"Pride Center Rally Against Palladino's comments" written by Heidi on estrip.org

10/11/10 05:02 - 61.ºF - ID#52936

Pride Center Rally Against Palladino's comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: October 11, 2010

The Pride Center of WNY Organizes Rally to Decry Carl Paladinoâ€™s Homophobic Comments

Buffalo, NY â€“ â€œI donâ€™t want our children brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid or successful optionâ€ Carl Paladino. In response, Jorien Brock, Senior Director of the Pride Center of WNY states: â€œThis is exactly the kind of appalling public discourse that perpetuates anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender violence and tells our young LGBT folks that they are alone, do not have other options, and leads them to commit suicide.â€ Brock continuesâ€ And what is this about an option? Arenâ€™t we past the point of even having a discussion about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered folks choosing to be who they are. This is not an optionâ€¦it IS who we are, and who we are is very good.â€

In response to the outrageous and disparaging comments made by Mr. Paladino, The Pride Center is inviting the community to stand by them in a public rally to protest these comments at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 12 in front of Mr. Paladinoâ€™s campaign headquarters at 295 Main Street in the City of Buffalo. This will be a peaceful rally to show Mr. Paladino, the people of Western New York and those throughout New York State that he does NOT speak for us.

Mr. Paladino states that â€œweâ€ should not get him wrong, he does not want to hurt LGBT people?. â€œThis is exactly what he is doing;â€ states Brock,â€œThis language is hateful and hurtful.â€ Suicide is the number one cause of death for young LGBT people. More gay youth than any other group take their own lives because they are afraid, they do not feel safe, they do not believe they can grow up to be loved, they feel that society does not and will not accept them for who they are.

The mission of the Pride Center is to work with the community to make Western New York a safe, healthy, and satisfying place for LGBT people to live, work, and establish their families. We want people to know that you are not alone, there are people and resources here to support you, and perpetuating discrimination against LGBT people will not be tolerated.

WWW.PRIDECENTERWNY.ORG

P.S. I still have a bag full of aloe!!

libertad writes at 02:56:02 10/13/10 - Comment #58867: Paladino's newphew spoke out against his Uncle's remarks saying â€˜Obviously, I'm very offended by his comments.â€™ :::link:::

I'm glad that he publicly spoke out against him. I know that I would be very, very hurt if one of my family members made a statement like that, especially a very public statement.

metalpeter writes at 06:13:07 10/12/10 - Comment #58858: Well the thing about this and most elections is that who wins isn't decided by who the people want it is by who votes. Every time there is this big mass of people who don't vote I've seen numbers as high as 34% and I'm sure it all depends on what the election is for. I think I get why he said what he said. He wasn't going after the gays directly he was calling out Coumo's character. One of the things he said is why would you take young kids to see guys grinding on each other. See he isn't known in that part of New York so what he (I suspect ) what he is trying to do is get people who won't vote for him since they don't know him to vote for him, cause they feel the same way. He also claims he thinks gays should be equal just not in Marriage.... This view is much more common then people think. He doesn't have a speech writer I'm guessing, if he did it wouldn't really be him. I think what he said will get more people to Join his side then it will then leave. Besides he need more money and the anti-gay movement spends money to back people (look at prop 8 in CA as an example). I guess the upside is at least it isn't dull................

jbeatty writes at 03:15:24 10/12/10 - Comment #58857: Howie is a nice guy, I always thought he would make a great mayor of Syracuse. As for Carl he is a world class tool. Who is his speechwriter, Fred Phelps? I honestly know nothing about Cuomo other than he was pretty much predicted to win this thing long before he was even running, and long before Crazy Carl the Bigot rode into town. Carl is not going to win. I predicted a major landslide the day that skewed poll from Quinnipiac was released and I stand by it. Unfortunately this election is like every other one in NYS...Pointless. It really doesn't matter who wins, things are way too fucked up to change. I will probably vote for Cuomo however, just to make certain that the rest of the country knows there are reasonable people in this part of the state.

jason writes at 01:37:43 10/12/10 - Comment #58856: A friend of mine has been pushing hard for Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate. He is/was/has been a progressive political activist for some time. He's a real deal hard core lefty.

There is also the Libertarian Party candidate Warren Redlich. Don't know too much about him, but I'm doing some reading.

paul writes at 10:29:23 10/12/10 - Comment #58855: What other third party is running? Sadly, I am so out of touch with the election that matters the most?

jason writes at 09:59:18 10/12/10 - Comment #58854: Blaming him for possible future anti-gay violence is a bridge too far for me, after all he isn't in every family's home telling parents what to teach their kids.

Nevertheless, his comments are intolerable to me too, as someone who supports gay marriage and doesn't think homosexual people have 2 heads and 5 eyes. I can't believe he had the nerve to go to NYC and talk that way. Some day people are going to have to grow up and see reality for what it is. America isn't Mayberry.

