The Onion: Nation’s Gays Demand Right To Library

What am I not getting here…
Hmmmm. Library has a place has taken on a whole new meaning – interesting, but stupid, but not so far off base…I wonder if there is such a thing as a “gay” bible – something like a guidebook, you know, like How to Be Gay for Dummies” – I think I’d like to work on that project, but I do need to get paid, so that I can buy my GAY BOOKS off the friggin’ internet!

However, is this an urban legend or really based on reality (the lines get blurred when we discuss any agenda that isn’t all on one page, so to speak)

Hypothetically Given or Not: A “reading agenda” and another vow to amend the constitution over library cards – What has our library come to?? I couldn’t quickly verify this story on the primary source for GLAAD and found a few more references (see below) although, I find this article interesting:

http://www.glaad.org/action/al_archive_detail.php? id=1593&

And, then the Onion’s referenced article excerpted below:

Nation’s Gays Demand Right To Library Cards
Leaders of the library-cards-for-gays movement, who say some 10 million homosexual citizens are forced to check out books from a loose network of underground libraries each year, liken their plight to American women’s long and historic struggle for borrowing privileges. Women were first issued library cards in 1936.

“No one’s preventing gays from using libraries they’re fully welcome to walk into them, browse all they want, and sit down and flip through any book they choose, even in the reference section,” said Sen. Jim Bunning (R – KY), one of several conservative legislators who has vowed to draft a constitutional amendment that would define library booklending as a contract between a library and a heterosexual reader. “But to issue them the same library cards as a regular American citizen would demean what our nation’s library cards stand for.”

“Perhaps in 10 or 20 years we can talk about full library rights for all,” said University of Florida Library and Information Sciences Professor Bruce Seitz, who co-authored the proposal. “If gays are issued cards too quickly, we could see a violent reactionary response, with millions of shocked and offended Americans cutting up their own cards and their children’s cards.”
“For now, gays should just be happy to read their Bibles,” Seitz added.
Such compromise solutions do not satisfy activists such as GLAAD’s Thomas, who perceive “raging hypocrisy” within the cardholder status quo.

Source: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/nations_gays_ demand_right_to

Lastly, I don’t know about Ronda, but I can cook, clean and decorate a Christmas tree like nobody’s business – Girlfriend/Ronda, will you hire me and give me a place to live?

It really isn’t too funny any more, but please remember, gays own homes in Florida and we need to support the effort – just in case the funding for our libraries are taken away and they become Condos….dang.

Re: The “real” Ronda
Nicely done! Now, let’s put our thinking caps on – When, with the exception of snide little nasty remarks, does Ronda actually have a thought of her own, and can make a stand. I personally believe that Ronda is a bully, but is smart enough to hide behind others when it is to her advantage. See below…BTW, do we grow cherries in Florida or is the illusion that we are not going to tolerate the thinly disguised lying that is going on behind the scenes of political agendas – Don’t get me wrong, dear. I do believe that Governor Crist is on the right track, here.

Insurance session bringing answers
Thursday, January 18, 2007

“The ‘cherry-picking’ in this state has got to stop,” said Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, as he proposed the new language on the Senate floor with co-sponsor Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Brandon. “We’ve got to send a message to the insurance industry, because we’ve heard that message from our homeowners back home that they won’t tolerate the cherry-picking in this state any longer.”
Source: http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2007/1/18/21617 7.html

Shirley