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Dutch men hold hands to protest against homophobia
BBC News ^ | 5th April 2017 | BBC News

Posted on 04/05/2017 2:36:00 PM PDT by Ennis85

Dutch men are uploading pictures of themselves holding hands on to social media to stand against homophobia. The trend was sparked by an alleged attack on two gay men on a street in the Netherlands on Sunday. The images are being shared via the hashtags #handinhand and #allemannenhandinhand (all men hand in hand). Politicians, celebrities, football pundits and workers have joined in, throughout the Netherlands and beyond.

Jasper Vernes-Sewratan, 35, and Ronnie Sewratan-Vernes, 31, say they were attacked by a group of men in the early hours of Sunday morning in Arnhem, in the country's east. Their story was widely publicised and they appeared on Dutch talk show Pauw earlier this week, where they described being set upon after holding hands.

The lawyer of one of the alleged attackers also appeared on the show, later in the week, claiming the pair threw the first punch. The couple have emphatically denied this.

Gay couples in Amsterdam and Eindhoven also reported being assaulted because of their sexuality over the weekend, according to Dutch media. In some parts of the world, including India and some African countries, men commonly hold hands, taking it as a sign of friendship and respect. The Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage in 2011.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gay; netherlands; protest; trend
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1 posted on 04/05/2017 2:36:00 PM PDT by Ennis85
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What’s the next logical move?


2 posted on 04/05/2017 2:37:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Dutch men are uploading pictures of themselves holding hands

That's just darling.

Just..

3 posted on 04/05/2017 2:37:30 PM PDT by humblegunner
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4 posted on 04/05/2017 2:38:38 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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Jasper Vernes-Sewratan and Ronnie Sewratan-Vernes?....................


5 posted on 04/05/2017 2:40:52 PM PDT by Red Badger (Ending a sentence with a preposition is nothing to be afraid of........)
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To: Ennis85

Hold hands? Sweetie,you have *no* idea!

6 posted on 04/05/2017 2:41:24 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: Ennis85

On threads like this I’m tempted to post a photo of rectal syphilis but I know I’d be banned.


7 posted on 04/05/2017 2:42:37 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: Ennis85; RushIsMyTeddyBear; metmom; CynicalBear; SkyPilot; tuffydoodle; tang-soo; righttackle44; ...

Well, we have men who run around in women’s pink shoes.

The decline of the West is truly shocking these days.

On the way to Antichrist. It has been prophesied and so it shall come.

Obama’s “rainbow White House” was a very bad omen. And yes, the pun is intended.

Once the men-holding-hands culture meets the islamokazi-terrorist culture.....wow.


8 posted on 04/05/2017 2:43:37 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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My father was born in Holland in 1904. He’s probably rolling over in his grave with what has happened to the Netherlands.


9 posted on 04/05/2017 2:45:05 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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Now hit them with a snarky #hashtag campaign!

That will teach those radical Islamists a lesson they won’t soon forget!


10 posted on 04/05/2017 2:46:22 PM PDT by PGR88
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As it was in the Days of Lot...so shall it also be in the Days of the Coming of the Son of Man (paraphrased)
11 posted on 04/05/2017 2:47:14 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: Red Badger

Probably the Dutch equivalent of Patrick Fitzmichael and Michael Fitzpatrick.


12 posted on 04/05/2017 2:47:18 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: humblegunner

I think we should follow the example and find ways to demonstrate support for heterosexuality.


13 posted on 04/05/2017 2:47:58 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Ennis85
Dutch men plunged chest deep into the Boyne River under heavy fire from the opposite bank, to face repeated charges from the best cavalry in Europe.

Now they Dutch men upload pictures of themselves holding hands...

14 posted on 04/05/2017 2:49:25 PM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Flag burners can go screw -- I'm mighty PROUD of that ragged old flag)
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They look like the demented freaks that they are. Exhibitionists craved for attention....goes with their demented minds.
15 posted on 04/05/2017 2:49:29 PM PDT by caww
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To: Ennis85

....and the religion of the attackers was?


16 posted on 04/05/2017 2:50:10 PM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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say they were attacked by a group of men in the early hours

Attacked by a group of men? Hmmm. I wonder what type of men they were. I doubt any of those men will be part of the hand holding campaign.

17 posted on 04/05/2017 2:50:56 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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No mention of who is attacking them. Is it Muslims??


18 posted on 04/05/2017 2:51:18 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Next they will putting their finger in the dyke.


19 posted on 04/05/2017 2:51:19 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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I have been to many countries throughout the world and in many cultures men hold hands and women hold hands as friends, nothing sexual ... Russians hold hands.

People join in and sing songs in bars too. Totally different in the U.S.A.


20 posted on 04/05/2017 2:51:23 PM PDT by Clutch Martin (Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancake, just as every culture has its noodle.)
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