University of Tennessee Beacon:

Rainbows, glitter decorate Knoxville for Pridefest, protesters respond

“…They held signs that bore messages such as “Jesus Wishes You Weren’t Gay,” “Knoxville Isn’t Your Sodom and Gomorrah” and “I’m Praying For You.” 

Groups represented included the National Socialist Movement, League of the South and the ShieldWall Network. Several attendees of the parade stopped to shout at the protestors, who yelled back at them, while police monitored the encounters nearby. 

Kynan Dutton, the Tennessee State Leader of the National Socialist Movement, said that the protestors are entitled to their freedom of speech, but that the parade attendees were trying to drown out their message.

“If we say anything akin to white power or white pride, that makes us racist,” Dutton said. “What’s being promoted here today is degeneracy. These are future abusers, future child molesters, future people that are going to be a degradation to our society.” 

Dutton said that Pridefest should not be allowed in Knoxville, which he claimed is a historically “pro-white, pro-traditional family” town.

“That is another reason we’re here is to support the traditional family that is one man, one woman and children,” Dutton said. “None of these other permutations, some of this other corruption or evil that is being permutated by this parade. It should not, and hopefully in the future will not, be allowed by these cities.”

At a certain point during the parade, the protestors were joined by several men dressed in traditional Middle Eastern attire who said they represented the nation of Israel. One member, Yahonatan Yisra’el, said the group was trying to spread God’s word at the event. 

“We stand on the word of God,” Yisra’el said. “The Bible tells us in Leviticus that man shall not lie with man as with womankind. It is abomination. So we stand for the word of God and holiness and righteousness … We came out here to proclaim the word of God and call sinners to repentance.”

Several security measures were put into place for the event. KPD said that more officers were stationed than at other events, while trucks owned by the City of Knoxville were parked in the path of parking lots and roadways to block drivers, including potential attackers, from entering the parade route….”

Some brief mention in this leftist article by the Knoxville News Sentinel, which prior to the event published a letter to the editor by the Sodomites calling for an end to legal free speech which criticizes homosexuality and pedophilia, of the attack by Antifa on a lone Christian protester who was assisted by pro-Whites who came to his aid, ending the assault and resulting in one arrest on the Christian side. This article also contains a few more pictures of the protest.

Knox Pridefest protest ends with assault charge

“There’s pro-white organizations out here for the protesting of this act of sexual deviance and degeneracy that is being promoted upon our youth,” said Dutton. 

The protesters gathered at the intersection of Summit Hill Drive and Gay Street. They stood at the corner, shouting at parade participants and viewers. Many of them wore camouflage clothing and bandannas covering their faces.

William Raymond, a protester with the group of white nationalist supporters, talked about his duty to the country.

“We’re here to support God and do the right thing for our people and country,” said Raymond…”

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