Nuke a Gay Whale for Christ

Nuke a Gay Whale for Christ Humorous Busy Beaver Button Museum
Category
Humorous
Additional Images
Nuke a Gay Whale for Christ Back Humorous Busy Beaver Button Museum
Sub Categories
Animals
LGBTQ Rights
Religion
Text on Button NUKE A GAY WHALE FOR CHRIST
Image Description

White text on a blue background
Curl Text [illegible] MERCHANDISING 1515 E. FRANKLIN AVE. MINNEAPOLIS MN 55404 [illegible]
Back Style
Locking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
1 1/2 inch
Year / Decade Made
1970s
Additional Information

One of several slightly different versions of this slogan, “Nuke a Gay Whale for Christ” reflects the perceived superficial nature of many social activist movements of the 1970s. The slogan, and its several variations, touches on the nuclear anxieties, the growing push for gay rights, the Greenpeace “Save the Whales” campaign, and the popular adage that “Jesus Saves,” all of which permeated the ethos of 1970s America. Other than buttons, the slogan was also a popular bumper sticker in the 1970s and 1980s.
Sources

Oslund, K. (2004). Protecting fat mammals or carnivorous humans? Towards an environmental history of whales. Historical Social Research, 29, 63–81. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.29.2004.3.63-81
Catalog ID HU0237