Poll: Does anyone really care if people are gay anymore?

[Xan Krieger]

I'm not homophobic (my best friend is a lesbian) and I don't think homophobic is the right word. Just because people don't like something doesn't mean they are afraid of it. I don't like cucumbers but I'm not afraid of them. I don't like rich people but they don't make me crap my pants with fear.

Personally since life is here to reproduce then that means that if gay people are gay genetically then it's a genetic defect. I for one know that if I have kids I want them to be straight because I want my genetic line to continue. Gay people are genetic dead ends. I'm not being mean, I'm just saying that if it is genetic then being gay defeats the point of life. We live to spread our genes.

Anyway I don't care if someone is gay or not but if it's a hot girl it makes me depressed because that's one less girl that might like me.

 

[Cliff_m85]

Many people still are, but I think that Christians, Jews and Muslims are the worst, as their religion forbids it etc. Me myself, I have no problems with homos and I get angry when people comes with them 16 Century claims that it's a disease or a sin from God etc ..

I personally think its hilarious because of their stupid conservative beliefs thats driving people away from Church...its declarations like that, that destroy a religon in the hearts of the people in it and those who look in on it.

I know if God was real, he would realize that we should change as a society to love each other instead of discriminate each other.

Because his track record in the Bible is one of love and nondiscrimination.


Off to stone my child for believing in a false deity....be right back!

Well some of the core beliefs are love your fellow man but,
Are you being Sarcastic? I can't tell!

But your point above was funny and true, I now have a small hate for those people too!

No, I'm seriously. I'm in the process of stoning my child to death right now. *rolls eyes*

Nah! Kinda meant the second part....but it appears you hate the bible, etc. ALOT....well I always thought that the CORE parts of the bible preached love and compassion for your fellow man...but I do think that the Church has skewed small violations of the bible into something that has a big enough force that can push people around into something they don't want to do I.E. Go straight(as if they possibly could or could not...you just are...not a choice)!

I dislike anything that tells me it's truth without presenting valid evidence and relies on name-calling and fear based belief methods. ("The fool in his heart......" just as much as in my middle school years when it was "If you don't like Pokemon.....")

Certainly there are some good portions of the Bible, but there are some equally horrible sections. The only just man in Sodom was Lot, who offered his daughters up to be gang-raped. There are plenty of other examples, but I won't bore you.

 

[Vrex360]

Many people still are, but I think that Christians, Jews and Muslims are the worst, as their religion forbids it etc. Me myself, I have no problems with homos and I get angry when people comes with them 16 Century claims that it's a disease or a sin from God etc ..

That's a misconception, at least for the Jewish part. Although the oft-quoted line homophobes use ("A man shall not lie with a man as with a woman") is from the Old Testament, it's taken so far out of context it isn't funny. I'm a bit tired, so I don't want to type out what it means in context, so if you want to know, quote me and I'll type it in the morning.

I don't really care about gay people unless if they are really open about it, and when I say really, I mean REALLY OPEN. I know this gay couple, they are only dating, but, it seems like every time I see them they are all over eachother, I don't have anything against gays, but, it just makes me feel uncomfortable when it's right in front of me.

I agree. It would be the same for a straight couple though. I don't need to see it, no matter what gender either of you are.

Hey 100th post... woot.

...What? This thread is from today and you have almost 800. And I know that you didn't get almost 700 over the course of less than an hour.

I meant that it was the hundreth post on the actual thread. Yeah that was being a moron I apologise.

 

[Cliff_m85]

People on the Escapist are obsessed with discussing the topic for some reason. Not that I mind, it's just strange for a gaming forum.

But no, I don't care if someone is gay, and I dislike people who do care. Its just plain stupidity for lack of a better word. I don't think there's any excuse to be a gay hater, and I don't think theres an excuse to be homo'phobic' either, however much they try to convince others and themselves that they're better than the haters.

This topic is something I feel very strongly about as I consider it to be on the same level as racism.

_ _GG_ _!!!!! - Fill in the blanks for the favorite word of the intolerant.

 

[Fineldar]

Many people still are, but I think that Christians, Jews and Muslims are the worst, as their religion forbids it etc.

