{"id":489,"date":"2005-08-31T00:47:27","date_gmt":"2005-08-31T04:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2005\/08\/31\/gay-mayor-welcomes-s-m-fest-to-berlin\/"},"modified":"2005-08-31T00:47:27","modified_gmt":"2005-08-31T04:47:27","slug":"gay-mayor-welcomes-s-m-fest-to-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2005\/08\/31\/gay-mayor-welcomes-s-m-fest-to-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay Mayor Welcomes S & M Fest to Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BERLIN (Reuters) – Berlin’s mayor Klaus Wowereit on
\n Tuesday fended off criticism for giving an official welcome to a sado-masochism
\n festival expected to draw thousands of leather-clad visitors to the German
\n capital this weekend.<\/p>\n

"The first weekend in September stands for the pure zest for life," Wowereit
\n wrote in a message of greeting in the official program of the Folsom-Europe
\n Street Festival. "A warm welcome to Berlin!"<\/p>\n

Members of the conservative opposition Christian Democrats (CDU), and even
\n political leaders from within Wowereit’s own Social Democrat party (SPD),
\n said Wowereit’s public endorsement of the leather and fetish festival showed
\n poor taste.<\/p>\n

They also questioned whether it was appropriate for the mayor of Germany’s
\n largest city, who became a nationally known figure when he outed himself
\n in 2001, to support the festival.<\/p>\n

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