magical relationship equality day
on saturday miss jess and i put on our tree-hugging hippy hats and went to protest in support of the nationwide day of action against the federal ban on same-sex marriages.
saturday was the one year anniversary of the ban - "the federal law that institutionalises second rate citizenship for same-sex couples". around the country, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex (LGBTI) activists and human rights advocates rallied in unison, meeting and protesting to demand the federal government repeals the ban and institutes marriage rights for all.
in nsw Community Action Against Homophobia (CAAH) and Australian Marriage Equality (AME) teamed up to call for this anniversary to be marked with action. the relationship equality campaign has now broadened to involve all major peak queer rights bodies organised around the theme "relationship equality" for equal marriage, civil and defacto rights.
and what a glorious day of action it was. there were badges and tshirts and kiddies and cuties and speeches and surveys and dancing and hugging and little pink heart shaped balloons.
i repeat, LITTLE PINK HEART SHAPED BALLOONS!
unfortunately kylie wasn't there nor were any of the bardot girls, but apart from these minor disappointments those gays really know how to throw a
the best part about the day was definitely the true-life hetero bridal party who had chosen to have their post-nuptial happy snaps taken at the hyde park fountain. by coincidence this is also where the protest ended up. hilarity ensued.
at first we only saw two pink-coated
eventually the groom turned up and proceeded to pash his new wifey and madly grope her through her bouffant of bad taste.
"that's disgusting!" asserted one protester.
"do they have to do that in public?" questioned another.
"mummy, i thought it was adam and steve, not adam and eve," said a small well-adjusted child from a non-nuclear family.*
soon the wedding photographer trotted over to our camp and asked if they could borrow a bunch of our pink balloons for their photos. we said okay, but only if they let the savvy partner of sju sju take a photo of them holding a pro-relationship equality banner.
and do you know what? they said no.
that's right, the gay-hating, howard-loving newlyweds said no.**
then they spat on us and chased us with knives.***
then we pulled out our machetes and killed the lot of them and wore them as coats for the rest of the harsh, harsh winter.****
the end.
*certain details may be exaggerated for impact/comic effect. cope.
**newlyweds may not actually hate gays and love howard. this is pure speculation.
***no they didn't.
****no we didn't.
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So the question is, did you find yourself a gay friend? You're obviously going to a lot of effort and I commend you for that.
sadly no, i didn't score myself a gaymate on magical relationship equality day.
i think my "looking for gay friends in all the wrong places" banner may have been a bit much.
From the way this story ended, it sounds like you may still be a little shaken from your "I nearly killed a motorcyclist!" day two posts ago ...
Are you doin' OK?
(Note the distinct lack of a 'g' at the end of the word 'doing' in the above question. That's a very intentional demonstration of both my street-smarts and my high level of care for your personal well-being. Or well-bein'.)
(And it also shows how cool I am.)
I wonder what R.C. Collins would say.
My penis is miniscule.
Ah, right on cue.
bevis: thank you so much for your concern. i am less shaken by the accident and more broken from the weekend. fits is a hard task-master of the partygirl variety. and i have trouble saying no.
r.c: you know what they say. small penis, small...um...penis.
because they really wanted someone else's political views forced on their special day.
mmm
Aren't they lucky they got a special day, anonymous?
i love it when you talk tough, tuppence.
Wanna get married?
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