# Gay DOJ update **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 20, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-doj-update/183183 "2003-06-20T15:22:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ryle\_Dup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Ryle\_Dup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryle_Dup)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-doj-update/183183/21 "2003-06-20T23:43:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by obfusciatrist \* > \*\*Absolutely. > > And as soon as I start forcing everybody else here to read what I post. Or it starts interefering with their work, I will stop doing it. \*\* Your analogy is flawed. The DOJ allows other “pride” events. It’s not a matter of stopping any “pride” events. This is about them stopping a SINGLE “pride” event. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-doj-update/183183/22 "2003-06-21T17:46:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by obfusciatrist \* > \*\*Absolutely. > > And as soon as I start forcing everybody else here to read what I post. Or it starts interefering with their work, I will stop doing it. \*\* I think you should pay people for even accidentally reading your posts. We pay more than enough by reading them, we should be compensated for slogging through your often incomprehensible babble. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-doj-update/183183/23 "2003-06-21T18:01:46Z")
No, I didn’t miss the point. And if the DOJ allows other versions of these parties, then of course they should allow all of them. But I would prefer to see them go the other way and not allow any of them. Then maybe they would serve as a guiding light for my place of employment and I wouldn’t have to put up with the stupidness of all of them. And the actual event may happen at lunch, and it may not interfere with anything else. If so, then I really have no problem. But at least in my experience, it never works quite that way. You just end up pressured to skip your own lunch so that you can go show your head at an off-time party so that whatever politically important person sponsoring that party will see you there. But again, let me reiterate what I said in my first post: they are being pricks for blocking THIS party. Mockingbird. How much do you want per post, and how many of my posts would you estimate you’ve read. Be honest now. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-doj-update/183183/24 "2003-06-21T18:06:26Z")
I’d say I’ve read a minimum of 10% of your total posts. I think $5.00 per post would cover it. So… 220 \* 5= $1100.00 A cashier’s cheque will suffice. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-doj-update/183183/25 "2003-06-21T18:37:55Z")
How about $0.25/post considering that most were short and wouldn’t have taken much time to figure out. If that rate is agreeable, email me an address and name (do cahsier’s checks require names, or can I just make it to cash?). I’ll mail a check. But you have to commit to putting me on your ignore list so that I don’t get hit up for further payments. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-doj-update/183183/26 "2003-06-23T15:56:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > **Sauron** , it’s a nice thought to donate the funds to cover the cost, but the group can afford the $1000. The point is that no other group has ever been asked to pay to hold their observance in this hall. > > Whether one agrees or disagrees with holding observances at work, to target one group by first denying it permission to hold its observance when no other group is denied, then to relent (while lying about it) only to require that it pay for something everyone else gets for free is disgusting. Ummm … I agree with you completely. Hence the whole “double standards” sentence that made up the first part of my post. The bit about donating money and then redecorating the Hall was a joke. ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-doj-update/183183/27 "2003-06-24T17:11:02Z")
It was a funny joke, too. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-doj-update/183183.md?page=1)