I am passing on the following press release I received this morning…..no comment.
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———————– December 10, 2008 is Day Without A Gay! Gay marriage equality activists shift focus to service.
EUREKA, CA — Gays, lesbians, and straight allies plan to call in “gay” (not sick) to work and school on December 10, 2008 to protest passage of anti-gay constitutional amendments in Arizona, Florida, and California. Instead of showing up for work or school, protesters plan to volunteer for local gay and civil rights organizations across the country.
Every day since Election Day, thousands have protested up and down streets in cities across California, including Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Sacramento. A national, grassroots coalition of LGBT activists have followed in their footsteps. The grassroots organization, Join the Impact, held its first nationwide day of protest on November 15th. In Humboldt County an estimated 700 people joined together at the Courthouse with the estimated 1,000,000 people across the country and world. Now gay citizens and their allies are teaming up to show America and the world how we can love.
On December 10, 2008 the gay community will take a historic stance against hatred by donating their time to a variety of different causes in order to raise public awareness of the need for LGBT equality in marriage and in other civil rights.
“Imagine life without your favorite teacher, your child’s pediatrician, your daily bus driver, your employee, much of the U.S. forces, your best friend, your neighbor, your mother, father, sister, brother or your child. A Day Without a Gay will show how many LGBT and straight allies there are that are necessary for today’s economy, societal support and the functioning of the world on a daily basis. We do not want to work for or be a part of an institution, a society or a world that discriminates against who we are.” said A Day Without A Gay Co-Chair Julia Boyd, a Child Development major at Humboldt State University.
To search or post a volunteer opportunity, visit http://daywithoutagay.org/.
WHAT: “Day Without A Gay” Prop. 8 Protest
WHO: LGBT and straight citizens of Humboldt County and surrounding areas.
WHEN: Wednesday, December. 10, 2008
For more information or to find out about other events planned contact Join the Impact Humboldt at or ImpactHumboldt@gmail.com http://daywithoutagay.org/
5 responses so far ↓
KansasGirl // Nov 17, 2008 at 8:34 am
Thugs!
Straight Like God Intended // Nov 19, 2008 at 11:21 am
I vote for a “Year Without a Queer” 2009.
Big Bill // Nov 20, 2008 at 9:57 am
I’ll work overtime so my little gay buddies can take off… maybe they won’t come back…. I’ll miss em
Big Bill // Nov 20, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Thinking about this runs me just a little hot…. They push to get it on the ballot in several states they think are liberal enough to pass it and THEN when its voted down by the people of those states they want to “end run” to the court system and bypass what the majority has already voted on or “call in gay” to protest “GET BACK IN THE CLOSET”
Tom Sebourn // Nov 21, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Big Bill, the gays didn’t push to get this crap on the ballot, the anti gay people did. The so called gays didn’t need it in California as our constitution already gave them the right to marry and that right was upheld by the State Supreme Court. As for the so called majority, you might not know it because most media and blogs don’t know it either, but we happen to live in a Republic. This protects the minority from a delusional majority.
I hope that Mr. Fredrickson can enlighten his audience to the form of government we actually have here in California and the rest of the country. Judging by your remarks Big Bill, he has so far failed. I am just guessing but by your remarks you probably feel the same way about interracial marriage, people of another religion than yours and people that look different than the way you want them to look. Get informed and maybe you won’t be so affraid of other people.
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