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Home | Friday 29th May 2009 | Issue 677

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CRAP ARREST OF THE WEEK

For sod all...

One queer activist in Scotland copped the wrong side of PCs gone mad after being arrested for having ‘homophobic slogans’ on a placard. She was sat quietly at a table in a cafe when the cops pounced, having just returned from a pro-gay counter demo against hardline god-botherers, the Westboro Baptist Church. Who were, in turn, protesting against the church of Scotland General Assembly. Confused?.. well it certainly seems the forces of law and order were. The placard actually said "Sinful Sodomite Seeks Similar For Sin + Sodomy. Westboro Baptists Need Not Apply". Well ...durrh







 

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