Why help a kid get into AMDA when you can pay for Jamie McGonnigal’s wedding? — Page 2

I'm soooooo sick of being asked to pay for people's s@#t. This is beginning to annoy me. I love supporting art and artists, but even all the Broadway actors and musicians with their hand out is really offputting.

It is becoming the norm and its getting way to expensive for me as a fan. So let me see, I can sponsor your album for $30 to get a signed copy or just wait and buy it for $10. I am going to start to wait now. All these little campaigns, which were cute at first, are starting to add up!

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I can't find it now but I got a notification of a Kickstarter a while back where the top premium offered was to sit in on a game of strip poker with the band.

Well that's a lot better than a $25 personalized haiku!

I know fifth graders
Who would be very willing
To do that for less

Do parents still pay for weddings? lol

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But, but...Jose - you don't understand. It's a DESTINATION wedding! They are asking for transportation and accomodation funds in addition to the usual expenses. I mean, they HAVE to travel out of town. It's not like they can legally marry in Washington, DC, where they live.

Oh...wait....

"Just between us... we're doing this because there was a time in both of our lives (roughly from birth to young adulthood) where we never thought we'd be able to be this happy, have the life that we have now, and live in a world that accepts us fully and honestly. We're doing this to honor our ten-year-old selves and everything we never dared dream we might one day have."

"•A wedding of two dudes is unavoidably a political statement. We acknowledge this and are not shying away from it.
•We intend to make the most positive statement we possibly can by demonstrating our commiment to each other in front of our loved ones. "

Just ugh. So really the implication is it'll be like you're supporting a gay rights charity! I know it's different in Canada, where gays have been able to get married all over the country for a while now, but how long can you milk this as making a political statement? Really, anyone donating who doesn't know them would be better off donating to political and charitable causes that are pushing for more legalized gay marriage in the US. I'd actually rather pay for someone to get into some ****ty college than for this, apparently, not even slightly extravagant wedding. (And while they claim to both have not-for-profit jobsm, or whatever, they also say that Jamie works as a voice actor, it's not like they couldn't just save for this extremely modest wedding).

As for the single moms thing--yes a lot of parents of people getting married at least help out with the wedding--but a lot don't if they can't afford it. That seems in especially poor taste.

DESERVING YOUR CASH
FOR OUR NUPTIAL FESTIVAL
WE ARE ENTITLED

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Consider it my donation to the cause, Mooney.

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I believe all actions are political. I do agree that two men having a wedding is inherently political in this country. But crowd sourcing a "modest" wedding for 10 grand is also political, like, SuperPAC political.

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To me, that part reminds me of Ryan Murphy equating Dave Grohl not authorizing Glee to use the music of the Foo Fighters as actively supporting the bullying of gay high schoolers.

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Holy F*CKballs. $1,431.

Updated On: 12/5/12 at 04:14 PM

I'm sure the move to DC was not cheap.

Speaking of cheap, aren't kilt-wearing Scotsmen notoriously, um, frugal? And isn't the whole appeal written in Sean's voice? Maybe Jamie is wisely keeping his Pokemon money out of this.

In any event, I hope Sean's vow is, "Jamie! I choose youuuuuuuu!"

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