I'm hetero, and *I* know better. I've always been amazed at the strength and perserverence of my friends who happen to be gay, because of the high price they pay to be true to themselves. Not one of them "chose" it. Not when it meant losing parents, or losing spouses and children. Someone else said it well, when they said, "does this so called friend even exist?" because I agree, if they did, she would know better. She would HAVE to know better. Friends talk to each other about everything.
I've gone round and round with Fundies though, and they just dont get it. They seem to think because THEY are straight, everyone else should be to, even though it's no more a choice for them, than it is for anyone else. Why they seem to think it is, I dont know.
In any case tho...people like Palin are the reason why in the last few monthes, when I've opened the chat in my forum on another server, I've had chatters private message me asking if it's okay for them to be in there, because they're gay. I've never seen this before and frankly, it frightens me that things have gotten so bad, that someone should feel a need to ask me if it's okay to hang out and chit chat with me and my friends. But it's gotten bad enough I honestly dont know what to do. None of my chatters have ever bashed anybody over gender preference. I dont know why this is going on either.
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Date: 2008-10-01 09:22 pm (UTC)I'm hetero, and *I* know better. I've always been amazed at the strength and perserverence of my friends who happen to be gay, because of the high price they pay to be true to themselves. Not one of them "chose" it. Not when it meant losing parents, or losing spouses and children. Someone else said it well, when they said, "does this so called friend even exist?" because I agree, if they did, she would know better. She would HAVE to know better. Friends talk to each other about everything.
I've gone round and round with Fundies though, and they just dont get it. They seem to think because THEY are straight, everyone else should be to, even though it's no more a choice for them, than it is for anyone else. Why they seem to think it is, I dont know.
In any case tho...people like Palin are the reason why in the last few monthes, when I've opened the chat in my forum on another server, I've had chatters private message me asking if it's okay for them to be in there, because they're gay. I've never seen this before and frankly, it frightens me that things have gotten so bad, that someone should feel a need to ask me if it's okay to hang out and chit chat with me and my friends. But it's gotten bad enough I honestly dont know what to do. None of my chatters have ever bashed anybody over gender preference. I dont know why this is going on either.