Yahoo Music
reports that an angry mother wrote a letter to Fall Out
Boy's label after taking her two daughters to a
concert that she called a "liberal homosexual rally."
In a letter to Island Def Jam, the woman said she was
furious when, at a Charlotte, N.C., concert
on May 2, bass player Pete Wentz delivered what she
called "personal political testimony" on stage,
adding, "The ticket said 'all ages,' and your band was
very foulmouthed and anti-morals. Charlotte is not the
demoralized city that liberal San Francisco and other
cities across the North and West are...this was a concert,
not some liberal homosexual rally."
What did Wentz
say to stoke such ire? In a message posted on the band's
Web site, Wentz wrote, "The only thing I said in Charlotte
was, 'You can leave this show and say, "I think this
guy is an arrogant jerk," or think, This band is
better than this one, because these are your
opinions. The only thing we consider unacceptable is for
you to engage in sexist, racist, or homophobic behavior. If
you do, we don't want you as a fan.' " He apologized
for any profanity he might have used but also noted,
"I encourage fans of our band to grow up to become
good people and to change the world. Unfortunately, I don't
believe that treating other people as inhuman is acceptable.
[Our show] is not a liberal homosexual rally, but at
the same time, it will never be a Ku Klux Klan rally."
(The Advocate)