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News 200,000 Gay Couples Go, Um, Poof
Posted by Dan Savage on Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:41 AM
Better data processing methods, says the U.S. Census.
"We don't think Census is doing us dirty here," says Jaime Grant of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force in Washington, D.C., which has been pushing for Census recognition of gay couples. "They improved the way they designed the form, so they got fewer false reports from opposite-sex partners. But I still think it doesn't mean we're getting the full picture of LGBT people across the board."
The haters will seize on this, of course, as evidence that, um, I'm not sure what they'll claim it proves—that Playboy will make your sons gay, I guess, if your sons knew what Playboy was.
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This shows that watching gay porn is turning gay couples straight.
Also, the rise of gay marriage is making gay men who fear commitment break up with their partners. This demonstrates the moral depravity of the gay lifestyle.
And finally, through prayer, the Values Voters are winning the war against the gay lifestyle.
Also, the rise of gay marriage is making gay men who fear commitment break up with their partners. This demonstrates the moral depravity of the gay lifestyle.
And finally, through prayer, the Values Voters are winning the war against the gay lifestyle.
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Oh they're going to protest that we won't be documented thoroughly enough so they can add insult to injury by breaking up couples when they round the gays up and ship them off to the concentration camps to "Halt the spread of AIDS" or "Protect family values" or what have you.
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In federal data collection they reject data submission if you show two people of the same gender as married.
Sometimes they do it if you show them as living together.
There are more of you than they think.
Sometimes they do it if you show them as living together.
There are more of you than they think.
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Seattle LGBT Equality Weekend October 10 – 11, 2009
Seattle OUTProtest has brought together a grassroots coalition of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and straight people and organizations to organize a series of solidarity events to coincide with the National March for Equality this October.
March and Rally
Forty years after the Stonewall Rebellion, we march in solidarity with our brothers and sisters and allies in Washington, DC to demand equal protection in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states and to show our public support for the Approval of Referendum 71 here in Washington state.
Sunday, October 11
2:00 pm: Volunteer Park, 10th Ave E & E Prospect
5:00 pm: Rally, Federal Courthouse, 7th & Stewart
Thinking Queerly: Community Workshops on LGBT Issues
Community organizers and activists will present a series of workshops on a range of issues affecting the lgbt community including Stonewall and lgbt movement history, homelessness, hate crimes and self defense, lgbt health, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, lgbt legal issues, Gay-Straight Alliances, marriage equality, and more.
Saturday, October 10
9:30 am to 5 pm
Piggot Auditorium, Seattle University
HIV/AIDS Vigil
As the AIDS pandemic nears its fourth decade, we gather to educate and raise awareness about the continued struggles of people living with HIV/AIDS and their families, friends, and support networks as well as to demand all resources and all funding necessary for prevention, treatment, and a cure.
Saturday, October 10
Starting at 6 pm
Seattle Central Community College South Plaza, Broadway & E Pine
Generation Q Mega Mixer
Come mingle and mix with seasoned leaders and activists of the GLBTQ community at the Generation Q Mega Mixer. Young leaders (25 and under please) will have the opportunity to socialize, learn from, and quite possibly have a dance off with some of the community's most inspiring members in a relaxed social environment.
Sunday, October 11
6:30 pm
Sole Repair Shop, 1001 E Pike
Seattle LGBT Equality Weekend March & Rally
http://nationalmarch.seattleoutprotest.o…
Get involved with one of our planning committees! Contact for more time and details:
March/Rally Committee, March@seattleoutprotest.org
Workshops Committee, Workshops@seattleoutprotest.org
Outreach Committee, Outreach@seattleoutprotest.org
Mixer Committee, Mixer@seattleoutprotest.org
HIV/AIDS Vigil Committee, Vigil@seattleoutprotest.org
Biweekly General Organizing Meetings, please contact whitney@seattleoutprotest.org for time and location.
National Equality March: Equality Across America
www.equalityacrossamerica.org
Approve Referendum 71
Keep the Domestic Partnership Law
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Seattle OUTProtest has brought together a grassroots coalition of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and straight people and organizations to organize a series of solidarity events to coincide with the National March for Equality this October.
March and Rally
Forty years after the Stonewall Rebellion, we march in solidarity with our brothers and sisters and allies in Washington, DC to demand equal protection in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states and to show our public support for the Approval of Referendum 71 here in Washington state.
Sunday, October 11
2:00 pm: Volunteer Park, 10th Ave E & E Prospect
5:00 pm: Rally, Federal Courthouse, 7th & Stewart
Thinking Queerly: Community Workshops on LGBT Issues
Community organizers and activists will present a series of workshops on a range of issues affecting the lgbt community including Stonewall and lgbt movement history, homelessness, hate crimes and self defense, lgbt health, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, lgbt legal issues, Gay-Straight Alliances, marriage equality, and more.
