Pagan band demands "quiet area for fornication"

Ananova ^ | June 20, 2003

[Jimmyclyde]

Pagan band demands 'quiet area for sex'

A pagan rock band is demanding a "quiet area for fornication" during a summer solstice celebration in Birmingham.

The event, billed as a family fun day out, has been condemned by the Church of England, reports the Birmingham Evening Mail.

Headliners Inkubus Sukkubus demanded the "fornicatorium" at the event, which is being held to mark the longest day of the year.

Managers at the Custard Factory venue confirmed a quiet area would be provided for the group, fronted by female vocalist Candia.

A spokesman said: "They said they needed a quiet fornicatorium. They say it is a fertility rite. The singer goes into a trance-like state. We don't quite know what will happen once the frenzied activity begins."

Druids from across the country will descend on the Custard Factory for the celebration, which is billed as a perfect day out for the whole family, on Saturday.

Rhiannon Biddulph, of the UK Pagan Association, said: "There are certain festivals were we celebrate the creation of life where you have to have sex. Most pagans have a fairly relaxed attitude to sex."

But a spokesman for the Church of England in Birmingham said: "It seems the Druids have overdosed on the magic mushrooms when arranging this event. It beggars belief that this kind of tackiness and tawdriness is being promoted as a cultural family event."

Story filed: 11:27 Friday 20th June 2003

[Savage Beast]

If the celebration is a success, I wonder if other businesses will want to follow the Custard Factory's example and set up a fornicatorium for workers and guests.

Also I wonder if the Custard Factor will continue to manufacture custard on that Saturday, or will they give their employees the day off to enjoy the celebration. It seems that the music and fornication and all, not to mention all the guests, would prove distracting. It's a shame the Solstice didn't fall on a Sunday.

[AAABEST]

For some reason using the words "custard" and "fornication" in the same sentence really disgusts me.

This "tent" will be a smelly, nasty disease pit. Yuck.

[msdrby]

The kiddie nude ranch at Land o' Lakes Florida would be PROUD to host this event, I'm sure. I swear it seems like end times.

LOL - perfect!

[webstersII]

"Yeah. Right. Haven't got a clue what will happen."

What's the chances that the video of this event won't wind up on the internet? They will most likely be proud to document the proceedings on some Druid website.

[tbpiper]

Most pagans have a fairly relaxed attitude to sex.

I suppose they have equally relaxed attitudes about STDs.

[Chemist_Geek]

"Don't forget to visit the fornication area at the Custard Factory!"

Is that custard, or, eeewww...

[youngjim]

lighten up daddio. ever hear of a condom? why should the gays have all the fun?

remember, when Sarai couldn't conceive she gave Abraham her nursemaid as a concubine. Sex = life

[HIDEK6]

Ethel, have you seen my goat-leggings?

[twigs]

when Sarai couldn't conceive she gave Abraham her nursemaid as a concubine

And look at the trouble that caused. Just look at the Middle East to witness the ongoing consequence of sin.

[CONSERVE]

The fornicators

[Xenalyte]

Oh, for the love of Mike. Harry Potter has absolutely nothing to do with it.

If you'd actually READ the books, you'd know that witchcraft is genetic. If you're not born with it, you cannot acquire it.

If the Potter books are responsible for a rise in anything, it's unsuccessful witchcraft.

How stupid do you think kids are, anyway? After four or five incantations don't work, they're gonna give up.

I cannot believe I have to explain this.

[DH]

 "Druids from across the country will descend on the Custard Factory"

Could this be secret lingo for the gay crowd?

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

You wern't bold enough. You should have asked for a corner fornicatorium.

With a window.

[Guillermo]

Liberals cannot possibly have moral objections to anything, as that would be forcing one's belief on another.

Unless of course, those objections are to having your children being force-fed the homosexual agenda in schools. It's immoral to oppose that.

[youngjim]

ROTFLMAO--I can tell you're a Christian by your charity (love) /extreme sarcasm

you, my friend, are wound much too tight. Read the book of Esther to see how a concubine (prostitute) saved the Jews.

The sin please? i.e., who committed the sin Sarai, Abraham or the nursemaid? and which sin is worse? Fornicating or killing the product of the fornication? If pharisees like yourself would be more accepting of the Mary Magdalene's of the world abortion would never be an issue.

I suppose you believe that all Arabs (sons of Abraham thru the handmaid) are the "ongoing consequence of sin."

We're all sinners--why not try a little forgiveness instead of blaming the problems of the Middle East on a little lovin'.

[wimpycat]

Headliners Inkubus Sukkubus demanded the "fornicatorium" at the event..

What, a motel that charges by the hour isn't good enough for them?????

Oh, it's some sort of "fertility rite", so where they shag makes a difference, or else the crops won't grow or something....

Pardon me while I laugh my a$$ off.

[wimpycat]

I want to see some real pagan rituals, like burning captives up in big wicker cages shaped like men....


If you're gonna be a druid, do it right for crying out loud.

[Dead Corpse]

How about I get back to my Nordic roots and play "Roast a nosy, busy-body Christian monk"?

[Sender]

My parents were both muggles and I never noticed anything out of the ordinary. But lately when I sneeze, I've been... well, zapping things. Should I be worried?

[Xenalyte]

I'd recommend a handkerchief.