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Conservatives are doing what they do best-- feigning outrage over trivial little thing, that being the fact that Gavin issued a proclamation making last Friday, "Colt Studio Day." For those not in the know, Colt Studio is a gay porn company in San Francisco that just recently celebrated it's 40th Anniversary.
You know, even we're thrown for a loop on this.
The proclamation came the day of a gala event (link NSFW) at the city's War Memorial for the company. The event was held the day before the GAYVN Awards, the big Gay Video awards event.
So here comes Rev. Louis P. Sheldon, chairman of the Anaheim-based Traditional Values Coalition "No other major city in the nation has gone so far as to blatantly glorify a homosexual porn producer and company." And Bill O'Reilly jumped in, saying "there is not another city in the country that has ever had a 'gay porn day'. And you wonder why your city is looked upon as a modern day Sodom and Gomorrah?"
And you know, Bill might be right about that. Not about the Sodom and Gomorrah bit (and if we are, we're darn proud of it) but the whole "only in San Francisco" thing. It might be just us, but we're not seeing Lincoln Nebraska having a "Vivid Video Day." Or hell, even politically correct us having a "Vivid Video Day." Or even having a day honoring the Mitchell Brothers.
California Assemblyman Mark Leno and San Francisco Treasurer Jose Cisneros also joined in on the proclamation fun and Bevan Dufty was in attendance at the GAYVN. And that's probably something you won't be seeing in pretty much any other place, a government official attending a porn award show.
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Only because it's election time again.
Remind me again why Gavin opposes kink.com using the armory. Why he thinks the mission is better of with this historical building unused and blighted. why he is proposing to retroactively change zoning codes to stop filiming inside the armory.
Hypocritical asshole.
YEEEE-AAHHHHH!!!!!!!!
SF Gay Porn Day in the motherfuckin' hizzouse!!!!
woof woof!!
SF RULES THE FUCKIN' UNIVERSE!!!!!!
Go SF! It's your porn day! Go SF! It's your porn day!
Porn, porn, porn!
Day, day, day!
SF. Gay. Porn. Dayyyyy!!!!
(i love this frickin' town)
Thank god there is one town in this fucked up country that isn't afraid to celebrate the beauty of gay porn.
Now we need a Bel-Ami day proclaimed!
I hate it when O'Reilly blows things like this out of proportion. I was hoping to get the mayor to issue a "Bestiality Day" proclamation, but I'm sure that won't happen now! :-(
Just goes to show you that Newsom can't even manage his staff, how can you let him to continue his mismanagement of San Francisco.
San Francisco Values: The Sequel
By Bill O'Reilly
March 8, 2007
A couple of weeks ago in San Francisco, the following proclamation was issued: "Be it resolved that I, Gavin Newsom, Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco, congratulate Colt Studios on the occasion of their (sic) 40th anniversary and proclaim February 23, 2007 as Colt Studio Day in San Francisco!"
That evening the Colt folks held a big party in the City by the Bay, attended by State Assemblyman Mark Leno and other local dignitaries.
There is, however, one small problem with all this, and it is spelled out on the Colt website, which states: "Come inside to experience the hottest man-on-man action!"
Somehow, I don't thinking they're talking about the World Wrestling Association here.
No, Colt Studios is a major gay porn outfit that markets hard core films all over the world. There are many movies available including the "legendary bodies series - the pinnacle of masculine erotica."
So the logical question becomes why, exactly, does Colt Studios rate a "day" in San Francisco? I put that to Mayor Newsom who said he didn't really know about the proclamation. Somebody in his office just signed his name without telling him, according to the Mayor. In the future, he said, he'd "review" the proclamations himself.
Might be a good idea.
But Assemblyman Leno was aghast that I would ask about this. He told the San Francisco Chronicle that "the owners of the studio are taxpaying, law-abiding San Francisco employers who promote safe sex."
Leno went on to tell the newspaper that the Colt "products" had "contributed to his development as a gay man."
This, of course, is the same Mark Leno who torpedoed tough legislation to punish child molesters. The good folks in California had to put a referendum on the ballot in order to pass "Jessica's Law" because Leno and his cronies blocked it in the legislature.
Mark Leno also had no problem with the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passing an ordinance banning military recruiting in city schools. Nor did he object to the supervisors passing a resolution condemning a Christian youth rally at AT&T Park, the home of the Giants. The Supervisors called the rally "anti-gay and anti-choice."
When my book Culture Warrior was released last fall, a number of critics put forth that I exaggerated the agenda of the secular-progressive (SP) movement. On the basis of what's happening in San Francisco, I was naïve. The S-P's are crazier then I thought.
I mean, think about it. Even if you believe, as I do, that adults should be able to consume so-called "adult entertainment" without government intrusion, don't children live in San Francisco these days? "Hey, Louie, the mayor just said it's gay porn day. Do we have to go to school?"
San Francisco is one of America's great urban showplaces, but the city has been hijacked by radical politicians who are destroying it. Mayor Newsom is in alcohol rehab after having an affair with his best friend's wife, the homeless situation is out of control because the city gives everybody cash, and now these loons are honoring pornographers.
What's next? Barry Bonds steroids day?
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