everyone is entitled to their own opinion and has every right to exercise their freedom. Chick-fil-a is owned by people who are anti-gay and they bradcast their dislike for homosexuals in the way they felt fit. Can’t fault them for that. I’ve seen many gay parades before, expressing their beliefs, and no one is condemning them.
this is not about an opinion. this is about the support of groups who go around the world promoting the killing of homosexuals.
you are not entitled to kill people who are different than yourself.
What would the parallel criticism be for the Marriage Equality Appreciation day? The author’s own double standard is clear if we try to make sense of a counter protest on Starbucks, Amazon, and other pro-gay companies. No Christians are crying are having “bible sit ins” at their entrances, accosting customers before they walk into their stores, or hollering over how wrong and intolerant it is. Some people actually have multiple identities- as in- being a Black Christian. Sorry, but your comments are a narrow truncated reality that not everybody is choosing to buy into- no pun intended.
This entire Chik fil A brouhaha is ANOTHER publicity stunt. People are using this incident to draw attention to the LGBT cause and draw emotions into a situation that to me has been completely overblown. I get the politics of it… I’m just not biting!
If I recall correctly, he said “I support marriage as defined in the bible”. I AGREEEEEEE. That doesn’t say that I hate gays, that doesn’t say that you dont have a right to eat wherever you want to, that doesn’t say that I want to kill you. It means he supports marriage as defined in the bible!! He’s entitled to feel that way. He didn’t say anything discrimating or degrading or hateful!!
I personally believe that your sexual orientatoin is YOUR business. Whether its a choice or by birth etc. etc. is just a waste of my energy to wrestle with. It is what it is and its been around for hundreds if not thousands of years. I honestly dont think any different of homosexuals. Although I am equally as perturbed by their public displays of affection as when others who do it … I digress. However, marriage as we know it (at least in the United States) is a CHRISTIAN institution!!! If you dont like it – use all this energy to create an institution, by gays, for gays that represents everything gays want it to!!! Maybe even create something better!! There’s definitely room for improvement. Why try to highjack this Christian institution and redefine it for your own personal satisfaction! This is not about intolerance but – I dont think its very intolerant of gays to disregard the practice of marriage as it currently stands!!! Why re-invent this 1000 year old wheel when you can make a nice new flaming pink one!! lol
It only creates oppisition when you try to ram things down other people throats!
As a grown adult people like you make me sick J. People who are obviously lacking in reading comprehension and jump to attack those with a different point of view. I had to reread your post a few times because your rude tone automatically put me on the defensive.
So here’s my reply:
I don’t hate anyone and I’m not scared of gay people (isn’t that what homophobe means). What exactly is there to be scared of? Amazing how you jump to that conclusion because I say I don’t equate gay rights with Civil Rights.
First off I said there was no evidence of Chick-a-fil donating to groups killing gays not that these groups did not exist. Your link did not disprove anything I said. The Times did a write-up of the Ugandan group a while ago. And in case you’re wondering I do not support their “cause”.
Nope there is no parallel between Civil Rights and the Right to Marry Movement. Why would you even bring up the Holocaust? How do you make the logical jump that I think the Holocaust is overrated when I stated that I did not see parallels between gay rights and Civil Rights due to the fact that people were not being attacked en masse (Gay Rights is definitely a Civil Rights issue in Uganda). Millions of people died during the Holocaust (absolutely no parallel to gay rights in the US).
Families kicking kids out is f_cked up but again not a Civil Rights issue. Sounds more like the personal issues of a f_cked up family (in case you’re wondering I would not put either of my daughters out for being gay).
Getting kicked out of bars – US Civil Rights issues.
Tortured in the Middle East – what does that have to do with Civil Rights issues in the US? That is the point of this article and my post, correct? For the record I do not like radical Islamists I think they are disgusting brutes.
Gays/transgenders are beat-up by black gangs? Black males of any sexual orientation are more likely to be killed by a black male than a non-black one. In case you haven’t noticed our people have a huge problem when it comes to killing one another (and in my opinion that’s not our only problem but let’s leave that for another rant). Is this only a gay issue or is it a ghetto black male violence issue of preying on those perceived as weak (the dude that doesn’t hang on the streets, women, older people, gays)? Only gay women and men get raped in “lock-up”? Really? By the way I thought transgenders did not want to be referred to as gay. Is that the case?
I will give you one thing though, I do have more privilege than a gay person of color. Unfortunately that’s perceived as a double whammy today. And that perception can’t be legislated away only time will change it. But a white gay male? I’m not buying it. Maybe I’m biased because I live in NYC and went to school in the village.
Since you think I’m so sage :) here’s a piece of advice if you’re trying to bring someone over to your point of view emotional rants and veiled insults (because they disagree with you) are probably not the way to go.
