As a non-bdsm'ing athiest I would just like to say:

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Could it be that a homo with a taste for hairy muscular men has infiltrated the Catholic League?

That is too funny... Could it be, gee I wonder.
I was raised Catholic and I have a lot of stories I could share about Gay Priests who now have left the priesthood and are living happily ever after. My family was very "touched" by gay and straight priests and that is no joke.
I wonder could it be?

yum- glad I followed the link: http://www.catholicleague.org/images/upload/image_200709270339.jpg

please label these NSFW, as they are. don't get me fired!

Dan,
You must be mistaken. Right there on their web page logo it says:
"Catholic League - For religious and civil rights."

I wonder if the Catholics picked the photos they did to arouse envy in the viewer. It's easier to hate the freaks when they're hot than when they remind you of your own tubby ass.

So, do you think they just stole those images from the photographers, or do you think they properly licensed them?

Well, as a practicing Catholic, I am very proud of the pictures that the Cathlic League chose. It shows that the Catholic church, once one of the great supporter of arts and iconography, still has good taste (even when they consider it bad taste.) Yum. I would have gone to the fair if I thought those were the guys I would meet. The regular people... I am forced to see them everywhere, don't make me see them without clothes, too.

i swear the ugliest people on earth descend upon SF for folsom. that photographer has a pretty keen eye, cuz the hot ones are pretty few and far between. the odds of someone snapping random photos finding mostly hot, mostly hairy, mostly buff guys are pretty slim.

the dead giveaway though is that hairy ass close up! i mean, for realz - if you want to show the dark side of folsom, there are plenty more disturbing things they could have photographed than a moneyshot of someone's - *gasp!* - bare ass.

god, i love this shit.

A google search for "fred alert" gives:

http://www.fredalertphoto.com/

Is it possible these were used without permission? Shame on the Catholic League!

Ok, that link is now to a page under construction - but the cached page is still available:

http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:iQD4Er7UsiEJ:www.fredalertphoto.com/+fred+alert&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a

OMG. I'll be back in ten minutes after I finish wanking over the picture of the hot, HOT, HOT Gaysian.

LOL - I know Mr. "Crazyass goats-eye contact lenses" - he is one of the hotties here in Chicago.

Assuming these pics were taken by a professional, it's not a surprise that a professional photographer would rather shoot good looking people. It's no conspiracy... sheesh, it's the same reason my wedding photographer took a lot more shots of our good looking friends than she did of our frumpy relatives.

Yea, I have not finished talking about the hundreds of Catholic Priest that paid for my services. Fucking hypocrites. I am not gone as many as them would like. I will be back.

Gee. Could it be that these images were simply culled from the 'net? From somewhere like, I dunno, the events archives of www.beefyboyz.com or somesuch?

um, you could just do some journalism and Google "Fred McMullen," which is on most all of the photos. You don't have to speculate.

Last I checked Matisse wasn't straight.

There are a ton of normal, average people at Folsom, and some incredibly good looking folks too, either way, everyone's having a good time. The photographer was probably just focusing on what draws the eye, like furry man-tits and hard abs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_McMullin

I'm not a psychiatrist, but maybe they did it so the closet cases get aroused, and then angrier because of getting aroused by gay dudes?

Also, it is easier to get through all the pics when they look THAT good!

Probably no conspiracy, I agree. But all of those photos--frumpy folk AND perfectly toned friends--are priceless. Cool post.

It seems pretty simple to me -- they're keeping it about FAGS, not heteros.

Hatred towards Christians and Islamo-Fascists is Tikkum Olam. Iran hates gays so much they won't admit they exist and Christians hate gays so much they take photos of them.

Only Judaism is a true religion, and in Israel the Gay Pride Parade is celebrated by all Jews. That's why Judaism is the world's best religion.

damn, that was hot.
thanks catholick league

You can always count on conservative Catholics to provide the very best in homo-erotica.

I'm sure their principal objection to the Folsom Street Fair is that the play only takes place between consenting adults. That's not in keeping with church tradition at all.

Leatherback

Bill Donahue and his ilk simply don't want people to have fun and enjoy their sex lives.

As for the photo of the fit Asian guy, he looks great. The tied-up, hooded guy behind him? Scary. I didn't like that at all.

The article from the Catholic League has been updated to include the following:

"Catholic Online is hosting this section of Catholic League due to traffic volume."

Also? It seems that the intrepid reporter from whom that the Catholic League licensed the pictures of the debauchery (Fred Alert)? Yeah, well, he's the same photographer who produced the Last Supper photograph used to promote the event.

http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=2230

Issur, who are you kidding? Stop trolling.