As the Supreme Court heard oral
arguments Wednesday in a case challenging the Defense of Marriage Act
(DOMA), a man dressed as Captain America told a reporter outside the
courtroom that he was there to fight “against the enemies of
freedom and liberty.”
(Related: Supreme
Court likely to strike down gay marriage ban DOMA.)
When asked, “Who are the enemies of
freedom and liberty?” he answered: “Anybody who wants to take
family values, Christian values [and] the American Constitution
straight down the toilet.”
“So, I guess you're anti-same sex
marriage?” the Guardian reporter asked.
“Correct.”
When pressed why liberty and freedom
did not extend to gay people, the Captain America wannabe answered:
“They can go screw a knothole in a fence, for all I care. But
that's basically what they are doing.”
“You don't think equality should
involve, and liberty, should involve letting people do what they want
in terms of getting married?”
“In my life, I've had five or six or
seven problems with gay people just bothering me and not leaving me
alone,” a somber Captain America said. “I'm a father of four. I
got to do something. I got to put my foot down. America has to
stand for something or we stand for nothing.”
“How have gay people bothered you in
the past?”
“I gotta go. Take care,” the
ersatz Captain America replied as he wandered away waving a giant
American flag. (The video is embedded on this page. Visit
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