VA is in a tri-state area (MD/DC/VA) and some of your coworkers may not be VA residents, so aren't thinking about it too much. But I would say you were right on target.
--- In [email protected], "Daria Akers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I love Ray... cute and funny as hell. > > Anyway.... the ribbon is like the rainbow flag. The coworker is straight and > as far as I know doesn't have any gay relatives but she might. She is a > fellow Unitarian Universalist and some of our congregations are called > Welcoming Congregations. Her church (not the same as mine) passed out > rainbow ribbons to support gay rights and she wears it at work to support > gay rights. > > I simply asked her why she was wearing it and she said you know no one even > mentions it. I asked her what did she want them to say and she said she > wanted to use it to open the conversation to the Vote No (vote no on the > Marriage ammendement) campaign. I said that people who know what the flag is > either assume she is gay or support someone who is and there wasn't much to > say in that case. I told her people who didn't know her and know what it is > for might assume she is a lesbian. This sort of shocked her because it > hadn't crossed her mind. Not that anything is wrong with it. > > I told her I would ask you all what you thought.... > Daria > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
