Wednesday, January 26, 2011

dignity


Elton, David and little baby Zachary Jackson, Levon Furnish-John. Happy smiling parents and  one very lucky little baby.
Here we are at a HARPS grocery in Mountain Hope, Arkansas. Let's read it together : " Family Shield. To protect young Harps Shoppers. ".  PROTECT  YOUNG SHOPPERS......

Yes, it could easily just be some rabid homophobic store manager in some no where town Arkansas... but it's just a symptom.. you know. I am MORE than sure that Sir Elton and David could give a hoot, really. But that someone .. whoever thought that just a glimpse of this photo, while waiting in line to buy your dinner would harm the young. The little battles that we have to fight every single day...

And yes, the homo powers that be got wind of this.. ( there is no NO WHERE anymore ) and the the word went out to bury Harps corporate with calls, emails and what ever it is we use to do these sorts of things these days, and the stupid cover came off, but just the fact that it was there at all..... hearts and minds, hearts and minds.

(Elton John was the very first concert I ever went to.....)

1 comment:

b said...

no fucking way.

poor Arkansas. Being a resident of Cobb County, I feel their pain in every little thing adding to the "you 're all bigots!" pileon.