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Anti-Gay Protester Attempts to Burn Cereal Box in Protest — Flaming Failure Ensues

These days, it seems that no political position in America is immune from having its share of adherents who are willing to do embarrassing things in the service of their beliefs. That is certainly the case with Michael Leisner, a 65-year-old opponent of gay marriage who decided to protest against General Mills cereal (a company that openly supports gay marriage) by burning a box of one of their products. On a lawn. With flammable grass.

The original Youtube video has had its embedding function disabled, but can be found here. Photographic evidence of the results follows:

Anti Gay Protester Michael Leisner Burns Cereal Box On General Mills Lawn, Starting Fire

 

 

Anti Gay Protester Michael Leisner Burns Cereal Box On General Mills Lawn, Starting FireAnti Gay Protester Michael Leisner Burns Cereal Box On General Mills Lawn, Starting Fire Mr. Leisner, the apparent victim of this self-inflicted embarrassment, has earned the fascination of the internet thanks to this stunt. The Smoking Gun describes Mr. Leisner this way:

On Michael Leisner’s YouTube page (Live4Chr1st) he can be seen attacking Representative Barney Frank and Bill Maher, while noting that President Barack Obama has “bent forward to accommodate the sodomites of New York.” He also makes reference to “gay perverts,“ ”fierce faggots,“ and the ”depraved, debasing debauchery of gay activists.”

In an interview this afternoon, Leisner said that his son posted the video to YouTube and that he did not check to determine the legality of his blowtorch protest before arriving at General Mills a few days ago. He said that he believed the company’s lawn was “saturated” and that there was little chance of the fire spreading.

Leisner told TSG that he has previously taught the Bible on radio shows and has done “campus preaching with some notorious right wing Holy Ghost preacher types.” Asked if he thought law enforcement officials might want to speak with him about the General Mills protest, he replied, “I suppose it’s possible.”

Here is one of Mr. Leisner’s more…interesting artistic ventures, via Youtube:

Comments (71)

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  • perry1980
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 9:55am

    FAIL

    Dumbarse

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    • KickinBack
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 5:40pm

      I doubt General Mills would actually care, the cereal had already been bought and sold, and they’ve gotten their money out of it. Not much of a protest.

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    • The_Cabrito_Goat
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 10:03pm

      Protesting is stupid and doesn’t work. That’s why the tea party went behind the scenes and underground, antics like this are all people pay attention to.

      Protesting just makes you look like an @$$

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  • term limits for congress
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 9:18am

    Honey Nut…. wha?

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  • manjodad
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 8:54am

    Do you think that the FBI and Homeland Security should be made aware of this cereal killer. Or maybe we should just call Smoky the Bear. Whomever we call, I am sure they will laugh just as hard as I did.

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  • Tickdog
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 8:35am

    yawn!

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  • Comeandtakeit
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 8:29am

    Is this the true meaning of a “Flaming Homosexual”?

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  • Apple Bite
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 8:07am

    “This video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated.”

    That puke got the boot from Youtube. Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up! This is the first time in a long time, I been throughly entertained by something from the Liberal mindset…

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  • nzkiwi
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 2:05am

    Cheerios certainly burn well, don’t they.

    I must remember that. Might come in handy one day.

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  • 54smom
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 1:37am

    what a funny story, I don’t care what he was protesting, just plain funny. Good job Blaze.

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  • HorseDancer
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 12:39am

    I think it’s Marcus Bachmann. And he’s anything but gay.

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  • stotlaat
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 12:17am

    Theory: it’s a gay guy trying to besmirch what he thinks is his opposition. Its a parody.

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  • ccprotect
    Posted on August 7, 2012 at 12:00am

    nice pink shirt. plant!

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  • JUSTANOTHEROPINION
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:57pm

    This is what stupid looks like.

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  • loneindividual
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:35pm

    Why did he buy the cereal to begin with if he opposes General Mills?

    Either this guy is a flaming idiot or a flaming fake (you know what I mean).

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    • db321
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:59pm

      Speaking of Flamers – I ate at Chic Fil A again today. I learned to things 1. I like Chic Fil A and 2. Gays are mean and hateful. I use to not have a problem with them, but I will never promote one into management from this point forward. Too much drama and hate a very high risk employee.

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    • HorseDancer
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 12:37am

      Why did the pastor in Florida buy a Koran? Because he‘s willing to invest in showing the world he’s an idiot.

