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Behind the Aegis

(54,090 posts)
Sat Sep 10, 2022, 10:07 PM Sep 2022

(Jewish Group) I attended a gay pride event today.

I wore a T-shirt with a similar symbol below:



My Star of David has the red on the right and purple on the left. I like wearing it to Pride events as it pisses off ALL the right people.

There were, of course, protestors. Some were just foul. "AIDS: Judgement or Cure?", "EVIL should be HATED!", "Stop Sexualising ( sic ) Children!" The last two signs were held by Muslim children. Three children and one father were Muslims, the rest of the protestors, about 20, were Christians. No Jews that I saw, except at the event and they were queer, like me.

When I got stopped by one of the "good Christians" who just wanted to "witness" to me, the woman asked if I was "saved". I pointed at my shirt and said, "I am good!". She said, "No! Have you accepted Jesus as your savior?" Again, I pointed at my shirt and said, "I am all good. Thanks, but no thanks." She then proceeded to say; "But you aren't saved." Finally, I just looked right at her and said, "You do realize your Lord and Savior and I share the SAME religion, right? Jesus was Jew!" She went slack-jawed, I just smiled, flung my hair (it's pretty long now after two years of not being cut), and sauntered off.



All in all, it was pretty nice for small town Oklahoma.

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(Jewish Group) I attended a gay pride event today. (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Sep 2022 OP
THANKS! Something to think about, eh??? elleng Sep 2022 #1
I live in a small OK town. Behind the Aegis Sep 2022 #4
I'd love to have seen her face! Solly Mack Sep 2022 #2
Made me fucking giggle like a lobotomized hyena! Behind the Aegis Sep 2022 #3

elleng

(131,658 posts)
1. THANKS! Something to think about, eh???
Sat Sep 10, 2022, 10:19 PM
Sep 2022

What the heck were you doing in small town Oklahoma??? I've been THRU a few, but no stops to speak of.

Behind the Aegis

(54,090 posts)
4. I live in a small OK town.
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 04:14 PM
Sep 2022

There is Tulsa and OKC, and few others that are actual cities, but most places here are small-ish cities (I can get anywhere in my town in 10 minutes or less...even if I hit all the lights!).

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