I have already made clear my stand clear on the issue, and given my reasons.
"Calif. activists split on 'call in gay' day; Service cited as alternative" by Lisa Leff, Associated Press | December 9, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO - Some same-sex marriage supporters are urging people to "call in gay" tomorrow to show how much the country relies on gays and lesbian....
Organizers of "Day Without a Gay," scheduled to coincide with International Human Rights Day and modeled after similar work stoppages by Latino immigrants, are also encouraging people to perform volunteer work and refrain from spending money.
First of all, I am OFFENDED by the comparison of RACE with GAY!!
"The civil rights once denied to black Americans included the right to register as a voter, the right to cast a ballot, the right to use numerous public facilities, the right to get a fair hearing in court, the right to send their children to an integrated public school, and the right to equal opportunity in housing and employment. Have gay people been denied any of these rights? Have they been forced to sit in the back of buses? Confined to segregated neighborhoods? Barred from serving on juries? Subjected to systematic economic exploitation?" --source--"
I don't often agree with the Globe's resident neo-con; however, on this one, he is correct.
Sean Hetherington, a West Hollywood comedian and personal trainer, dreamed up the idea with his boyfriend, Aaron Hartzler, after reading online that a few angry gay-rights activists were calling for a daylong strike to protest California voters' passage last month of Proposition 8, which reversed this year's state Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage.
Related: Gays Get After Mormons
And why are the agenda-pushers always JEWISH?
More:
"My name is Jeffrey Busch. This is my partner, Stephen Davis. We have a two-and-a-half-year-old well-adjusted son named Elijah. And we're here today to share with you why it is so important to our family that Stephen and I be able to marry one another. Our family looks a lot like a lot of other families in Connecticut. Stephen and I have been together for 15 years. We love each other and we plan to spend the rest of our lives together.
In 2002, our son Eli was born. And like many parents we juggle our professional lives, mine as an administrative judge, Stephen's as a digital library program director at Columbia University. And we do this in order to spend as much time as possible with our son. We take Eli to music group. We take him to yoga class, to the library readings, to our local synagogue, Temple B'nai Chaim
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And: "Rabbi Emerita Emily Lipof of Ohabei Shalom Temple in Brookline, who performed the couple's wedding"
As did the name of their lawyer: Ben Klein, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs in the case"
Need I say more?
The couple thought it would be more effective and less divisive if people were asked to perform community service instead of staying home with their wallets shut. Dozens of nonprofit agencies, from the National Women's Law Center in Washington to a Methodist church in Fresno collecting food for the homeless, have posted opportunities for volunteers on the couple's website.
"We are all for a boycott if that is what brings about a sense of community for people," said Hetherington, 30, who plans to spend tomorrow volunteering at an inner-city school. "You can take away from the economy and give back in other ways."
So were is the BOYCOTT against the WAR MACHINE?
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Despite the attempt by Hartzler and Hetherington to fashion a positive approach, some organizers of the street demonstrations that drew massive crowds in many cities last month have been reluctant to embrace the concept, saying that it could be at best impractical and at worst counterproductive to "call in gay."
Of course, if the protests are against the wars or Fed, the MSM doesn't notice!
"It's extra challenging for people to think about taking off work as a form of protest, given that we are talking about people who may not be out at work and given the current economic situation and job market," said Jules Graves, 38, coordinator of Colorado Queer Straight Alliance.
Graves's group nonetheless is arranging for interested participants to volunteer at the local African Community Center in Denver. The agency said it could find projects to keep 20 people busy, but so far only 10 have pledged to show up, said Graves.
Join The Impact - the online community that launched protests last month over passage of gay marriage bans in California, Florida, and Arizona - has urged people to withdraw $80 from their bank accounts tomorrow to demonstrate gays' spending power and do volunteer work.
I'm going to get some money today then; wouldn't want my withdrawal to be misinterpreted.
Witeck-Combs Communications, a public relations firm in Washington that specializes in the gay and lesbian market, published a study this year that estimated gay and lesbian consumers spend $700 billion annually.
Good! Then THEY can FUND the NEXT WALL STREET BAILOUT!!
An "estimate," huh? What a LOAD of BS!!!!
Bob Witeck, the firm's chief executive officer, said it would be difficult to measure the success of tomorrow's strike, since gay employees occupy so many fields. Supporters would have a bigger impact if they devoted their dollars to gay-friendly businesses year-round, Witeck said.
Or just PROMOTE the GAY AGENDA whatever it is, right? Pffft!
This is the kind of crap that draws a backlash!!
Oh, so the AGENDA-PUSHING isn't really about PROTEST, is it?
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