God Doesn't Really Hate Fags
This refers to the video in the post just below!
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Since the 'God Hates a Fag' video spread out across the 'Net this week, gays everywhere have been channeling their favorite Charlie's angel and sleuthing to get to the bottom of a Christian rock music video so anti-gay -- and yet so gay -- no one was sure if it was real or a hoax.
Now there are strong signs pointing to it being a slick parody of the ex-gay Christian movement. Joe.My.God has word that ex-gay minister/singer Donnie Davies featured in the video is really actor Todd Quillen. He's straight, according to his MySpace page -- where he also offers moustache rides for a dollar.
Blogger Simon Jones deconstructs several elements in the video, including fake guitar playing and Davies' "bands to watch out for" -- tagged as such because they turn kids gay. (My favorite: Cole Porter.) I especially appreciated Jones' point about YouTube's decision to remove the video from their service: "Ironic then that the video sharing site have never felt the same sense of urgency to remove any of the actual God Hates Fags spew that comes from the Westboro Baptist Church and the Reverend Fred Phelps."
"Donnie Davies" posted another video on YouTube yesterday which he describes as "a little chat with Donnie about what has been happening." Here, his gimmick already seems more transparent: