Thursday, April 28, 2005

Get your Bible off my neck!

This weeks news has been slathered by the reports of a local minister, one Pastor Ken Hutcherson of the Antioch Bible Church, who has attempted to pressure Bill Gates into pulling Microsoft's support for an anti-discrimination law against homosexuals in the workplace here in Washington. See, right now you can be fired for being queer, which is frankly, stupid. Our lawmakers pulled their collective heads out of their asses long enough to pen the bill, but then POOF! it died in the voting by one lowsy vote. Staunch conservatives in the state capital were trying to say this bill would 'open the floodgates to legalizing gay marriage'. You know what, screw off, it's one thing to say that gay folk can't get married, but in these scary economic times we're also going to ensure they can lose their jobs freely? Thanks a fucking bunch. Now, one would ask "What does Microsoft have to do with a discrimination law?" Well, being the huge global conglomerate/monopoly/great kingdom of evil that they be, they have quite a few lobbyists on standby and their hand in a bit of the political bucket. Being such a major employer here in the NW, it was a boon to the pro-civil-liberties front to have them saying "Yes, we agree, queers should be allowed to work too!".
No one's really sure why Microsoft suddenly pulled support (mind you, they aren't going proactively against the bill, they are just no longer saying "Go Gays!"). Press releases state they pulled support before Pastor Fucktardo started rallying the forces. Now, why am I pissed at all this? It's choosing a greater threat to the cause (cause being equality). Microsoft not supporting it is frustrating. Activists are definitely rallying to regain the support as I type. I'll leave that to them for now. They are better at playing Nicey-nice than I am. What I am good at is being a PISSED OFF BITCH WITH A SCORE TO SETTLE!
Pastor Ken Hutcherson tried to inflame the masses, stating he would urge an evangelical christian protest against Microsoft if they didn't immediately pull their support for the measure. Excuse me? So, you and your pathetically numbered flock of less than 4,000 are going to push the world's largest technological giant into supporting your hate-oriented, biblical toned idealogy? You are going to threaten a company that does so much good for the world (Hello, Gates foundation!) because they are okay with Gay? Oh, go fuck yourself. Hard.
I went in search of a mode of contact to the Disciple of Ignorance, but he hasn't apparently caught up with teh new era of email. I did, however, find a lovely little address page.
Pastor Ken Hutcherson
c/ Antioch Bible Church
8434 154th Avenue NE
Redmond, Wa 98052

you can also fax them at (425) 556-1333.
I would suggest sending them the following postcard, which you can print off of your computer.
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1 comment:

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