Pride Day: Your Views on Homosexuality?
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Well I guess there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Jays will be on shortly. A more important topic. Can they hold on but you continue on.
HAPPY HETEROSEXUALITY! :thumb:
There was a point in time when people were being told what to believe when it came to blacks. Sometimes what's acceptable needs to be dictated in the interest of fairness and equality for every human being. Just like you and your freedoms are respected by the government and society, that same respect needs to be given to others. What makes Canada great is not simply acceptance by society but acceptance in law, and it still has a way to go, especially when it comes to the transgendered (which is the next big fight.) Be happy that for the most part, the people around you in our country can feel safe in their own skin with their own minds, quirks and faults and all, and not feel literally afraid for their life, like they may in the Middle East, or Russia, or Pakistan.
I also don't really get the whole "I am fine with it as long as they don't flaunt it in my face" sentiment. A lot of seemingly progessive minded people in the 60's had the same attitude towards race and we now see thia as misguided.
First of all if you don't like the sexuality on display for the parade simply do not go. I don't like Santa Claus so I don't go to that parade either and I certainly don't make a fuss about others wanting to participate.
As for the other 364 days of the year I am at a loss to figure where it is being put in your face? I have lived downtown about a block from Church St for 10 years. And I can count on two hands the number of times I have seen homosexual displays of affection in public. And I am practically counting holding hands, hugging, pecks on the cheek and shit.
Very rarely I have seen two men fully making out in public. When I have it is admittedly jarring at first but I am not offended any more than when I see a guy/girl doing it. Both are equally distasteful.
The guys who seem to make the most noise about gay PDA are probably dudes from Oshawa who take the GO train in for a Leafs game once a year. See a random dude not wearing Wranglers and pair of New Balance sneakers like them and scorn the blatant display of homosexuality.
First of all if you don't like the sexuality on display for the parade simply do not go. I don't like Santa Claus so I don't go to that parade either and I certainly don't make a fuss about others wanting to participate.
As for the other 364 days of the year I am at a loss to figure where it is being put in your face? I have lived downtown about a block from Church St for 10 years. And I can count on two hands the number of times I have seen homosexual displays of affection in public. And I am practically counting holding hands, hugging, pecks on the cheek and shit.
Very rarely I have seen two men fully making out in public. When I have it is admittedly jarring at first but I am not offended any more than when I see a guy/girl doing it. Both are equally distasteful.
The guys who seem to make the most noise about gay PDA are probably dudes from Oshawa who take the GO train in for a Leafs game once a year. See a random dude not wearing Wranglers and pair of New Balance sneakers like them and scorn the blatant display of homosexuality.
Hey - What's wrong with New Balance? I've got wide feet and they fit. Actually their build quality is going to crap - maybe it's all the gay in the world....
The guys who seem to make the most noise about gay PDA are probably dudes from Oshawa who take the GO train in for a Leafs game once a year. See a random dude not wearing Wranglers and pair of New Balance sneakers like them and scorn the blatant display of homosexuality.
Really though, who cares? I can understand a homosexual PDA catching people off guard because they aren't used to seeing it but being made angry by it speaks to some greater issues. Hopefully gay teens will one day feel comfortable to make out in public the way straight kids do - childish and cliche either way but would be a sign of true tolerance.
And opposition to gays adopting is pretty ridiculous. Denying it because of sexual preference essentially the same as taking away children from parents who come out of the closet later in life (and we seemingly have no problem with lesbians having kids).
I don't think gay men would be turned on by two women kissing and neither would straight women.
Yeah but they don't have a problem with it either regardless if they were not turned on. It's a double standard, that's what I trying to get.
Everybody does? I think you might want to review the definition of the word "everybody".
People get a grip.
We must show due respect to our gay bretheren.
Without them, who would cut our hair and do our decorating? Which reminds me-
Q. How many gays does it take to change a light bulb?
A. Two. One to change the bulb and the other to exclaim 'Fabulous!'
Off the record, it bothers me to see a gay couple holding hands or arm in arm when in public. And the reason it bothers me is because it makes me think they're getting more action than me.
(FYI. this post is intended for comic relief. All of it.)
We must show due respect to our gay bretheren.
Without them, who would cut our hair and do our decorating? Which reminds me-
Q. How many gays does it take to change a light bulb?
A. Two. One to change the bulb and the other to exclaim 'Fabulous!'
Off the record, it bothers me to see a gay couple holding hands or arm in arm when in public. And the reason it bothers me is because it makes me think they're getting more action than me.
(FYI. this post is intended for comic relief. All of it.)
I think the Pride Parade and the whole few weeks are great.
Gay folks spent many years either in the closet or shunned because of their views on sexuality. I couldn't imagine living my life under that type of oppression.
Pride is not only a time for people to celebrate and have fun, but it is also a time for all people to remember that it is only a short time ago (and for some they are still living it) that being open and homosexual was not accepted.
Shameful and self-righteous we were and some still are, though the pendulum is swinging more to the former.
Society needs to continue its forward progress and embrace homosexuality as it does with heterosexuality.
Gay folks spent many years either in the closet or shunned because of their views on sexuality. I couldn't imagine living my life under that type of oppression.
Pride is not only a time for people to celebrate and have fun, but it is also a time for all people to remember that it is only a short time ago (and for some they are still living it) that being open and homosexual was not accepted.
Shameful and self-righteous we were and some still are, though the pendulum is swinging more to the former.
Society needs to continue its forward progress and embrace homosexuality as it does with heterosexuality.
I think you hit the nail on the head here.
I think it really comes down to "do I wanna be a part of that action"?
Think the gay pride parade is awesome & that the gay community in Toronto rocks!
Sorry, that any human being is not afforded respect and dignity for being themselves. For the religious denominations and ignorant folks that condemn homosexuals- get a life!
Sorry, that any human being is not afforded respect and dignity for being themselves. For the religious denominations and ignorant folks that condemn homosexuals- get a life!
It is not just homosexuals that the religious folks condemn. Among
other things they are also against pornography, abortion, premarital
sex, extramartial sex and even harmless hobby like seeing an escort.
So long as our society supports the principle of freedom of religion
peoples right to manifest their belief in the teaching of their religion
should be respected. Telling people to get a life and calling them ignorant
because they believe that homosexual acts are sinful is not cool.
Not so. I know some people who have a problem with two girls being together. They think it is unnatural just the same as two guys being together. I agree that in general, and I dont understand why, but there tends to be more people who find it more acceptable for two girls to be together than two men. I personally do not have a problem with two guys kissing etc...It doesn't bother me at all. I don't find two girls being together any more or less natural or acceptable than two men being together. For me it's the same. Just because two men kissing is not pleasing to your eyes, or of the people that you know, does not mean it is or cannot be pleasing to someone else's eyes.
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Some interesting viewpoints in this thread...
Not unlike some of the viewpoints that "normal" folk cast about us "hobbyists".
Food for thought... Anything that represses any sort of sexuality (Gay/ straight/ lesbian/ bisexual or transgendered) is a step backwards IMHO.
Live and Let live is what I say.
Not unlike some of the viewpoints that "normal" folk cast about us "hobbyists".
Food for thought... Anything that represses any sort of sexuality (Gay/ straight/ lesbian/ bisexual or transgendered) is a step backwards IMHO.
Live and Let live is what I say.
