I have a question... should we all behave like straight people that hate their dull and boring lives? Of course not, we're gay and that means we have that extra pizazz that only we have!! So why do the conservative gays think that they can govern what is gay in our community? That's what's happening now, because Steve Friess, podcaster with the strip podcast and freelance journalist, feels that every single gay couple should fit into this non-offensive little cookie cutter mold, in order to be accepted. Well let me tell you, people shouldn't have a context... the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence here in vegas do a lot for our community and the greater community in general, and don't deserve any negative press. Sure, their antics may be roughly unorthodox to some, but does that mean that they should stop suiting up, and start wearing capris and polos? No, if people want to get "partnered up" in a zany way, aren't they entitled to it? In the same breathe, aren't people allowed to have second thoughts and reconsider a decision they've made? 

Mr. Friess seems to have some colorful ideas on the above.  

The events that were going to happen today at the Erotic Heritage Museum may have been a spur of the moment thing for the people involved, but is that a bad thing? If the occassion is going to be passed up as if it never happened, shouldn't some attention be brought to it? If we all worried about what the media was going to plug on the air, we'd never have pride parades or festivals, we'd never go clubbing at the fruit loop, we'd never do anything that was remotely gay because that's not what the national media wants to see. They want to see good, non-offensive gays, baking cookies and arranging throw pillows on the home design network. Well, I feel differently, because if someone wants to queen up and parade around as a nun all day, more power to em! Have you seen their calves from walking around like that all day? That could be the next big workout routine at your local gym one of these days, lunges in heels, feel the burn!

If Rosie O'Donnell and Kelli Carpenter hadn't flown from New York at dawn to be in San Francisco by 1pm, would people have paid attention to the fact that same sex couples were getting married in 2004? I'm sorry Mr. Friess, but did you have the same comments to them? It wasn't planned, but it most certainly was a political stunt aimed to spite Dubbya and bring media attention to the occassion.

"To persuade straight people that gay couples deserve the rights they have, gays must show that they're more similar than different."
Just like in many other communities, the gay community offers a wide spectrum of members... on the far right, you have the basically straight conservative gays and the closet gays. Next, in the middle, you have the majority or regular gays that are just your average daily gay. Then you have the far left, and you'll find our most colorful members of the community. Is one end of the spectrum any better or more normal than the other? Should we all go back into the closet and act "straight" for you Mr. Friess? People are as is, take it or leave it, I don't care what your opinion is, they shouldn't have to change for anybody!

"we're all just a bunch of sex-crazed, debauching, godless cross-dressers" Really? Is that what you think that this event was going to send across to the nation? Straight people get married by Elvis all the time, daily to be exact (how's that for being like normal straight people, since being flamboyant isn't normal to you) The entertainment was gay specific, and included Frank Marino and the Sister of Perpetual Indulgence, why wouldn't we support our gay entertainers at a gay event? Who should've been there? Gordie Brown? Come on.

This is quite frankly a joke of an argument by people who would rather have all of us turn our flames down so that they don't get hassled for being gay. Here's a newsflash Mr. Friess, we're here, we're queer, and we're not gonna take it anymore! That includes gays that seek to divide the community with their attacks.

God bless America.