CAUTION! Reading this makes you GAY!

[awediot]

------------:sick: CAUTION---Reading this Makes you GAY!:rainbow: ---------

You got nerve. Open this up and you open yourself up, you secure little thing you! :p You are a Treasure. :dollar: Do other people know your reading this?:shifty: How much faith do you have in your ability to laugh things off? :confused: The mere attention you pay to this is suspect. It does rub off if you look too close.... :eek: If you are here to help me, thank you:pray: . If you are here to change me, I have a list.:cool: If you are here to pity me, glad to hurt. Just don't dismiss me. I have alot to share... I have stood as the perversion that shouts its name and my vapor penetrates the privatest moments. Your God did this to me knowing I would Hate Him for it.:mad: I died to change. Gays have been through what others can only anticipate with some dread. Outing is a wide idea. You can be outed as a Christian, as a fetishist, as a glutton, a lier, a thief, greedy, lazy, bigoted... your day is coming, and everyone will KNOW, the last things you want them to know. How's the gay feeling now? How many closets you in? You can be gay in other ways. In worse ways .. so there, homo.

[closetcougar]

That was awesome. The best thing I've read in awhile!!!

[Jennifer5]

I agree, that was great:D

[pnggrad79]

Ohmigosh-my homophobic sisters refuse to let me see my nephews or be around them for very long, because my being a lesbian might be contagious!!! I laughed. I said, yeah, just like being around you for very long might make me a religious, self-righteous bigot, too.

Too cute! I loved it. I was wondering what made me gay, now I know!!!:)

[tdogg]

Funny! My sis can't have me and my partner around her children, she must protect them - although she hasn't said exactly from what. My aunt cannot have a dialogue with me regarding my being a Lesbian as that would open the door to allow the spirit of homosexuality to (I'm not sure what??)... My partner see my other sis and her children a lot, and of course I have loads of family and friends that we see and talk to, and amazingly enough, none of them have 'turned' gay, although some already are. Maybe it just works with a select few??? :lol:

But then, there is something to this argument....my mother is bisexual with a same sex partner of 34 years - although they say it's now just platonic (uh huh) and my father has apparently led a half-secret bisexual life - so maybe just maybe I caught it from them??? :eek:

Thanks for your post Awediot - brought a smile to my face this morning. !!:p

[Sharieab]

That was awesome!! My family wouldn't allow my girlfriend (at the time) to be at my 21st birthday party b/c my aunt hadn't told my 13yo cousin what homosexuality is. The boy is in middle school, I'm pretty sure he knows.

[Jennifer5]

It's always been hard for me to understand why there is such thing as a "gay issue".... Ever since I was 4 I loved this lesbian couple; the only thing was, they were just a couple. Then in Berkeley our neighbors, a lesbian couple, and a gay guy next door.... but the point is I loved all of these people long before I knew what gay ment...... I never thought of anyone being different... I didn't even realize they were a little bit different until some one said they were........ so, why do people tell their kids this stuff, why don't they let them see for theirselves? ...... after all what are people REALLY afraid of?:)

[tdogg]

I know exactly what you mean Jennifer - my mother's relationships especially with her partner of several years who I was very close to, did not seem strange, different, wierd, etc., to me. It seemed very normal. More normal than my father and stepmom's relationship, where they fought often and could be very cold towards each other. Children only think negative thoughts that are instilled in them by their parents or other adult/juvenile mentors and friends. :agree:

[awediot]

Thanks for the comments all. It is fascinating where a thread can go and what people pick out to respond to. Homophobia, is on many levels, just silly. Depends on who's got the power over you, and who merely thinks they do...

This post was very spontaneous and under thought. You may have noticed I like those. Whether I'm eaily distracted, overly intense or trying vanely to give some topic a life of it's own, the clash of ideas is intentional (yeah, sure). Re-reading this a couple marinating days later, I ponder just what the heck my point was. You're generous replys focus in on an important' mutually shared ,"say wha'?. You are kidding, right?" dumbfounded reply when you discover you need guarded against... But my taunt was more perverse and garishly insideous than that... The most door opening quote,

after all what are people REALLY afraid of?

gives me a chance to sharpen the point... "You can be gay in other ways. In worse ways " By this I meant that the experience of being gay shares certain qualities of simply keeping guilty secrets... , a couple are popping into your head right now, what ever your orientation. Being gay and FORCED to Soul search has an advantage of experiencing (real and/or percieved) rejection, condemnation, disgust and hatred from our protectors, guides and neighbors. We develope a pretty thick skin, ability for scarey insights and enviable serenity along the way. We also often find a piercing, convicting wit that can cut to the bone just off the cuff... Our eventual honesty and openess toward what may still seem to others as shameful and embarasing, stands as a testament of what they know they also will be forced to do some day: Confess..... Damn right we are scarey, but not for the excuse of reasons used to blot us out.

With a slight expansion and logical upper-cut twist on the word gay, I think I meant the title quite literally.

