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(116,799 posts) Thu Dec 17, 2015, 11:49 PM Dec 2015

Oklahoma GOP Lawmakers Call Gay Pride Festivus Pole ‘Sacrilegious,’ Part Of ‘War On Christmas’

A group of Oklahoma Republican lawmakers is outraged over the approval of a “gay Pride Festivus pole” for display in the state Capitol rotunda.

As we reported last month, the Humanity Fund and Executive Director Chaz Stevens are seeking to place gay Pride Festivus poles in state Capitols across the nation to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of same-sex marriage. The 6-foot-tall poles (like the one above) — marking the parody Dec. 23 holiday conceived by author D O’Keefe and made famous by an episode of “Seinfeld” — are adorned with an 8-inch disco ball and wrapped in the colors of the LGBT rainbow.

In Oklahoma, one of the poles is set to appear next to an existing display of giant nutcrackers and a gift-laden sleigh on Dec. 23, after being approved by the state’s Office of Management and Enterprise Services. But four GOP state lawmakers issued a statement calling for the decision to be reversed, according to the Associated Press and KOCO-TV:

“While a lot of us may have liked the Seinfeld series, this effort to mock the celebration of the birth of Jesus, our Lord and Savior, does not illustrate the best judgment of those who manage our state Capitol,” said state Rep. Lewis Moore, R-Arcadia. “To Christians, the rainbow is God’s promise not to destroy the earth again by flood, as found in Genesis 9:12-17. This sacrilegious symbol wrapped in the gay rights flag, is not respectful of God or the many visitors, including children, who arrive by the school bus load during this time of year to celebrate the peace and joy and remembrance of the sacrifice of Christ for our sins.”