A Time for Understanding and Dialog - for Griffins

With the spirit of mutual understanding and dialog sweeping Lower Manhattan, what with the "Park51" Islamic cultural center and a Muslim-friendly gay bar coming soon, I've discerned a social concern of my own: griffins.

You heard me. It's high time that griffins - those majestic half-lion, half-eagle beasts of yore - received a share of the attention lavished for so long on more prominent mythical beasts, such as unicorns. This is America. No animal has more of a right to be mythical than any other.

Yet even in the 21st Century, gorgeous yet virulent anti-griffin hater Greg Gutfeld continues to use his platform at Fox News to bash these beautiful legendary creatures and promote unicorn privilege:



And there's more where that came from. If only Greg's exterior beauty reflected an inner one. {sigh}

We all know by now that Muslims will be welcome at hunky Greg's gay bar, "Dialog." Obviously unicorns and their non-unicorn supporters will be. But what about griffins and their fans? Will Dialog serve carrion along with halal food and drink? Don't bet on it. At least not absent public pressure.

To counter the unicorn-supremacist atmosphere we can expect at sexy Gutfeld's Dialog, I propose to establish a Griffin Cultural Center either next door or across the street. I envision this as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational organization to include a small museum of griffin history and culture and a library with resources for and about griffins. There would be conference space and my favorite part - an outdoor café for the warmer months of the year.

So if you know any open-minded or griffin-friendly donors, nonprofit tax lawyers willing to work pro-bono, and/or building owners on Park Place looking to unload small buildings please put them in touch with me. Naturally there would need to be rooftop access for winged griffins to land (pegasi/pegasuses welcome of course).

Also, I haven't settled on a name for the café. I'm open to suggestions.