I love the idea of gay families crashing the White House Easter Egg Hunt. I also love alternatives to mainstream anything. But this? I don't know if I can get on board with kids hunting for fake cluster bombs, just to make a 'statement'. It's like giving your kid coal for Christmas because the President's been a bad boy this year. The organizer says this is primarily supposed to be funny, but if I were a kid, finding an Easter egg with no candy and the theoretical ability to kill me, I wouldn't be laughing. I'd probably end up scared of rabbits for the rest of my life, too.
However, I do find some of the other aspects of this event laugh-out-loud awesome:
However, I do find some of the other aspects of this event laugh-out-loud awesome:
The event, which runs from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m., the same hours as the White House Easter Egg Roll, will include a search for weapons of mass destruction for the adults. "They'll all come back looking confused five minutes later, saying they couldn't find anything," Hennessey said.
Another search, for Osama bin Laden, will turn up only photographs of Saddam Hussein, he said.
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