Saturday, October 10
9:30 am to 5 pm
Piggot Auditorium, Seattle University
HIV/AIDS Vigil
As the AIDS pandemic nears its fourth decade, we gather to educate and raise awareness about the continued struggles of people living with HIV/AIDS and their families, friends, and support networks as well as to demand all resources and all funding necessary for prevention, treatment, and a cure.
Saturday, October 10
Starting at 6 pm
Seattle Central Community College South Plaza, Broadway & E Pine
Generation Q Mega Mixer
Come mingle and mix with seasoned leaders and activists of the GLBTQ community at the Generation Q Mega Mixer. Young leaders (25 and under please) will have the opportunity to socialize, learn from, and quite possibly have a dance off with some of the community's most inspiring members in a relaxed social environment.
Sunday, October 11
6:30 pm
Sole Repair Shop, 1001 E Pike
Seattle LGBT Equality Weekend March & Rally
http://nationalmarch.seattleoutprotest.o…
Get involved with one of our planning committees! Contact for more time and details:
March/Rally Committee, March@seattleoutprotest.org
Workshops Committee, Workshops@seattleoutprotest.org
Outreach Committee, Outreach@seattleoutprotest.org
Mixer Committee, Mixer@seattleoutprotest.org
HIV/AIDS Vigil Committee, Vigil@seattleoutprotest.org
Biweekly General Organizing Meetings, please contact whitney@seattleoutprotest.org for time and location.
National Equality March: Equality Across America
www.equalityacrossamerica.org
Approve Referendum 71
Keep the Domestic Partnership Law
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Mr Potato Head,
Homosexual men are 1.3% of the population but 56% of new AIDS cases.
76% of all men who have AIDS in this country are homosexuals (the rest got it from IV drug use)
What is your plan to "Halt the spread of AIDS"?
Mr Potato Head,
Homosexual men are 1.3% of the population but 56% of new AIDS cases.
76% of all men who have AIDS in this country are homosexuals (the rest got it from IV drug use)
What is your plan to "Halt the spread of AIDS"?
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Lonnie, my dear fellow-
Homosexual men are 1.3% of the population but 58% of new AIDS cases.
76% of all men who have AIDS in this country are homosexuals.
What exactly do you DEMAND from the rest of us to prevent AIDS transmission?
Lonnie, my dear fellow-
Homosexual men are 1.3% of the population but 58% of new AIDS cases.
76% of all men who have AIDS in this country are homosexuals.
What exactly do you DEMAND from the rest of us to prevent AIDS transmission?
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Well, I was happy to read that the feeder going across my computer screen, keep repeating "150,000 Gay Couple Say They're Married" . I hope it keeps feeding by all day long, own the word people, you have the right. And, Merriam Webster agrees.
Main Entry: mar·riage
Pronunciation: \ˈmer-ij, ˈma-rij\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English mariage, from Anglo-French, from marier to marry
Date: 14th century
1 a (1) : the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law (2) : the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage b : the mutual relation of married persons : wedlock c : the institution whereby individuals are joined in a marriage
2 : an act of marrying or the rite by which the married status is effected; especially : the wedding ceremony and attendant festivities or formalities
3 : an intimate or close union
Main Entry: mar·riage
Pronunciation: \ˈmer-ij, ˈma-rij\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English mariage, from Anglo-French, from marier to marry
Date: 14th century
1 a (1) : the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law (2) : the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage b : the mutual relation of married persons : wedlock c : the institution whereby individuals are joined in a marriage
2 : an act of marrying or the rite by which the married status is effected; especially : the wedding ceremony and attendant festivities or formalities
3 : an intimate or close union
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where do people get census forms to fill out? i am 36. my gay partner of 18 years is 38. we have never received or even seen a census form. nor have any of our friends. neither of us can recall our parents ever filling one out either. which doesn't mean they never did. but how accurate can the census possibly be if in all our years we've never even seen a form?
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Why does it has to be an "invalidation", can't it be due to there being fewer households with homosexually identified people in long term relationships?
It well could be, since states that perform gay marriages have drastically seen a reduction of such marriages. It could well be that the same is happening in the overall picture in terms of homosexual pairings. It may well be just a case of the fad having passed, which goes to show the fallacy in of those who still want to make gay marriage their agenda.
It well could be, since states that perform gay marriages have drastically seen a reduction of such marriages. It could well be that the same is happening in the overall picture in terms of homosexual pairings. It may well be just a case of the fad having passed, which goes to show the fallacy in of those who still want to make gay marriage their agenda.
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