Im glad queerty is on top of this. CSW, Out West (and its affiliates) will all be putting out communications the moment we hear abou the decision.

Noone but the supreem court knows the date of the decision. We are all sitting on the edge of our seats.

“Hasta La Victoria Simepre (until victory always)” – Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara

But the tea bags are just another protest stunt that the government will ignore UNLESS combined with disrupting business as usual.

There’s a brief wikipedia article on it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_sit-in

I’m not sure I agree with the message. Sounds like censorship to me. But I don’t know.

“You can [do] it from the comfort of your hoMe, neither needing to shower or get dressed.”

PRIME DIRECTIVE: focus on the fact that the goal is not to try to change minds [that usually takes YEARS when it succeeds at all] but to change BEHAVIOR, i.e., promoting or funding or voting for homohate. For example, the illegal “Whites Only” lunch counter sit ins by blacks didn’t make the clerks/owners suddenly love blacks. They changed behavior, and, in turn, that changed behavior helped many change their minds. Nevertheless, as gay black civil rights icon Bayard Rustin said:

“Our job is not to get those people who dislike us to love us. Nor was our aim in the civil rights movement to get prejudiced white people to love us. Our aim was to try to create the kind of America, legislatively, morally, and psychologically, such that even though some whites continued to hate us, they could not openly manifest that hate. That’s our job today: to control the extent to which people can publicly manifest antigay sentiment.”
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SUGGESTIONS:

Well-publicized [but not pre-announced], nonviolent sit-ins refusing to leave until forcibly removed from the offices of local, state, and federal antigay legislators/administrators. Make such removal as difficult as possible by chaining yourselves together and to various objects such as doors and large furniture. Prevent people from coming in/exiting. Commandeer the person’s receptionist/secretary telephones, answering calls, “You’ve reached the office of AntiAmerican Bigot ___________. Please support someone else. In the name of the Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness, I’ll transfer you now, and immediately transfer the call to the office of a progay legislator, his/her progay election opponent if he/she exists, or the gay group most actively involved in the particular issue. A separate, simultaneous group, not doing anything to get arrested, would be leafletting outside the office/building explaining what was happening and why.

SAME with the offices and personal residences of leaders/groups in the Antigay Industry including churches, the latter while emphasizing that it is NOT “anti religious freedom” but “pro separation of Church & State” Inclusion in the action of nongay supportive clergy would be crucial to minimizing their further lies about “Us” & “Them.” One of the things that helped accelerate the 60s black civil rights movement were the many images of clerical-collared ministers and nuns of all races side by side.

[The fact that the rabidly antigay Archbishop of San Francisco who actively conspired with Mormon leaders to pass Prop H8 has, to the best of my knowledge, not even had a protest sign come within 10 feet of him, is an outrage.]

Don’t just urge boycotts [which almost never work to any effective degree], but SHUT DOWN for a day the business as usual of homohaters. Example, the Hyatt Manchester in San Diego owned by a man who gave $125,000 to Prop H8, the subject of calls for boycotting for months. Block the entrances with people chained to its doors. Flood the lobby with people shouting “Your money is supporting a Bigot!” Commandeer the front desk and in-house reservation telephones, answering calls, “You’ve reached the Manchester Bigot Hotel. In the name of the Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness, I’ll transfer you now, and immediately transfer the call to another San Diego hotel known not to have given any antigay money.

Don’t just bitch on blogs about the Bill O’Reilly’s of the world. In the 70s, just one man, Philadelphia’s Mark Segal, changed the way local and network news and entertainment programs covered/did not cover gays, including Walter Cronkite and Johnny Carson. He found a way to sneak into their studios and, for instances, chained himself to cameras and disrupted sometimes live broadcasts by shouting about their bigotry. Since then, and similar incidents, and 9/11, TV and radio studios are more protected but NOT impenetrable.

A handful of determibed people using a few phones and Speed/Redialling can totally disrupt the work of whomever by flooding their offices/homes with repeated calls. When someone answers, say, “I’m calling to find out why _______ is an AntiAmerican bigot denying equality to millions of fellow citizens.” Typically the secretary or other staff person who answers will try to be polite and “take a name and number.” Don’t allow the dodge. Simply say you’ll call again and hang up and REDIAL. Eventually you might get someone to attempt to dialogue with you but simply reply, “That answer is unacceptable.” Hang up and REDIAL.

As far as I know, such phone disruption isn’t even illegal. You can doing it from the comfort of your hope, neither needing to shower or get dressed.

REMEMBER: the goal is not to try to change minds but to change BEHAVIOR.

As Florida’s DOD Coordinator/Organizer, I’m in constant contact with Robin Tyler, plaintiff in the case and co-organizer of Day of Decision with Andy Thayer. I spoke to her just yesterday, she has not been notified of any ruling being reached or even a possible date it will be forth coming. Christopher Street West pulling a permit to hold a rally/march April 20th, is certainly premature and doesn’t reflect the actual date the ruling will be made public. As for those considering organizing an action in their cities, there is in fact still time and we encourage you to do so. Presently there are 43 confirmed city actions taking place in 13 States, Washington, D.C. and 1 Canada City action. Please go to http://www.dayofdecision.org for complete list of actions, to sign-up to be an organizer, have your city action listed, tools for making flyers and for any assistance you may require.

When the plaintiffs and attorneys receive notice the courts ruling will be made public in 24 hours. We have a system in place to immediately alert our organizers, by email blast, phone and/or text message,

For individuals, groups or orgs in Florida who wish to organize an action, please feel free to contact me directly R. Zeke Fread at: zeke@dayofdecison.org.

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WHEN are gays going to realize that, as my Mother used to say, we’ve run the rally idea into the ground and broken it off?

NOTHING will be achieved by yet another gay circle jerk like this….in fact, directed at the court system, it’s likely to be COUNTERPRODUCTIVE as it plays into the hands of the Right Wing propaganda about “activist courts” who aren’t deciding on the legal merits of a case but on the will of the mob of the moment.

Before someone ejaculates, “We have to show them we’re angry.” HELLOOOOOO, we think they know that already. Anger without action is nothing but another homo hissy fit.

Blacks rallied FOR DECADES for full equality but nothing substantially changed in their daily lives until they DISRUPTED the status quo with civil disobedience.

Gays rallied for AIDS to be taken seriously but nothing substantial happened until ACT UP disrupted the status quo with civil disobedience.

Please alert us when gays start actually start ACTing like they mean it.

The NCLR will send you a text alert when the court posts on its website. Sign up form located here: http://www.nclrights.org/site/.....bilealerts

Though it’s unrelated, the day is also Hitler’s birthday and the Columbine anniversary…

This will be true every week until June 3rd.