Gay Activists Practice Diversity

[Starets]

[url="http://www.marriagetour2010.com/2010/07/gay-activists-embarrass-themselves-in-providence/"]Summer for Marriage Tour protests[/url]
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[Apotheoun]

[Hilde]

The youtube comments make me sad.

[Jesus_lol]

Meh.

[Sojourner]

[quote name='Hilde' date='24 July 2010 - 02:49 PM' timestamp='1280004586' post='2147540']
The youtube comments make me sad.
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I make it a policy never to read those.

[Hassan]

Practice makes Perfect

[CatherineM]

I didn't even know you could comment on youtube videos.

[Hilde]

Anyone can. Even idiots. And they do.

[jeffpugh]

[quote name='Hilde' date='24 July 2010 - 06:15 PM' timestamp='1280009727' post='2147563']
Anyone can. Even idiots. And they do.
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[ThePenciledOne]

[quote name='Hilde' date='24 July 2010 - 07:15 PM' timestamp='1280009727' post='2147563']
Anyone can. Even idiots. And they do.
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Sadly 98% of the time it is the idiots....

[ThePenciledOne]

[img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4805851999_18139d0e3e.jpg[/img]

That sign the guy in the red is holding above, (shows a man + woman = one big lie) makes me laugh genuinely out loud.

I love irrationality.

Edited July 24, 2010 by ThePenciledOne

[Hilde]

I once read in another forum unrelated to religion that the people who didn't want them to rub their homosexuality in their faces should stop doing the same with their heterosexuality.

[ThePenciledOne]

[quote name='Hilde' date='24 July 2010 - 07:52 PM' timestamp='1280011976' post='2147585']
I once read in another forum unrelated to religion that the people who didn't want them to rub their homosexuality in their faces should stop doing the same with their heterosexuality.
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[Norseman82]

Did anyone catch the punk threatening someone to watch their kid or they will kindap them?

[IgnatiusofLoyola]

[quote name='Hilde' date='24 July 2010 - 05:52 PM' timestamp='1280011976' post='2147585']
I once read in another forum unrelated to religion that the people who didn't want them to rub their homosexuality in their faces should stop doing the same with their heterosexuality.
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As usual, I can see both sides. Heterosexual people do things like put pictures of their wedding on their desks and freely talk about their spouses and children, or hold hands with their spouse, and no one thinks twice. It isn't done to "rub in it" but I can see how it might feel that way to some homosexuals.

On the other hand, homosexuality seems like defining yourself by your sexual preference, when I really don't care. Most heterosexual couples don't talk about how often they have sex, or what time of day they prefer, or whether they like to leave the lights on or not. A lot of times homosexuality seems like TMI. I don't feel as if most heterosexual people define themselves by their sexual preference, while homosexuals often do. (Obviously there are exceptions in both instances.)

For example, on several occasions, my father has mentioned that Santa Cruz, where he and his wife have a "getaway" condo, has a growing lesbian population. He says this as if this is something special. Personally, it's not my business if a woman wants to have sex with another woman. The ONLY person whose sexual preference I care about would be my husband (if I had one). For everyone else, I feel like it's TMI, and I don't particularly care. Plus, it emphasizes a person's sex life over other traits I would find more interesting and relevant, such as a person's job, an artistic skill they might have, some type of volunteer contribution they make to the community, etc.

I'm going to be talking to my father soon, and this is one of his favorite ways to "bait" me, so I've been practicing replies that get the message across (without being mean) that don't particularly care if Santa Cruz has lesbians, so quit telling me about it every time you see me. I'm pretty sure I'm going to say something like, "Santa Cruz also has lots of students and college professors (it's the home of the Univ of Calif Santa Cruz), as well as surfers (it's on the ocean and is a good surfing spot)." Because my ex-husband left me to lead a homosexual lifestyle, homosexuality is one of the subjects on which my father likes to "bait" me. My father doesn't seem to notice or care that even after all these years it still hurts a LOT, and is a VERY sore subject--or maybe my father does notice and that's why he "baits" me. My father never says these things to my brother and sister.

I know we have to make allowances for elderly parents, but my father has all his faculties--he is neither senile nor demented. He is in pain, and his medications make him cranky, but I'm tired of being the target for his meanness. I don't want to dishonor him, but I have no one to fight for me or protect me, so I have to protect myself as best I can.

Sorry for getting off topic with my mini-rant. I'm having a bad day for some reason.

Edited July 24, 2010 by IgnatiusofLoyola