Now we are going to certainly have Status Cuomo, and more suffering for New Yorkers. The only upside I can think of is that maybe Sandra Lee may possibly have slept her way into the governor's mansion, thereby removing her from Food TV. I'm voting 3rd party.

libertad writes at 05:52:34 10/11/10 - Comment #58852: This guy is a complete jerk. It's to the point that if anyone I know tells me they are voting for him that I wouldn't be able to not take it personally. I really just hope that if they are going to vote for him that they don't tell me because it would really be hurtful to me to know that despite these views he has that they could still go ahead and vote for him.

I'll be working tomorrow, I hope that he will see the protesters and that there is somewhere in his heart to feel bad about his hurtful comments. If I were his nephew, I would never speak to him again until he made a public apology.

metalpeter writes at 05:30:25 10/11/10 - Comment #58851: I'm not gay so I will admit I don't really get this but here is my Take:

1. Protest I think it is a great Idea
2. That being said Maybe he wants people do this
A. Makes the news
b. people focus on him not coumo
c. He needs more money and the anti gay community will give him money for his views.
d. He will lose and gain some voters over this, but guessing he will gain more then he loses

3. At least he is honest about his feelings.... So many people are PC in the Political Life that you have no idea where they stand.

4. I didn't hear or read everything he said but yes his words are strongly disapproving I don't know if that equals Hate or not?

5. I also don't know if those words means that he thinks it is ok to treat gay people as sub human or not.......

I guess I'll use the racial thing as an example (I'm new/old school). I don't want to hear your beats when I'm trying to watch True Blood or some other TV show or sporting event. I don't want to see your draws well unless it is a girl and a thong helps. Yeah you got 3 kids from 3 dads and are on the system's teat. But when you come to work All I care about is that you can do your Job. If someone is white and loves Metal but can't do their job or won't pay their taxes or what ever that is what I follow. I'm not saying he is the same way this is new racism as opposed to the old......

The Bottom line is this I was going to vote for him cause Albany is messed up and maybe he can change it. I don't care that he doesn't approve of homosexuals that is his opinion but I do fear now that he might try to block their equal rights so I can't vote for him any more.....

Hope the protest goes great........

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Aloe explosion

I wanted to repot my huge aloe and give it some breathing room.there is a lot more in it than I thought.... Before picture, current explosion on the kitchen table. If you want some aloe plants contact me and you can have them. I successfully potted a nice spider plant and a phylladendron.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Saw this at merge today...

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Category: work

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Parts pix

Here are pix of the parts in the post below.

The whole box

Toolbox

Toolbox

mini zip ties (these bastards are expensive but who needs 200?)

1 of 3 jars of screws

3 PSUs

USB converters

about half of the cables

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Category: work

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Geek parts

I've gotten out of the biz of computer repair tech and have some stuff to get rid of. Make an offer.

Cables
6 USB cords: 2-1', 2-3', 2 -6'
5 Ethernet cables 10/100 cat 5e
2 power cord
1 s-video cord
4 RJ45
1 SATA
1 long TV cable

Other
- 3 power supply units: 450W, 305W, 550W (new in box). Can't guarantee the other two work.
- thermal compound
- an amazing array of screws - in 3 jars! I'm sure that's the deciding factor.
- mini zip ties
- 2 PS2 mice
- 1 toolbox
- set of USB to x converters

RAM
Laptop - 2 - 512MB PC2 5300S, 1 - 667 DDR2 2gb, 1 - 512MB PC2 4200S
Desktop:
3 - 512MB DDR2 3200U 333mhz
1 - 512MB DDR 266
1 - 256MB DDR 3200U 400mhz

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Category: tourism

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So freakin' close

I got so freakin' close to sand run falls this time, prolly within 500 yards. I lost the trail at the very end and lost patience.

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Category: pets

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all-terrain poodle

Nisha is such a cool dog. She crossed this creek on a fallen log by herself (i slipped the first time across). I used the gaia map app and it worked well. I'll post the track next.

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Category: home

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Squash party

An array of squash dishes, including pumpkin ale.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: home

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I love my office

Babies, grandpas, puppies, chickens, Jill & Kelly...

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Category: work

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database job?

I took on a database job that I'm stuck on and would like to farm out the rest of it.

Platform: OpenOffice Base
Customer contact: none
Paid: yes
Estimated completion time: 3-5 hours (I've got the tables set up and some of the forms. I have to finish writing out the rest of it so I can hand it over.)
Difficulty level: 2/5.

I'm just stuck on the scripting. I used to be a pro scripter but it's been five years :-p I went back and looked at my last big Access project and was stunned at the complexity and depth of the app. I guess I build other stuff nowadays - skatepark? better borough governance?

Anyone interested?

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