“Day Without a Gay” ends, world survives
The sun rose today. The world didn’t end. So now, the anti-Prop. 8 mob is back to bashing Mormons and denying that gay activists have gone overboard with their blacklist tactics and bullying campaigns.
Via the Deseret News:
An advertisement in last Friday’s New York Times that defended The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other Proposition 8 supporters was a disingenuous olive branch from a group of “culture warriors,” an activist group fired back this week.
Truth Wins Out, a New York nonprofit group, has taken out a full-page advertisement in Thursday’s Salt Lake Tribune to combat claims of “violence and intimidation” against same-sex marriage opponents.Last week, the Washington-based Becket Fund for Religious Liberty denounced incidents of vandalism at LDS churches and declared “No Mob Veto” in its ad. The advertisement was signed by a dozen religious leaders and activists.
“These anti-gay activists are crying wolf on the Proposition 8 protests, but they actually are a wolf in sheep’s clothing that preaches religious tolerance while practicing the most defamatory form of religious bigotry,” said Wayne Besen, executive director of Truth Wins Out.
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These “activists” really need a crash course in “How To Win Friends And Influence People”. This ain’t the way to win over the public opinion.
I think we should organize a protest called “A Year Without a Queer” so we can all get a better picture of the true impact of the homosexual community on society.
What did I miss? A day without who?
Day Without a Gay. Best day of the year. Let’s set up a Month Without a Gay.
So I can come out of the bunker now???
But seriously, I know of no one who actualy called in gay. None, zip, zero.
So, any word on when they will target Muslims and black churches/communities with their pseudo-rage?
Yesterday, my employer was business as usual. So, I guess gay’s aren’t a large economic force.
As opposed to the American Family Council calling for a boycott of Ford and Disney, and those two companies backed down.
Everyone I’m aware of showed up at work yesterday, maybe the memo didn’t make it to the People’s Republic of Maryland or maybe paying rent is more important than supporting the lifestyle of the play.
Once again, “tolerance” is not enough. You. Must. Approve.
Funny how, going through the legal democratic process and garnering support from some of the Democratic party’s staunchest supporters (blacks and Hispanics) is suddenly a “defamatory form of religious bigotry” but the ignorantly wrong Prop. 8 commercial that showed Mormons trashing a lesbian couple’s house (which didn’t happen)…well, that’s just political discourse.
What part of the First Amendment is lost on these people? And where in the Constitution did they get the notion they have a “right” not to have their choices, behavior, and lifestyle questioned…this happens to EVERYONE. Hell, for over 100 years, it was LEGAL to kill a Mormon in Missouri. Were there ever laws that made it legal to kill gays?
You lost. Perhaps you should LISTEN to us and make a few changes:
Stop the thuggery and intimidation.
Stop putting homosexuality in the classroom.
Stop attacking churches and religious groups/individuals who don’t agree with you.
Stop suing businesses that cater to a certain group in order to *make* them serve you.
Start respecting the First Amendment rights of people – especially with regards to freedom of speech and religion – and you’d probably be surprised that many people wouldn’t care if they knew a group like Bash Back! wasn’t going to trash their church or threaten – as one commenter here did – to take our children and *make* us like you.
FIFY Michelle
Well what did they expect when the estimated gay/lesbian population of the US is less than 1%.
It looks to me like they really did not think this idea through to it’s conclusion or at a minimum they were just fooling themselves.
That, or perhaps they wanted to deliver a crippling blow to the fashion industry.
Were any blogs down yesterday?
I figured that the day had come to nothing when there was nothing in the MSM about the on-going “event”.
I hear Andrew “RawMuscleGlutes” Sullivan was MIA.
Even the gay community thought that the idea of a day without a gay was a “gay” idea. hrmpff, as my daughter would say, hrrrumpff.
Huh, I missed the whole day — Damn.
Mormons – 1
Gays – 0
Can we ignore these people now? Oh wait, that was yesterday. My bad…
Can we make 2009 The Year Without a Gay?
Or, how about the “Year Without a Deranged, Conspiracy-Mongering Drama Queen?”
I was actually surprised the NY Times was published yesterday.
..intimidation and utilizing soft-headed heterosexual people are more their style…it is queer that I even have to now refer to normal sexual desire as ‘heterosexual’-the term didn’t exist until the 1970s.
I hear Chrissy Matthews leg got a rise!
Yes dfern A Year Without A Queer is a GRAND idea. But would that be a boon or a bust for the bath houses? We don’t want Dingy Harry and the Botox Broad proposing a bailout for failing bath houses. Billions of taxpayer dollars for Leather and Lace is so unseemly, is it not?
These Mormons need to place paint ball sharpshooters around their buildings. Pink paint. I would suggest using live ammunition but I do not wish to sound hateful or intolerant of the “Men seeking Men” Dancing Queens.
Can they do it again? I promise to pay attention this time. I swear.
Really, no gays at work yesterday? I didn’t notice anything unusual.
Can we invite Gays to stay home for a year? My wife may have to find a new stylist but I can’t imagine any other harm from this.
