FairwoodKing;839430 wrote:First, the American people are crazy enough to do anything, so I wouldn't rule out the possibility that she could win.

Secondly, even with the progress we've made in the past few decades, we still don't enjoy the same rights as straight people. Gay marriage is not permitted in most states along with the more than 100 rights associated with marriage. Adoptions by gay parents is illegal in Florida and Arkansas. There are still places in this country where you can get fired from your job or thrown out of your apartment solely because someone finds you you're gay. I'm not making this up. This is the reality many of my gay and lesbian brothers and sisters face.

Third, parents can force their gay teenagers to get treatment. I shudder to think what my parents would have done if they had found out I'm gay. This is another reality that gay young people face.

coyotes22;839469 wrote:OMG, i dont hate homo's. But anyone that goes through life, thinking there is no God, will have their butt thrown in hell when their time comes. If thats hate speech, then so be it.

FairwoodKing;839449 wrote:Now you know as well as I do that most gay people in the United States cannot marry their person of choice.

FairwoodKing;839449 wrote: Forcing a gay teenage into treatment is very dangerous. The treatment always fails and this can lead to depression and suicide. Gay teenagers have the highest rate of suicide of any measurable group.

cbus4life;839485 wrote:JMog, Believer, Writer, etc., i've enjoyed reading your thoughts on this topic, good to see some solid thought to go along with your beliefs, even if i don't necessarily agree with all that you have to say. Well done.

I don't know why anyone bothers even responding to Fairwood anymore, but that is another thing.

FairwoodKing;839430 wrote:First, the American people are crazy enough to do anything, so I wouldn't rule out the possibility that she could win.

Secondly, even with the progress we've made in the past few decades, we still don't enjoy the same rights as straight people. Gay marriage is not permitted in most states along with the more than 100 rights associated with marriage. Adoptions by gay parents is illegal in Florida and Arkansas. There are still places in this country where you can get fired from your job or thrown out of your apartment solely because someone finds you you're gay. I'm not making this up. This is the reality many of my gay and lesbian brothers and sisters face.

Third, parents can force their gay teenagers to get treatment. I shudder to think what my parents would have done if they had found out I'm gay. This is another reality that gay young people face.

bases_loaded;839519 wrote:Marriage is a union between man and woman. By definition there is no such thing as a gay marriage.

FairwoodKing;839490 wrote:I have friends who have been fired for being gay, so I know this situation can exist. I regret that it is not bs but it is a reality for a lot of people.

Al Bundy;839529 wrote:Did the employer tell the person that they were fired for being gay or did the person use that as an excuse after he/she was fired for doing his/her job?

FairwoodKing;839521 wrote:Then it's time to change the definition. Canada and some other countries have done it and it hasn't hurt straight people one bit. It's time to bring the U.S. into the Modern Age.

FairwoodKing;839532 wrote:The biggest thing on the current gay agenda was started by a Seattle newspaper reporter named Dan Savage. He has created something called "It Gets Better." It is a series of videotapes and a book that tries to convince gay teens who are being bullied to hold on and that their lives will improve radically when they get a few years older. Even President Obama contributed a short speech on the video in which he tells gay kids that being gay is OK and that they have the support of a lot of key people. I can't imagine Michelle Bachmann ever contributing anything like that. As I said before, gay teens are the group most likely to commit suicide. People like me are pressuring schools to protect their GLBT kids from the kind of intensive bullying that drives these kids to suicide.

FairwoodKing;839521 wrote:Then it's time to change the definition. Canada and some other countries have done it and it hasn't hurt straight people one bit. It's time to bring the U.S. into the Modern Age.

jmog;839479 wrote:If you believe that is how Jesus would respond to a homosexual then you have read a totally different set of gospels than I have. That type of combative speech does NOT further the gospel it just makes people dislike Christianity even more than some already do.

FairwoodKing;839530 wrote:I know of at least one case where the employee was fired and was told in plain language that his firing was because he was gay. The way the employer found out was because the employee joined Seattle Men's Chorus. The person's name is Dennis Coleman. The story had a happy ending because the chorus ultimately hired Dennis as artistic director. But most stories like this do not have happy endings.

fish82;839596 wrote:If this is true, said employee should be living on an island somewhere, sipping umbrella drinks, and living off the interest from his settlement.

believer;839605 wrote:Particularly since this obvious EEOC infraction occurred on the Left Coast.

bases_loaded;839533 wrote:You have civil union.

FairwoodKing;839492 wrote:You respond to me because I have lived a gay lifestyle and I know what I'm talking about. Trust me, I am not the only gay person who is concerned about Bachmann's husband. The gay community has been very much up in arms ever since the story broke on ABC.

bigdaddy2003;839620 wrote:Sorry but I don't believe the person was told he being fired because he was gay.

LJ;839646 wrote:Sexual preference is not a protected class