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Enraged Mother Calls Fall Out Boy Concert 'Liberal Homosexual Rally'

05/08/2006 6:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
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An angry parent has written an email to Fall Out Boy's label, Island Def Jam Records, after taking her daughters to see the band last Tuesday (May 2) in Charlotte, North Carolina. The woman wrote that she was enraged by bassist Pete Wentz's "personal political testimony" onstage, complaining that "the ticket said 'all ages,' and your band was very foul-mouthed and anti-morals. Charlotte is not the demoralized city that liberal San Francisco and other cities across the North and West are...this was a concert, not some liberal homosexual rally."

The woman promised to contact national news organizations and other venues where Fall Out Boy would be playing, claiming that the band would lose "a lot of financial support" as a result. She concluded, "Your responsibility was to sing your songs. When you opened your mouth to talk, you blew it...By the way, my children will not be a part of your sick idea of family."

Wentz posted the letter at Fall Out Boy's website, along with his own response. The bassist wrote, "The only thing I said in Charlotte was, 'You can leave this show and say, ‘I think this guy is an arrogant jerk,’ or think, ‘This band is better than this one,’ because these are your opinions. The only thing we consider unacceptable is for you to engage in sexist, racist or homophobic behavior. If you do, we don't want you as a fan.'"

Wentz did offer an apology for any profanity he might have used, but did not change his stance, adding, "I encourage fans of our band to grow up to become good people and to change the world. Unfortunately, I don't believe that treating other people as inhuman is acceptable. (Our show) is not a liberal homosexual rally, but at the same time, it will never be a Ku Klux Klan rally."

Fall Out Boy takes its Black Clouds And Underdogs tour to Columbus, Ohio tomorrow (Tuesday, May 9).

bahahaha. emo fags are the worst.

I dunno, D., that dude's Leguizamo As Billy Zane look's got me all swoony

damn, they look hot.

When I was 14, my mom would SO have been this batshit woman.

yeah like that hillbilly harpy knew how to write.

Heh. My mom used to write "poims," so that's how much you know.

making your mark on a contract is not a poem.

What's the netiquette regarding making fun of someone else's mom anyway? Am I required to defend her or something?

no, not really. at least, i don't think so. unless your mom is dead.

No, she's just Baptist.

i went to a homosexula rally this weekend.
it was pretty gay.

I went to a heterosexual rally this weekend.

Actually, I just went outside, but they were everywhere.

Alright. Finally something to put Charlotte on the map. Go North Cack!

How the fuck is this news?

And people bitch that the media is liberal?
Cheeee-rist.

Also, dodgy of them to not name the woman orchestrating this. If she's taking the step of starting a smear campaign to bring down a nationally-known band, then she should lose the luxury of anonymnity.

It isn't. That's why it's funny. Plus she said "anti-morals," which I'm pretty sure is not possible.

Maybe this is the right half's version of Cindy Sheehan?

But just look at that face. How can a mama be mad at that Leguizamo Zane? I mean those sideburns are immaculate.

maybe she's a gay mormon. we just don't know.

dammit, we just... don't... know. (slams fist on desk)

I made 4 typos in that last post and had to edit it 3 times. That's bad even for me.

Totally quotable.

I too enjoyed this.

Kinda makes you wish for the days of yore when the devil was the biggest concern to parents...now, its "omigod, two boys are hugging!". In some ways, I think parents would be relieved if their kids were into the devil rather than gay.