of media manipulation by bigots?
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