In non Ann Coulter-related news, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s office responsed to conservative outcry over the city’s one-off “Colt Studio Day” by saying they’ll be more mindful of their celebratory declarations.
Of the porntastic proclamation, Bill O’Reilly said,
There is not another city in the country that has ever had a ‘gay porn day. And you wonder why your city is looked upon as a modern day Sodom and Gomorrah?
The mayor’s office insists that Newsom makes over 2,000 similar announcements every year and that sometimes the specifics get lost in the shuffle. Though Newsom’s spokesman Nathan Ballard didn’t say they were wrong to honor Colt, he did say:
If there are any questions about proclamations, they will be reviewed. There’s just going to be a stricter review process from now on. The mayor is concerned about it. And we’ve changed the policy to reflect that.
He failed to say how they were going to change the policy, but one hopes that Newsom will read before he signs.
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State assemblyman and known homosexual Mark Leno also signed the official announcement, but certainly doesn’t think the city should be apologizing to O’Reilly and his ilk:
The owners of the studio are taxpaying, law-abiding San Francisco employers who promote safe sex. With a war out of control and the planet’s temperature rising, I would have hoped Bill O’Reilly had more pressing issues to discuss.
Oooo, bitchy!
For their part, Colt insists they’re just “a classy company”. We suppose it’s all relative.
nystudman
Leno’s right. But why doesn’t he go after the very prominent barebacking video companies based in his town?
kevinsf
nystudman says:
Leno’s right. But why doesn’t he go after the very prominent barebacking video companies based in his town?
Maybe Mark Leno feels like a lot of other gay men that the decision about using a condom in adult films and in real life is up to the participants and not the government. Preachy safe sex campaigns and trying to demonize people that are HIV+ has been going on for 20+ years with little success. Treating adults like children rarely works.
nystudman
Maybe “a lot of other gay men” are self-destructive idiots. 20 years+ of safe sex messges has resulted in a lot of people using condoms during sex, including myself and everyone i know. Sure, people can participate in barebacking porn & watch& buy it. But that doesn’t mean RESPONSIBLE gay leaders shouldn’t speak out against it.
bubba
And just what do they propose for festivities on this day? A parade with hardcore floats and balloons? Bill O’Reilly might have said the first sensible thing in his career about all of this. Why would any jurisdiction give its approval to an industry that routinely preys upon truly screwed up people desperate for a buck? The safe sex argument is a moot point. No matter how much you or I get off on the product, the government has no business validating them. The city council is on board, so why shouldn’t a child see this as a great line of work to be in one day? Enough with people putting their “rights” ahead of common sense and tact.
kevinsf
Some of the folks commenting on this sure seem to have the bill of fare don’t they? They attack everyone that disagrees with them with vitriol. Calling them “self-destructive idiots†and irresponsible or chastising them for not having the authors’ same values of “common sense and tactâ€.
Some people lack the ability to make independent decisions and feel most comfortable in an authoritarian community where people whom they view as their betters tell them what to think and how to live. This is especially true in fundamentalist type communities but also it seems to be happening in the gay community as well.