"OUT LOUD"
WITH CYNTHIA RODRIGUEZ
"LET'S TALK ABOUT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE"
Just for the record, I am not exactly the marrying type. I've never been married. Although, I've officially been engaged twice. To women. Not that we could have been legally married in this state of Pennsylvania anyway, but obviously neither of those worked out. It was for the best.
After my last relationship, I decided no more relationships, so I've had more than my share of affairs with married and/or "taken" women.
That's about the extent of my experience with marriage, (or lack of). Honestly, I've never really been a fan, or believer in the "institution of marriage". For the most part, I don't think most people take it seriously. Just take a look at the Ashley Madison website, and you 'll see what I'm talking about. And that is supposedly "straight" people on there.
But that's just me. I've grown quite comfortable in my spinster status. I'm not necessarily against marriage, on the contrary, I am VERY pro-marriage for ANYONE who wants to go for it. I just wanted to share my own personal opinion, and experience (or again, lack of) on the subject before I moved on. However, that is not the point of this little essay. The point is even though I'm not really interested at this point to get married myself, I don't appreciate anyone telling me that I can't get married, or that I shouldn't.
Quite frankly, just the whole hypocrisy of it makes me angry. There are many married people out there that are in the closet who should be with someone of the same sex, but noooo, it's not socially acceptable, and not legal, and they get way too comfortable with that lifestyle, and would rather sacrifice their happiness being who they really are, just so they won't be inconvenienced in any way. They just want to keep living the lie, and their double life, and take advantage of dumb Lesbians like me whenever they get the chance.
Tell me, who the HELL are all these politicians, religious nuts, and policy makers to tell us that our love is "wrong" and/or "sinful" when half of them are either cheating on their wives, are on the down low with their boyfriends, or flying to the Phillipines to have sex with a ten year old boy or some other human trafficked person. Supply & demand don't exist for nothin'.
I will never understand why it means SO much for other people to control the right for people in the gay community to get married. I mean seriously, we can't do any worse than any of you breeders have. It's not like you've set a great example for us anyway. A lot of you can't call yourselves "experts".
People don't realize how great it would be for the economy if society would open it's doors and welcome us into that crazy world of the mainstream "wedding culture". We like to spend money, too, you know.
No more of this city to city, state to state bullshit. There needs to be one flat, across the board Federal law making it legal for all us gays to be able to get married, once and for all.
You can't help who you love.
And on that note: Here is the shameless plug for my upcoming group art show:
"FREEDOM TO MARRY"
In honor of "PRIDE MONTH", we are recognizing and celebrating the boundless power of love, and the need to fight for our right to be in legal matrimony with our significant others if we choose to do so. As of now, for the most part, the legal system and our government do not acknowledge same-sex marriage. That puts a message out to society that it is wrong. We must not allow this! With this great event, we are saying we're queer, we're here, and our relationships are no less valuable than anyone else's. That we are united in stating:
"I DO" support the freedom to marry!
ART EXHIBIT FROM SUNDAY, JUNE 19TH- SATURDAY, AUGUST 13TH 2011
OPENING RECEPTION, SUNDAY, JUNE 19TH 5:00PM-9:00PM IN THE KAROAKE LOUNGE UPSTAIRS,
(WHICH WILL BE NON-SMOKING FOR THE DURATION OF THE RECEPTION. THE REST OF THE CLUB WILL BE A SMOKING AREA DURING THAT TIME)
WILL FEATURE "FREEDOM TO MARRY" ART BY LOCAL VISUAL ARTISTS, AND SOME PERFORMANCE ART
RECEPTION LOUNGE WILL BE DECORATED AND TREATED LIKE A "WEDDING RECEPTION", INCLUDING "WEDDING CAKE", "WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER", AND "WEDDING SINGER". WE ASK EVERYONE TO COME IN WEDDING ATTIRE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN MARRIED, FEEL FREE TO BREAK OUT THE WEDDING DRESSES, AND TUXES! (NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO WEAR THEM AGAIN, HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU DO THAT?)
OPENING INCLUDES FREE HORS D'OEURVES AND REFRESHMENTS, CAKE, A CASH BAR, "WEDDING MUSIC", AND WEDDING SOUVENIRS/PARTY FAVORS.
