Hmm… do something that will bring people running to see your billboard, then put an ad on it for something you want to sell.  Isn't this called "marketing", folks? It reminds me of an incident a few years ago, in a park that had developed a reputation for, well, let's just say it had a reputation.  Someone set fire to a car in the parking lot, let it burn down, and didn't bother to remove the remains.  Visitors to the park would make up their own stories, and leave.  There were car parts still in the same place over 6 months later, and most of the previously-regular visitors were going elsewhere. Another successful publicity stunt.

The time is NOW !!! [image: hrc-logo.gif] hXXp://www.hrc.org/ Gay rights activist calls for march on Washington hXXp://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-06-07-gayrights-march_N.htm

IMHO: If gay people are required to pay this tax simply for who we love and live with then the entire tax system should be re-aligned to remove any taxes which do not apply to us .Like school system taxes… if you do not have children you should not have to pay taxes into a system that has no benefit to you as an individual. As single taxpayers we support many programs that wil never have any benefit for us. I for one am sick of the higher taxes we are forced into paying because we can't get married and qualify for the discounts given heterosexuals for simply breeding. It is definitely time for another World Wide "TEA PARTY" and taxation without representation is just as wrong today as in  the 1700's!!! BTW: I do realize this is not in the States but I feel sure this couple pays thru taxes for many services they will never benefit from directly.I am just saying that if we pay this tax then that should make us exempt from other taxes by way of equality in taxes.To be required to pay taxes for who we love should be so illegal that the entire planet should revolt and one would think they would. If the taxes for families increased due to SINGLES not having to pay for school taxes there would be such an uproar you would never hear the end of it. Heteros seldom want to consider life from another perspective and politicians never allow these thoughts to enter into their considerations.

Cher Supports Daughter Chaz's Sex Change PopEater posted: 4 HOURS 37 MINUTES AGO Marking the first public statement since her daughter Chastity Bono – now Chaz Bono -- announced that she was undergoing a sex change, Cher is coming out to lend words of support for her daughter. Cher says that Chaz is going through "a difficult journey, but one that I will support," and says that she respects "the courage it takes to go through this transition in the glare of public scrutiny, and although I may not understand, I will strive to be understanding," in a statement to UsMagazine.com. Cher continued with kind words for her daughter, saying that her support is infinite. "The one thing that will never change is my abiding love for my child," Cher said in the statement. TMZ was the first to report that Chaz Bono was undergoing a sex change from female to male. "Yes, it's true -- Chaz, after many years of consideration, has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity," Bono's publicist Howard Bragman told TMZ. "He is proud of his decision and grateful for the support and respect that has already been shown by his loved ones. It is Chaz's hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue, just as his 'coming out' did nearly 20 years ago," Bragman continued.

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I'm sure there's plenty of bondage going on there.

@trentreviso: The march was an attempt by the Russian gay community to attract attention to the issue of human rights, especially as it relates to gays. well, atleast they managed their goal (though not the way they intended).

Republicans will use any trick in the book to try to explain away their hatred of gays.

This reminds me of President Obama and Hillary Clinton. In favor of civil unions, but not actually in favor of gay "marriage." And, in Clinton's case, she favors the right of states to deny both civil unions and marriage, if they choose. I appreciate President da Silva's support. But, there is a long way to go, and much work yet to be done.

I have mixed feelings about Stephen Fry. I like a lof of his work {he was great in Black Adder}, but I hate that he feels the need to insult the US at every turn to get the British public to like him.

@raphjd: Either way, it shows how fucked up people can be. precisely what i was thinking !

i'm at a loss for words and disgusted !

Next they'll be voting. What is the world coming to?

One would imagine hotels would WANT people to come to them.

I figure there have been lots of openly Gay Leaders, the catch here is that this one is the NATION'S leader (or whatever Iceland considers themselves)

Bravo for bringing this to our attention. I'd have to say monks should probably be a bit less flamboyant, it just isn't monk-like!