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Benjamin Grimm Dec 10 2008 09:46 AM

Anybody call in gay today?

themetfairy Dec 10 2008 09:47 AM

I beg your pardon?

Benjamin Grimm Dec 10 2008 09:49 AM

I guess you're not in the loop... ="Los Angeles Times"] 'Day Without a Gay' is latest protest against California gay marriage ban 4:36 AM, December 10, 2008 Gay-rights activists are encouraging people to “call in gay” to work today to demonstrate how integral gay people are to American society. “We are here, and we are not second-class citizens, and we deserve the same rights as everyone else,” said Julio Perez, a restaurant manager in Chicago who is planning to take the day off. The event is among scores of grass-roots activities — including protests, boycotts and marches — that have sprung up in California and across the country since the passage of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California, along with other anti-gay ballot initiatives in Arizona, Florida and Arkansas. It was first proposed by Los Angeles Times columnist Joel Stein and is patterned after the 2006 "A Day Without a Mexican" work stoppage. After Stein wrote a Nov. 14 column proposing the idea (which he said he got from a friend), activists seized upon it and chose Dec. 10, which is International Human Rights Day. Sean Hetherington, a personal trainer and stand-up comedian who is among those coordinating the event, urged protesters to use the day to do volunteer work.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 10 2008 09:50 AM

I wish I did. I'm actually sick.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 10 2008 09:51 AM

Nobody would believe that today.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 10 2008 09:53 AM

I'm gonna go pat the CEO's butt and see what happens.

Kong76 Dec 10 2008 11:52 AM

I'm gonna check the IP addresses of a few of the gayer here today and see if they're posting from hom(e).

Fman99 Dec 10 2008 05:52 PM

I phoned in retarded today.

Nymr83 Dec 10 2008 07:03 PM

="Fman99":2kwtornz]I phoned in retarded today.[/quote:2kwtornz] you were supposed to plug the phone in first. Herb Gardner Dec 10 2008 08:31 PM Happy, but alas, not gay