How do people feel about gays in their community?

[gorillamom]

Originally Posted by AuCanada

What is it with theater, though? With one or two exceptions, most of the gay people I know (male and female) have studied theater.

Because acting was and is a way to keep your true self hidden, yet let it come out. That's how it was in the old days. And some people just have talents we others do not have. Our attitudes are taught, not just instinct. Religion had a lot to do with gay's being locked in the closet for as long as they were. Then there was the "being a man" thing. Talk about pressure! Making babies in not the only reason people have sex. Same in the animal world especially with primates.

[Jonesy]

People are afraid of homosexuality because if an entire species becomes gay, it makes it difficult for the species to survive. As humans, we should know better.

[lucytalk]

Originally Posted by Brainpolice

Oh, come on. That is completely disingenuous. Please stop mischaracterizing people and assuming that they're bigots if they don't trip over themselves to rhetorically vouch for minority groups. All I was saying is that I'm not exactly going to go out of my way to pander to one particular interest group of people. I support human/individual rights (not exclusive ones for groups). Not to sound arrogant, but far more then anyone here, in fact.

speaking of disingenuous ~ i didn't say you were a bigot. i didn't even imply it and fwiw, i don't think you are.

The point is, I don't really care about what someone else's sexual preferances are. It does not effect me. I'm neutral and disinterested. While on one hand, I'm not going to go around "gay bashing" because I can really care less, neither am I going to shout off the rooftops how much I love gay people and try to pander to them. I'm no social conservative by any stretch of the imagination, but neither am I going to go to a gay pride parade.

no the point is you still think of it as a "gay cause" whereas i see it as equal rights.

and no matter whether you're gay or not ~ equal rights affect us all.

[DanS.]

Originally Posted by leftofright

so Lucy you are ok with the tri-sexuals too? Sexual preference is not a race of people and the equal rights debate is not a fit for this thread.

gender isn't a race issue and neither is people with disabilities...but that doesn't mean they are not equal rights debates.

[lucytalk]

Originally Posted by leftofright

so Lucy you are ok with the tri-sexuals too? Sexual preference is not a race of people and the equal rights debate is not a fit for this thread.

well if the question is ~ do i believe 3 people can be married, my answer is no. but if 2 of them want equal rights and have a 3rd as a house guest without government benefits = not my business.

but heterosexuals are only allowed one marriage partner which translates to healthcare and taxes and a multitude of "equal rights"

[DanS.]

Equal rights shouldn't be about any group of people...It should be (as BP was saying) about individual rights. There is no reason to deny any person the same opportunities/freedoms in life as anybody else...

[lucytalk]

Originally Posted by DRS112

Equal rights shouldn't be about any group of people...It should be (as BP was saying) about individual rights. There is no reason to deny any person the same opportunities/freedoms in life as anybody else...

you're sounding a little liberal ~ no really

[Veronica]

How boring that his debate still rages on. Homosexuality has been from the beginning of time in every culture. Why people care so much what others do is sill so surprising to me. Should they be allowed to marry, I say , yes. Why should hetero's have all the misery . Hetero's should be more concerned with how to keep divorce rates down as opposed to fighting about 2 loving people wanting to commit to one another. My 2 cents, I don't even find it worth the discussion with ignorant people anymore. A good expiriment was Morgan Spurlock's 30 days where a straight laced guy from Michigan had to live with a gay man in the Castro. The guy was changed forever. Gays aren't the devil or the bogeyman.

Live and let live.

[DanS.]

Originally Posted by lucytalk

you're sounding a little liberal ~ no really

lol...thanks for the compliment...but somehow I still feel a little insulted(a little liberal?)...I'm liberal on almost everything except economics...

[AuCanada]

Originally Posted by gorillamom

Because acting was and is a way to keep your true self hidden, yet let it come out. That's how it was in the old days. And some people just have talents we others do not have. Our attitudes are taught, not just instinct. Religion had a lot to do with gay's being locked in the closet for as long as they were. Then there was the "being a man" thing. Talk about pressure! Making babies in not the only reason people have sex. Same in the animal world especially with primates.

That's a good answer.