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Thursday, January 25, 2007

Donnie “God Hates a Fag” Davies: UNMASKED?

posted by on January 25 at 7:46 AM

Joe My God may have unmasked the man behind “God Hates a Fag.”

After an almost 48-hour run of speculation that has gripped the gay blogosphere, tenacious and smart JMG reader “Chrome” (a frequent commenter here), wrote to me early this morning with his conclusion that “Ex-gay” Pastor Donnie Davies is actually actor/musician/improv performer Todd Quillen. Quillen’s personal site is herehere, his Yahoo photo album is here.

By cross-referencing the MySpace pages of Donnie Davies and his band Evening Service, Chrome began to find an interesting commonality among the friends of the “friends” of Davies and his band, namely an interest in film, television, acting, and most telling: improv. There appears to be a relationship to the improvisational acting group B.R.O.T.O.R.

I think Joe may have done it. Now the only question remains: Kidding hoaxer? Asshole fundy? Or, like I wrote last night, an asshole fundy hoaxer?

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His Yahoo photo book has some pics that look like Mike Gavick.

Posted by Andrew | January 25, 2007 7:54 AM
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I dunno... I'm on the fence as to whether they're the same person. I've done side by side comparisons, and I don't see a match straight away.

Regardless, is it wrong of me to think Todd Quillen is hot? woof

Posted by Colin | January 25, 2007 8:11 AM
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Doesn't really look like the same guy to me.

Posted by Gabriel | January 25, 2007 8:13 AM
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Posted by JL | January 25, 2007 8:17 AM
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I don't know, these chubby middle aged white guys all look the same to me.

Posted by wl | January 25, 2007 8:23 AM
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That is NO WAY the same person... there may be a connection with the improv thing but these two guys don't look at all alike to me...

Posted by marta | January 25, 2007 8:35 AM
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I think you've been 'Borat-ed.'

Posted by Jim Demetre | January 25, 2007 8:46 AM
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Donnie and Todd look kind of similar, but I see some distinct differences--I'm very doubtful that they're the same person. Plus, do you think Quillen has decided that he never wants to work in Hollywood again? Making your name singing that "God hates a fag" is a pretty, uh, edgy strategy... Might make some kind of sense for a really out there comic or something but I'll bet whoever is doing Donnie is not someone living and working in LA as a fairly mundane commercial actor. I'm curious as to how Quillen will react to all of this speculation...

Posted by werdna | January 25, 2007 8:55 AM
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Colin, it is NOT wrong of you. Quillen IS woofy.

I just hope he doesn't come gunning for me if it turns out that my reader is wrong! ;)

Posted by Joe.My.God. | January 25, 2007 9:16 AM
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Ish don't think so. Here's a side by side:

http://www.newspeakblog.com/the_blog/2007/01/we_dont_believe.html

Posted by Noel Black | January 25, 2007 9:45 AM
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You once called us society matrons, but man, I think you need to look in the mirror, Dan.

I've thought it was a elaborate hoax from the beginning. Borat-ian is probably the right term. But you're so busy getting your panties in a bunch over this that you're missing what all of us Christians are telling you -- it's missing one key thing.

Bible references.

And without that, it can't be a Protestant ministry out to hate on gays. Sola Scriptura, remember. And yet, here's the Protestant worship music motif. Not Catholic. Protestant.

And then you throw in the porn-stache and the pink shirt and the voice and the hints of Ted Haggard... this is a spoof by someone who knows the Christian landscape. The follow-up video just reinforces it.

I think it's brilliant. Offensive as hell, but frikkin' brilliant. But you persist in saying that you haven't swallowed the hook.

D00d, you got Borated. But then, you're a Catholic boy without a lot of interaction with the Prots on a day-to-day basis (except for the stereotypical bloviators you think all of us are). You're going to miss the in-jokes this thing is full of.

Honestly, calm the hell down and stop acting like a society matron. That's OUR job at Metblogs. You're impeding on our territory.

Posted by dw | January 25, 2007 10:12 AM
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I live in Colorado Springs and interact with them regularly, which is what made me believe it initially. Go to any Sunday service at New Life and you'll see gay-as-fuck looking dudes wearing banana republic gear (plenty of pink) singing cheesetard songs (minus the "god hates fags") like The Bible Says. I, too, think it's a hoax, particularly because the site lacks scripture, but it works because it's so dead on.

Posted by Noel Black | January 25, 2007 10:18 AM
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Doesn't look like the same dude to me. Of course I could be totally bat-shit crazy.

Posted by JessB | January 25, 2007 10:25 AM
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I still say it's not the same dude. Unless he plucked the shit out of his eyebrows for the head shot.

Posted by Micah | January 25, 2007 10:31 AM
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the eyebrows and the chin look different.

not hot at all.

Posted by gforce | January 25, 2007 10:31 AM
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You still sobbing about "society matrons," DW? Or are bragging about it? Savage and Slog haven't said a word about your pathetic website in decades now. Yet you're constantly reminding your handful of readers on your site that Dan Savage once said something mean about you! Now here you on Slog reminding Slog readers that Savage insulted you once. Get a life, dood, and stop being such a pussy.

Posted by EXTC | January 25, 2007 10:50 AM
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We're embracing our matronness. Life's too short not to.

I'd recommend you embrace the stick that's up your ass and visualize pulling it out. Life's too short not to do that, either.

Posted by dw | January 25, 2007 11:12 AM
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I mean, all us local bloggers spend the day taking the piss out each other. But all of this local Seattle blogging -- the Slog, Metblogs, Seattlest, the P-I blogs, Postman's blog, Sound Politics -- is written by a Harry Knowles lookalike in Scottsdale who's never set foot in Seattle. He's paid by a secret cabal controlled by rich Hollywood gays, the Masons, and the frozen head of Colonel Sanders.

Well, except Eli Sanders. That actually IS Colonel Sanders' head writing under that alias. Because "Charles Mudede" would be too obvious.

Posted by dw | January 25, 2007 11:37 AM
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that is definitely not the guy in the video

Posted by Fedor | February 1, 2007 12:23 PM

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