Is it a chronic case of teh gay? I hope you’re better, soon.
Some same-sex marriage supporters are urging people to “call in gay” Wednesday to show how much the country relies on gays and lesbians, but others question whether it’s wise to encourage skipping work given the nation’s economic distress.
Organizers of “Day Without a Gay”  scheduled to coincide with International Human Rights Day and modeled after similar work stoppages by Latino immigrants  also are encouraging people to perform volunteer work and refrain from spending money.
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 allowing gay marriage.
Imagine the grocery stores that will have to bag it without a . . . Interior design will grind to a screeching (and I do mean screeching) halt!
Well, it’s their right. Go ahead. Then, after work, we can have a beer without a queer.
You or I might lose our jobs, but they won’t. Because of teh hatred.
Comment by Swen Swenson on 12/8 @ 8:03 pm #
Well, a day without a gay is like a day without Little Miss Sunshine..
Comment by guinsPen on 12/8 @ 8:04 pm #
What’s the Proggnosis
Pain in the ass.
Comment by guinsPen on 12/8 @ 8:06 pm #
Piss on you, I work for Mel Brooks.
Comment by JD on 12/8 @ 8:10 pm #
And when they get fired for blowing off work … they will sue for discrimination, becuz of Teh Ghey!
Comment by Spies, Brigands, and Pirates on 12/8 @ 8:15 pm #
(makes note to not get a haircut that day)
Comment by happyfeet on 12/8 @ 8:30 pm #
This will be very impactful. The AP is very sophisticated in its discernment of meaningful social protest I think and this time is certainly no different. Kudos.
Comment by happyfeet on 12/8 @ 8:34 pm #
It’s sobering to think we’ll be without Baracky for a whole day though. These are troubled times and we need his steady hand but come Thursday we can all resume our march toward Hope together. As one. It’s almost too beautiful.
Comment by kenseica on 12/8 @ 8:42 pm #
Why not? If any individual or group of individuals feel that they are not being treated fairly, why can’t that individual or group “withhold enthusiasm” as a means to underscore his/her/their grievance. After all, “who is John Galt?” If I thought that any business did not appreciate the business of my “gente” (straight, married, Keltic-American lawyers), I would vote with my $.
Comment by SDN on 12/8 @ 8:56 pm #
kensieca, the difference is that if non-victim-group members do that, we expect to get fired; your team expects an automatic free pass.
Comment by Bob Reed on 12/8 @ 9:38 pm #
*sigh*
This is getting sooooooooooo tiresome…I wish these gay panthers would just suck it up-metaphorically speaking of course, recognize that the will of the public is that they’re not going to provide affirmation for, and legitimization to, their lifestyle choice just yet; and there is not going to be any morally relativistic equivalence assigned to same sex and traditional marriage…
No one is saying that they can’t have their civil unions, that share the same legal spousal benefits as marriage. But, the public is not ready to mainstream their lifestyles, nor devalue established societal traditions…
If they need to be told they’re good people and that they’re lifestyle is natural and OK, well, there are plenty of folks in L.A., NYC, San Fran, and other large cities that will be more than happy to validate them. But, they can’t expect to force those of us that don’t find that lifestyle to be quite so natural to do so….
Tolerate, yes…Validate and affirm, noooooo way…
I wonder just how long these attention hungry masses will be able to simply drop out…
Any bets on how quickly this turns into some kind of feather boa parade/protest march..?
While some may wish to cast me as a homophobe and hater; this is a case where I don’t hate the player, but revile the game…
I know…I know…I denounce myself…
Comment by Pablo on 12/8 @ 9:38 pm #
John Galt wasn’t expecting to go back to work and pick up a paycheck on Friday. Aside fro that, it totally fits. Sorta.
Comment by Ric Locke on 12/8 @ 9:41 pm #
Bah. To steal a quote from another context, we can hunt deer without the accordion, thank you.
Regards,
Ric
Comment by Pablo on 12/8 @ 9:43 pm #
It’s not like they pick the produce or anything.
Comment by Sticky B on 12/8 @ 9:49 pm #
I’d sure like to take the day off from work. But I’d rather not have to suck a dick in order to justify it. Maybe I can get a close relative to die instead.
Comment by happyfeet on 12/8 @ 9:50 pm #
Except for Harry and David.
Comment by JD on 12/8 @ 9:53 pm #
Why is it that if you chug one beer, you are not known as a beer-chugger for life, but if you suck one dick, you are a dick-sucker for life? Just askin’ …
Comment by Abe Froman on 12/8 @ 10:18 pm #
Thank God. Finally a day I can wear my leopard-print pants to work and play show tunes in my office without anyone getting the wrong idea.
Comment by geoffb on 12/8 @ 10:21 pm #
Ooh, a lack of action “day of action”. Phone it in. VR, the Virtual Revolution.
Comment by Spiny Norman on 12/8 @ 10:29 pm #
Like the “Day without a Mexican” worked so well a couple of years ago.
The only thing anybody noticed was how few traffic jams there were on LA freeways.
Comment by kodanarmada on 12/8 @ 10:32 pm #
Beers, Steers and no Queers by the 10,000 non-HOMO DJ’S!! Well at least for one day.
Comment by serr8d on 12/8 @ 10:59 pm #
Anybody see Boston Legal tonight? Crane and Shore wanted to get married (for money’s sake). A gay group tried to get an injunction to stop them because they were making a mockery of gay marriage. Hilarity ensued.
Comment by Revvy on 12/9 @ 12:50 am #
Damn. I hope the gay kids in my school actually do this! It’s not that I support it or anything, it’s just that I go to art school.
Have you any idea how much less traffic there will be in the halls!?
Comment by Carin on 12/9 @ 5:14 am #
John Galt wasn’t expecting to go back to work and pick up a paycheck on Friday. Aside fro that, it totally fits. Sorta.
I can’t comment, because I haven’t gotten to “the speech.” I’m only around page 530.
Comment by Pablo on 12/9 @ 8:20 am #
Just give it another 8500 pages or so, Carin.
If ever there was a novel that made the case for Cliffs Notes…
Comment by Great Mencken's Ghost! on 12/9 @ 8:43 pm #
Gee, wonder what happens when the owners find out how much of the REAL work those lumpen breeders toiling under those FAAAAAABULOUS gays actually do?
Call in to Work Gay Day: coffee shops, gyms, ‘edgy’ urban magazines hardest hit…