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02/19/2004 Archived Entry: "I usually don't tip my hand, but..."
I usually don't tip my hand, but...
I was reading the comments over at Atrios, and someone suggested an idea for a flash animation that was so good, I decided to take him up on it.
The idea is to use these beautiful pictures from Ephemera.org in a flash, running along with these quotes from Chicago mayor Richard Daley:
"They're your doctors, your lawyers, your journalists, your politicians," the mayor said. "They're someone's son or daughter. They're someone's mother or father. . . . I've seen people of the same sex adopt children, have families. [They're] great parents."Some people have a difference of opinion -- that only a man and a woman can get married. But in the long run, we have to understand what they're saying. They love each other just as much as anyone else.''
A devout Catholic, Daley scoffed at the suggestion that gay marriage would somehow undermine the institution of marriage between a man and a woman.
"Marriage has been undermined by divorce, so don't tell me about marriage. You're not going to lecture me about marriage. People should look at their own life and look in their own mirror. Marriage has been undermined for a number of years if you look at the facts and figures on it. Don't blame the gay and lesbian, transgender and transsexual community. Please don't blame them for it," he said.
I emailed the photographer to ask for permission to use the photos. If he doesn't grant permission, I'll use different photos and do the flash anyway, but those photos really catch the mood. They'd be perfect. Got the music all picked out, edited, and ready to go. Hopefully, I'll get permission to use the photos.
And the photographer is selling a poster, with the proceeds going to a web site called dontamend.com, set up to fight a constitutional amendment against gay marriage. It's a beautiful poster, and it's a good cause. If you've got the bucks, drop them on one of those posters.
Update: I got permission to use the photos. This one should produce itself. Look for it soon.
Replies: 9 people speak up
Hey, mister, that's me up on the jukebox!
Can't wait to see it...
Never thought about the permissions issue, silly me!
Posted by dave @ 02/19/2004 10:47 PM NY
i live in chicago, and daley is a loathsome pig of a fascist, but it turns out that he's not a homophobe. i guess that no matter how much you hate a person, no one is entirely evil. Daley even went so far as to say that he wouldnt oppose a sanfran style civil disobedience, if the county clerk would go along with it, that would be really cool if chicago was the second city in the country to legalize gay mariage. that fat evil pigfucking bastard could just possibly redeem himself. i wont hold my breath though. Man, i bet boy's (chicago's gay district)town would be one damn big party that day.
Posted by justin @ 02/19/2004 11:17 PM NY
i live in chicago, and daley is a loathsome pig of a fascist, but it turns out that he's not a homophobe. i guess that no matter how much you hate a person, no one is entirely evil. Daley even went so far as to say that he wouldnt oppose a sanfran style civil disobedience, if the county clerk would go along with it, that would be really cool if chicago was the second city in the country to legalize gay mariage. that fat evil pigfucking bastard could just possibly redeem himself. i wont hold my breath though. Man, i bet boy's town(chicago's gay district) would be one damn big party that day.
Posted by justin @ 02/19/2004 11:17 PM NY
sorry, i noticed a mistake and didnt hit stop in time
Posted by justin @ 02/19/2004 11:18 PM NY
Dude
Ya gotta use Love Train for the background music.
Posted by baconslab @ 02/19/2004 11:21 PM NY
slab,
The song's got 'Love' in the title. That's all the clues you get for now. :)
But now that you mention it.... that might be worth a try.
Posted by editor @ 02/20/2004 12:03 AM NY
"All You Need is Love" would be perfect, but then I would hate to see royalties going to Sony and that other guy who owns a half interest in the Northern Songs catalog. :)
Posted by Xan @ 02/20/2004 12:26 AM NY
Great idea! Incidentally, a friend of mine found the following quote, which you might find amusing:
"Anyone who defines marriage largely in terms of what happens in bed has never been married. Which may explain the Catholic Church's official reaction [to gay marriage]."--Anna Quindlen
Posted by Tina @ 02/20/2004 07:51 AM NY
Let Freedom Ring
Posted by Aristophanes @ 02/20/2004 09:43 AM NY
