Gay rebels marry in Philippines

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

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.

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.

(snip)

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.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050207/325/fbx09.html

[Chipper Chat]

1. Hmmmmmmmm..

Somebody better give Fred Phelps a call.

[lapfog_1]

2. See, I KNEW that eventually

we'd find some real "Commie Pinko Fags"! I'm sure that they are
about to invade.

[crispini]

10. LOL! nt

[arcos]

3. interesting, usually those movements are pretty conservative...

on social issues, of course...

[IndianaGreen]

9. The East German Constitution made homosexuality and abortion legal

while our beloved West German Constitution did not provide the same rights as the "evil" communist regime.

Ironic that now that Germany is one country, it has kept the more restrictive rights for gays and for women seeking abortion, just as it happened in Poland.

[aikido15]

4. And may they live happily ever after!

:hug:

[VegasWolf]

5. This is gonna piss off weecowboy. n/t

[Pert_UK]

6. Darth Bush vows to crush this Rebel Alliance......

:evilgrin:

So much for the Pentagon's idea to develop a weapon that disables the enemy by turning them gay!

P.

[IndianaGreen]

7. The communist movement ... has been more progressive

This is not news to me! Reuters fails to mention that the Philippines is run by an evil troika made up of a couple of hundred families that own all the wealth, the reactionary Catholic Church, and the military. The NPA represents the aspirations and cries for justice of the vast majority of Filipinos!

[Pert_UK]

8. Wow! A new use for the word "troika" that I never knew about!

"troika n.

a) A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast.
b) A team of three horses abreast.

See also triumverate: An association or a group of three"

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=troika

I only knew the term from playing the tune "Troika" by Prokofiev so I had to look it up...