Seriously?????

[rosiep]

A post count of 5...geez

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=28108868&posted=1#post28108868

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

What is it lately? Something in the air that is bringing out homophobia?

Again Rosie, thanks for being you.

 

[starann]

Shaking head......I saw this too....what is people's problem?

 

[TuckandStuiesMom]

Not proud of my part in this. I initially posted w/o thinking. It's been a rough couple of weeks here in my little corner of mundania but that is not an excuse to call names.

 

[npmommie]

I saw that thread, I think that person was trying to stir up trouble.
I don't get it either.

 

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

Just what I needed to see the day after National Coming Out Day. Matthew Shepard died 10 years ago today. Sadly, we still have a long way to go towards equal rights. For all the progress that we have made, it's still very much just baby steps.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Well, OBVIOUSLY taking pride in oneself is just completely crass! Geez! After all, that girl says flat out that she is in a biracial relationship but you don't see her wearing a T-shirt that says so. So see? You can be gay all you want, you just can't proclaim it.

I just can't be diplomatic on those threads. Maybe when I grow up I can post rebuttals without getting into personal attacks, but I'm not there yet.

 

[Kuzco]

I just find it to be rude and obnoxious. Like you're rubbing people's face in it. I find proclamation t-shirts all annoying, especially the Kiss Me I'm Irish shirts (unless it's st. patricks day). Why would you want to draw attention to yourself or your child?

After reading that thread, I've never felt so ashamed for being Irish in my life.

 

[PghLybrt]

I hate to say it but it is crap like that , that makes me want to wear those shirts.

The sad part is that I am sure many of them feel that my girls wardrobe is questionable. She is a big fan of the french connection and I often shop at many lesbian owned shops.

 

[KPeveler]

If we are to ban everything that may annoy another person, we would all be wearing the same colour clothes issued by the gov't. Individualism means someone will disagree with you!!!

I have several pins on my backpack with different things on them, and i am sure some of them offend (even my "I am proud of my state" button - Go CT!). I have shirts supporting the Patriots, Red Sox, Gay Pride, the military, and of course Disney. And I know people who hate all of them!

I agree vulgar shirts should not be allowed at disney (i dont care if you are gay or straight or anything in between). things that are innuendos are not appropriate, no matter who you date.

but something like "i love my gf" is fine! if people do not want to see gay people, they better not go out in public. i was at the mall yesterday with my gf and we *gasp* held hands. that is simply what happens.

If people could learn to pay attention to their own lives and let other people live theirs as they wish, the world would be a much more peaceful place.

 

[IheartEdward]

Yes I have a post count of 5. Everyone on this board started with 0 once. Are you really ridiculing me because I'm new?

I'm not homophobic by any means. I just find that some peoples actions in your community are a bit too much. I could careless who's in your bedroom, as I'm sure you could careless about who's in mine. I may not agree with the fact that you should have all the rights a marriage has but I'm not against civil union. You want to adopt children that no one wants MORE POWER TO YOU! I can respect that.

I'm not saying BAN what people where and be like the community in "The Giver". I am saying that sometimes less is more. it's the reason I love Ellen, she doesn't find the need to broadcast because being Gay is just who she is.

I'm sorry if I offended you.

 

[kaytieeldr]

I'm not homophobic by any means. I just find that some peoples actions in your community are a bit too much.

"In your community"? I'm confused - can you actually see into the computer and tell who is wearing what while posting on the DIS? Because that IS "this community".

If there is a such thing as the GLBT "community", it is only because said people are a minority and any group of people in that type of situation find support in numbers, however minimal. But I'm not aware that the 'gay community' wears t-shirts proclaiming their preferred relationship inclinations (specifically avoiding the use of any physical terminology because, really, love ISN'T always about sex). People really can't help who they fall in love with, whether that feeling is reciprocated or not. Sure, everybody can choose how to act on those feelings, but the feelings themselves are innate.

I'm not homophobic by any means. I just find that some peoples actions in your community are a bit too much. I could careless who's in your bedroom, as I'm sure you could careless about who's in mine. I may not agree with the fact that you should have all the rights a marriage has but I'm not against civil union. You want to adopt children that no one wants MORE POWER TO YOU! I can respect that.

