In answer to your first question, the only criteria for inclusion on the list is having donated $1,000 or more to the Yes on Prop 8 campaign. I'm sure someone wouldn't look at an entry for a secretary for Hewlett Packard and boycott the company based on that, but I'm certainly never using any of the dentists or attorneys on the list.
And I know you don't consider someone who's against same-sex marriage anti-gay, but I think that's due in large part to the fact that you're not gay with a partner that you can't marry. I'm going to Boston (hopefully) next year to marry the man with whom I've built a life. That trip's going to cost a good amount of money. And then we're going to come back home and have the big party surrounded by family and friends and love... and the marriage license won't be worth the paper it's printed on because Georgia doesn't allow same-sex marriage. In addition, Georgia's amendment went one step further and said that no relationship between two people of the same sex can even have any of the same rights as marriage, even if it's legal in another state. So for instance, if he gets sick, there's no guarantee that I'll be able to see him in the hospital. I'm certainly not a member of his family. And that's just one of more than a thousand rights we are denied as a gay couple. So maybe it's not anti-gay in intention, but it's sure as hell anti-gay in effect. David Churvis -----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 1:16 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: the list How low level of a job does the employee have to have to not make it to the list? I don't consider someone against same sex marriage as anti-gay. I'm sure some are, but I believe most aren't. On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:06 AM, David Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see where your problem lies; let me perhaps shed some light on the thought > process. The artistic director of a musical theatre company donated money > to Proposition 8. In any theatre company, Artistic Director is one of the > two highest positions within the organization, and is always ultimately > responsible for the output of the company, both in terms of quality and > content. Because this person is in a leadership position within the > organization, it blurs the lines between what the organization endorses and > what he endorses personally. So as a gay person, I have to choose whether > to patronize an organization led and represented by someone who doesn't want > me to have what I consider to be a basic human right. > > Let me put it this way: I don't think that a Jewish person would care to > visit and spend money at an establishment operated by a vocal anti-Semite, > even if the establishment itself has no official language against Jewish > people. > > David Churvis > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:280560 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
