www.cummingfirst.com

[spinetingler]

http://www.cummingfirst.com/

Try it, I dare you. Horribly offensive to some blabbers.

[phantom_patriot]

Green cube for you, man...that was funny.

[JohnT]

I used to live near there. Cumming is on the outskirts of NE Atlanta, for those of you who give a shiite.

[Sappho]

‘They will never be like us’
Situated along Ga. 400 in Forsyth County is a Georgia Equality billboard depicting a gay firefighter, one of the gay group’s three billboards in the county. Neighboring business owners said that customers don’t mention the sign. After viewing a photo of the billboard provided by Southern Voice, comments where generally negative.


David Osmanovic of Cumming said the three Georgia Equality billboards in Forsyth County ‘shouldn’t bother us adults’ but was concerned about the impact of the ads on children who see them.
“Well, stuff like that shouldn’t bother us adults,” said David Osmanovic, 20, of Cumming. “But I have to wonder what kids will say. I don’t think this is the forum for this particular subject matter.”

Mike Lakey, 34 and a father of two, felt the billboard was a joke.

“So, we are supposed to believe that there are actually gay firemen?” he said. “I bet the other firemen don’t know, otherwise his ass would be kicked.”

“Why can’t gays just accept that they will never be like us,” said Annie Lott, 74 and a grandmother of six. “Let them live their lives, but they can’t expect to be like normal people.”


County commissioner reacts
After the billboards were unveiled, Bowen said he received an e-mail from David Richard, a member of the Forsyth County Commission, critical of Georgia Equality’s inclusion of the county in the ad campaign.

Richard said the group unjustly singled out Forsyth as intolerant and that the negative reactions the group received from Forsyth residents could come from anywhere.

“They singled out our county as well as a couple of others because they claim we are intolerant here, yet they have shown us no data, and I’ve requested the data from them, that would show them why they should pick us as being intolerant,” Richard said in an interview.

“We’ve had no incidences of any hate crimes. There’s been no gay bashing inside the county. There have been no assaults on gays here. There’s nothing to base their assertions on. They’re just stirring up trouble here,” he added.

[JohnT]

Er...

OK. Some activist group sets out a bunch of billboards in the middle of suburbia, hoping to get a rise.

Nobody cares. They really don't. If you read the originating article (here, you cannot fail to notice that the "outrage" has been rather muted.

So some newspaper, noting that there's no news out there about these signs, decides to generate it? So they then ask a bunch of people with the obvious intent of culling out positive and apathetic responses in order to paint the county as behaving in a way that they even admit it's not.

[Sappho]

I read the Southern Voice. Just laughing at the cumming first bit....forsythe is so conservative it's hard to believe anyone cummming first there...I saw irony between comming first and Forsyth especially in light of the strong anti gay laws on the books. Since i am not hetero, cumming first brings up different images. My thinking was more like wouldn't be me....I'm not allowed across the county line. (Which is exactly why none of the crimes occur and if they did, they would be covered up! "his ass would be kicked." )

[No Data]

How about I just post the 10 top unintentionally awful company URLS...


1. A site called "Who Represents" where you can find the name of the
agent who represents specific celebrities:
www.whorepresents.com

2. Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange
advice and views at:
www.expertsexchange.com

3. Looking for a pen?
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5. The Italian Power Generator company:
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6. The Mole Station Native Nursery,
based in New South Wales:
www.molestationnursery.com

7. If you're looking for computer software, there's:
www.ipanywhere.com

8. The First United Methodist Church in Cumming, Georgia:
www.cummingfirst.com

9. Brainless art designers, at Speed Of Art:
www.speedofart.com

10. Want to holiday in Lake Tahoe ?
Try their brochure website at
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[JohnT]

I read the Southern Voice. Just laughing at the cumming first bit....forsythe is so conservative it's hard to believe anyone cummming first there...I saw irony between comming first and Forsyth especially in light of the strong anti gay laws on the books. Since i am not hetero, cumming first brings up different images. My thinking was more like wouldn't be me....I'm not allowed across the county line. (Which is exactly why none of the crimes occur and if they did, they would be covered up! "his ass would be kicked." )

Please give me a citation on the anti-gay laws on the books in Forsyth County. I just spent 10 minutes searching through the entire Municipal code for Forsyth county and cannot come up with anything.

[foo]

i heard about a place called summit's wayside tavern in cummings that's got 256 beers on tap. i always wanted to go there. do you think you could drink an ounce of every beer on tap in one sitting?