Day Without A Gay: Riverside Response

[nagatai]

I find it funny that both California senators, as well as most of the representatives, were against Prop 8, and yet it still passed. If they had been the ones to vote on it, it wouldn't have gone through. Oh well. Hopefully Obama will do something about it on a full-scale federal level.

[Dealit707]

Lets all meet at a San Fran bathhouse for some hot gay ass-play, then we'll know what our gay neighbors are all about.

Oh Yeah!!

[LFAizARLbiggestfan]

Does anyone know the "day with out a gay" date for this year?

peace

[jryanwilcox]

I didn't call in sick but I think gay people have every right to call it as they see them. Reading these comments I just had to laugh. There are more gay people that arent haridressers, actors and such. I'm sure if I called in my patients would miss me. I am a cancer doctor. So I do think a day without this gay would be missed. Prop 8 is wrong. you should never right into law discrimination.

[antlion71]

If I worked for an employer that allowed for someone to call in gay, and the employer let it slide.....You can bet the very next day I would be calling in straight.

[robfinslc]

Hey if there was MORE DAYS WITHOUT A FAG perhaps MORE people would get FIRED for NOT showing up. This would equel MORE jobs for the economy. So this day without a fag may NOT be a bad thing. SOME OF YOU ARE RIGHT WHEN YOU SAY EVERYDAY SHOULD BE A DAY WITHOUT A FAG...LOL

[thenoelator]

All I see from you anti-gays is name-calling and hurtful words. Hey, if there was some planet out there only susceptible to gay people, and if it would mean being free from all this HATRED, SELFISHNESS, and NARROW-MINDEDNESS, then I'd be the first one in line to get there. Trust me, we don't enjoy living on the same planet as you fucktards at all, either. Fuck you all.

[badgerdaveo]

Yeah, you'd better hate on the gays for being more successful than you. Or was it the Jews? Or the Asians? Or the blacks or latinos? See, maybe your life doesn't suck because there's some minority group ruining it for you, maybe it just sucks because YOU'RE A LOSER!

[Bronxloyalist]

A day without hairdressers,interior designers or aids infected actors.Oh happy day.BTW-this stupid fag shit is a FLOP.Tough shit rectum lovers.America can do without you fag scum suckers.LOL.The American people have spoken-No fag 'Marriage'.Too bad homos.Get over it or get the fuck out.Could you sodomites die of aids a little sooner?

[M3T4LH34D812]

The whole gay issue is BS, nobody cares, it's a diversion to conflicting about race, hmm need to argue, make it about gays, sure ,whatever, anyway, why can't gay ppl get married? What is the logic behind banning them from marriage, because marriage is for procreation? then Couples that need IVF to conceive should be only allowed "civil unions" by the anti-gays own logic.

[oregonflatland]

marriage is an institution created by the state to encourage the formation of families and reproduction. it is specifically for the continuity of nations. the destruction of the nuclear family in this country means declining native birthrates and increases in immigration - inevitable downfall of any nation. the rise in homosexual activity is another side effect of a nation at the verge of collapse. mohammed is right - the muslims will defeat us if not by sheer numbers.

[oregonflatland]

the spread of deviance and perversion by these people is the greatest threat to the family that any nation has ever faced. even famine does not deter birthrates as africa is every indication. a few families not having children is no big deal but a nationwide epidemic like this means doom for america. if you enjoy living in america, then you will oppose gay marriage and the gay lifestyle until your dying breath if you want this country to exist in the future.

[TheCannonofMohammed]

In Islam, the same gender rump-fest is not permissible. These so-called "gay" people in Saudia Arabia (the purest country on earth thanks to Shari'a law) would be beheaded. In the decandent west, they pout like apes and pigs if they can't get married? Islam will wipe the decandent west off the face of the globe! I take off my shoe and throw it at these barons of rump-fest!

[turtlegosling]

wow there are a lot of hateful people on here. that is sad :(

[IneptTroopr]

Yeah, whenever oppressed people begin to stand up and fight for their rights, these sorts of bigoted troglodytes crawl out of their holes in the ground to spout their irrational, pathetic hate.

However, the American populace is on the right side; most surveys show that the majority of the country supports gay marriage or unions being legalized. We just need to get on the streets and make demands heard!

[antlion71]

wow, inept....I would love to see a troglodyte, but I would pay to see a bigoted one. Just because someone disagrees with you doesn't mean you need to slander them for it. I thought you guys were all about tolerance.

[IneptTroopr]

Tolerance is not something I extend to bigots, sorry.

