The fundies have their knickers in a serious twist over the presence of the Lesbian and Gay Bands of America in the inaugural parade:

Barack Obama's inauguration will have the dubious distinction of being the most perverted in our nation's history. Obama is not being subtle about either....To ensure no one misses the perversion, the Inaugural parade will include a homosexual marching band with their rainbow flags flying proud with millions of our nation's children and Christians watching.

Celebrating a person's sin sends a message of approval.

In order to be consistent in using this kind of reasoning, Obama ought to have a stripper lead off the inaugural parade followed by the Hell's Angel's Motorcycle Drill Team followed by the Crips Precision Handgun Corp. and the Transvestite Fashion Police.

I love how they accuse us all the time of being godless evil soul-less perverts who want nothing more than to brutally sodomize each other at orgies and destroy the very fabric of society, but when we want to do shit like get married and raise families or play in a marching band, they're all over us for that, too.

I think the message I'm getting is that we're all supposed to shrivel up and die. Or at least, huddle in our closets.

Fuck that. Let's send these bands a few bucks.

Besides, really, have you ever TRIED to fit a marching band in a closet?