Not directed at this poster specifically, but homophobic/homophobia are the wrong words. Phobia is fear, yet many people labeled with that viewpoint, whether by others or on their own, do not fear homosexuals - they simply do not LIKE people different from themselves.

Directed at the poster: First, marriage is a legal status. Either every couple who weds is married, or every couple who weds is in a civil union. You can't call the same relationship two different things depending on the participants' genders and still consider everyone equal. And, frankly, as long as one can have a 'marriage of ideas' or a 'marriage of minds' or a 'marriage of flavors', one cannot claim marriage applies to only the civil status of a male and female couple.

And I don't see why it's acceptable for GLBT persons/couples to adopt children 'nobody else wants', but not to adopt the same children everyone else wants?

 

[OrlandoMike]

You want to adopt children that no one wants MORE POWER TO YOU!

Just a little word of advice for you...

Please watch the way you post things around here! We will tolerate a lot around here, but NOT language like that!

You are more than welcome to come over here and post your thoughts and opinions, but when you start dragging innocent children into the conversation it will not be tolerated.

Thank You.

 

[IheartEdward]

Sorry if you took "no one wants" so literal. Children who are up for adoption are there because their parents do no want them for whatever reason they may have. That's what I mean. There are many hetero sexual people who will spend thousands of dollars on fertility drugs and empty promises instead of adopting a child. I think adoption is commendable. They are innocent children and should not spend the better parts of their youth without the love of a family.

I do not hate people unlike myself.

I do not agree with Gay Marriage. Gay Union or any other name than marriage yes go for it. I just don't think that my marriage- female and male- should be in the same title. That's the Christian me though. Should you be entitled to be with your loved one while sick, or health benefits and all the perks that joining together bring-sure. IMHO it just shouldn't share the same name.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

The internet savvy of trolls is astonishing to me. It took what? A few hours? For this poster to magically appear from that thread on this one? How did that happen?

 

[rosiep]

I'll ask you again:

(Your previous quote)
"I just find it to be rude and obnoxious. Like you're rubbing people's face in it. I find proclamation t-shirts all annoying, especially the Kiss Me I'm Irish shirts (unless it's st. patricks day). Why would you want to draw attention to yourself or your child?"Isn't your screen name a proclamation?? So it's ok on here but not on a t-shirt?

I find that to be a contradiction.

 

[OrlandoMike]

I do not agree with Gay Marriage.

Then don't have one! And as far as who I choose to marry, it's between me, MY God, and the state I currently reside in. Quite frankly, it should be no concern to you.......

 

[IheartEdward]

I'll ask you again:

(Your previous quote)
"I just find it to be rude and obnoxious. Like you're rubbing people's face in it. I find proclamation t-shirts all annoying, especially the Kiss Me I'm Irish shirts (unless it's st. patricks day). Why would you want to draw attention to yourself or your child?"Isn't your screen name a proclamation?? So it's ok on here but not on a t-shirt?

I find that to be a contradiction.

I have to have a screen name yes? I'm not rubbing the fact that I enjoy Twilight in your face and it's is appropriate to the board. It's a necessity here to have a SN. So no, I'm not contradicting myself.

 

[rosiep]

You're screen name doesn't need to PROCLAIM anything...it's simply a name. YOU chose to PROCLAIM something!

See? That's IRONY!!!

 

[KPeveler]

Then don't have one! And as far as who I choose to marry, it's between me, MY God, and the state I currently reside in. Quite frankly, it should be no concern to you.......

Thank you!! Exactly!

How exactly would me getting married affect other people? Does my marriage (and i am not married yet) make straight marriage mean less?

Civil union is like saying "common law wife" - it has a specific connotation, meaning "less than" a "normal" marriage.

I have no problem with people not agreeing with gay marriage. The beauty of America is that we can all disagree. I am certain there are some people out there (NOT talking about anyone here) who do not agree with interracial or interfaith marriage. However, they do not have the right to say that OTHER people cannot do these things, just that THEY would not.

If you dont want gay marriage, don't have one. But do NOT step on MY rights. This is MY pursuit of happiness.