As part of its celebratory June “pride” edition, The Advocate magazine includes an article that looks ahead to 2054 and sees a starkly different America.
Reciting recent accomplishments, such as installing America’s first openly homosexual Episcopal bishop, writer Mike Hudson quotes University of Southern California Anthropology and Gender Studies Professor Walter L. Williams as to what’s next. (Editor’s note: he is not to be confused with Dr. Walter Williams, noted conservative economics professor from George Mason University.)
USC’s Prof. Williams opines: “I think we’ll see more progress in the gay movement in the next 10 years than we saw in the past 50.”
Festooned with images such as a futuristic cartoon lesbian couple with a robot, rocket backpacks, and a young boy and girl, the article goes on to recite predictions for 2054 by “cultural experts.” Here are some of them:
“Evan Wolfson, director of Freedom to Marry, a national group that advocates for marriage rights for same-sex couples, predicts a scenario in which a student in a rural classroom announces during recess that he’s going to marry the boy who sits next to him. There will be no punishment from the teacher or taunts from classmates. After all, the boy might have two moms who are seen frequently at parent-teacher conferences.
“… [O]penly gay soldiers could be part of a battalion led by an out lesbian commander. Openly gay priests and ministers in monogamous relationships could conduct services without fear of a schism ripping apart their denominations. After winning the Super Bowl, a gay quarterback could scream to TV crews, ‘I’m going to Disney World with my boyfriend.’ The first lady could be the ‘first womyn.’”
Taking Aim at the Military
On the next page, below a color photo of two men kissing on the lips, and across from a two-page, three-color spread by Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company for the HIV drug Sustiva, the article states: “Where will the biggest move toward equality for gay men and lesbians come in the near future? After the legalization of marriage, it may be in the military. … To many experts, if the United States is able to endorse gay marriage, it’s not a stretch to think the military will open up to gays soon afterward.”
Finally, the media will present even more homosexual-themed entertainment, if that is possible:
“Gay-themed TV shows, movies, and music now reserved for cable and other specialized outlets, will likely be a staple of broadcast networks, multiplexes, and major labels, and no one will bat an eye at fictional portrayals of same-sex relationships.”
The magazine’s cover features the cast of Bravo Network’s Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, with the headline, “Queer Eye on Pride,” and a boast of “200 pages! Biggest Issue in History!”
Subaru, a longtime sponsor of homosexual political activism, opens the magazine with a three-page pullout ad, followed by a two-page ad for HBO’s pro-“gay” series Six Feet Under. Delta Airlines’ full-page ad announces that the company is sponsoring homosexual “pride” festivals in Atlanta, Boston, New York and San Francisco.
Other advertisers who bought full-page ads, in order from the front of the magazine, include: Apple computer; Gray Goose Vodka; American Express (3); Land Rover; Movado watches, at Bloomingdale’s; Clos du Bois wines; Gillette facial moisturizer; Camel cigarettes (R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company); FX Network’s Nip/Tuck; the film De-Lovely; Orbitz travel agency; IBM; Cadillac; Intercontinental Hotels; Avis; Xerox; Ketel One vodka; California Closets; Time-Warner Cable; Bridgestone tires; Icelandair; Miller beer; Cirque de Soleil; Morgan Stanley; Luxor hotel in Las Vegas; Merryvale wines; Hewlett-Packard; Volkswagen; Wyndham Hotels & Resorts; Sundance Channel; Tylenol P.M.; Jaguar; Bud Light; tlavideo (“gay” porn); Dignity USA (homosexual Catholic group); Altoids (inside back cover), and several “gay” travel companies. Absolute vodka, as is customary, has the back cover.
Trading Monks for Transvestites
Icelandair’s full-page ad says, under a photo of a man dressed as a woman in peacock feathers, “Irish monks settled Iceland to meditate. We haven’t seen much of them lately.” Volvo’s two-page ad depicts various homosexual couples, some with children.
Half-page advertisers include Aetna insurance; Kaiser Permanente; SBC Communications; Virgin Records (Cher’s new album); and the city of Key West.
Sadly, amid the celebratory articles and full-page ads for “pride” festivals, readers can also find three-page ads for HIV drugs Lexiva (GlaxoSmithKline) and Trizivir (GlaxoSmithKline), a two-page ad for Kaletras (Abbot Laboratories) and a one-page ad for AIDSmeds.com, plus several ads dealing with alcoholism and depression.
(This update courtesy of Concerned Women for America.)
