Phone Company Is Gay? No Way.

What happens if a conservative lobby group talks by phone with a Brooklyn comedian at home telling him his phone company is bad and supports gay marriage? Listen and laugh.


Ian Johnson, Out Now
September 13, 2009

Topics: Phone companies. Telephone. Telecoms. Gay and lesbian marketing. Same-sex domestic partner benefits. AT&T. Verizon. Sprint. Lesbian and gay marriage. Equal rights. Conservatives against gay rights.

Last night at dinner a friend and I laughed about an online audio track I heard a long while back, about phone canvassing against gay marriage.

Her and I agreed that equal rights for all citizens seems so like a no-brainer in 2009 that it is hard to wonder why so many oppose such a fundamental concept.

My partner of 17 years was also at the dinner - and while he personally does not want to get 'married' (I shall have to pack the tuxedos away then) he agrees that the institution of marriage should be equally available to all.

That got us talking about a great audio set I recalled writing about here on GayMarketNews.com back in 2005.

Partly to remind me to send my friend these links - and also because I just laughed out loud all over again at the three audio tracks - I figured I would reprise them here.

Ring, Ring

The scenario is this.

A Brooklyn comedian called Eugene Merman is on the phone with an organization trying to alert and alarm him with the news that (- shock, horror! -) major US phone companies, like AT&T, Sprint, Verizon; choose to provide their LGBT staff with domestic partner benefits.

In many places that would be called equality and smart application of equality and diversity policies.

But not in the world of those calling Eugene.

Be forewarned - Eugene is clearly fond of the one word my mother swears she will never say. (Pun intended.)

But some of what comes back from the other side of the line seems far more disturbing to me.

This is the first call.

Here is the second. Most disturbing to see the automatic link between pedophilia and gay rights the canvasser makes.

And the third one is very, very funny. A tuna sandwich might one day be able to marry a bear? - and it's all the fault of the push for gay marriage equality. Who knew?

I hope you find it makes for some entertaining weekend listening.

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You could even call us by phone if you want. No matter which phone company you choose to use.

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