I'm not Beach Blanket Babyloning a bonnet this year, but I do look forward to Easter Brunch at the House of Ho followed by the sunshine and madness that is the Sisters' Sunday in Dolores Park.
Porno Pete has of coursed released another hate-filled press release. I LOVE how the Sisters rise above and are more clever and more Christian than he could ever be.
The response from Sister Boom Boom (Via Sister Zsa Zsa Gabortion), emphasis mine:
Assalaamu Aleikum!
First of all the Sisters would like to thank Peter La Barbaria for all the
free publicity he is providing for our Hunky Jesus Contest. Even in the
most reactionary communities and families there are brilliant young queer
children aching for something truly revolutionary, a chance to be utterly
glamorous, and to royally piss off their uptight, puritanical parents. The
Sisters often declare their love for Peter and especially appreciate Mr. La
Babar's effectiveness in getting news and images of the Sisters to those
children. Of course we don't hate anybody, but his saying we do is a great
way to grab the interest of angry resentful children, and we have much
experience in helping GLBT youngsters work through their anger to find a
more joyous spiritual path.
However, as much as Mr. La Barbarella is promoting our appeal to rebellious
youth, it is not really our intention or purpose to offend Christians. Many
of our friends and fans are Christians as are some of the Sisters. It's not
even our intention or purpose to offend uptight, humorless prigs, though we
often do so by suggesting that the Deity has a sense of humor. After all,
God created a garden of paradise for us, declared His/Her love for us, and
created such laughably bizarre creatures as the platypus, the naked mole
rat, and Sarah Palin. But our mission is not to offend. Rather we are
dedicated to the expiation of stigmatic guilt and the promulgation of
universal joy. Still, we do understand that any sort of liberating theology
is offensive to those who want to keep others under their thumbs. Offending
prudes and tyrants is not our purpose, but we consider it a bit of a bonus.
As nearly all of us grew up in Christian-dominated America, many of us come
from Christian backgrounds, and we include a number of believing Christians,
some still active in their respective churches, we are all familiar with the
ideas and images of Christian culture. These are for us the best vehicles
for promoting our ideal of a God who loves and laughs. We also have some
Jewish sisters and since nearly all Americans have some familiarity with
Jewish culture - if only through sit-coms - we sometimes include some Jewish
humor. And why not? It couldn't hurt!
Mr. La Boobaria is correct that we seem to neglect our Muslim brothers and
sisters, many of whom are clearly in need of a good laugh. We must confess
that we don't have the same sort of inside knowledge of Islamic culture as
we do of Christian and Jewish cultures. From "The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour"
to "Little Mosque on the Prairie" we've seen that plenty of Muslims can take
a joke and deliver one, too. We trust that, especially in the current
political ferment, our Islamic friends will find their voice, their humor,
and their own ways of standing up to pompous prigs and puritans, to assert
that the one true God who is all mercy and compassion also loves a good
laugh.
Maa salaama.
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