Slog - Comments on Gay On Sight http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight Meanwhile in Poland... Poland would sack all gay teachers if a draft plan banning debate on homosexuality in schools and universities is accepted, Brussels reports said Wednesday. If teachers violated the rules, they would face punishment of being sacked, fined or even jailed, the EUobserver said. Teachers who could be identified as gay on sight could lose their jobs without having violated any rules, the report said.... Polish Education Minister Roman Giertych, whose League of Polish Families party worked out a draft plan, suggested last week there was nothing wrong with the bill that is aimed at prohibiting the promotion... Copyright 2008 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:47:20 -0800 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:26:52 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fnarf Something tells me the EU is going to have something to say about that. Poland can choose: gays, or the Third World.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677336 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677336 Homo Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:00:49 -0800 Comment by Just Me So Dan, after what Hillary and Obama said last week does that mean you will not support either one of them if they get the nomination?

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677343 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677343 Homo Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:02:39 -0800 Comment by ddv it will be interesting to see the criteria for being "gay on site". feather boas, matching shoes and belts, vinyl pants and leather vests, combat boots and cropped hair on girls. Virtually all of the gay people i know look no different than the straight people i know...

]]> ddv http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677352 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677352 Homo Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:08:48 -0800 Comment by RS That video clip is comic genius. I almost peed my pants laughing so hard.

]]> RS http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677356 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677356 Homo Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:15:30 -0800 Comment by monkey Who wants to get dressed up in leather drag and go make out at IHOP with me?

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677411 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677411 Homo Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:42:54 -0800 Comment by Andrew I will monkey!! Hell, let's have a gay orgy at IHOP!!!! And then carry it over to Club Lagoon on Saturday night.

As a matter of fact everyone who is gay and lesbian should take over Club Lagoon this weekend!!!! Let's make it Seattle's newest GAY NIGHT CLUB!!!!

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677431 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677431 Homo Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:57:03 -0800 Comment by Gabriel Poland's new conservative leadership is insane. The benefit of the EU is that they will surely slap huge sanctions on Poland if they go through with this. A similar thing is happening with abortion - the EU will punish Poland for not providing abortions to women even in medical emergencies.

]]> Gabriel http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677445 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677445 Homo Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:01:18 -0800 Comment by Hernandez Oh man, have you ever met on of those "ex-gays" in person? My grandfather is a church counselor in an evangelical congregation in Everett, and his greatest counseling "success" was convincing this poor guy that he was secretly straight, but just needed to embrace "what God intended." I met the guy a couple times, and all I could think was, "what a masochist" - trying so hard to deny himself.

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677462 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677462 Homo Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:08:42 -0800 Comment by JudithBjini hope those fuckers in fabulous polska enjoy those bodies-of-christs and stale holy water. subsidized goods from the godless sodomites in west euro won't last forever.

]]> JudithBjini http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677513 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677513 Homo Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:30:41 -0800 Comment by Gabriel Dan, here's a submission for They Will Know We Are Christian.

]]> Gabriel http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677627 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677627 Homo Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:18:58 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew I wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing similar anti-gay activities here in the US, especially around the 2008 election, ex. banning adoption, teachers, domestic partnerships, medical benefits, etc.

The far right will continue to get crazier and crazier until they lose elections. The ex-gay movement has never been about helping gay people - it's about telling other straight people that somehow sexuality is multiple choice. Extermination is their ultimate goal; it's the Evangelical Christians' Final Solution.

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677683 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677683 Homo Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:43:34 -0800 Comment by Andreas definitely: thank god for the EU. This is not going to fly at all - the EU actually pushed a national requirement for Anti-discrimination laws back in 1999. This law isn't going anywhere.

]]> Andreas http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677724 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677724 Homo Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:16:41 -0800 Comment by Mr. Designer That video made my day so much better. :-)

]]> Mr. Designer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677816 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c677816 Homo Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:35:46 -0800 Comment by Kat I think its funny in a scary kind of way. Poland spends millions of dollars on American teachers every year so it can learn English and "take its place" in the EU, when most of the EU isn't this homophobic, and WILL cause problems for Poland in the long run.

]]> Kat http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c678027 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c678027 Homo Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:11:16 -0800 Comment by Sili As has already been said repeatedly, this is all rhetoric.

Poland has suffered huge disappointments after the fall of communism and paired with a Catholic backlash that has resulted in the current nationalistic government run by the facistoid twins.

They ran for office on, for one thing, a demand for the return of the death penalty. Something which is a complete no-go for EU members. Hell, even Turkey has completely abandoned it (including lastly in martial law) in the hope to qualify for membership (and to digress, I find the current xenophobia of France and Poland in that respect appalling - it's despicable how Turkey is made to jump through hoops - that's really not the way to reduce Islamic extremism).

That said, the *rhetoric* is disgusting on its own and betrays an unpleasant ideology. But these measures cannot be put into effect, at least.

]]> Sili http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c678094 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c678094 Homo Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:15:32 -0800 Comment by lawrence clark This is is not going to make me any friends. However, this the USA and we have nukes. Can we just smoke the poles?

]]> lawrence clark http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c678098 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c678098 Homo Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:20:12 -0800 Comment by Sargon Bighorn Any one that has been awake the last few years knows that our "being" is good enough for the RR to want to wipe us out. What is NOT being discussed, what is NOT being planned is what WE as gay folk are gunna do about it. Dont' give me crap about voting for candidate A or candidate B, we vote for them, they shit on us. All you "activits" who like to type endlessly and talk endlessly now need to ACT. Any bright ideas for what to do to fight back instead of whinning and typing on blogs?

]]> Sargon Bighorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c679078 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/gay_on_sight#c679078 Homo Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:26:52 -0800