This Guy Just Bought A Town In Michigan And Renamed It “Gay Hell”
Have you ever heard about a little town in Michigan which is famous for its name – Hell? Well, as of now, the town is called Gay Hell, thanks to musician and YouTuber Elijah Daniel who once again bought the town’s mayor’s title. But renaming the town wasn’t the only new rule he imposed as a new mayor. He decided that only pride flags are allowed to be flown over the town. As it turns out, it’s not just a way to celebrate the LGBTQ pride month but it’s also a way to protest against Trump’s administration.
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While US embassies have routinely commemorated pride month by raising a rainbow flag in the past, this year was an exception. The Trump administration denied permission for US embassies and consulates to fly the pride flag.
Morgan Ortagus, the spokeswoman for the State Department said that the Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo’s, position is “that only the American flag should be flown there but he, of course, as he said in his congressional testimony, respects the dignity of every individual.”
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As a response to this ban, Daniel went to the town of Hell to make a statement. He renamed it and made sure that only the pride flag is flown there.
The small town which is believed to have a population of only 70 residents, give an opportunity for anyone who’s willing to pay $100 to become an unofficial mayor of Hell. And it’s not the first time Daniel used this opportunity.
In 2017, the YouTuber became the mayor of Hell for a day and issued a proclamation declaring that heterosexuality had been outlawed. It was a direct response to Trump’s anti-muslim ban.
In the declaration, Daniel wrote: “Growing up, I was always told that homosexuals would go to Hell. Now, the heterosexuals are trying to take that from us too. I am establishing new vetting measures to keep radical heterosexuals out of our town. We want to ensure that we are not admitting into our town the very heterosexual threats we are fighting against. The straights coming into our town procreating, having more straight children to take our rightfully gay jobs. We only want to admit those into our town who will support our town and love deeply our people.”
While most people were fascinated with the town, others were a little bit confused with Daniel’s statement. What do you think? Let us know in the comments!
Here’s what people had to say
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I'm confused. If he's for gay rights shouldn't it be "Straight Hell" or "Gay Heaven"?
lol straight hell, straight to hell but still, i agree. also, does transgender people get a sepreate are or is it the same as "gay"?
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There are comments about the “bought the town” being misleading, so to clarify and add on, he is working on purchasing the town permanently, on top of this two-week term as mayor.
I'm not sure how to search for this without finding all the clones of this article parroting the same news. Even his twitter doesn't seem to mention it. Link please?
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I don't think $100 spent any other way would have got him the same worldwide publicity.
Load More Replies... "In 2017, the YouTuber became the mayor of Hell for a day and issued a proclamation declaring that heterosexuality had been outlawed. It was a direct response to Trump’s anti-muslim ban.". Is he r******d? Nobody worse on gays than muslims. Go to Saudi Arabia as an openly gay man and see how you are treated. This is why I hate the far left so much, they conflate the strangest things. And for this to be a Trump protest is so stupid. Trump is the ONLY president ever sworn to a first term who was okay with gay marriage. Obama was openly "One man, one woman" in 2008.
I guess he's rather get thrown off a roof than called a sissy.
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Wow. For a hundred bucks you have a voice. Something that is quickly being lost. Worth every penny.
You bought the town...you can rename it. Instead of Hell..why not name it Gay Pride.....
The tweet from Joe Pags Pagliarugo just shows so much ignorance. Firstly, he leaves out the "only" in "should ONLY fly the flag" and completely ignores that fact that, until now, it's been considered perfectly fine to fly the pride flag once a year. The fact that the US government felt the need to make a ruling to change this is a depressing step backward for the US. But I guess he's the backward type so he doesn't care.
I agree with KT Pinto. The embassy is about "Hey, this building is a US embassy". What does that have to do with sexual orientation? Should they fly a bacon flag on Dec 30th (national bacon day)? Gay activists need to realize that others not wanting to go for such a non sequitur doesn't make them anti-gay, it may just mean they want to stick to the topic at hand (like identifying American property in foreign lands).
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Of course there's a straight pride flag. It's the black/white one, five stripes.
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The church of Satan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Satan) are actually atheists who do not worship nor even believe in Satan.
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Judgmental people and haters also, soo have fun where you're going...
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I'm confused. If he's for gay rights shouldn't it be "Straight Hell" or "Gay Heaven"?
lol straight hell, straight to hell but still, i agree. also, does transgender people get a sepreate are or is it the same as "gay"?
Load More Replies... There are comments about the “bought the town” being misleading, so to clarify and add on, he is working on purchasing the town permanently, on top of this two-week term as mayor.
I'm not sure how to search for this without finding all the clones of this article parroting the same news. Even his twitter doesn't seem to mention it. Link please?
Load More Replies... I don't think $100 spent any other way would have got him the same worldwide publicity.
Load More Replies... "In 2017, the YouTuber became the mayor of Hell for a day and issued a proclamation declaring that heterosexuality had been outlawed. It was a direct response to Trump’s anti-muslim ban.". Is he r******d? Nobody worse on gays than muslims. Go to Saudi Arabia as an openly gay man and see how you are treated. This is why I hate the far left so much, they conflate the strangest things. And for this to be a Trump protest is so stupid. Trump is the ONLY president ever sworn to a first term who was okay with gay marriage. Obama was openly "One man, one woman" in 2008.
I guess he's rather get thrown off a roof than called a sissy.
Load More Replies... Wow. For a hundred bucks you have a voice. Something that is quickly being lost. Worth every penny.
You bought the town...you can rename it. Instead of Hell..why not name it Gay Pride.....
The tweet from Joe Pags Pagliarugo just shows so much ignorance. Firstly, he leaves out the "only" in "should ONLY fly the flag" and completely ignores that fact that, until now, it's been considered perfectly fine to fly the pride flag once a year. The fact that the US government felt the need to make a ruling to change this is a depressing step backward for the US. But I guess he's the backward type so he doesn't care.
I agree with KT Pinto. The embassy is about "Hey, this building is a US embassy". What does that have to do with sexual orientation? Should they fly a bacon flag on Dec 30th (national bacon day)? Gay activists need to realize that others not wanting to go for such a non sequitur doesn't make them anti-gay, it may just mean they want to stick to the topic at hand (like identifying American property in foreign lands).
Load More Replies... Of course there's a straight pride flag. It's the black/white one, five stripes.
Load More Replies... The church of Satan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Satan) are actually atheists who do not worship nor even believe in Satan.
Load More Replies... Judgmental people and haters also, soo have fun where you're going...
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