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Labels: Gay Rights, Random Photo, UK

posted by swivek @ 10:42 AM 0 comments

What A Bunch Of Frickery

I wish I could go just one frickin' day without being reminded how gay people are second class citizens but alas that doesn't seem to be happening ....

so here's the latest in news nobody wants to hear...

1. I was pretty peeved to find out about Rick Warren doing the inauguration sermon and then good old Barack brought in the gay Episcopalian reverend to open up the pre-inauguration hooplah but when it was presented live on HBO, the sermon and the gays were cut. HBO said the Obama campaign people told them when to start airing and thus cut the only saving grace (to me) in Obama's so called pro gay stance. However, now they all say they are airing it in its entirety on HBO - but alas does it really matter now that it has already gone down? See I told you all it should've been Kucinich.

2. KABC in Los Angeles of all places refused to air an ad featuring a gay family during the inauguration yesterday - the group GetToKnowUsFirst.org presented an ad featuring an African American family raising 6 kids and despite numerous attempts to find out why the thing was deemed "controversial" KABC refused to take the ad revenue citing, "families will be watching." Apparently, that would be only families that don't have gay people in them. F******CK!!!! There's actually 3 different ads now and most stations did air them... I may have to stop watching ABC all together... Here's the controversial ad:


3. And finally, we all probably knew this was coming but in B.C. Canada Winston Blackmore has 20 wives and his defense is now going through the gay marriage book to prove why he can in fact have 20 wives. That's right, just like the right predicted the polygamists are now citing that because gays have the right to marry (in Canada anyway) then every Tom Dick & Joseph Smith has the right to marry as many wives as they want. Personally, it doesn't really affect me if polygamy is legal or not but still - why do we have to be the pre-cursor to all that goes wrong in the world.

4. and finally, a few weeks ago everyone got in a big hooplah because the Vatican wouldn't sign the UN's declaration that would making killing and imprisoning gay people a crime. Everyone was all up in arms because the Vatican was being so pissy and obviously discriminating, well guess who else has never signed it? That's right the good old US of A...

I am so ticked off I can't even believe it. I think I'm going to have to go drinking after work just to feel a little less victimized and a lot more intoxicated.

Labels: Gay Rights, Get To Know Us First, KABC, Obama, United Nations

posted by swivek @ 10:36 AM 1 comments

Nation Wide Protest Against H8

This is a protest for everyone....not just california. Please go to the website below and help protest....FOR OUR CIVIL RIGHTS!!! Here's a link: http://jointheimpact.com/protest-locations/


Satur​day Nov.
15th 10:​30 PST / 1:30 EST

Join us to prote​st INEQU​ALITY​ and make an impac​t!​

JoinT​heImp​act.
​com is calli​ng YOU to rally​ for one large​ natio​nal prote​st again​st hate!​

go to JoinT​heImp​act.​com to check​ locat​ions in a city near you.


When we all come toget​her as one voice​ on Novem​ber 15th,​ we will show the natio​n that we can do more than just talk,​ we can act! We won't​ solve​ every​thing​ in one prote​st,​ but we will fuel the fire to a conve​rsati​on that can not be silen​ced!​ If we stop talki​ng about​ equal​ity for all, then we will lose the battl​e.​ If we allow​ other​s to stop talki​ng about​ it, then we will lose.​ Hate is not the lack of love,​ it's the fear of that which​ we do not know.​ This prote​st along​ with many other​s gives​ us the chanc​e to build​ on the conve​rsati​on and educa​te the masse​s.
​ It's very simpl​e:​ Infil​trate​,​ Educa​te,​ and STOP HATE

(​PLEAS​E RE-​POST AND HELP US FIGHT​ HATE)

Labels: Gay Rights, My Big Gay Wedding, No on 8, Protest

posted by swivek @ 11:24 AM 0 comments

Polidicks and Swivek Picks Part One

Today, I got this email from actor Peter Paige:

An Urgent Message from Peter Paige:

I’m writing you because I just learned that the “reverend” from hell, Fred Phelps, is coming to town on Saturday to “conduct an outdoor religious service in fag-ridden Los Angeles.”

This is the same guy with the “God Hates Fags” website who protested the funeral of Matthew Shepard and shows up with “Thank God for AIDS” signs at the funerals of others. And now he’s coming to West Hollywood to spew his venom.

Let’s (literally) send Phelps a message, not by confronting him and giving him more publicity, but by turning his hate speech into something positive for our community.

He’s planning to be at the intersection of Santa Monica and San Vicente for 3 hours, starting at 1:30 on Saturday. I’d love for everyone who is as disgusted by him as I am to pledge at least $10 to the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center—more if you can—for every hour he is going to be here spouting hate.
The Center will earmark the money for its homeless youth services and after he leaves, I’m going to personally send Fred a message thanking him for helping us raise money to support LGBT youth. I’d love to tell him he helped us raise thousands!
Thanks for clicking here to make a donation and help me send him that message.

Best,

Peter

Okay, I'm not asking you guys to send money like Mr. Paige (though every little bit might help)but I thought I'd post this so everyone who stumbles across my blog, can see what kind of people are out there. This bastard is showing up in my neighborhood, yes my neighborhood - the corner of Santa Monica & San Vicente is where my bank is, it's a block from my local grocery store, it's three blocks from my house and what can you do about it?

If people protest (and believe me they will) it will just bring more publicity to this asshole's agenda. I've said it before and I'll continue to say just like God made me gay, he made others plain stupid and it's not really my place to interfere with God's plan, but something tells me he did NOT nor would NOT endorse such blatant hatred ... and by the way should you even remotely support this man's actions 1. you might as well cut me off your email and life list immediately cause I don't have time for you, and 2. he has vowed to protest at the funerals of the people who died in the Minneapolis bridge collapse! Why? Well because America has supported gay people and God has sent his wrath down on them by making the bridge collapse. Because after all America's politic powers are completely in support of gay rights and has always been there to make everyone feel equal to each other. And of course there are some people out there who think this whole being gay is nothing but a choice.

After all who wouldn't choose to grow up being harassed and made fun of, getting beat up or on the lookout for anyone who may try to beat you up just because they think it would be fun or even worse killed for the very same reason, oh and of course those equal rights including 1100 laws, privelages and benefits that married couples can have are all washed away because of this choice, and don't forget how this choice can make it so easy to be fired from your job or lose your house. Yes, I can't imagine why more people don't choose to be gay!

If anyone has any suggestions on how I, a little blonde boy from Wisconsin can do something about this I'd love it - personally I was planning on going to Malibu on Saturday but now I'm all worked up!

Labels: Gay Rights, Peter Paige, Politics

posted by swivek @ 10:28 AM 0 comments