Comments on: Gay NY Couple Get Tickets After Nup “Stunt” http://www.queerty.com/gay-ny-couple-get-tickets-after-nup-stunt-20080429/ Free of an agenda. Except that gay one. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:43:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JerzeeMike http://www.queerty.com/gay-ny-couple-get-tickets-after-nup-stunt-20080429/#comment-52090 JerzeeMike Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:14:15 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/gay-ny-couple-get-tickets-after-nup-stunt-20080429/#comment-52090 Good for these two gentlemen! What ever happened to civil disobedience as a tool toward advancing the awareness of civil rights inequalities faced by gay people in the United States? Where's the spirit of Stonewall that sparked the gay rights movement and Act Up to bring awareness to the AIDS epidemic? We must recapture that spirit so that future generations of LGBT people can be a part of the broad fabric of American society. Good for these two gentlemen! What ever happened to civil disobedience as a tool toward advancing the awareness of civil rights inequalities faced by gay people in the United States? Where’s the spirit of Stonewall that sparked the gay rights movement and Act Up to bring awareness to the AIDS epidemic? We must recapture that spirit so that future generations of LGBT people can be a part of the broad fabric of American society.

]]> By: Paul Raposo http://www.queerty.com/gay-ny-couple-get-tickets-after-nup-stunt-20080429/#comment-52068 Paul Raposo Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:52:05 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/gay-ny-couple-get-tickets-after-nup-stunt-20080429/#comment-52068 "...nearly 80% of Newsday readers describe this showdown as a necessary step toward positive legal change. That lack of cynicism is refreshing, no?" This is why the anti-gay right is always painting us as freaks--as long as they can keep the faithful afeared of us, they believe they can win the culture war. But when LGBTQ's like these two longtime companions are shown in the media, the faithful realise we are not monsters and suddenly their believing the believers seems foolish. Pride parades rock and I believe are important even today. But sometimes a suit and tie and some kind words will get us further along. That said, let's not forget what Al Capone once said: "You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word." It's ok to be homogenous, as long as we don't get trampled, as evidenced by these men making a stand. “…nearly 80% of Newsday readers describe this showdown as a necessary step toward positive legal change. That lack of cynicism is refreshing, no?”

This is why the anti-gay right is always painting us as freaks–as long as they can keep the faithful afeared of us, they believe they can win the culture war. But when LGBTQ’s like these two longtime companions are shown in the media, the faithful realise we are not monsters and suddenly their believing the believers seems foolish. Pride parades rock and I believe are important even today. But sometimes a suit and tie and some kind words will get us further along. That said, let’s not forget what Al Capone once said:

“You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word.”

It’s ok to be homogenous, as long as we don’t get trampled, as evidenced by these men making a stand.

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