A Church Official Said There's A "Gay Empire" In Mexico And The Internet Fought Back
The gay empire strikes back.
During a bitter national debate on same-sex marriage held on Sept. 11, the Archdiocese of Mexico City published an article in its newsletter entitled, "No One is Born Gay."
"Change is possible," the article quoted American conversion-therapy proponent Richard Cohen as saying, "Just like me, there are many people unreconciled to feeling attracted to people of the same sex, who yearn to adopt a heterosexual lifestyle, because men and women are designed heterosexually."
Mexico City's nondiscrimination agency, Copred, wrote to protest the article, according to news reports, to which the archdiocese's spokesperson shot back the agency had been "coopted" by LGBT activists who wanted a "gay dictatorship."
The spokesman, Hugo Valdemar, dared non-discrimination officials to "jail all the parents of families that don't accept the gay dictatorship and the empire of gender ideology."
"We're at the beginning of a gay empire," Valdemar then said.
A few days later, ahead of another round of anti-marriage equality protests planned for this weekend, a group called the National Pride Front released names of church leaders it says are secretly having same-sex relationships because they are "tired of the double moral standard."
It turns out though that "Gay Empire" sounded great to the internet, which had a lot of ideas what it would look like.
The responses went from the straightforward...
"Recruits sought to execute the master plan of the new Gay Dictatorship."
...to the truly fabulous.
My throne of the #GayEmpire
It wasn't long until the Star Wars fans jumped in...
And they did not hold back.
The Force was truly strong with them.
I'm riding towards the gay empire.
No corner of the galaxy is safe.
There was no shortage of depictions of just how the Gay Empire gained new subjects.
En el #ImperioGay contamos con lo más avanzado en tecnologÃa homosexualizadora ¡únete! ¡no tienes escapatoria!
In the #GayEmpire we count on the most advanced homosexualizing technology. Join! You have no escape.
...We're just going to leave this one here.
Guys.
"Looking for young people that will devour it."
Every good empire needs a capital. Preferably one with a castle.
The church says "we're at the beginning of the Gay Empire." I say then let's occupy Chapultapec Castle."
Soon, a manifesto for the Gay Empire was produced.
"Proclamation of the Gay Empire:
9:00 Breakfast
10:30 Take Chapultapec Castle
11:45 Revelation of secret friend and exchange of tiaras
12:00 Shoot homosexualizing ray
12:30 Recess"
We leave you with this picture of Darth Vader swinging a rainbow flag.
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José Luis Hernández es redactor de BuzzFeed México y vive en la Ciudad de México.
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