They won’t….they are afraid they might fight back in kind. Like terrorists, they only attack those who can’t, or have trouble, defending themselves – you know, like little old ladies, children and unarmed groups.
Gee guy don’t get your panties in a bunch….oh wait that probably is true.
`Milk’ named best film by New York Film Critics
A year without Sean Penn, New York Film Critics and Hollywood Weird would be nice.
Sitting with the grandchildren two days a week my films range from SpongBobSquarePants to anything Princess. Life is good-worth fighting for.
Even the “gay” people that I wok with didn’t call in yesterday.
I thought about it, just for a unquestionable day off.
englishqueen01, i agree completely with your sentiment, but on the list of things not to do to win friends in the straight community, you might also want to say don’t have a homosexual street orgy in public (fulsom, cape cod, etc) and conduct yourself with some level of decorrum in public so you don’t frighten the kids, grandmothers, and sheep.
Oops, to clarify.
I work with “gay” people, I do not wok with “gay” people.
what about those few people that actually were sick yesterday and had to call in sick . you know they will be getting ribbed by their coworkers today .
oh sure you were sick
Hmmm, I wonder why my coworker called in sick yesterday.
“Faux News Alert”
Day w/o a Gay turns ugly!!!
Local Police in the Palm Springs area reported a high volume of 911 calls from Macy’s yesterday.
Fights at the 2 for 1 blouse sale incited riots between gay men and straight women causing pandamonium in the aisles.
no injuries were reported and 7 arrests were made during the day.
film at 11:00
WOW, this one had about as much effect as “THE DAY WITHOUT A MEXICAN” did… The ECONOMY really went into the CRAPPER with that one, HUH???
Oh sure, you guys think this is soooooo funny. Do you have any idea how much money the Bravo Channel lost yesterday?
How about a Century without Sodomy?
Seriously, though, no one had their interior decorated yesterday. NO ONE.
When will we have a DAY WITHOUT A STRAIGHT event? It should be a lot more noticeable–except in Frisco! The tail tries to wag the dog again.
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John Bibb
Did I miss something?
So an insignificant minority of the population takes the day off… and they are surprised no one noticed???
This is further proof why they must rely on the courts and judicial fiat to get their abhorant agenda forced on this country.
Take the same advise Liberals are so fond of giving Conservatives right now… “You Lost, Get Over It”!
Yeah, I should have been more explicit (no pun intended), although that was implied.
Few would want to see what goes on in the bedrooms of straight people paraded down the streets…
I definitely could stand a year without Barney Frank. Make that a century.
The whole idea was stupid. Some of the things these guys said were totally off the wall. “America can’t afford to lose the buying power of the gay/lesbian community”. Huh? So not granting you marriage rights is somehow forcing you to not spend $ or be able to live your life as you always have? I mean its not like anyone has advocted death camps for gays. Look, I really don’t care how someone wants to live their life (I know some here disagree with that). That’s your business. I have no problem with gays (have/had friends who are gay). But it is different when someone wants to force their life decisions down my throat and DEMAND we change our entire social construct to accomodate it. I am sick of the whole everything must be accepted concept. Well, my tolerance is running mighty thin these days thanks to large numbers of grievance groups running around making demands daily.
The theatre world was crushed.
How about a day without hearing the gay lobby’s dubious prattle about “equal rights”? I’d sign up for a month or longer.
Obviously, the “Day w/o Gay” was a media driven event that lacked substance.
Given the small percentage of gays in the population, and the even smaller percentage who are in-your-face activists types (similar to Fred Phelps), what did they expect?
The gays have apparently never heard of Rev Martin Luther King. He brought his people along peacefully and won over more converts with non-violent struggle than these gays will ever win with intimidation.
Day Without a Gay was a washout, but the gay-sympathizers in the media will never report that fact. Instead, there will be some story reporting isolated anecdotes from people who had trouble getting a fingernail appointment.
Riiiight.
Because people who launch democratic initiatives, who vote and who run ads in newspapers are the wolves in sheep’s clothing, but people who make it a point to get someone fired because of their exercise of their First Amendment rights are the morally just activists.
Uh huh. Got it.
Thanks for the fix. I wondered if you were into stir fry.
Even in SF this event was a complete bust, but hey that didn’t stop the media from giving it front page coverage.
MLK, for all his faults, worked to break down illegitimate barriers to legitimate rights. The comparison will not work for the sodomites as they are asking for for illegitimate rights. The sodomites are demanding we give up our values and substitute theirs.
What they ultimately want is to destroy any and all Christian values and since of family loyalty in our children and THAT is exactly why the Progressive/Liberals are willing to take a chance with such a small voting bloc.
EQ, that is so true. The homosexual activists used a legitimate solution when they tried “Day without a Gay”, and it had zero impact. That in itself is an answer…despite all the propaganda that has been fed to children for the past dozen or so years.
Even though I thought the idea was a bit silly and immature, the concept of “boycotting” by not showing up for work (or patronizing businesses) is the essence of making their voices heard in a legitimate way. That I can respect.
However, the answer they got back must not have pleased them, so they’re back to harassment and intimidation tactics.
