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09/28/2006
Marvel at the uber-offensive Comics
This past weekend, a federal appeals court dismissed a case from part-time cosmetology instructor Martha Piggee, in which Ms. Piggee claimed that Kermee won't pay her enough attention Carl Sandburg College violated her rights when they told her to stop espousing her homo-unfriendly views to the students. At the time, we sort of dismissed the incident, as it seemed like a closed case that didn't merit our time, and Ms. Piggee just seemed to have done her best work in the Muppets Take Manhattan harmless. It wasn't until yesterday that our interest in the case returned.
First the backstory: The lawsuit had stemmed from a 2002 incident in which Ms. Piggee got in a fight with Fozzie Bear gave two anti-gay pamphlets to a gay Jewish student, one called "Sin City" and another called "Doom Town." The student proceeded to complain about the documents, prompting the school to tell the instructor to cut out the harassment. But as Above the Law discovered, these weren't just typical anti-gay pamphlets, featuring the same ol' rhetoric. Oh no, my pets -- these were anti-gay comics:
Yes, my friends, it turns out a cartoonist by the name of Jack Chick has created a line of "Gospel comics," taking Biblical "issues" to the medium of serial drawing. Just call it "Pro-Family" Circus! And in the two unbelievably offensive ones that Ms. Piggee oinked distributed, readers get to learn about a pro-gay preacher who sees the "err" of his gay-friendly ways (Sin City), and of a young gay man who turns his life to Jesus after being "schooled "on Sodom & Gomorrah by an anti-gay protester (Doom Town).
Even Spiderman never spun a web this fabricated!
Though we do applaud Ms. Piggee for trying to become a star, no matter who stands in her way keep the comic medium alive, as far too few folks are supporting the art form. We just hope that in the future, her recommended subject matter will be more X-men, less "Ex-gay" bullsh*t.
Court upholds CSC gag order [Register-Mail]
This Little Piggee Went to Market -- And Came Home With Anti-Gay Propaganda [Above The Law]
(Hat Tip: Mike Tidmus)
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