I know some uptight assholes that are going to get some reindeer poop in there stockings. A one man show about Santa Claus having a relationship with a Italian toymaker Geppetto has the fucked up group "Focus of the Family" all freaked out.
A benefit performance of the satirical show aided the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, which works to end antigay harassment in schools. Antigay conservatives have run with this information, using it as ammunition in their campaign against Kevin Jennings, the assistant deputy secretary for safe and drug-free schools for the Department of Education. Jennings, a gay man, founded GLSEN.
"Yet more evidence revealing the dark side of GLSEN–the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network—has surfaced. (GLSEN is the group founded by President Obama’s 'safe school's czar,' Kevin Jennings.) At issue this time is a GLSEN fundraiser featuring a theatrical play called Santa Claus Is Coming Out!" Focus on the Family education analyst Candi Cushman wrote on a Focus on the Family blog December 3.
Cushman also described promotional materials related to the play as sexually suggestive, though the link she provides leads to a photo of a Santa covering his face. "We have not marketed this play with sex," Solomon told Instinct magazine. "The play is not about sex. The play simply asks a hypothetical question. 'How would the world react, if Mrs. Claus were revealed to be a beard, and that Santa Claus was actually a gay man?'
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