Oh and one more thing I wouldn’t give a crap if he said people of color were sub-human (that’s probably what he thinks anyway). Been there done that. I realized a long time ago that you can’t make people with those opinions like you. There are too many real issues out here today for me to get upset at someone’s opinion.
everyone is entitled to their own opinion and has every right to exercise their freedom. Chick-fil-a is owned by people who are anti-gay and they bradcast their dislike for homosexuals in the way they felt fit. Can’t fault them for that. I’ve seen many gay parades before, expressing their beliefs, and no one is condemning them.
this is not about an opinion. this is about the support of groups who go around the world promoting the killing of homosexuals.
you are not entitled to kill people who are different than yourself.
What would the parallel criticism be for the Marriage Equality Appreciation day? The author’s own double standard is clear if we try to make sense of a counter protest on Starbucks, Amazon, and other pro-gay companies. No Christians are crying are having “bible sit ins” at their entrances, accosting customers before they walk into their stores, or hollering over how wrong and intolerant it is. Some people actually have multiple identities- as in- being a Black Christian. Sorry, but your comments are a narrow truncated reality that not everybody is choosing to buy into- no pun intended.
This entire Chik fil A brouhaha is ANOTHER publicity stunt. People are using this incident to draw attention to the LGBT cause and draw emotions into a situation that to me has been completely overblown. I get the politics of it… I’m just not biting!
If I recall correctly, he said “I support marriage as defined in the bible”. I AGREEEEEEE. That doesn’t say that I hate gays, that doesn’t say that you dont have a right to eat wherever you want to, that doesn’t say that I want to kill you. It means he supports marriage as defined in the bible!! He’s entitled to feel that way. He didn’t say anything discrimating or degrading or hateful!!
I personally believe that your sexual orientatoin is YOUR business. Whether its a choice or by birth etc. etc. is just a waste of my energy to wrestle with. It is what it is and its been around for hundreds if not thousands of years. I honestly dont think any different of homosexuals. Although I am equally as perturbed by their public displays of affection as when others who do it … I digress. However, marriage as we know it (at least in the United States) is a CHRISTIAN institution!!! If you dont like it – use all this energy to create an institution, by gays, for gays that represents everything gays want it to!!! Maybe even create something better!! There’s definitely room for improvement. Why try to highjack this Christian institution and redefine it for your own personal satisfaction! This is not about intolerance but – I dont think its very intolerant of gays to disregard the practice of marriage as it currently stands!!! Why re-invent this 1000 year old wheel when you can make a nice new flaming pink one!! lol
It only creates oppisition when you try to ram things down other people throats!
“when you try to ram things down other people throats!”
sounds homo to me…….
lol.. no pun intended :)
As a grown adult people like you make me sick J. People who are obviously lacking in reading comprehension and jump to attack those with a different point of view. I had to reread your post a few times because your rude tone automatically put me on the defensive.
So here’s my reply:
I don’t hate anyone and I’m not scared of gay people (isn’t that what homophobe means). What exactly is there to be scared of? Amazing how you jump to that conclusion because I say I don’t equate gay rights with Civil Rights.
First off I said there was no evidence of Chick-a-fil donating to groups killing gays not that these groups did not exist. Your link did not disprove anything I said. The Times did a write-up of the Ugandan group a while ago. And in case you’re wondering I do not support their “cause”.
Nope there is no parallel between Civil Rights and the Right to Marry Movement. Why would you even bring up the Holocaust? How do you make the logical jump that I think the Holocaust is overrated when I stated that I did not see parallels between gay rights and Civil Rights due to the fact that people were not being attacked en masse (Gay Rights is definitely a Civil Rights issue in Uganda). Millions of people died during the Holocaust (absolutely no parallel to gay rights in the US).
Families kicking kids out is f_cked up but again not a Civil Rights issue. Sounds more like the personal issues of a f_cked up family (in case you’re wondering I would not put either of my daughters out for being gay).
Getting kicked out of bars – US Civil Rights issues.
Tortured in the Middle East – what does that have to do with Civil Rights issues in the US? That is the point of this article and my post, correct? For the record I do not like radical Islamists I think they are disgusting brutes.
Gays/transgenders are beat-up by black gangs? Black males of any sexual orientation are more likely to be killed by a black male than a non-black one. In case you haven’t noticed our people have a huge problem when it comes to killing one another (and in my opinion that’s not our only problem but let’s leave that for another rant). Is this only a gay issue or is it a ghetto black male violence issue of preying on those perceived as weak (the dude that doesn’t hang on the streets, women, older people, gays)? Only gay women and men get raped in “lock-up”? Really? By the way I thought transgenders did not want to be referred to as gay. Is that the case?
I will give you one thing though, I do have more privilege than a gay person of color. Unfortunately that’s perceived as a double whammy today. And that perception can’t be legislated away only time will change it. But a white gay male? I’m not buying it. Maybe I’m biased because I live in NYC and went to school in the village.
Since you think I’m so sage :) here’s a piece of advice if you’re trying to bring someone over to your point of view emotional rants and veiled insults (because they disagree with you) are probably not the way to go.
My above post was to Dana 8/29/2012.
Oh and one more thing I wouldn’t give a crap if he said people of color were sub-human (that’s probably what he thinks anyway). Been there done that. I realized a long time ago that you can’t make people with those opinions like you. There are too many real issues out here today for me to get upset at someone’s opinion.