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    • DarthMims
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 12:04pm

      @DB321, Hey I support the president of Chik-Fil-A as much as anybody for stating his belief and sticking to it, but let’s not kid ourselves, Chik-Fil-A food is pretty awful.

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  • KenInIL
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:15pm

    I could have told him the box would not burn. It seems that pressed cardboard and most paper, except newsprint, has stuff in it to suppress burning. (Our nanny state taking care of us!) Yes, you can burn the stuff in a roaring fire, but you can start a fire with it(maybe if you shred it). I know because I like to grill over wood fires started with natural material, usually newsprint.

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  • fishmon
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:10pm

    Hmmm… tresspassing…destruction of property…contributing to the delinquency of a minor…criminal mischief…Yep this clown is going to be separated from some money for this prank. I keep waiting for “being stupid” to be criminalized as an add-on to other crimes. Like tresspassing while stupid, illegally destroying poperty while stupid, etc.

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    • encinom
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:18pm

      Its a typical Beckerhead, is that you Avenge?

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  • JustPeachy
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:03pm

    OK, I can’t resist. . .

    He’s a cereal killer! LOL

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  • JustPeachy
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:00pm

    OK. . . LOL!!!

    I guess he prefers his flakes “toasted.“ LOL Or ”flame broiled?!?” I wondered if it snapped, crackled and popped?!?

    OK, I’m leaving. . . ;-)

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  • iwillnotbequiet
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:54pm

    What a tool.. He acting just like the libs…stupid.

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    • NOT A CRAZY
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 1:04am

      Think so? I thought it was funny and he got the word out. I will never buy anything General Mills again. I boycott queer companies, so now I have a new one to add to the list.

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  • JohnLarson
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:52pm

    How many homosexual homophobes does there need to be before you guys admit the connection?

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  • JohnLarson
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:50pm

    This guy was flaming long before he lit up that cereal box…

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  • Bruce P.
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:49pm

    GOODSTUFF — Everyone can see through the Orwellian doublespeak. Everyone know what “pro traditional marriage” means. It means you hate gays. You can delude yourself into thinking everyone is buying that particular lie, but the fact is, everyone know what you mean. You can’t be “pro” something by being “anti” something else.

    If you really wanted to support traditional marriage, you wouldn’t spend your time doing your damnedest worrying about what homosexuals are doing. If you really wanted to support traditional marriage, you’d instead be helping couples get married and stay married.

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    • encinom
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:19pm

      Truth is not allowed on the Blaze, have to keep up the myth that seeking to deny fellow Americans basic civil rights is not bigotry.

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    • Rumrunner3
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:21pm

      Hey Bruce, get the facts and know your history. Marriage has always been in the church or a holy officiated event. Marriage was delved into by the goverment just to get in on the cash. And since you can state fiction as fact, the rest of can also. All gays are anti religious. so why in the world would they want to desecrate their union in a faux religious event.Hmmmm

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    • Rayblue
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 12:44am

      Gay activists are like children playing “married”. Most all little girls pretend playing “house”,bringing boys into the fantasy as the husband.. But most grew up and matured in the process. Some still want to play “house” in a pitiful attempt to return to childhood. If there is not a stability for the child to emulate then compensation is made by one or the other parent being emulated. The child learns to play house without one or the other gender present sometimes. And without the gender opposite, the child compensates by having two of one gender as the guiding principle for future life.

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    • encinom
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 1:10am

      No, marriage was oringally a commercial transaction between a father and another, daughter traded for livestock, etc. Even the bible considers rape a form of engagement, the rapist just has to pay the father a few schekles. Of course in a modern, secular republic the bigotries of any one religion has no place in denying basic civil rights to any group.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 2:11am

      BRUCE P., ENCINOM, I love my wife, and my adult son with all of my heart. To you two, it means that I hate you? Where are you coming from? I live in a traditional family, and you guys turn it into hate? You live your lives the way you wish, and I do not hate you regardless you personal life styles. Be as gay as you wish and I still have no hate.

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    • KingGhidora
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 4:25am

      I always laugh when I see God haters attempt to teach us what the Bible says. The verse the Bible haters like to cite in no way encourages rape. Rape is condemned in the Bible. The verses I‘m sure you think you’re citing (Deuteronomy 22:28-29) refer to consensual sex which is made clear in the scriptural context. But as so often happens Bible haters pick out one verse or two, totally misrepresent what it says, and declare it to be some fabulous flaw in the thinking of God. Ha! I suggest you actually study the Bible if you want to preach from it.

