Boycott for Equality (Gay Rights)

[Meldread]

A new Atlanta-based gay rights group wants the LGBT community to stop shopping for a day and call in sick to work on Oct. 8.

Boycott for Equality is calling for the first-ever nationwide economic boycott to remind U.S. leaders that gay people make a large contribution to the U.S. economy, but they don't get the same legal rights and protections as their straight counterparts.

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If the U.S. economy did lose the revenue from payroll, sales and income taxes paid out of the LGBT community's pockets on just one day, it would send a strong message. Gay people spend on average about $1.4 billion a day -- that's about $500 billion a year, according to estimates put together by Witeck-Combs Communications, a public relations firm that specializes in the gay market.

Along with the walkout, Duncan said he also wants LGBT people to stop buying things and to put down their cell phones.

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1. Interesting idea

Some places would be shocked by the number of people out for the day.

[MadProphetMargin]

2. Of course, it gives bigotted bosses an excuse to fire you...sounds like

a values call.

Which is worth more? Your job, or possible minor progress toward true equality?