Weekly Standard Freaks Out Over Gay Marriage: ‘You Will Be Assimilated’

FILE - In this May 22, 2013, file photo, author Dan Savage appears at his home in Seattle. Conservative groups are trying to kill in the cradle a prospective ABC sitcom about a family upended when a teen-aged son com... FILE - In this May 22, 2013, file photo, author Dan Savage appears at his home in Seattle. Conservative groups are trying to kill in the cradle a prospective ABC sitcom about a family upended when a teen-aged son comes out as gay because Savage, a sex columnist and gay rights activist, is involved in the production. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) MORE LESS
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To its supporters, the legalization of same-sex marriage is now immortalized in the image of a rainbow flag — to the conservative Weekly Standard magazine, however, the moment is best depicted by a rainbow kill-dozer.

Tweeting out a 2,000-word piece from Monday anticipating that the Supreme Court would uphold the right of same-sex couples to marry, the neoconservative magazine simply wrote: “You Will Be Assimilated.”

Attached was a visual aid — an image of a giant rainbow steamroller apparently destroying a small town.

Driven by a handful of shadowy and presumably gay men, the machine was drawn rolling over small businesses and places of worship under an ominous sky with a dash of lightening.

The casualties of the giant gay steamroller: a church, “Bob’s Bakery,” “Dom’s Deli,” a joint labeled simply, “Pizza,” Smith & Smith Law Offices, a photography studio, and “St. Jude’s Christian Academy.”

“Corner Cafe” remained intact across the street, but appeared to be the next target in the path of the rainbow juggernaut.

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  1. Avatar for meri meri says:

    Assimilated how? I’m fairly certain that Teh Gays won’t put me in black leather like the Borg.

    On the positive side, I’ll probably finally develop a fashion sense.

  2. I am not sure 'ASSimiliated" means what you think…

  3. The steamroller of love, smashing the bigots into the earth. Excellent imagery.

  4. I’m OK with the dozer so long as they leave the gym alone. I have a basketball game tonight and a session with my trainer scheduled.

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