When James David Manning, the extremist minister of ATLAH World Missionary Church in New York City's Harlem neighborhood, shared a parody video riffing on his remarks about semen-laced lattes, it seemed like he'd tweeted in error.
Perhaps not. Another tweet of Manning's links to a YouTube video in which he shares and then discusses the animated video made by Adam Reakes. The animated video remixes Manning's comments about Starbucks, which he said uses "the semen of sodomites" to flavor its coffee.
Manning's assertion revealed that he lacks satire savvy; the source of the claim was a Huzlers.com post that was clearly written in jest.
But as its title suggests, Manning's recent video "Adam Reakes Promotes Truth That Starbucks Markets Semen Laced Lattes" shows that the antigay preacher hasn't clued in to it all being a joke at his expense. In fact, he insists that the coffee chain has "found a way to have sex in public for $9 a hit."
Here's an excerpt of his remarks:
"This is not a quietly kept secret. Starbucks really has discovered that sodomites love the taste of semen in their lattes. And Dracula loves to drink blood! ... There are people who love to drink semen and who love to drink blood. And so many of the people that attend Starbucks, you know, are there for the purpose of a partnerless sexual oral experience -- $9! ... For $9 at Starbucks, you can have an oral sex, semen-laced latte and have the same kind of pleasures if you like drinking that kind of stuff.
"Now, listen, I do not find a lot of pleasure in discussing this because it is disgusting -- but I must defend myself ... I think that parents and church members and other who walk by Starbucks and see these people with such delights on their faces and cups up to their lips -- you need to know what's going on. ... You say I am off my rocker by suggest that Starbucks has found a way to have sex in public for nine dollars a hit? No ... it is absolutely true about Starbucks and semen in their lattes."
Watch Manning's full video below, if you can stomach it.
