SteveSilver.net, 6/27, 1 AM:
”Yesterday, on a 90-degree day, one city played host, at the same time, to both a Billy Graham crusade (attended by 90,000 people) and a gay pride parade (attended by "thousands"), and the two events coexisted without incident. Only in America.”
Elizabeth Spiers, Salon.com, 6/27, 11 AM:
“This weekend, the good and holy reverend who is called Billy Graham came to Queens, N.Y., and yea, I was there. The reverend descended upon Flushing Meadows Corona Park and I beared witness whilst a few miles away my roommate Mario threweth a Gay Pride party in our West Village apartment. And, lo, the incongruity of the two events didst not surprise me out as much as I thought it wouldth. But everything else did.”Then again, it was kind of an obvious point and besides, Liz is more of a journalistic superstar than I could ever hope to be. She did start the Christopher Hitchens Drinking Club, after all. Posted by Stephen Silver at July 1, 2005 12:46 AM
Dude, the juxtaposition was already a comment on my blog all the way back on June 21!
Posted by: BZ at July 1, 2005 03:04 PMJon Stewart also made a similar comment, and probably every other person in the world.
Posted by: Brian at July 2, 2005 05:49 PM