Welcome to your Friday open thread. All I can say is oh dear Lord it’s hot. I’m afraid of the outdoors. It wants to cook me.
I’m not the biggest fan of “statement” activism but I love this. A group of gay “barbarians” went to Marcus Bachmann’s clinic and demanded discipline.
Today a group of gay “barbarians” descended upon Marcus Bachmann’s Christian counseling center to protest the harmful ex-gay therapy offered there. During a radio interview in 2010, Bachmann compared gay people to “barbarians” who need to be “disciplined.” Organized by Nick Espinosa, who famously showered Newt Gingrich with glitter, the protest glittered Bachmann’s empty waiting room and reception area, chanting “You can’t pray away the gay — baby, I was born this way!”
I’m still pretty skeptical of Bachmann’s viability as a candidate. I think she has too much baggage, some of it in the form of Marcus Bachmann.
The Park Hyatt at 800 N. Michigan Ave. was among the hotels where picketing was held, and at some point Thursday morning, someone turned on the outdoor heat lamps that are usually used in winter.
Combined with the outdoor air temperature, Linda Long says it was hotter than the Hyatt kitchen she’s worked in for eleven years.
“They put the heat lamps on us, like we were nothing,” Long said. “If the heat didn’t kill us, the heat lamps would.”
The heat lamps were turned off when the press showed up.
Wow. I can’t believe they thought this was a good idea. Is it even legal?