A nationwide boycott, Day Without A Gay, is scheduled for Wednesday, December 10, 2008. According to the article in Curve Magazine, organizers Sean Hetherington and Aaron Hartzler were "inspired to launch their website after attending another frustrating post-passage Proposition 8 protest."
Their goal is to redirect the anger they felt in the passage of Prop 8 and focus on something positive, like "the good feelings of giving services." On December 10th they are encouraging you to call in "gay" rather than sick, and instead of sitting at home on the couch, to donate your time to service. For more information, simply go to the site, daywithoutagay.org, or go here for their FAQ page.
Spread the love, not the H8. The point here seems not to be to put employers out of hard working people for a day, but to call attention to the fact that there are gay people everywhere. And they're good people. Hard working people. It's possible that when someone knows that someone they actually know is gay and they like that gay person, they look at their views on gay people a little bit differently. It's the fear of the unknown, hard at work. And what better way to silence the fear than to call awareness to it? I think none.
The Human Soul Project supports you in your act of service in good will. We all make our own choices in life. Make yours to have an open mind and an open heart; support our community in this great act of love and awareness.
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