You know, California was not the only state to have placed this issue onto the ballot this last month. So why is it that these terrorist thugs and other associated bigots and low-lifes have decided to pick only on California?
This sour grapes thing they have going is doing nothing more than swaying people AWAY from them and teaching people that being tolerant towards people that participate in actions that they find to be vile and loathesome, that goes against every one of their personal beliefs, leads to nothing but trouble and that those screaming for “tolerance” are liars, thugs and cannot provide the same tolerance towards those they demand it from themselves.
I must admit, the last month + has most definately changed my views considerably, and I am not old. Imagine what it has done to the 55+ members of this country and what it will mean twards further demands fron the gays.
Oh. and I didn’t notice ANYTHING out of the ordinary. Seems gays do not impact this country anywhere near what they thought they did, and I can only hope those throwing their tantrum yesterday who called in gay lost their jobs, status and standings as a result.
If you want to behave like spoiled little brat children, you should be treated as such.
What? I can’t believe Day w/o Gay didn’t work! I mean, if you watch any network television, there’s at least one gay person in every family, a few gay people in every office, and a few gays on every street. And they’re always the smartest, kindest, and most tolerant people on the block. I was starting to think they made up like 20% of the population!
They can go a whole year without people caring. Only melodramatic infants start tantrums when they don’t get their way. No one misses them. They only notice the absence of high-pitched squealing.
LOL, Michelle.
I enjoyed the “Day without Gay” so much I am going to continue the event by not supporting the gay business, newspaper, and city that I may encounter. Wrote S.F. Mayor Newsome and let him know my dollars will not be spent in his city because of the Castro District hatred for straights and the morally just. The local fish wrap “Stockton Record” reports pro-gay news coverage and never mentioned the extreme activist/terrorist tactics used against the elderly woman in Palm Springs, the restuarant El Coyote worker, or the group praying in the Castro. The paper will hear today that I will no longer do business with them. My 50 cents a day will go to a straight business instead of a queer paper. A year without queer is possible and I don’t need a blacklist.
The last quote in the article sent chills down my spine. The guy actally tries to make the argument that by opposing gay marriage you pratice religious bigotry. Sadly, he has elevated his value of gay marraige above that of religious freedom. When people like that think their values trump others’, we are all in trouble.
Lets see anyone opposing anything dear to a liberal socialist mindset is:
a Bigot
a Racist
a warmonger
a bitter, angry, American clinging to thier guns and their Bibles
is Heterosexist
is a male chavlinistic pig
is a Palinstinianophobe
and deserves to be punished…..
Yep-That pretty much nails it on the head.
GSP
“This is Sparta!”
I like the “Year Without a Queer” idea.
A year without militant liberal gay activists would be a very nice year indeed.
Last night’s WeHo protest was a huge flop as well.
Apparently, only (approx) 100 people showed up.
Ho-hum.
Are we done with this non-issue yet?
Homosexuals, transvesticulars, sex-changed confusoids, why-sexuals, whatevers….
GO FORM YOUR OWN CHURCHES. DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND SCHOLARSHIP AND FORM YOUR OWN DOGMATIC RELIGION THAT ACCOMODATES YOUR LIFESTYLE AND SEXUAL PECADILLOS.
Image: Bear1909 recovering from his blue veiner rant.
If it was about civil rights then why have you not taken your vitriol to your congressional leaders and get them to draft legislation to accomodate you. You did it for “hate” crime laws. Why not for homosexual marriage?
Oh. I forgot: there are no heterosexual marriage laws on the books. Because it is a redundancy. Could it be that *marriage* is a heterosexual institution? DOH! Why do homosexuals want to be beholden to the institution that practically defines heterosexuality?
Create your own institution that stands on its own two feet— and not on adoption, turkey baster inseminations, chemical and surgically dependent sex changes…..
Think outside the box. The main reason as i see it for your abysmal failures to invent something other than fascist manipulation of the courts is that you cannot think outside of the heterosexual paradigms that allegedly oppress you.
Create homosexual religious orders. Create homosexual schools. Create homosexual institutions that grant you the cohabitation privileges (notice i didnt say right) you seek….and have the tax code ammended accordingly.
And then go away.
/rant off
I didn’t know gays were a religious group, to be talking about religious tolerance and bigotry. A sect of Libertinism, perhaps? You can’t defame someone who has no character to begin with.
How about a century without sodomy? I vote for that one!
GSP
“This is Sparta!”
How about a, “Day to support victims of gay’s hate!”
People could wear a button stamped with a big rainbow colored 8 that reads -EVERY VOTE COUNTS!
The gays and liberals are attempting to disenfranchise the votes of tens of millions of California voters. If the Courts throw out the vote, then the people would be well advised to change the California Constitution to create a new provision stripping the court of many of the areas of law it may review as well as disbarring any attorney that challenges the new law. They should also throw in disbarment for any judge whose decisions are overturned more than 25% of the time – clearly an indicator of incompetence. The 9th Federal Court of Appeals would be in big trouble in San Fran as they are overturned more than 80% of the time by the Supreme Court.