Dec 22nd, 2005
Queer Activism, Kissing, and National Security
I’m still trying to grasp how anybody figures “gays” are a threat to marriage. But a threat to national security?
The New York Blade reports that a kiss-in demonstration at the University of California - Santa Cruz to protest the U.S. Military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was labeled as a “credible threat” of terrorism by the Pentagon.
You see the slippery slope here, don’t you? You see how gay men and lesbians (and maybe a few straight people who will play gay-for-the-day for the sake of an effective “gay” kiss-in protest) are directly affecting your ability to get on a plane and arrive at your destination in one piece. The U.S. must use all the intelligence it has to protect this country from the gays. This, apparently, is the key to the War on Terrorism.
Our tax dollars at work, my friends.
But how psyched are those young closet cases who have been assigned to infiltrate college queer organizations across this country? At the very least, I hope they enjoy themselves as they discover there is no “there” there.
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) is an organization that advocates for lifting the ban on openly-LGBT people serving in the military. The organization released a statement about domestic spying on GLBT organizations, calling it absurd and homophobic.
SLDN also just released a new t-shirt slogan that makes me cackle: “Kissing me may constitute terrorist activity.”
Heterosexuality after all, is the patriotic thing to do. It is my responsibility, nay, my duty to act on my heterosexuality today to demonstrate that I am no threat to my dear country. I suggest all Americans of all orientations make it your top priority today to find someone of the opposite sex to smooch — preferably in front of a surveillance camera.
From here on out, if a man turns down my offer to make out with him, I’ll stick a tape recorder in his face and ask, “Why do you hate freedom?”
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