‘Call in Gay’ to Work Day Draws Few Participants

A daylong work stoppage during which employees were encouraged to “call in gay” to express support for same-sex marriage drew spotty participation nationwide Wednesday, with some gay rights activists praising the concept but questioning its effect. …

http://sweetness-light.com/arc.....ent-126440

Oh is that rich!! The very idea is laughable. Imagine; “We’re going to force you guys to recognize this aberration as legitimate”.

‘Call in Gay’ to Work Day Draws Few Participants

AN FRANCISCO — A daylong work stoppage during which employees were encouraged to “call in gay” to express support for same-sex marriage drew spotty participation nationwide Wednesday, with some gay rights activists praising the concept but questioning its effect.

In San Francisco’s gay Castro district, residents and merchants said they endorsed the message behind “Day Without a Gay” but didn’t think a work stoppage was practical given the poor economy and the strike’s organization.

“If we are going to make a huge impact and not be laughed at, then we have to take the time and make the time to communicate with all the parties. We could have shut down a lot of the hotels,” said David Lang, a San Francisco gymnastics coach. “In theory it’s a great idea, but it’s being done wrong and now that it’s been done wrong, I don’t think it will be done again.”

The protest, which a gay couple from West Hollywood organized through the Internet, was designed to demonstrate the economic clout of same-sex marriage supporters following the passage of voter-approved gay marriage bans in California, Arizona and Florida last month.

Participants were asked to refrain from spending money or at least to patronize gay-friendly businesses for the day.

Paul Ellis, 51, a manager at Cliff’s Variety hardware store, said he didn’t want his employer to bear the burden of his support.

“My employers have always been there in every possible way. I didn’t feel comfortable discomfiting them when they have gone out of their way to be there for me,” he said.

Out and Equal Workplace Advocates, a San Francisco-based nonprofit group that promotes equality for gay and lesbian employees, suggested that gay marriage supporters could send an effective message beyond Wednesday by openly discussing the issue at their workplaces.

“When people go into the voting booth and vote against (gay) rights, they often have no idea they are voting against the person sitting next to them in the next cubicle or office,” said Selisse Berry, Out and Equal’s executive director.

Berry noted that only 20 states have laws to protect workers from being fired for being homosexual, making lesbians and gays reluctant to reveal themselves to co-workers in most jurisdictions.

“Constantly lying about our weekends at the water cooler or changing pronouns, that takes up so much energy that we could be putting into our jobs,” she said. …

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,465224,00.html

When a protest to call in “gay” doesn’t even work in the Castro district, you know it’s been an absolute failure.

So are they like…. finally admitting that it is a sickness!

Idiots!

Remember when Jesse Ventura made his asinine comments about how Christianity is a ‘crutch’, and the entire MSM went into raptures about how brave he was for taking on “the religious right?”

Are we supposed to think they’re brave? That this is so risky? Oooh, “There is really not any assurance…” They have the entire media in their back pocket telling the world how significant this is.
Imagine a young Marine trying to call in “gay.” Now THAT would be gutsy… and stupid.

Scott Craig, a fifth-grade teacher at Independence Charter School in Philadelphia, had no problem requesting and being granted the day off. So many of the school’s 60 teachers were eager to show support for gay rights they had to make sure enough stayed behind to staff classrooms.
About 25 teachers plan to take Wednesday off and to have their work covered by substitutes…

So they’re going to show how difficult it is to get by without queers… but someone’s going to cover all their work for them.

Maybe THEY need to understand we can get by just fine without them.

This is above and beyond any and all rights provided to you by law. Where is it written that it is your absolute right to cram your queerness in our faces? Where is it written that it is your right to trample MY rights?

When I was a kid, my Pa and I considered entering a “Big-Titted Asian Contortionist Nymphomaniacs” float in the local parade, hopefully close to the “gay pride” float. After all, if they can announce who they want to screw to the entire world, why can’t we?