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| Gay communist rebels marry in the Phillipines |
| 2005-02-07 |
| This has been going on in San Francisco for quite a while.... MANILA (Reuters) - Two communist rebels in the Philippines truly became brothers in arms when the men were married in a jungle camp, a newspaper has reported. Incestuous, too, eh? Al-Reuters apparently wants to get in all the progressive social values it can. 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. Gold sequins? 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. A bullet, such graphic symbolism.... "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. May/December too? Homosexuality is a largely taboo topic in the Philippines, with stereotypes of flamboyantly effeminate men reinforced in the media. Tsk tsk. Does Al-Reuters have no sensitivity to the values of other cultures? Only if they're Islamos or commies, it seems. 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. No editorializing there. Still, Jose and Andres said they ran into the "patriarchal" culture of the Philippines when they decided to marry. Being a commie rebel swine might also put one at odds with society, but Al-Reuters must always highlight oppression. "We conducted painstaking discussions to make comrades understand gay relations and gay rights," Andres said. "After a honeymoon trip to France, the couple will take up new positions as tenured professors of Peace and Ethnic Oppression Studies at the University of California." |
| Posted by:Atomic Conspiracy |
| #4 Not much difference between the NPA and the democratic party is there? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-02-07 9:43:08 AM |
| #3 Shotgun wedding. Communists: liberals in a hurry. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2005-02-07 9:34:41 AM |
| #2 Nice campy touch with the sequined hammer and sickle, though. Wonder if they'll be starring in "Queer Eye for the Rebel Guy"? |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2005-02-07 9:28:59 AM |
| #1 Ka Jose: Andres, does camouflage make me look fat? |
| Posted by: ed 2005-02-07 9:07:55 AM |