{"id":24,"date":"2010-08-02T12:50:03","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T12:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/popcultureroadtrip\/2010\/08\/lady-gaga-protest-arizona-law-during-phoenix-concert.html"},"modified":"2010-08-02T12:50:03","modified_gmt":"2010-08-02T12:50:03","slug":"lady-gaga-protest-arizona-law-during-phoenix-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/popcultureroadtrip\/2010\/08\/lady-gaga-protest-arizona-law-during-phoenix-concert.html","title":{"rendered":"Lady Gaga protest Arizona law during Phoenix concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new Arizona immigration law (SB-1070) has found its way onto the pop culture stage courtesy of Lady Gaga, who, on Saturday, decided to use her Phoenix concert to draw attention to what she obviously feels is an unfair law: &#8220;<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; \"><strong>I&#8217;ll tell you what we have to do about SB-1070. We have to be active. We have to actively protest.<\/strong>&nbsp;The nature of the Monster Ball is to actively protest prejudice, and injustice&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">If I had the chance, I&#8217;d ask her (any all of the other high-profile celebrities, politicians, etc.) about the injustices being suffered by those legal residents of Arizona that are paying the price for lax border control. Where are the protests about that?<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\">The video:<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/AzEGqbcScxg&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/AzEGqbcScxg&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Arizona immigration law (SB-1070) has found its way onto the pop culture stage courtesy of Lady Gaga, who, on Saturday, decided to use her Phoenix concert to draw attention to what she obviously feels is an unfair law: &#8220;I&#8217;ll tell you what we have to do about SB-1070. 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