Like so many of my gay brothers and sisters -- as well as thousands upon thousands of our "straight-but-not-narrow" friends, I am outraged and disgusted by the choice of Rick Warren to give the invocation at President Obama's historic inauguration.
First, the passage of the unconstitutional Prop Hate in California ruined a day that should have been a celebration of pure joy. Then Obama pulls this stunt -- this "reaching out" to the Right that is nothing more or less than another kick in the teeth to gay and lesbian Americans.
Politicians do this all the time. Surely, the politicos seem to think, the gays are used to it by now, and I can say some pretty words later to keep them pacified at the end of the day. After all, where else do they have to go? The Republicans???
But not this time. We have had it -- we've been the scapegoat and the target one too many times and this time we need to fight back. We are millions of American citizens and we want our civil rights just like everyone else.
I have heard many suggestions for how we should respond to this outrage, but many of them seem to me to be counterproductive and carry too much potential for blow back.
Then an idea came to me: How about an Inaugural Kiss-In? A celebration of love and joy to counter the Hate Preacher muttering lies on the stage.
We can make a strong, positive statement that would be hard to ignore in front of millions of television viewers. And the media would eat it up, if we can make them aware of it in advance.
From the minute Rick Warren steps onto the stage until he utters his final "Amen", grab a lover, a friend -- hell, even a total stranger -- and give them a lip lock. The only rule is: It must be someone of the same sex.
Straight, gay, or somewhere in between -- take one for the team and suck face in a gay way on Inauguration Day. Preferably in front of a television camera!