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In apparent response to media inquiries, PlanetOut Inc., the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and the Human Rights Campaign acted swiftly April 22 and 23 to dissociate themselves from the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego. PlanetOut, GLAAD and Global Hyatt Corp. have partnered to offer a Pride 2008 “GLAAD Package” rate at 26 hotels nationally and to stage “Pride Rocks” parties at three hotels, in San Diego, San Francisco and Boston.

In March, Manchester told the San Diego Union-Tribune that his Roman Catholic faith drove him to donate to the anti-same-sex-marriage movement. “When they say that we cannot say that a marriage is between a man and a woman, that’s where I draw the line,” Manchester said.

The Human Rights Campaign took action against Global Hyatt on April 23, demanding that its “Best Companies for GLBT Equality 2007” logo be removed from Hyatt material referencing the San Diego hotel. “We do not condone his (Doug Manchester’s) participation in any efforts to write discrimination into the California state constitution,” the nation’s largest gay rights group said.

“We’re very concerned that the wrong impression is being made ... that there is a connection between the Manchester Grand Hyatt and San Diego Pride.”

DeHarte said Doug Manchester “basically has said ... he welcomes (gay) people to go eat and drink and stay at the hotel and at the same time he’s writing a check to fund the constitutional ban. We want the public to be aware of Manchester’s role in funding the constitutional amendment.”

This game had it all. However, Chargers stun the Colts and make a date with the Pats. What a game it was. Now I don't watch much football or any sports for that matter, but the BF happened to mention to some people at dinner the other night that he would like to watch the game and was interested  in having some people over. WHAT.... where did that come from ????? OK.  So we are at the store yesterday and neither of us could think of what you serve at or for a 10:00 am kickoff. Bear? A little early don't you think.  Well, I do not think we could have made the event any more gay even if Richard Simmons had shown up. I was not on purpose  you see. We started out with some mini  quiche  and Bloody Mary's, after all it was 10:00 am and I was not going to make a full breakfast. We stuck with the Bloody Mary's but moved on to some mini croissant deli sandwiches. We also broke out the Roasted Deluxe Nuts.  All the while there was also a big bowl of never ending Ruffles. I know , how butch right. Oh and I wore my Tomlinson jersey.    And now for some football eye candy.

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In a move worthy of Jerry Falwell who blamed 9/11 on "the pagans and the abortionists and the feminists and the gays and the lesbians", crazed anti-abortion pastor Matt Trewhella of Missionaries to the Preborn sent the following E-Mail out today to his flock:

Last week I groaned when I read how Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill into law in California which foisted homosexuality upon the children of that state through the state school system. The bill was SB777 and it clearly redefines (perverts) what sexuality is, as well as promotes the legitmacy of homosexuality upon children starting from kindergarten on up. He signed the bill on Saturday, October 13th.

I found this story over at Towleroad.
I also found this.....WOW

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LOS ANGELES -- Fires raged across California for a fourth day Wednesday as officials said property worth 1 billion dollars had been lost and President George W. Bush declared the region a major disaster zone.

Around 1,700 buildings have been reduced to charred rubble in 18 fires that have erupted since Sunday, forcing an estimated 500,000 people to flee their homes and scorching 172,000 hectares (426,000 acres) of tinder-dry countryside from celebrity-studded Malibu to beyond the Mexican border.

I have been lucky enough to not really be affected by the firestorm. The air is bad and we have to keep all of the windows closed and run the air.  My work is very close to the Hairrs Ranch fire and we have closed early  the last few days do to a real lack  of customers.  My local grocery has run very low on alot of goods do to the evacuation site right  down the street.  We have fire to the north and fire to the south and they almost meet each other  on the far  east end  of San Diego.  I am safe in my house, with my pets, a hot plate of food and a worm bed.  My heart goes out to all that have be hit with hardship and devastation. I pray they have lost no family or pet, but only things that time, family and friend can and will help replace.

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SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) -- Raging wildfires have destroyed 1,300 homes across Southern California and, pushed by fierce Santa Ana winds, threaten 72,000 others, California fire officials reported Tuesday.Fire burns early Tuesday in Chula Vista, California, south of San Diego.Evacuees joined hundreds of thousands seeking refuge in shelters, schools and stadiums Tuesday as fires pushed into new areas."It will not end ... until it reaches the ocean or the winds turn around," San Diego Fire battalion chief Bruce Cartelli said.At least 16 wildfires have scorched about 425 square miles from north of Los Angeles to southeast of San Diego since the weekend.

For the past 24 hours I have seen dancing flames rip through entire neighborhoods. I have listened to reporters tirelessly recount the events moment by moment until they can barely speak from exhaustion. I have seen the silhouettes of bravery, those fighting the fire and putting their lives on the line for the safety of others. I have seen hundreds of thousands of people, small children, the sick and elderly, strewn throughout stadiums, school and fairgrounds. I have seen the night sky littered with bright red embers and unrelenting walls of flames.

SAN DIEGO – An explosive chain of Southern California wildfires has triggered the largest evacuation in state history, with hundreds of thousands of people fleeing their homes as weary firefighters struggle to slow the relentless infernos that have consumed more than 267,000 acres since last weekend.

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SAN DIEGO – Wildfires fanned by fierce desert winds consumed huge swaths of bone-dry Southern California on Monday, burning buildings and forcing more than 265,000 evacuations from Malibu to San Diego, including a jail, a hospital and nursing homes.

"It was nuclear winter. It was like Armageddon. It looked like the end of the world," Mitch Mendler, a San Diego firefighter, said as he and his crew stopped at a shopping center parking lot to refill their water truck from a hydrant near a restaurant.

    "I lost count," he said when asked how many homes had burned.

At least 13 fires were blazing throughout southern California with thousands of firefighters struggling to contain flames that have ripped through tinder-try hills and parkland following months of record low rainfalls.

One person has been killed, more than 20 people injured and 90,000 acres (36,500 hectares) destroyed in the wind-fueled fires, which forced the evacuation of an estimated 250,000 people in San Diego county alone.
Five helicopters and five air tankers were fighting the Harris fire, along with 45 engines and about 300 firefighters, California Department of Forestry spokeswoman Audrey Hagen said. At the same time, two air tankers and 60 engines with 350 firefighters battled the Witch fire.

Firefighters were already stretched thin by other wildfires burning across Southern California, most notably a Malibu blaze that destroyed a church and several expensive homes.

 These next pic's are that of the smoke that I can see from my house.

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  Oktoberfest in La Mesa (Oct. 6-8)
The granddaddy of San Diego Oktoberfests, La Mesa's version is essentially a giant block party in the town "village" area.

Big Beer's and giant Weenie's 
I can't wait.

Enjoy an evening of Padres baseball at a discounted price in the same section as fellow Pride supporters and volunteers. San Diego Pride supporters and volunteers will be recognized for organizing the group event with a scoreboard welcome and the Gay Men's Chorus of San Diego will sing the National Anthem.

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