IDAHO day???

Today I had lunch with a friend of mine. A friend who happens to be a gay male. He mentioned that IDAHO day had just passed. I had no idea what he was talking about.Which brings me to my first point...
As it turns out it is a day to raise awareness about homophobia. I am sure I wasn't the only person who didn't get the memo. He tells me there were two information stands he knows of, one in Hindmarsh square, and 1 by a supermarket in Brighton. The participants had fliers. Well done to the organisers, I know that if I wanted to raise awareness that is exactly how I would do it. Martin Luther King had it all wrong. the way to do it is to get a small group of people with a flag and some fliers, in a low traffic area and only hand said fliers to those who approach you.
He also informed me the official suggested methods of celebrating the day, which I will remind you is about raising awareness, were as follows:
Have a same sex bath
Invite people over for tea
Hug a gay person and tell them its ok
Bake a rainbow cake
Wave a rainbow flag
I personally would find this laughable quite frankly if it wasn't so offensive. A rainbow cake. I ask you, what is that going to do? other than upset your afternoon tea guests stomachs from all the artificial colouring. Your friends who you have invited for an awareness raising tea party, if they are your friends and you are comfortable in having them at your home chances are they don't need to be made aware that its ok to be gay, and to hug someone and tell them that is patronising and rude.
Wave a flag, at who? I have some suggestions on where this could be done. How about just 100 people rally together and all wave a rainbow flag, ohh I don't know behind the sunrise window, or on the steps of parliment house, or at st peter's cathedral. No wait a minute that might generate some publicity and we couldn't have that. Adelaides Pride march is on a saturday afternoon to minimise the amount of people who see it.
I am not even going to comment on the bath, you can form your own opinions about that.
This is insanity! Is it because these organisations are too afraid of losing government funding to upset anyone. I am disgusted to hear that the suggested ways to celebrate include a rainbow cake and a bath. That is ludicrous. South Australia was ahead of the country in the beginnings of time, the first to give women the vote, we were a free colony. The land of opportunity and now this is the great human rights movement. Rainbow cake! Well thats just SA Great!

Surely I am not the only one who is offended by this draconian beige cardigan wearing, tea sipping, talkback radio listening, modern art bashing, right wing nutcases. Also known as Adelaide City Council, and the State Government as well as the Australian Liberal Party. Now by posting this am I liable to be charged with sedition? the same crime that Jesus Christ was tried for, I might add. The Australian Liberal Party moving Australia backward at the speed of light.

Peace, Love and Rainbow Cakes