[vaguy78]

Ohmigosh-my homophobic sisters refuse to let me see my nephews or be around them for very long, because my being a lesbian might be contagious!!! I laughed. I said, yeah, just like being around you for very long might make me a religious, self-righteous bigot, too.

Too cute! I loved it. I was wondering what made me gay, now I know!!!:)

So if it is contagious, would that make your nephew like women?:)

[pnggrad79]

Vag,
Probably. I don't know. They act like I had a say in this. There I was, 7 months pregnant teaching 10th grade and in walks this tall, dark, Greek goddess, and I knew I immediately liked her. Now, there was NO inappropriate things between us at that time. We were friends until 12 years later, when I decided that it was high time I admitted I was in love with her and it was all over after that. Now during the 12 years, I fought the attraction tooth and nail, cut her out of my life (didn't work) and moving to another state (still didn't work). So once we got it all worked out, admitted we loved each other, and moved in together. I left my husband, and we weren't getting along anyway, but my sisters said that I should have toughed it out because I made a committment to him. I have just faced the fact that they are homophobic, self-righteous, arrogant bigots and just move on. They want nothing to do with me, that's ok, that's their problem, not mine. I have done nothing to warrant this behavior from them. I have never even begun to think of molesting my nephews. How sick is that? But you would think I need to be a registered sex offender because I love a woman. Ridiculous!!!:rolleyes:

[tsenri veros]

Originally Posted by Jennifer5
after all what are people REALLY afraid of?
what are "we" (heterosexuals) afraid of? we're afraid that letting same-sex marriage become a social norm will preverse the sacred name of marriage. Too bad 50% of heterosexual marriages in America have already done that.

hmm.

[Jennifer5]

So, from that statment... may be you should be fighting to get rid of different-sex marriages... right.... wouldn't that do the same thing:confused:

[Zerbie]

I wasn't sure what Veros meant above. . .I thought the "hmmm" at the end meant either that the post was sarcastic, or that Veros is re-evaluating being opposed to marriage equality, and giving the topic another look. But I'm not sure - Veros, wanna come back and elaborate?

[tsenri veros]

Sure! The majority of the heterosexual community seems so avidly opposed to same sex marriage because it would be a threat to the purity of marriage itself, or a mockery of what it is "meant" to be. My observation is that 50% of heterosexual marriages end in divorce, a significant factor being abuse and/or neglect of some kind.

"Hmm" as in this; the purity and sacredness of marriage is being threatened by their carelessness, not our hope of expanding the terms of marriage to include all couples who love each other. does that clarify?

[pnggrad79]

TS- your observation is correct. All these extremist people scream about the sanctity of marriage-but the divorce rate is astronomical, not to mention the chronic marriers (those who marry often), and those who don't marry but are protected under the law (as long as they are man and woman). It is also ok to have many children who don't know who their father is by either the mother or the child. It is astounding to me that they can call this sacred and must be preserved as the foundation or fabric of all that is good in this country. Pardon me , but I say it is BS. :rolleyes:

PS. loved the quote by Micah-cool cool

[loosecanon1]

(I'm brand new to this forum, so I'm sure everyone has already seen the bumper-sticker, which I'll try quoting from memory)
"7 OUT OF 10 DIVORCED SOUTHERN BAPTISTS BELIEVE GAYS ARE DESTROYING THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE"

[Zerbie]

Well hello Cannon, welcome to the forums!

[Zerbie]

Well hello Cannon, welcome to the forums!

As far as the bumper sticker goes, that's a good one. :lol:

[volezmoncoeur]

Sure! The majority of the heterosexual community seems so avidly opposed to same sex marriage because it would be a threat to the purity of marriage itself, or a mockery of what it is "meant" to be. My observation is that 50% of heterosexual marriages end in divorce, a significant factor being abuse and/or neglect of some kind.

"Hmm" as in this; the purity and sacredness of marriage is being threatened by their carelessness, not our hope of expanding the terms of marriage to include all couples who love each other. does that clarify?

Yes, absolutely... whenever I'm arguing with people about this I always bring up Britney Spears' 33 hour marriage or whatever that was. Isn't that more of an abomination of the sanctity of marriage than this? Additionally, I'm pretty sure the 50% calculation is true, even in so-called Christian communities. These things make me sad, but it makes me more sad that despite them, people still claim that homosexuality is what is ruining marriage in America. Nobody ever has any defense for that statement. And they shouldn't. There are no excuses for that. But people who fear the dissolution of marriage due to homosexual marriage (not all heterosexuals, mind you. :). I happen to be in the category of heterosexuals who aren't blind to the REAL problems in marriage today) just pretend like problems with heterosexual marriage don't already exist.

[tdogg]

(I'm brand new to this forum, so I'm sure everyone has already seen the bumper-sticker, which I'll try quoting from memory)
"7 OUT OF 10 DIVORCED SOUTHERN BAPTISTS BELIEVE GAYS ARE DESTROYING THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE"

Welcome to the Forums Loosecannon - and thanks for the chuckle! What a great bumper sticker, might have to find me one. :lol: