Ironically enough, he's buggered!

Considering the Clergys documented involvement with alterboys, prehaps they should all get tattoos as well

How on earth can you 'promote' gay culture? You're either gay or you're not. It's not a lifestyle choice and the sooner people like Rev Mullen realise that, the better.

Paris because, oh, figure it out for yourselves...

Personally can't see what the problem is. If I'm going to sleep with a man I'd like to know if he was gay or not. Euw, gay men. Not my cup of tea. Now give me a straight one any day of the week. Just don't tell the wife.....

Paris, as even she's got more sense than to make idiotic plank boy comments like that.

Fine, I am A-OK with these kind of warnings, but we must be fair about it.

WARNING - RELIGION KILLS

WARNING - RELGION PROMOTES HATRED FEAR AND MURDER

So much for 'love they neighbour'.

Honestly I wouldn't mind the religious if they just weren't so god-damn annoying. Why don't they either grow a brain (c.f. critical thinking), or grow up (c.f. gods are invisible friends for grown ups).

It's bizarre that here in the 21st century bronze aged woo woo is still with us, arguably the proof that there is Extra Terrestrial Intelligence elsewhere in the cosmos is that they have NOT tried to contact us.

I wonder if some woo woo loving editor at el-Reg censors this?

dont straight people Fellate also?

"Two points, ah, two flats, and a packet of gravel"

2 bob and a bag of plumbs to the reader that can name the film... !

It's all just a bit of gay banter...

Paris, obviously...

Is he going to have his apology tattooed on him ?

What would be a suitable place on the body for certain clergymen to have "HUGE IDIOT" tattooed as a warning?

So, he's not criticising gay people, only the attitude that they should be treated equally.

Fuck him, and fuck his "apology".

I find it amusing considering that organisations involvement in buggering the economy.

It doesn't matter who he was intending his comments for. His views are offensive and should be kept to himself. Unfortunately the criminal justice bill doesn't allow for prosecuting him:

"[...] the discussion or criticism of sexual conduct or practices or the urging of persons to refrain from or modify such conduct or practices shall not be taken of itself to be threatening or intended to stir up hatred."

I'm extremely defensive of free speech but I do believe 'hate speech' should not be tolerated.

bad news :*(

"I was not actually meaning to criticise individual homosexual persons, but the promoters of gay culture."

So that would be "full and complete" in the sense that lacks either fullness or completeness then?

I'm doubly irritated by this dweeb, being a non-straight Anglican.

...only the ones who didn't shut up and stay in the closet.

Life of Brian.

not sure why i bovvered,

now all together, "He's not the messiah..........."

(Bills not the messiah either)

I think you will find they are going to have full of shit tattooed on them...

http://tinyurl.com/4x5f2b

Paris because you can't have a Fellate story without her!

...but I'm pretty confident that religion has caused the deaths of more people than buggery has.

What the hell - lighten up. The guy was having a laugh on his blog. He didnt mean it.

Freedom of speech and all that. Its satire - doubly protected.

Oh, and @ Stuart Harrison "How do you promote gay culture" - think Gok Wan or whatever hes called.

Im perfectly happy for gay people to be given equal rights, were all human, but I find it a bit much having that moron being given airtime to do nothing more that promote gay culture. If its truly not a lifestyle choice (and I believe you), then get him off my TV. Seriously, hes undone years of good for the gay rights movement.

This person should be entitled to satirise in exactly the same way as yould all be supporting if the comments were against Islam.

As the old adage says, "Never a truer word spoken in jest.", by that I mean you showed us your true colours. Off the cuff remarks often jump from the subconscious showing our real beliefs, without us realising.

Sorry, but you had time to think it through before you typed it into your blog, the world will be a better place without prats like you! Good riddance!

The original story was that the comments were made with his tongue firmly in his cheek -fnaar fnarr.

Personally, I PMSL when this story first broke as it was completely ridiculous.

I suggest that everyone gets of their high horses and chill.

The guy is probably going to get a ***licking (make you own mind up here).

Is that some cunning attempt to play on the term "plumb bob" or are you dyslexic?

...that he'll be defrocked?

>> Is that some cunning attempt to play on the term "plumb bob" or are you dyslexic?

I'm dyslexic, maybe I should get that tatoo on my forehead? Or at least my name in reverse so I can see it in the mirror...

I'm glad to hear things like this. It means that we are hearing the truth. Far too many people these days keep quiet for fear of offending, when it is not the words, but rather the attitude, that is offensive.

Best of all, this might show one or two more people that ALL religious observers are fruit-cakes, by definition.

Actually, am I the only one that actually thinks the tattoo on "teh arris" is a wicked idea!!!

not sure about the only on the chin tho

heh heh....

"Doesn't matter if you agree with what he says or not, you should defend his right to say it (even if he later retracts it :p )."

"He made a stupid comment that some found offensive, nothing more and nothing less. Get over it"

No, he felt his position of power and privelege allows him to encourage others of the same mindset to abuse and denigrate a section of society he has issues with. He has put his hand up and declared himself to be a disgusting bigot of the first order and deserving of all the ridicule and reprobation he has since received.

As others have said, whether serious or not, his purpose was to promote the subjugation of homosexuals just as the Nazis did the Jews (and others) and as white Americans did to black Americans. The difference between the Nazis and this bigot is that where the Nazis picked on people who had made a lifestyle choice, he wants to attack people for something that is inherent. Which makes him even more despicable. The only reason he didn't include blacks or women, who have also borne the brunt of religious bigotry, is that, by and large, you can easily tell whether a person is black or female without additional tagging!

Being gay doesn't make you any more of a threat to society than does the fact that you might be black, a redhead, male, or female. It's just that some people who make a choice to follow a particular religion or creed often need to find some group of people they are against just to make themselves feel good.

Of course, he is free to say these things, so that we can then properly judge him for the idiot that he is and ensure that he is removed from any position where he might be able to convince other similar idiots that he knows what he is talking about!

True, but where's the fun... or are you not allowed any?

Maybe you should take up part time role with Rev Peter Mullen, doubt he's going to be having much fun for a while.