Singer who incites murdering Gays comes to San Jose, CA

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I put together a quick and dirty webpage with Troy May's email alert side by side with contact info for the Voodoo Lounge. Even if you don't live in San Jose, or in California, or in the United States...CALL, FAX and EMAIL Voodoo Lounge to lodge your protest and demand they cancel this Hitleresque "entertainer's" performance!

Webpage URL: http://mizzjesse.com/html/ban_buju_banton.htm

Entertainer Who Advocates That Gays Should be Murdered Comes to San Jose

By Troy May
Editor, OutNowMag.com
Friday, October 9, 2009

VooDoo Lounge in San Jose welcomes reggae singer who has been banned across the United States for his songs that call for gay people to be murdered.
Buju Banton, a notorious anti-gay reggae singer from Jamaica, has lyrics in his songs that advocate to "pour acid" on gays then shoot them in the head. When Banton announced his U.S. tour, gay communities across the country jumped into action to get the concerts canceled.
The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center convinced Sunset Entertainment Group this week to cancel Banton's concerts in Hollywood. Other cities where the gay community was able to get his concerts canceled include Orlando, Tampa, Salt Lake City, Cincinnati, Columbus, San Francisco and Detroit.
Now he is scheduled to sing at the VooDoo Lounge in downtown San Jose on james Oct. 13th, one day after the anniversary of Matthew Sheppard's murder for simply being gay.
Banton was recently videotaped saying, "there is no end to the war between me and faggots."
"What else is upsetting is that the gay community has to stand up against this guy," said Thomas Soule, spokesman for the LA. Gay & Lesbian Center. "If he was advocating the murder for another minority, people would be protesting in the streets against this guy."
Through his music, Banton promotes a culture of violence against gay people. In his most notorious song "Boom, Bye Bye," Banton sings that "faggots get up and run" when he comes, that "they have to die," and that he will shoot them in the head or "burn them up bad."
Banton's music has helped foster such an anti-gay culture in his home country of Jamaica -- where several prominent gay activists have been murdered -- that Time magazine recently asked: "Is Jamaica the most homophobic place on Earth?"
Officials from the L.A. Center called the venue owners to convince them to cancel Banton's performances, but they made excuses saying they don't know the details about all the singers and bands that are scheduled, said Soule.
No action was taken to cancel the concerts until press release was sent out and reporters from the L.A. Times and N.Y. Times called the venues.
OutNow called VooDoo Lounge for comment multiple times, but kept getting the recording announcing Banton's performance next week. We then sent emails to everyone listed on the website and still no response. Eventually we reached a woman called Lora Lipman (408.250.1407), the events coordinator for VooDoo Lounge.
Lipman said she was aware of the controversy surrounding Banton, but didn't want to answer questions until she spoke with the owners. She took our number and said she'd call back by the end of Thursday, Oct. 8, but we never heard from her.
StreetLight Records in San Jose sales tickets for VooDoo Lounge events, but they were not listed for Banton's concert. We called StreetLight and the guy that answered the phone said they aren't selling tickets for Banton because of the controversy, but he didn't want to answer questions or give his name.
Soule said the L.A. community was prepared to protest the venue where he was scheduled to play, but they were able to convince the venue to cancel the concert and spare everyone the pain of Banton's message.
Cities across the country have stood up and refused to allow someone to preach and advocate hate in their community. Will our community allow him to spread his message to murder gays in San Jose?