I'm surprised you're the only one who brought up religions. Christianity doesn't forbid homosexuality. Some dumb people do and say it's some sin against God, but people like that use that excuse for lots of dumb things. I know just generally Christianity is okay with gays, but I only know the specifics for Catholicism, which is basically this: God loves them, made in his image, Jesus saves(all others take damage), all that jazz. The problem is that two guys or two girls can't have a baby, which is the whole purpose(well half) of sex, so that's why they can't get married. Basically when you have sex with your girlfriend it's the same "sin" as when her sister has sex with her girlfriend. It's not what they're doing, just when they're doing it, which outside of marriage. It's kind of like a reverse loophole.

I just hate it when people say stuff like that.

 

[Marv21]

People on the Escapist are obsessed with discussing the topic for some reason. Not that I mind, it's just strange for a gaming forum.

But no, I don't care if someone is gay, and I dislike people who do care. Its just plain stupidity for lack of a better word. I don't think there's any excuse to be a gay hater, and I don't think theres an excuse to be homo'phobic' either, however much they try to convince others and themselves that they're better than the haters.

This topic is something I feel very strongly about as I consider it to be on the same level as racism.

_ _GG_ _!!!!! - Fill in the blanks for the favorite word of the intolerant.

Agreed, there are alot of Bad parts, and good parts....we cannot deny that!

But wiether if religon is the soul reason for gay discrimination...I think so though!

 

[Deef]

I personally don't, but there will always be homophobes out there.

 

[xitel]

Alright, look, as an openly gay guy, I'm just going to come right out and say this: I am sick and tired of gays. I'm not talking about guys that love other guys. I'm not talking about girls that love other girls. I'm not talking about gays that talk about being gay in public. I'm talking about the limp wristed, forced lisping, Fab 5 gay guys. The people that think that just because they like to have sex with another guy, it makes them a completely different person. Ask my friends, they had no idea I was gay until I came right out and told them, even though I was open about it well before that. The fact of the matter is, it's not equal if people get pissed off whenever people talk about how much they dislike gay people forcing their sexuality on other people. I know there are some folks on the IRC that dislike hearing about it, and when they are there, I don't talk about it. I don't need to bring up the fact that I'm gay every other word. You don't hear people saying "I'm straight, I love women, I'm straight, I'm heterosexual!"

I don't mind seeing people holding hands, or a quick peck on the cheek, or even a kiss on the lips. I love seeing that, it brings a smile to my face to know there's that kind of happiness in the world. But I do mind when people are sticking their hands into their partner's pants, or making out with them on a park bench, regardless of whether they're gay, straight, or if some guy is making out with a fucking grandfather clock. Who you love, that's great, I would love to hear about it. But who you LOVE is not the same as your sexuality. It's NOT an expression of love to grab someone's ass and squeeze it. It's an expression of lust. And while I would love to hear about who you love, I don't want to hear about who you fuck. I really don't. I don't go around telling people "Oh my god, dude, I just totally had sex with a dude. DUDE!" I don't want to see that you want to have sex with a girl, a guy, a grandfather clock, whatever.

Also, on a specific note, I fucking hate gay pride parades. I can't stand them. People complain that people can't accept gay people because they are "insecure in their own sexuality"? Well gay pride paraders are so insecure of their sexuality that they have to march in a huge crowd shouting it and throwing glitter, just to prove it. And I'm not saying I want to see Straight Pride parades along with Gay Pride parades. I don't think your sexuality is something you should be "proud" of, just like you shouldn't be proud that you have a working liver, and that you shouldn't be proud that you just took a breath. Because that means that normally you don't have a working liver, or that normally you don't take a breath. If you want to be proud of something, you need to have actually done something to be proud of. You shouldn't be proud of being gay, that means that being gay is something you had to try to do.

And I'm sick of straight people always bringing up how cool they are with gay guys. I'm tired of hearing "Hey man, you're gay, that's awesome, I'm cool with that. Dude, my friends are gay, it's cool." I don't go around to my friends saying "Dude, I'm cool with you being straight." Because being gay doesn't make me a fundamentally different person. It just means that at the end of the day, the person I want to end my day with is another guy.

Although, if you do find this sexy, there is something fundamentally different with you. And you should have a parade to celebrate that. Because having sex with this is a serious feat. I mean, I don't even know how that would work... I mean, do you put it... and then turn the... and then... or... what?

 

[NoNameMcgee]

But wiether if religon is the soul reason for gay discrimination...I think so though!

Part religion, part insecurities and ignorance.

