On Saturday, Ottawa lesbians engaged in their annual Dyke March, at the same time that a group of fundamentalist kids were engaging in a predictable attention-grabbing stunt designed to attract attention to the anti-abortion movement.

Unusually for fundamentalists, they’ll be taping their mouths shut, allegedly to impersonate embryos or fetuses, which will occur without meal breaks. “The Whine” (oops- sorry, “The Cry”) is meant to show fundamentalist youth disapproval of (deep breath) sex, kinky sex, family breakdown and suicide, as well as abortion, and it’s all the ‘fault’ of feminism, the pro-choice and sexual liberationist movements.

There was an irreverent response to all this pontification from one Dyke March organiser, who argued that what the fundamentalist youth were doing was pointless, even if the Harper administration was trying to turn the clock back (which The Cry organisers predictably applauded). The fundamentalist extravaganza was canned for trying to manipulate residual shame and vulnerability. There’s been no word about any confrontation between the two sides.

 Recommended:

M.J. Deschamps: “Fundamentalist Rally planned for day of Dyke March” Xtra Ottawa: 22.08.08: http://www.xtra.ca