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Twitter’s reaction to Archbishop’s ‘carobs’ tweet on same-sex marriage is... fabulous darling
When you invoke the power of the carob and orange as a missive on same-sex marriage, everyone takes you seriously…
13 July 2017, 1:57pm
Matthew Vella
Matthew Vella
1 min read
Which came first: the carob or the orange? The Internet does not give a shit…
On the other hand, Maltese archbishop Charles Scicluna has kept up the strict Vatican line against fruitarian miscegenation: under the rule of God, oranges should marry oranges and carobs should stick to their own. Or at least that’s what we think he is saying.
It’s barely 24 hours since the Maltese parliament voted by 66 votes to 1 to introduce marriage equality, making Malta the 15th country to legalise same-sex marriages.
But Archbishop Charles Scicluna’s day started with a tweet on one of the metaphors he used throughout the short debate on gay marriage to play down the claims for equality: carobs, he said, cannot be oranges, even though the law says so.
That may be as well, but thankfully for us, he has unleashed a storm on Twitter that will probably keep us busy for the rest of the day.
"Good morning, Carob", said the Orange Tree. "Did not the Law say that we are equal? I see that you are still a Carob and I an Orange Tree". pic.twitter.com/pz10ZXKOQA
— Bishop CJ Scicluna (@BishopScicluna) July 13, 2017
So that was it at 7:55am after Archbishop Scicluna had carried out his morning ablutions... and then it started, with National Book Council chairman Mark Camilleri kicking it off:
You have made one simple mistake your excellency the Archbishop. People are neither carobs nor oranges. Viva r-Repubblika
— Mark Camilleri (@markcamilleri5) July 13, 2017
Then came the Human Rights and Integration Commission's director Silvan Agius, who spearheaded the equality policy:
"All trees are equal, none are more equal than others," said the law. And the carob tree and the orange tree lived happily ever after.
— Silvan Agius (@SilvanAgius) July 13, 2017
Cue a stream of punchy put-downs and hilarious tweets...
"Isn't it great that it matters not that I am a Carob tree and you are an Orange tree?" Replied the Carob tree.
— Gabi Calleja (@gabicall) July 13, 2017
— Emma (@Xemmafrendo) July 13, 2017
You should submit a proposal to present Naturambjent on TVM next year.
— Zè Heckler (@DerHeckler) July 13, 2017
A pale skinned guy told a dark skinned other, "Ain't we glad the law treats us equally despite being 'different'?"
— Stanley Agius (@stanleyagius) July 13, 2017
A talking tree? Just like a talking snake? Yes, sure, perfectly natural.
— GerrG01 (@GerrG01) July 13, 2017
Somebody played Scicluna the violin to show how no f***s were being given...
— Poussey Washington (@alexthatbandguy) July 13, 2017
And let the show roll on...
"Hello Carob. I see we're being used by an old minded bigot for an nonequivalence about archaic human gender ideas!" "I know right... sigh."
— Michelle (@ThyGoddess) July 13, 2017
I see that you are still a dinosaur
— Grandayy 🌐 (@grande1899) July 13, 2017
"And thus we come together both as fruits with no place for privilege of one over the other"
— Yendorion (@yendorion) July 13, 2017
Matthew Vella, a freelance journalist at MaltaToday, was formerly executive editor at Malt...
