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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:55 AM Nov 2012

Gay witches in hiding

Following David Cameron’s suggestion that allegations of child sex abuse could turn into a gay witch hunt, many gay witches have gone into hiding for fear of being chased across fields by angry mobs on horseback.

The comments, which he made during an interview with Phillip Schofield on the This Morning programme yesterday, have been widely condemned as a cynical ploy to distract attention away from the Conservative Party and onto witches who like saucery as well as sorcery.

The Gay Witch Network were amongst those quick to condemn Mr Cameron’s comments and call upon him to clarify that paedophilia has nothing to do with someone’s sexuality, or their propensity to go on about positive energy.

“It’s always the gay community that suffers,” said a spokeswitch.

Read more: http://newsthump.com/2012/11/09/gay-witches-in-hiding/#ixzz2BjXAQdXV

The background to this was Cameron being interviewed live on tv here in the UK and and effectively equating gays with paedophiles in the same sentence.

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Gay witches in hiding (Original Post) dipsydoodle Nov 2012 OP
The Gay Witch Network ? Is that like the Gay Mafia? lalalu Nov 2012 #1
That's a parody site dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #2
I know this is the British version of The Onion. lalalu Nov 2012 #3
 

lalalu

(1,663 posts)
1. The Gay Witch Network ? Is that like the Gay Mafia?
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:00 AM
Nov 2012

If not for their trying to link pedophiles to being gay this would be funny.

 

lalalu

(1,663 posts)
3. I know this is the British version of The Onion.
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:04 AM
Nov 2012

I meant in real life how some people try to link the two.

BTW, I was joking about the Gay Mafia. Well, maybe.

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