We're waiting, IV.......
Our inability to accept gays fuels inability to admit it -- Leonard Pitts, Jr.
Three little words.That’s what keeps bringing us back to this intersection of low comedy and pathos. Three words, none longer than three letters – and yet, some of us still find them nearly impossible to say.Three words: I am gay.[snip]Because for all the laughter these men evoke with their lies to self and tortured rationalizations to us, I find I have also, hidden in the breath between ha and ha, a certain bittersweet pity. There’s just something ineffably “pathetic” in the inability of these middle-age men, in the Year Of Our Lord 2010, post-“Will & Grace,” post Ellen DeGeneres, post-Barney Frank, Elton John, Meredith Baxter and Neil Patrick Harris, to simply stand up and say those three simple words.[snip]So you have to wonder: How many Massas and Ashburns, how many Jim Wests, Ted Haggards, Mark Foleys and Larry Craigs do we have to see, how many shocked spouses and embarrassed children do we have to endure, how many lies, alibis and justifications do we need to hear, before we accept the obvious: Gay is not a choice, gay is not a sin, gay is not a shame.Gay simply is[snip]
6 comments:
Actually, it was Renegade that started off with, of course, "homosexuality is a sin".."It's a choice" blah, blah, blah
Is being a Mariners fan a sin? 'Cause if it is..I'm going to Hell twice...
Then again, maybe I deserve it for being a Mariners fan..
..I can't change either one...
Circle this date on the calendar-- Angry_Randy posted something I can totally agree with:
Angry_Randy wrote on 03/18/2010 06:10:34 AM:
I am with sidrat. There is nothing to be ashamed of OR nothing to be proud of whether you are gay or straight. People should be proud of their accomplishments, their character, their morality and how they conduct themselves. Not what group they belong to or what race they are. People need to get over it. And the government needs to get out of the marriage business and simply enforce the legal aspects of what we now consider marriage. And for all the homophobes reading this, I have seen so much damage done to children and families by selfish straight men and women it is not even funny. And that is just the damage done to kids, not even talking about the mockery many straight people have made of marriage.
I don't deny that Randy can be rational at times, but I also witnessed his comment about "gay men staring at me in the showers".
It was on a thread before Pluck, the subject was "gays in the military"
Don't you mean salivate on!?! We all know it is only a matter of time before we read of our favorite homophobe staggering out of Jake's, or more likely the Capitol Lake restrooms, and into the loving arms of local Law enforcement.
A_t_G.... obviously I wasn't thinking straight and mistyped.... (LOL. pun intended)
I remember that incident, Larry, but maybe Randy has turned over a new leaf, or maybe we just mis-interpreted his older posts..
either way, I gave him a tip of the hat for his post..
(Just when you think you're not going to get along with someone, they go and do something human...)
I'll never figure the human race out...
;)
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