I didn't know "us guys" were known for tolerance, because I don't even know I was grouped together with some apparently tolerance minded "guys" that you associate me with.

[antlion71]

Gays demand tolerance and acceptance, but you don't afford that to others. If you prefer that I "group" you together with "gals", I can do that too.

The point is advocates for gay rights stand on the old soap box preaching how hated they are and how much they suffer, but when someone disagrees with you, you become the intolerant individuals you claim to be fighting against. You obviously have no idea what a bigot is. Just because someone disagrees with you doesn't make them a bigot.

[IneptTroopr]

I think you're missing the point entirely. Bigots aren't just people who disagree with you over some abstract concept; its people who hate you or believe you to be something less than human simply because of something that you are.

And have you not read many of the comments here?!? If you can't admit there's a hell of a lot of anti-gay bigotry going on, then you must have your eyes closed.

[antlion71]

Inept, on the definition of bigotry, I agree with you. I hope you will note that not all of us do that however. I find it sad that people can't discuss the issues without bringing heated emotion into it. It is definitely a hot button topic.

[antlion71]

Inept,

Please reference "most surveys" that you spoke of so that I can see them as well. If the majority of the country supported you, why have 33 states amended their constitutions to define marriage as a man and a woman only????

I suppose they were all brainswashed, or those states just don't count.

[BrimstoneAndFire2008]

A Day Without A Gay. A Day When Free Speech Will Echo Thru The Workplaces Of America. A Day When Straight People All Over This Great Nation Will Sing The Words Of That Old Negro Spiritual, "Free At Last, Free At Last, Thank God Almightly, We Are Free At Last!" May The 21ST Century Be The Century Without A Gay!!!

[oregonflatland]

praise the lord! they only cause problems in the workplace anyway - always needing to be accomodated. you accomodate us, homo, we don't accomodate you.

[4096x]

why don't you extend this to cover a week,

no wait - how about a month,

or even all 365 days a year!!

[AmericanKnowItAll]

Day without a gay, huh?

You mean...

Less sighing when I say "small" instead of "Venti" at my local Starbucks?

Less hearing the word "girlfriend" when I see clerks talking to each other at Macy's?

Less cooing by servers over handsome businessment having lunch at the Cheescake factory?

Fewer VW bugs, BMW Z-3's, Mazda Miata's, or 1974 buick convertibles on the highway?

Less complaining and more work being done in most businesses with an absent gay worker.

HAHAAA

FUCK YOU FAGGOTS

[oregonflatland]

LOL great! Instead of day without a gay, I propose a lifetime without a gay. Or better yet, I propose instead of calling in gay, let's call in white. Let's see what happens to the world economy when 230 million Americans suddenly decide that they aren't going to work to support minorities any longer. We'll see who really contributes to our economy.

[terjeaanensen]

love it............

[chasze01]

Every day should be gay free.

[dirkbag22]

Anderson...

Um, Mr. Anderson?

Yes?

Uh, hi, it's Wayne Swishy?

Yes Wayne.

Um, I can't make it to work today.

Why's that Wayne?

Well, um, I'm gay!

Yes Wayne, and... what's your point?

[dirkbag22]

Well sir, uh, I am calling in Gay today.

Wayne, all due respect, that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. You can't work today because you're gay?

Yeah, it's a day without a gay, today.

Look pal, if you can't work BECAUSE you're gay ONE day, you can't work at all!

[dirkbag22]

what the fuck? *L*

[jxwhit8]

DAY WITHOUT A GAY IS A FLOP. it appears that the Gays need us more than we need them. LOL!!!!

[openroad88]

If I were a boss, this would be a good time to clean house. Or at least throw a nice party and take everyone else out to lunch who decided that jobs were more important whining about how they didn't "like" the voter's choice in CA.

[Hector3112]

What about a "Day without a traditional family"?

[niceguyy2006]

This is great. I support this 100%. In fact, let's make EVERY DAY with a gay.

[robfinslc]

A day without a gay COULD be easier said than done. Even if you do get the day off SOME jobs DON"T offer sick pay or vacation pay. In this time of economic down turn some may get told if they don't come in there fired. NOT every gay has a job where they have PLUSH benefits and can do whatever they want like just take a random day off of work to support "a day without a gay". Theres gays out there BARELY making ends meet too. What about them???

[RayAir1]

I wish everyday was a day without a gay.

[Adol666]

lol

[steeda049]

wow, this video is gay.

[SAOProductions1955]

Why stop at just one day. Stay away for good and see just how much work really gets done without all of you LGBT's chasing after one another and disrupting the workplace! This kind of "protest" just makes you all look ignorant & stupid.

