LAMAR OUTDOOR ADVERTISING IS HOMOPHOBIC ( or at least they are acting like it at the moment)

a few days ago I blogged about some billboards that the georgia equality project had put together to make people more aware that there are gay people all around you even though you might not realize it. and that we teach, protect and serve...
and one like the one you see above.

I was just seething when I heard about it over the weekend from a local news station website

and I immediately looked up the contact information and fired off a few letters.. if anyone is interested in sending a letter of disgust, you can do so here

Basically the argument of the local manager is that the billboards don't "meet community standards" or something along those lines.. yet on the news yesterday a reporter did a great story about how the GEP billboards don't meet standards, but the billboards for the adult toy store, or the all nude cafe are perfectly fine.
the reporter took copies of the billboard around main street and asked people their opinions.. no one really cared.. didn't think they were bad..
the implication to the locals by saying it doesn't meet community standards is that there is something deviant or sexual about the billboard.. nothing could be further from the truth.. but the fact that the company isn't willing to put them up but offers no real explaination, leaves that door wide open and pisses me off.

It's some good ole boy down in south georgia deciding for an entire community what meets standards.. the company spokesjackass said that they would have made a different decision but they have to stand by what the local manager said..
so get those cards and emails rolling folks.. let Lamar know that you don't appreciate their definition of community standards..

I did it over the weekend and felt a lot better after doing so, of course the weasels didn't even have an autoresponder, nor did anyone address my concerns.. but I guess I don't expect them too..