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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Gay Filippino commies wed
2005-02-07
Two communist rebels in the Philippines truly became brothers in arms when the men were married in a jungle camp, a newspaper has reported.
Oh, take me, Comrade!
Draped in a red flag with hammer and sickle in gold sequins, they exchanged vows, walked under an archway of assault rifles and were serenaded with revolutionary love songs by a choir of New People's Army comrades. Ka Andres and Ka Jose, who both use the word for "brother" before their names, each held a bullet during the ceremony on the southern island of Mindanao to show their "commitment to the armed struggle", the Philippine Daily Inquirer said. "What we have to do now -- with the help of the party -- is to work on our marriage and to be strong while serving the people," said Jose, who at 21 is 33 years younger than Andres.

Homosexuality is a largely taboo topic in the Philippines, with stereotypes of flamboyantly effeminate men reinforced in the media. The communist movement -- waging a violent insurgency in poor, rural areas since the late 1960s -- has been more progressive, adding same-sex relationships and marriage to its guiding policy in 1998. Still, Jose and Andres said they ran into the "patriarchal" culture of the Philippines when they decided to marry. "We conducted painstaking discussions to make comrades understand gay relations and gay rights," Andres said.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#19  I promise to be alone, Mrs. D, so the company will be unmixed. As you so subtly point out, the reputation of a lady must be jealously protected. ;-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-02-07 11:58:01 PM  

#18  Its just more anti-American, anti-Dubya, and anti-GOP/Western PC - the Commies are doing it to score points. SOcialist-Communist prioritized deficit depending will put a quick end to the honeymoon, and that's presuming the various International Lefts-LeftProgressives supp the Gay-Lesbian agenda to begin with, instead of lip service for politics. They'll be gulagged, exiled, forced to divorce, andor quietly executed once the Party realizes the milk cow of feel-good propaganda/info control o'er the unsuspecting masses is gone!
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2005-02-07 8:49:34 PM  

#17  Not all his jokes were for mixed company.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2005-02-07 8:44:18 PM  

#16  How delightful! I had no idea our Homely Abraham had his bawdy moments -- the result of a sheltered childhood, I'm afraid. You've given me something to search out tomorrow, Aris. Thanks!
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-02-07 8:39:17 PM  

#15  It sounds like a British pub song, Aris -- am I right?

Close enough. :-) It's the first half of a somewhat bawdy poem by Abraham Lincoln.
Posted by: Aris Katsaris   2005-02-07 7:28:56 PM  

#14  See?
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-02-07 7:10:58 PM  

#13  Lighten up, Mike S.! All silliness is appropriate in Short Attention Span stuff.

It sounds like a British pub song, Aris -- am I right? (No googling for me today, I'm afraid. I'm struggling with my higher cognitive functions -- and don't appear to be winning.)
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-02-07 7:10:31 PM  

#12  Lighten up, Mike S.! All silliness is appropriate in Short Attention Span stuff.

It sounds like a British pub song, Aris -- am I right? (No googling for me today, I'm afraid. I'm struggling with my higher cognitive functions -- and don't appear to be winning.)
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-02-07 7:10:30 PM  

#11  *rolls eyes*. Perhaps I should have added the quote's source, but you can google it up.
Posted by: Aris Katsaris   2005-02-07 4:57:53 PM  

#10  
I defended you so you could post comments like this ??!!
Posted by: Mike Sylwester   2005-02-07 4:55:58 PM  

#9  "I will tell you a Joke about Jewel and Mary
It is neither a Joke nor a Story
For Rubin and Charles has married two girls
But Billy has married a boy
The girlies he had tried on every Side
But none could he get to agree
All was in vain he went home again
And since that is married to Natty"
Posted by: Aris Katsaris   2005-02-07 4:43:05 PM  

#8  Let's wish them they have many little commie children...
Posted by: JFM   2005-02-07 3:22:08 PM  

#7  Is red the new pink?
Posted by: Omavinter Pheart2665   2005-02-07 2:56:48 PM  

#6  What we really need are dope-using Islamic gay commies who favor the legalization of prostitution.

Oh wait. That's France.
Posted by: Thraing Uloluper1664   2005-02-07 2:50:17 PM  

#5  Naw. The MILF are whacko Muslims. They probably only like little boys in Koran class.

The NPA are more open-minded.
Posted by: buwaya   2005-02-07 12:53:43 PM  

#4  All the NPA are Ka-this and Ka-that, unless thay have rank and are called Kumander-this or that. Its the Filipino equivalent of "comrade".
Posted by: buwaya   2005-02-07 12:52:07 PM  

#3  Draped in a red flag with hammer and sickle in gold sequins, they exchanged vows, walked under an archway of assault rifles and were serenaded with revolutionary love songs by a choir of New People’s Army comrades . . .

The description just buggers the imagination.
Posted by: Mike   2005-02-07 10:57:30 AM  

#2  What ever happened to all the jolly Communists?
Posted by: Chuck Simmins   2005-02-07 10:07:10 AM  

#1  ahhhhh! So MILF actually stands for "Man I'd like to..."
Posted by: Frank G   2005-02-07 9:50:46 AM  

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