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I have temporarily de-listed the chat from the main iwebcam network; the chat is still there, but you will only be able to access it from this site due to an issue with a female who will remain nameless. She likes to enter the chat and start stuff, and so she was blocked as usual before she could go back to her regular routine.
After she was blocked she went crying to one of the iwebcam admins who came into the chat, unblocked her, and then blocked our host account.
So again, the chat is de-listed; if you have any friends who are not a member of this site, but you have them on messenger, please suggest to them that they come onto the site and sign up.
At least this will help us see who is actually dedicated to this website and chat or if anyone actually cares. If it turns out that nobody cares, I'll just shut it all down since there's no reason to keep paying for something that gets no use.
Also, on a more positive note, please give your congrats to Camistri, I've given him moderator privileges here on the forums.
Not that I'm trying to push anyone into joining or signing a pledge, I came across this while surfing the internet;
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Who are we?
The National Marriage Boycott is a student-driven movement to urge Congress to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). DOMA states that the federal government may not treat same-sex relationships as marriages for any purposes, limiting the rights and scope of same-sex marriages in states that allow them.
Students at Stanford University organized the National Marriage Boycott in response to the passage of Proposition 8 and the election of President Obama. These students, who had put tremendous energy into organizing a No On 8 Campaign at Stanford, wanted to create an active and visible way for equality-minded Americans, regardless of sexual orientation, to show their support for equal marriage rights. Thus they created the National Marriage Boycott, in which participants vow to boycott marriage until the federal government repeals DOMA.
Participants boycott marriage by signing the online pledge, wearing an equality ring, vowing not to marry, and by organizing and recruiting new members. New chapters are being created weekly including ones being currently organized at UCLA, UCSB, Florida State University, San Diego High School, and Williams College.
Why Boycott Marriage?
1. Same-sex couples are denied 1,138 federal rights associated with marriage.
2. It was one of Obama's campaign promises to repeal DOMA. This has since disappeared from the White House website.
3. Marriage isn't a right until everyone has it; it's a privilege.
4. It's a powerful way to support your queer friends who don't have the right to get married.
5. The only way to get Congress to repeal DOMA is to make it clear that it's a priority for the American people.
How can I get involved?
If you haven't done so already, join the boycott by following these steps:
1. Sign the pledge to boycott marriage.
2. Create a profile on our website
3. Get an Equality Ring.
4. Join the group nearest you. No existing group at your school or in your area? Start a new group.
You can organize a new group anywhere: at your school, work, church, or anywhere else. Once you organize a group, you can distribute rings and recruit new members by working closely with our National Recruitment Team.
If you want to get even more involved and/or start a new branch of NMB, contact the acting National Recruitment Manager, Sarah.
Questions? Visit the FAQ's page and don't hesitate to contact us.
After I sign the pledge, how do I boycott marriage?
(Regardless of your orientation or gender-identity.)
I'm unmarried:
Don't get married!
Wear the Equality Ring.
I'm already married:
Wear the Equality Ring in place of or in addition to your wedding band.
To read more about NMB, please see the following articles:
• "An Interview With Alexis Ortega, A Director of the National Marriage Boycott" in the Huffington Post.
• "Students Say No to Marriage Until Defense of Marriage Act Eliminated" on Change.org.
As 2010 rounds the corner I was wanting to let everyone know that I have been thinking long and hard about closing down the site.
I have put quite a bit of money into this place and quite a bit of the site I have paid to keep active until 2014, but other parts that are required to make the site run expire at the end of January.
Money isn't the reason I'm considering closing, it's simply because there are very few that actively use anything other than the chatroom, and since the chatroom itself is part of a network technically unassociated with this site the question comes to mind if the rest of the site is worth keeping.
This is where I'll let you as a site user decide. Post a topic to the general site forums and express what it is you want. Do you feel that the site is worth salvaging? The choice resides with you.
I just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone here at GBC a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
The holidays can be quite depressing during these harsh economic conditions that the world is going through in these times, but always remember that there are those who are in your lives daily who love and care for you. So don't do anything stupid! Keep the drinking and driving to a minimum!
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