This is a new one for me: Ex-minister equates gays with ‘killer snails’ to oppose equal marriage

[WillParkinson]

Denmark: Ex-minister equates gays with ‘killer snails’ to oppose equal marriage rights

A former Danish government minister as equated gays with the hermaphrodite ‘killer snails’ plaguing the country in an argument against gay marriage rights.

Homotropolis reports a comment made by Birthe Rønn Hornbech and recorded with some measure of incredulity by Danish minister of culture, Uffe Elbæk, on his Facebook page.

Ms Hornbech, who was Minister of Integration until 2011, had been speaking at a debate on marriage equality, laws for which the government has said it plans to enact this year.

According to the Danish-language transcript posted by Mr Elbæk, Ms Hornbech told the assembled that aside from the country’s “killer snails” and a few other species, the natural world was divided into male and female animals and this was “why the world still exists”.

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/05/16/denmark-ex-minister-equates-gays-with-killer-snails-to-oppose-equal-marriage-rights/

[William769]

1. ‘killer snails’

Thats a new one for me also.

[mitchtv]

3. Caltrans has been using them

to combat the non native brown snail brought here as food. At least they were

[Fearless]

2. Hmm...

[xfundy]

4. I would have suspected the banana slugs.

Festive creatures that they are.

[Jamastiene]

5. What does a hermaphrodite snail species have to do with being gay?

For once, I wish they would equate us with something in the animal kingdom that is bad ass. We could take it and use is as a mascot. I guess we could still use the snail though, because getting equal rights has been such a slow process for so long now.

We are surrounded by dimwits. Y'all know that? They just don't get it. Their comparisons make no sense at all. It is like they are throwing everything they can think of at us.

[HillWilliam]

6. The Derp is strong in that one n/t