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Local LGBTQ+ event "Fresno Drag Festival" was met with pushback and protest (at a Methodist Church 🤬)
ABC30 (Fresno) ^
| 12/11/22
Posted on 12/11/2022 7:05:09 PM PST by Impala64ssa
A local LGBTQ+ event was met with protesters Saturday morning in Central Fresno.
Fresno's Drag Festival kicked off at 11:30 a.m. at Our Saviors Lutheran Church.
The ticketed event features well-known drag performers who do family-friendly numbers, including to Disney songs.
There's also a story time portion where the performers read age-appropriate books to the kids.
The event had pushback from dozens of people who protested outside of the church.
It also drew criticism from Fresno City Councilmember Garry Bredefeld on social media where he called the event "sickening and disgraceful."
"I just feel like instead of the love that they're trying to spread they're spreading more hate," organizer Isabel Ramos says. "That's not what my event is about. my event is about acceptance and love and creating a safe space for our children."
Bredefeld sees the event differently.
"They can try to dress it up. They can try to say it's not as bad as it used to be. It's not as sexualized as it used to be, we're selling tickets. it's a private event. The bottom line. It's wrong. Children don't need to be at drag shows," Bredefelds says.
The Fresno Police Department had extra resources on hand at the event.
Officials say they were there to preserve the peace and make sure everyone was abiding by the law.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: chat; chatforum; dqsh; dragqueens; elca; groomers; homoagenda; homosexualagenda; lutheran; methodistchurch; newsforumabuse; preds
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To: lightman
So the church is on FRUIT Ave. I'd say the jokes oftentimes write themselves but this is no laughing matter.
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posted on
12/11/2022 11:39:43 PM PST
by
Impala64ssa
(If a liar's pants really did catch on fire CBC, ABC, CNN and MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
To: Travis McGee
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posted on
12/12/2022 12:29:17 AM PST
by
NetAddicted
(MAGA2024)
To: algore
I can’t see it. What is on it?
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posted on
12/12/2022 12:33:00 AM PST
by
NetAddicted
(MAGA2024)
To: GOPJ
Sounds so family friendly. I wonder how perverted it actually was?
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posted on
12/12/2022 12:36:55 AM PST
by
NetAddicted
(MAGA2024)
To: lightman
The Fresno Drag Festival picture on the link to message from drag group is on a church page! If they think that is family friendly, that show was X rated. :(
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posted on
12/12/2022 12:43:41 AM PST
by
NetAddicted
(MAGA2024)
To: Impala64ssa
You want a Mad Max world? This is how you get there. We should have nailed the closet door shut.
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posted on
12/12/2022 3:49:04 AM PST
by
BlackbirdSST
(Trump WON!!! He will win 2024!)
To: Impala64ssa
The only drag event I’ll ever take my kids to will have 4 wheels with the marks of Chevy, Ford, Dodge and Toyota. 🤓
To: Impala64ssa
Fresno's Drag Festival kicked off at 11:30 a.m. at Our Saviors Lutheran Church. Aside from grammatical issues with the word "Saviors", this is a sentence that should never exist.
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posted on
12/12/2022 5:19:50 AM PST
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: thegagline
the worst thing you can do to a drag queen is ignore her. him.
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posted on
12/12/2022 5:22:58 AM PST
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: BlackbirdSST
We should have nailed the closet door shut and purged the closet with nitrogen gas.
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posted on
12/12/2022 5:25:04 AM PST
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: Impala64ssa
"I just feel like instead of the love that they're trying to spread they're spreading more hate."And monkey butt, don't forget the monkey butt....
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posted on
12/12/2022 5:25:05 AM PST
by
unread
("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
To: Impala64ssa
The fact that these drag queens (modern day minstrels) desire children as their audience tells you all you need to know abuot them.
They are pedophiles.
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posted on
12/12/2022 5:27:00 AM PST
by
SamAdams76
(4,712,890 | Truth Social | 87,865,341 | Twitter | Trump Followers)
To: Impala64ssa
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posted on
12/12/2022 5:28:39 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
To: NetAddicted
In two years when the shock value of drag kink wears off - sexual weirdos will want to teach children S&M bondage and animal torture.This is 'getting attention by being offensive'.
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posted on
12/12/2022 8:19:44 AM PST
by
GOPJ
(If OLD twitter management had stood up to Homeland & FBI goons they's be hurt 7 ways from Sunday)
To: NetAddicted
In two years when the shock value of drag kink wears off - sexual weirdos will want to teach children S&M bondage and animal torture.This is 'getting attention by being offensive'.
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posted on
12/12/2022 8:20:31 AM PST
by
GOPJ
(If OLD twitter management had stood up to Homeland & FBI goons they's be hurt 7 ways from Sunday)
To: GOPJ
In two years when the shock value of drag kink wears off - sexual weirdos will want to teach children S&M bondage and animal torture.
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posted on
12/12/2022 9:12:32 AM PST
by
GOPJ
(If OLD twitter management had stood up to Homeland & FBI goons they's be'hurt 7 ways from Sunday'.)
To: lightman
Ew! Disgusting!!!!Why do churches of any denomination sponsor "drag queen" events? Do they honor God? Do they spread the Gospel? NO!!!!! They only further Satan's evil plots!!
And during Advent, Christians and their churches must focus on making ready for the coming of Christ!!!! Lord have Mercy!!!!
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posted on
12/12/2022 10:24:55 AM PST
by
Honorary Serb
(Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
To: lightman
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posted on
12/12/2022 10:30:33 AM PST
by
Bigg Red
(Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
To: lightman
The church is on 2101 North Fruit Avenue in Fresno!!
You can’t make this stuff up!!!!
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posted on
12/12/2022 1:50:18 PM PST
by
Honorary Serb
(Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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