      The Bible condemns all sex outside of marriage including rape. The very chapter you refer to (and I‘ll bet you don’t even know the chapter) says that any man who forces a woman to have sex will be stoned to death. It‘s only when the woman doesn’t object that they become married. In other words, no means no. Sound familiar? The difference is yes means yes forever. Learn before you preach. The Bible is clear that if a woman cries for help the man will be killed and the woman considered innocent. How do you get that equals condoning rape?

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    • dblaess
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 4:52am

      @ encinom
      Posted on August 6, 2012 at 11:19pm
      Truth is not allowed on the Blaze, have to keep up the myth that seeking to deny fellow Americans basic civil rights is not bigotry.
      —————————————————————————————-
      That is why it is called a “civil union” not marriage.

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    • Bruce P.
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 12:26pm

      RUMRUNNER — you may want to check on your facts. Marriage existed long before Christianity came on the scene. In fact, the church did not officially take a role in marriage until the 16th century (http://www.exploregenealogy.co.uk/FindingEarlyMarriageRecords.html); before hand all that was needed was for a couple to declare themselves married. There was no involvement from the church or state. Marriage has only been a “religious institution” for the past 500 years.

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    • Bruce P.
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 12:41pm

      RJJINGADSDEN
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 2:11am
      BRUCE P., ENCINOM, I love my wife, and my adult son with all of my heart. To you two, it means that I hate you?

      —–

      No, no one thinks that you hate homosexuals because you love your wife and kids. That is ridiculous and complete and totally asinine (just as it is asinine to assume that I am homosexual). That is a complete twisting of what I said. Of course, I understand why you found it necessary to do so; it is easier to attack a straw-man than it is to defend this man’s beliefs or the lie that attacking homosexuals is a defense of “traditional marriage.”

      You do not show your love for your wife by attacking other people who have no affect on your life whatsoever, correct? No, you show your love for your wife by loving your wife. How does this man burning a box of cereal in protest of homosexuals rights defend what you have with your wife? How does it protect his own marriage? It doesn’t. Attacking homosexuals is not a defense of “traditional marriage.” It does not help a single straight couple become married or stay married. It does not help a single straight couple weather the storm of life and overcome all that would seek to tear their marriage asunder.

      Calling attacks on homosexuals a “defense of traditional marriage” is nothing buy Orwellian double-speak meant to disguise their true feelings, because it sounds a lot more pleasant than being what he truly is, “anti-homosexual.”

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    • The Gooch
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 6:21pm

      Like it or not and ignore as you will, this is not just a “Christian” issue. Across time and all cultures, religions and races, marriage is overwhelmingly betwixt male and female. Parse as you will, but too many posters tend to reveal they just wanna stick their middle finger up at the left‘s and atheists’ favorite whipping boy; Those damn, dirty Christians.
      I guess the opinion of the Muslims, Jews, Sikhs, Hindus, et al., just don’t matter. Oh, and that of all the major secular states, also. Go figure. Well, at least that has been clarified.

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  • Tri-ox
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:48pm

    Truth be told, obama has “bent forward to accommodate” a lot of sodomites, including the most famous of his male ex-lovers, Larry Sinclair – but, I don’t think I will be burning any cereal over it.

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  • DSTSS2010
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:44pm

    Flaming!! LOL

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  • Aceofshades
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:40pm

    It looked to me like tried to run off at the end of the video, with the fire still burning. Wouldn’t that be a fine for offence littering, attempted arson, and an unattended fire? If throwing a lit ciggy out of a car can net you stuff like that, what would deliberatley setting a fire and when it gets out of hand running off get you?

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  • GoodStuff
    Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:40pm

    “Anti-Gay Protester Attempts…”

    Just because you support traditional marriage (the only type of marriage there is), that doesn’t make you “anti-gay”. Man, the Blaze really is filled with the most intellectually lazy contributors. Of course, this Mytheos Holt guy was still using the 12 year old pic of Trayvon Martin two months after the shooting.

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    • 1snake1
      Posted on August 7, 2012 at 11:59am

      Traditional marriage is one man and one woman of the same race. Fact.

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