Does this seem backward somehow?

 

Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Have you ever been there or seen a video of the revelry that goes on there? Bare-breasted women, drunks, profanity, cross-dressing -- anything goes.

 

A few weeks ago, there was a gay pride festival there. Guess who was arrested? Some street preachers. You see, New Orleans has passed an ordinance that you can't "loiter" on Bourbon Street to spread "any social, political or religious message" between sunset and sunrise.

 

So it's OK to expose yourself. It's OK to have a gay pride festival (certainly nothing political or social there). But it's not OK to stand on the street corner and say, "Jesus loves you."

 

Even one gay rights activist sees the irony in this. He says that it's a waste of their time, but "they certainly have a right to say it."

 

"Preachers test Bourbon Street ban." The Dallas Morning News; September 15, 2012; p. 4A.