JOIN US FOR THE GAY MASS WEDDING OF THE CENTURY!
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or
484.239.2513
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"ROCK THE MIC, UNSIGNED HYPE" www.rtmuhype.com, MONDAY-FRIDAY, 12pm - 2pm
"FITNESS WITH NIA" (PURPOSE) with CHRIS BLOUNT, every MONDAY, 1pm - 2pm
"ATREVETE A SONAR" or "HAVE THE COURAGE TO DREAM",with ELLEN SUAZO, MONDAYS, 6pm - 8pm
"GOSPEL MUSIC with A DIFFERENT FLAVOR" with DJ TERRY WILSON, TUESDAYS, 10am - 11am
"FINDING THE COURAGE WITHIN YOU", with ELLEN SUAZO, TUESDAYS, 2pm - 3pm /
"TALK OF THE TOWN - LATEST, GREATEST, and UNDERRATED" with JEWLZ, TUESDAYS, 4pm - 5pm
"WRITE 2 B" with JEFFREY B. ALLEN, WEDNESDAYS, 4pm - 5pm
"R U ALL THAT RADIO SHOW", with PATRICE SIDOIONE, THURSDAYS, 2pm - 3pm
"UP 'N' READY Radio Show" with DJ Jaime-O, 4pm - 6pm
"SO YOU THOUGHT WE WERE THROUGH THURSDAYS", 6pm - 8pm
"DONS AND DIVAS OF DANCE RADIO SHOW", SATURDAYS, 4pm - 5pm
"DJ BIG C RADIO SHOW", 6pm - 8pm
"Da TESTIMONY" with PAULA BRION, SUNDAYS, 3pm - 6pm
EVENTS:
THANKS TO ALL THE SUPPORTER'S of "Da TESTIMONY with PAULA BRION"! AWESOME CALL-IN'S, AWESOME GUESTS, AWESOME MUSIC! If you have any BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, PRAYER for SICK/SHUT-IN'S that you want mentioned, e-mail them to alfonsotodd36@msn.com. SEE YOU ALL SUNDAY AFTERNOON from 3pm - 6pm on www.prolifick.com / AND REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD PAULA'S SONGS ON I-TUNES, AMAZON, ZUNE
UP NEXT: THE PROLIFICK PLACE at THE DOWNTOWN BETHLEHEM ART WALK EVENT / THE GRAND CARNAVAL EDITION - 6.25.11 - SPONSORED BY: T-Mobile / Infinity Insurance / WSK Law Firm / Pennsylvania School Of Business / American Parkway Auto Sales / Capital BlueCross CHIP / Kim and Bryant Rosado, Realtors of Keller Williams Real Estate / PULSE WEEKLY (www.facebook.com/pulseweeklyLV), REDD & COMPANY FINE JEWELERS
A HUGE "THANK YOU" TO THE DOWNTOWN BETHLEHEM ASSOCIATION FOR BELIEVING THAT WE COULD "MAKE IT HAPPEN"; A GREAT APPRECIATION TO U-HYPE NATION, REDLIGHT GFX, DJ BIG C, GINA BLEVINS, PAULA BRION, J.DON, and URBAN LYFE for assisting with the organization of this event; KUDOS to ALL of the VENDOR/SPONSORS/PERFORMERS who MADE this event a SUCCESS! UNTIL NEXT MONTH....
A HUGE THANK YOU FROM ALFONSO TODD AND ASSOCIATES and PROLIFICK RADIO: REDD & CO. FINE JEWELERS will be SPONSORING THE PROLIFICK PLACE at THE BETHLEHEM ART WALK EVENT! www.prolifick.com
A HUGE THANK YOU FROM ALFONSO TODD AND ASSOCIATES and PROLIFICK RADIO: KIMBERLY and BRYANT ROSADO, REALTORS of KELLER WILLIAMS REAL ESTATE will be SPONSORING THE PROLIFICK PLACE at THE BETHLEHEM ART WALK EVENT! www.5minutes2shine.blogspot.com
ALFONSO TODD AND ASSOCIATES offers a HUGE THANK-YOU TO Capital BlueCross CHIP FOR SPONSORING THE PROLIFICK PLACE at THE BETHLEHEM ART WALK EVENT!
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