[alvarezga]

YAY for the self-imposed gay holocaust. oh no, who is going to do my hair and teach the drama class

[platypusjn]

Are you poor?

[sfdacpr]

This is a wicked original comment. Did you perhaps steal it from somewhere? I think you did.

[alvarezga]

HAHA i heard the self-imposed gay holocaust on another video and thought it was hilarious. i apologize if it sounded like i was trying to pass it off as my own, for refering to it in that way. i hope all those gays stay away from the internet today as well

[tanner1dowell]

you gays already lost twice in california all this will do will make you look lazy and the rest of us happy.

[bosoko]

They(gays) will go through the Courts

[elCAPTAINrifa]

now if only we could get all the gay hollywood writers to take a year off hmmmm ?

[Dyoni1]

Votors new that gays already have the rights of marriage under California law, so since they had little facts about the gay side of the issue, they choose to vote against it. What the gay community fails to realise is that it was not the money that won Prop 8, it was the message, or lack theirof, that people made decisions on.

[bosoko]

Hey why don't you use the courts again, override the will of millions with 4 or 9 people.

[platypusjn]

Um, bosoko, part of the courts' JOB is to strike unconstitutional laws, even those that the majority of people are in favor of. It's this whole checks and balances thing; look into it.

[Dyoni1]

The problem is that gays thought they would win on principle. Hey I'm gay, it's my right. What they didn't do is put effort into addressing some of the concerns that people had on the issue. While the yes campaign cme out with various facts(and believe me, I did the research to find out if there was any truth to them, there is No supporters just denied the claims, their commercials focused on mocking yes instead of giving facts.

[Radislav001]

Fire them all

[steeda049]

FUCK YEA. All the straight people should call off december 11th and make the fags cover our work load.

[Arvak777]

oh no imagine what that would do to the economy!

[antlion71]

You call in unexcused (gay)....You will at minimum get a written warning and suspension without pay, and if your already on thin ice, this stunt WILL cost you your job. That is my companies stance. Taking your frustration out on your employer will have no effect but to more fully bias people against you. Think before you act. Radislav has it more right than people think.

[robfinslc]

I agree with you a 100 percent. We are NOT in a good economy for a person to toy around with there job like this. I'm afraid it might backfire on a few people. All for a "Day Without a Gay".

[IneptTroopr]

The economic crisis makes gay marriage all the more crucial to win, not less. With the financial and economic benefits that marriages entitles couples, that could seriously ease the burden of many millions of gays across the country.

[antlion71]

LOL.....ha ha ha ha. Are you saying that all Obama has to do is legalize gay marriage and our country will be pulled from the clutches of recession????

How could we have been so blind as to not see this as the maverick economic relief package. Quick....get it to congress.

The automakers are sure going to be relieved.

Heck, let's legalize drugs too, and that will help the economy.....LOLOLOL

[IneptTroopr]

I never said that at all. Nice strawman. The economic crisis is something we're going to be for a while.

What I'm saying is because the economy is in such a bad shape, it makes equalizing marriage laws nationwide that much more important, so as to provide gay couples with the financial benefits entitled to married people. Because they deserve and will need them.

[antlion71]

what I continue to have difficulty with Inept is this:

What financial benefits are you not entitled to? Prop 8 would afford gays nothing that they don't already have, and federal benefits like Social Security is unaffected by prop 8. As far as I know only federal tax and Social security benefits are exclusive to gays, and I would happily join you in obtaining these benefits, but not by changing the definition of marriage.

[IneptTroopr]

For example, in a civil union, if a biological parent dies, his/her partner often would have to front money to adopt the child because custody laws are generally very vague or non-existent in civil unions.

There are plenty of similar problems surrounding inheritance and healthcare benefits.

[antlion71]

Inept,

Sounds like the issue lies with your child custody laws then, not marriage. The only problems that I am aware of are Federal benefits. In the state of California, you have it pretty good regarding laws. Nationwide is another story.

[SwingtotheRIGHT]

Good riddance. Maybe now we can all get back to work for a day without Pink Power cornholers and all the drama they bring to the workplace.

[SighNotSo]

Sadly some of the people whom I know voted yes on 8. for them it's fine if i exist in their world but only to a point. i make a good audience, a good ear, a good member of the supporting cast. They thrust pictures and stories of their own happy families at me, but they, without compunction, voted against me, my rights, my happiness, my equality.

