New Pride window in Belfast City Hall

[TheWitchWon]

https://x.com/ripx4nutmeg/status/1925882503417454717?t=LdPsR5-OaXqN7CJw6pFKlA&s=19

The slogan on the window

"Save Sodomy from Ulster"
It celebrates inclusivity apparently and is the Lord Mayor's proudest moment as the city's Mayor.

Some DUPers still believe that homosexuality is an abomination and like to attach it to paedophilia. They are the homophobic bigots who wanted to keep homosexuality a crime. They lost.

The gay people of NI won their legal rights and protections. That's what this window is celebrating.

What, like the fact that 2 of the biggest indices in the world examining women's equality with men and wellbeing show that 8 out of top ten countries in each have policies of gender self ID and apparently "don't know what a woman is"?

Didn't think FWR liked that fact very much.

Next one

Here it is.

Is equal rights for gay people a new civic religion now?

It's not about gay people. As we see on this thread, it's about those who adhere to the correct catechism.

Yes, it is.

The new LGBTQ+ religion. Nothing to do with gay rights.

Remember the other post where you screenshotted that and posters explained it all to you?

Nope, I don't remember any valid explanations in the face of this overwhelming big picture.

I will have no problem explaining this to my 7yo DC. Context is everything. Save Ulster from Sodomy was a despicable campaign that demonised and terrorised our gay community. There are still people today who demonise and terrorise our gay community. Who brand them "unnatural", "unhealthy" and "deviant" because they have a very natural attraction to those of the same sex.

The fight for gay rights should be celebrated. From decriminalisation to same sex marriage. These rights were not simply given, they were hard fought and won.

And yes I do consider those who'd wish to damage it, homophobic. Because they are. They were homophobes before this window existed.

It's about a stained glass window, documenting a part of our history (often overlooked) in Belfast City Hall.

Force teaming it with today's TRA nonsense is offensive and ignorant.

X isn’t real life you say? Thank you for pointing out that pearl of wisdom.

Scold, scold, scold 😂

Can you show me where the FOI requests are piling up?

Love this 😂

Yet that's exactly what the Mayor has done. When he shut down replies his automatic response was to chant the mantra of TWAW.
It is forced teamed with it whether you like it or not.

Why do you think it will lead to increased homophobia?

I think most people who understand the origin will laugh.

I have already explained why earlier in the thread. As have others.

Unfortunately your man has protected his tweets, which is laughable for a Mayor of a major city.

I know people are picking up on the sodomy slogan, but what does U=U mean? And why does it say No.4 at the top? Or JustBooks further down? Do these mean something in NI that others don’t recognise?

My personal favourite was the one about anal sex being disgusting and people might associate it with gay men and then understandably be prejudiced against them 😂

U=U means undetectable and untransmittable.. No idea about the others.

Just Books was the anarchist bookshop where people would meet back in the day. I've a feeling it still exists today as a nebulous "collective" that pops up from time to time in the absence of a steady premises.

I always remember it as being a bit of a dump, but some folks are sentimental about its memory.