 

[Avatar Roku]

Many people still are, but I think that Christians, Jews and Muslims are the worst, as their religion forbids it etc. Me myself, I have no problems with homos and I get angry when people comes with them 16 Century claims that it's a disease or a sin from God etc ..

That's a misconception, at least for the Jewish part. Although the oft-quoted line homophobes use ("A man shall not lie with a man as with a woman") is from the Old Testament, it's taken so far out of context it isn't funny. I'm a bit tired, so I don't want to type out what it means in context, so if you want to know, quote me and I'll type it in the morning.

I don't really care about gay people unless if they are really open about it, and when I say really, I mean REALLY OPEN. I know this gay couple, they are only dating, but, it seems like every time I see them they are all over eachother, I don't have anything against gays, but, it just makes me feel uncomfortable when it's right in front of me.

I agree. It would be the same for a straight couple though. I don't need to see it, no matter what gender either of you are.

Hey 100th post... woot.

...What? This thread is from today and you have almost 800. And I know that you didn't get almost 700 over the course of less than an hour.

I meant that it was the hundreth post on the actual thread. Yeah that was being a moron I apologise.

No need to apologize, if I was less tired I'd have noticed. Speaking of, I'm going to bed. 'Night all.

 

[IxionIndustries]

I honestly don't. As long as they don't come up and flirt with me, i'm fine.

 

[Cliff_m85]

I honestly don't. As long as they don't come up and flirt with me, i'm fine.

I know what you mean baby, but can you really blame them for flirting with someone as handsome as you are? I bet guys flirt with your fine self all the time, right honey?

 

[IxionIndustries]

I honestly don't. As long as they don't come up and flirt with me, i'm fine.

I know what you mean baby, but can you really blame them for flirting with someone as handsome as you are? I bet guys flirt with your fine self all the time, right honey?

For all you know, I could be donkey-ass ugly, that's why cybering is wroooooooooooong..
Aaanyways, this is exactly my point.
*Leaves the thread and shuts the door*

 

[Cliff_m85]

I honestly don't. As long as they don't come up and flirt with me, i'm fine.

I know what you mean baby, but can you really blame them for flirting with someone as handsome as you are? I bet guys flirt with your fine self all the time, right honey?

For all you know, I could be donkey-ass ugly, that's why cybering is wroooooooooooong..
Aaanyways, this is exactly my point.
*Leaves the thread and shuts the door*

For all you know, that might be my thing.

 

[xitel]

I honestly don't. As long as they don't come up and flirt with me, i'm fine.

I know what you mean baby, but can you really blame them for flirting with someone as handsome as you are? I bet guys flirt with your fine self all the time, right honey?

It was funny once. It was a little comical the second time. It was annoying the third time. Now it's just getting offensive. When people say something makes them uncomfortable, you don't start forcing it on them. If someone didn't like pudding, I wouldn't shove spoonfuls of pudding into their mouth. If someone says that something makes them uncomfortable, you don't do it to them. Please, stop it.

 

[Fineldar]

I still have a hard time understanding why so many people are annoying by gay guys hitting on them and stuff. Maybe all of you are just so ridiculously good looking that guys just can't help themselves, because this seems like it's happening more often than it ought to. I would suggest saying "Thank you, I'm flattered, but I don't swing that way." Take it as a compliment and go on with your day.

 

[Bendon]

I honestly don't. As long as they don't come up and flirt with me, i'm fine.

most gays exclusively flirt with straight guys. That's 6% a fact.

Also, Abe Lincoln was a raptor

 

[Cliff_m85]

I honestly don't. As long as they don't come up and flirt with me, i'm fine.

most gays exclusively flirt with straight guys. That's 6% a fact.

Also, Abe Lincon was a raptor

I think most straight guys have never been hit on by gay guys but fear it. I think nearly 60% think flirting = grabbing crotch or something. That's why when someone feels the need to say "as long as they don't flirt with me" for some insane reason I tend to make a joke out of it and flirt with them. Exposing people to what they're afraid of tends to open minds. But I'm off to make some pudding.....

 

[Blow_Pop]

i dont care just dont push it on me....

I am the same way about religion


I have no problem but I would have serious mental issues if I did seeing as how I am bi.
I just look at it as I'm just a greedy ***** and can't deal with a choice of men or women, I want both. hahahaha