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Thread ID: 10561 | Posts: 3 | Started: 2003-10-17
2003-10-17 17:27 | User Profile
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Evangelists Pray for 'Evil' Marilyn Manson
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Dozens of Bible-wielding Mexican evangelical Christians prayed for the soul of Marilyn Manson in a protest against a planned concert by the shock rocker.
About 100 people sang hymns and prayed outside local government buildings in the center of the northern city of Monterrey, where Manson, infamous for ripping up Bibles and invoking Satan on stage, is to play on Nov. 5.
"We are praying for him so that he can know God and become transformed," said demonstration organizer Arsenia Campos, whose daughter was killed last year by a young man who later said he was involved in a Satanic cult.
The group presented 3,000 signatures to the City Council this week asking it to halt the gig but Monterrey Mayor Felipe de Jesus Cantu said on Wednesday the Manson show would go ahead.
"We ask you Lord to enlighten the authorities and bless the community to avoid all evil," Sonia Ruiz, a housewife, said Thursday. Monterrey is one of Mexico's most conservative cities.
Manson's album "The Golden Age of Grotesque" topped the U.S. sales charts in May.
The rocker won a civil suit in Minnesota in September brought by a security guard upset at Manson rubbing his crotch against the guard's head during a concert.
2003-10-17 17:52 | User Profile
The Mexicans could show themselves to be more virtuous than we Americans if they tarred, feathered and horse-whipped the sicko before running him out of their town. That would be my suggestion, at least.
2003-10-17 19:19 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Texas Dissident]The Mexicans could show themselves to be more virtuous than we Americans if they tarred, feathered and horse-whipped the sicko before running him out of their town. That would be my suggestion, at least.[/QUOTE]
If they would do as you suggest, and THEN take it upon themselves to horsewhip all Meztizos using Monterrey as a base from which to make a run into Laredo, why I'd consider them absolute paragons of morality.
I'd even throw in Fifty Cent and Christina Aguilera for some Mexican justice, if those evangelists are willing to really clean up their border and our culture.