[antlion71]

What a crock. With statements like " my rights, my happiness, my equality." You make it sound like life just can't go on because you can't have the state government recognize your union as "marriage", like happiness hinges on that one term. You have the same rights to marriage that every other american has. You can't marry a cousin, a sister, 3 women, a dog, or someone of the same sex. No rights were violated, a definition was clarified,....period.

[SighNotSo]

may your children be gay

[prayingforequality]

IT WORKED FOR MY PARENTS!

[SighNotSo]

what? they were bigots and you turned out gay :)

[prayingforequality]

lol-I wouldn't say bigots, but my dad was a Lutheran Minister. It was a long, beautiful journey for my whole family but we now all see my sexuality as a true gift from God because we learned so much about Love through it all.

[runman1271]

Gay is not a gift from God.

Genesis 19: the story of Sodom & Gomorrah

1 Cor 6:9

Lev 20:13

Rom 1:26-27

Deuteronomy 23:17

I don't know from which Bible you and your family read from, but you must use a lot of white out while reading it.

I understand that I may be throwing pearls at swine, but you mentioned religion and i had to warn that gay and God are not possible.

I hope you find your way back.

[prayingforequality]

Sodom and Gomorrah had NOTHING to do with homosexuality. People like you have distorted it to support hatred for centuries. It was about inhospitality to strangers which is something you probably do not want to face. I most certainly Do have a wonderful relationship with our loving God and your ascertion tha He is anything but that is blasphemous.

[runman1271]

Let's say u r right about sod and Gomo for argument sake, what about the rest of the verses?

The Bible is used for reproof and correction, and I did nothing to say that God is not love

I have never supported hate towards gays.

I love it when gays have to go back to saying ,"you hate" Is that the best argument you have?

With Lutheran's accepting gay bishops, I can see where you are coming from.

There are qualifications for bishop and being gay is not one of them, unless you are using whiteout.

[Germany124]

Homosexuality wasn't mentioned in the Bible until 1942.

[KrigareavGud]

Das meintet garnix...verstehste nicht der Bibel? Romans 1:27-38 - "Darum hat sie auch Gott dahingegeben in schändliche Lüste: denn ihre Weiber haben verwandelt den natürlichen Brauch in den unnatürlichen;

desgleichen auch die Männer haben verlassen den natürlichen Brauch des Weibes und sind aneinander erhitzt in ihren Lüsten und haben Mann mit Mann Schande getrieben und den Lohn ihres Irrtums (wie es denn sein sollte) an sich selbst empfangen.

[sfdacpr]

Happiness DOES hinge on things like hospital visitation rights, adoption, retirement security. Happiness also hinges on things like not getting beat up or killed because some nut-job thinks it's okay to do this to a gay person because of all the mindless rhetoric coming from the pro prop 8 side.

Marrying a dog? C'mon, lets debate like grownups.

[bosoko]

Man Marrying MAN, How about lets be Sane.

[bosoko]

Tell me about it, They should allow woman marrying 2 or more men or vice versa. At least we see that in nature. LOL

[sfdacpr]

Can you tell me how me marrying a man negatively impacts your life?

It's funny you mention bigamy, since it's the Mormon church that spent $20 million fighting for Prop 8.

And if you're playing the homosexuality-doesn't-exist-in­-nature card, amoebas reproduce asexually. That would be an argument for human cloning. Do you support that? (btw, homosexuality DOES exist in other animals).

[jryanwilcox]

Homosexuality does exist in nature. There are many show's on it on the Discovery Channel. I'm sure they can be looked up on Utube as well. Good comment!!

[IneptTroopr]

This isn't just a moral battle, so people can feel abstract happiness by winning the right to marriage (though it is that as well).

This is a battle for concrete financial benefits that heterosexual couples have over homosexuals purely on the basis of sexual orientation. That's discrimination, much like the legalized separate and unequal status that blacks experienced (and many would argue still do) in the last century.

[antlion71]

Please tell me inept, what financial benefits are you unable to obtain through a civil union? Please answer carefully. I will give you a hint. Only Social Security and Federal Benefits are unobtainable at this point, which would have been unaffected anyway with Prop 8.

The truth is, sexual orientation is a choice which is why it is not recognized by the EEOC as a "protected right". Comparing yourself with the blacks is the same stale argument, but it's apples to oranges pal.

[jryanwilcox]

I'll tell you a right we don't have. I didn't have the right to be with my dying lover. The family made sure of that. He was sick for a month before he died and I was not allowed one visitation. At the end he wanted me not them and yes they did have the right to deny me and him of our togetherness.

[antlion71]

Sounds like you should have gotten that civil partnership paperwork in jryan. California Family Code provides for that. If you have a DP, then you should have enforced it.