There’s a lot of reasons to call in from work or school. Maybe you’ve got a stomach flu. Maybe you’ve broken a leg. There are those sinisterly mysterious “medical tests.” Your mother was in a car accident. Your brother was in a car accident. Your car broke down.

Now gay activists are urging supporters call in gay. This Wednesday is the Day Without a Gay, a day in which many will call in gay from work to show commitment to the legalization of gay marriage after Prop 8.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports:

Since California voters approved Proposition 8 last month and repealed the right of gay couples to marry, initiative opponents have marched, held rallies and blocked intersections.

On Wednesday, they're asked to do something different: nothing at all.
Modeled loosely after the 2006 immigrant rights demonstrations, "Day Without A Gay" is scheduled for Wednesday and billed as "a nationwide strike and economic boycott" at www.jointheimpact.com, an organizational site for supporters of same-sex marriage.

In San Francisco, the day will be marked by a 6 p.m. rally and march in the Mission District. But local organizers say they don't expect all Prop. 8 opponents to "call in gay" and instead spend the day doing volunteer work, as some proponents urge.

It’s all well and good to get pro-active with political beliefs, but it defies logic that the organizers of Day Without a Gay would consider this an effective strategy. I know I’m not alone in feeling that calling out from work for any reason during this recession is just not an option, and when trying to rally support for a cause which already alienates a significant portion of the (lame-o conservative) population, why eliminate the ability of many who do support gay marriage to participate?

Besides, "calling in gay" just makes it seem like you're refusing to go to work so that you can sodomize someone.