Poll: Does anyone really care if people are gay anymore?
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I don't. Some people are like "Thats politically incorrect" and I simply say "We live in a town in the middle of Virginia. No one cares whats politically incorrect.
I'm confused. Which question am I supposed to answer?
Do I care if people are gay? Yes.
Am I homophobic? No.
I don't think gay folks are any less human than straight folks. They're all equally likely to be nice or mean or whatever.
However, I do think sexual orientation does matter. It's not something I just ignore or pretend doesn't exist. It has relevance. Same as a person's cultural/family origins, or a person's opinions.
Do I care if people are gay? Yes.
Am I homophobic? No.
I don't think gay folks are any less human than straight folks. They're all equally likely to be nice or mean or whatever.
However, I do think sexual orientation does matter. It's not something I just ignore or pretend doesn't exist. It has relevance. Same as a person's cultural/family origins, or a person's opinions.
I'm gay so of course I care if other people are. Like that cute guy over.... or over there. Or maybe waaay over there. Hm. But as a whole I still get the feeling society's not completely come to terms with homosexuality. People still call it an alternative lifestyle, which makes no sense to me. An alternative life style would be say, choosing to live in a cave away from society without contact to the outside world. IE: Living as a Hermit.
Although it is GREAT to see how many people don't care, this is in western countries. People in the Middle east, some parts of Africa, India, you can be killed or imprisoned for being gay. This is a large issue that still needs to be adressed in many other countries.
Go gay people!
Go gay people!
My view is that people are simply people and it's there personality that matters in terms of relationships rather then how they look. So I don't care about gender it's as trivial as hair colour or eye colour even height. It's all about how much you enjoy spending time with them.
I go to a liberal arts college in California, nobody cares. I can't say about anywhere else in the world though.
I have always been offended by the term "homophobia". Not only is it terrible Greek/Latin ("homo" meaning human, "homophobia" should mean "fear of humans"), but it also implies that anyone who's got a moral objection (or even just an aesthetic one) to the kinds of things that gay people do at Pride marches and some of the behavior they showed while trying in vain to defeat Prop 8 in California last year is somehow "afraid" of gay people.
It is not fear when I show revulsion and disgust at people shoving their sexuality in my face. It is revulsion and disgust. Let's get our terms straight because nothing says "pot kettle black" quite like people pushing for tolerance by using bigotry toward anyone who doesn't fall into lockstep with the cause they're demonstrating for. I consistently vote against gay marriage and gay rights just because those people piss me off on such a visceral level that I go into "whatever you want, I'm doing the opposite" mode. I find the religious folks and the "defense of marriage" advocates clean-cut, friendly, likeable, and worth tossing a vote to since I personally (as a married heterosexual guy) have no dog in the fight.
As an aside to the above, my closest male friend is gay and "came out" long before I met him. I had him working with me when I ran a professional gambling operation and he was loyal, coachable, friendly, and honest. He still uses me as a job reference because I have nothing but good things to say about him. The key point is that sexuality (his or mine) is an off-limits topic of conversation. I don't want to hear about who he's been spreading his ass cheeks for (dude covers his sex life in his blog, and I read his blog knowing what I'm getting myself into) and I don't tell him about how great it is to fuck women---I've got "beer commercial buddies" to swap those kinds of stories with. If more gay guys were like my best friend (and if fewer lesbians were man-hating feminazis, at least toward me), I'd be wholeheartedly in favor of their cause.
It is not fear when I show revulsion and disgust at people shoving their sexuality in my face. It is revulsion and disgust. Let's get our terms straight because nothing says "pot kettle black" quite like people pushing for tolerance by using bigotry toward anyone who doesn't fall into lockstep with the cause they're demonstrating for. I consistently vote against gay marriage and gay rights just because those people piss me off on such a visceral level that I go into "whatever you want, I'm doing the opposite" mode. I find the religious folks and the "defense of marriage" advocates clean-cut, friendly, likeable, and worth tossing a vote to since I personally (as a married heterosexual guy) have no dog in the fight.
As an aside to the above, my closest male friend is gay and "came out" long before I met him. I had him working with me when I ran a professional gambling operation and he was loyal, coachable, friendly, and honest. He still uses me as a job reference because I have nothing but good things to say about him. The key point is that sexuality (his or mine) is an off-limits topic of conversation. I don't want to hear about who he's been spreading his ass cheeks for (dude covers his sex life in his blog, and I read his blog knowing what I'm getting myself into) and I don't tell him about how great it is to fuck women---I've got "beer commercial buddies" to swap those kinds of stories with. If more gay guys were like my best friend (and if fewer lesbians were man-hating feminazis, at least toward me), I'd be wholeheartedly in favor of their cause.
I have two gay friends, and I have no problem with them. However, I cannot help that every so often I feel a little unsafe standing next to a VERY blatantly gay guy who keeps giving me long looks. I have no problem with gay people as long as they do not try to convert me. "Sorry, [insert name], I love boobs too much."
only the IDIOTS care
Gay people are just people and only IDIOTS are unaware of that, only idiots would victimise them for being who they are. SMART people would be kind and accepting to gay people, fortunatley there are smart people in the world.
Seriously I think peopl who still obsessivley hate gay people are most likely gay themselves and are unable to simply admit it.
Hey 100th post... woot.
Gay people are just people and only IDIOTS are unaware of that, only idiots would victimise them for being who they are. SMART people would be kind and accepting to gay people, fortunatley there are smart people in the world.
Seriously I think peopl who still obsessivley hate gay people are most likely gay themselves and are unable to simply admit it.
Hey 100th post... woot.