"Married to the State": A queer callout for the RNC in NYC

This a callout/proposal from a radical queer affinity group from San Francisco. We strongly desire coalition work and collaboration with queers around the country, and this event is not set in stone. Our goal is to eventually meet with queers in NYC to solidify our plans, and until then to organize on the internet. Please email us and subscribe to our listserve for updates and announcements.
Email: queersatthernc [at] riseup.net
List: queersatthernc-subscribe [at] riseup.net (send an email to be subscribed)

"Married to the State: A Shotgun Wedding"
A satire highlighting the hypocrisy of the mainstream gay agenda

Our goal is to go beyond the Republicans and to critique those gays that encourage and reinforce systems of
oppression that personify the electoral political arena, on the grounds
that:
- The drive for gay marriage serves to redraw the lines of right and wrong for queers, imposing on them conservative sexual and social ethics.
- State-sanctioned marriage is to secure privilege, power, and property, and excludes those without them.
- A culture that equates consumerism and assimilation with liberation does not represent us.
- The military is a fascistic institution of oppression, and we as queers enjoy our exclusion from it.
- Gay marriage is a distraction from the War in Iraq.

This is a costumed event, so dress devilishly as your favorite oppressor and we'll preside over your marriage to a same-sex system of oppression, or simply be our witness. Rumor has it John Kerry-Bush and George W. Bush-Kerry will be in attendence, celebrating their recent same-sex union.
Next meeting in SF: Monday, 7/26, 8pm, Muddy Waters Cafe, 16th and Valencia.

What: A callout/proposal for a radical queer presence at the RNC
Who: A queer affinity group from San Francisco, seeking collaboration with
other queers around the country
When: August 29th
Where: NYC, Location and time TBA