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[Gay Rights] Two wangs married should be made a right.
Kagera
Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
Gawker wrote:What gay activists say when they hope no one's listening: Winning same-sex marriage rights is just a matter of waiting for old people to die.
In the midsts of idiots resigning after saying gay teens should commit suicide:
http://ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=6744&MediaType=1&Category=22
and idiots running for office spreading homophobia among their constituents:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement
and the controversy over DADT and Obama's handling of it and evidence showing most troops don't give a fuck about serving with gays:
http://www.examiner.com/populist-in-national/survey-finds-most-troops-don-t-mind-serving-with-gay-soldiers
we stand back to contemplate the past year in Gay Rights activism and the pains of teen suicides and bullying.
Let this be a thread to foster debate not on the right and wrongs of the homosexual lifestyle (because that's stupid IMO) but instead be a thread to converse on the course the movement should take, the sacrifices our brothers and sisters of different sexual preference have made, and a look at the struggles ahead.
Because I believe we should all strive for a day we don't need a viral campaign to tell gay teens that it gets better, but rather they suffer no more or less than every other teen does in those blossoming years. (this is probably a pipedream but I'm a dreamer so NYEH)
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edit: looks like the other thread is probably the active one - http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=130898
I was at the grocery store and met my friend and his wife there, and we were standing in the checkout line because I was just going to ride home with them rather than take the bus, since they live all of ten blocks away.
So I see a tabloid with some story about bullying or another and just say kind of generally "This shit really pisses me off." Because it does.
"Well...it's not only gay kids that are being bullied." Friend's wife chimes in. "I don't see why they deserve special treatment."
I don't remember any more of the conversation after that. I took the damn bus home.
I've often said this before: if we weren't experiencing a shift in the Western nations towards conservatism due to fears of terrorism and anti-Islam sentiment, I would say we would have a liberal revolution in the next fifty years, simply due to the death of the last of the baby boomers.
In all seriousness, it's not like there aren't ultra conservative Gen-Ys (my generation) out there - hell, there are plenty of Gen-Xs - but I don't think homophobia, bigotry and such behaviour is accepted among those groups in the way it is among conservative baby boomers, nor when those groups will be as old as the boomers are now currently.