RE: Parents of gay children
June 29, 2009 at 3:17 pm
(This post was last modified: June 29, 2009 at 3:18 pm by LukeMC.)
It would certainly upset me a little if society was still so bigoted about gays by the time I have children. I'd feel bad for the kid. But as far as the child being gay is concerned, I wouldn't mind at all and I would certainly hope they'd find their way and become comfortable with who they are.
While I'm talking about gays and society though, I have a tangent for everybody (don't all cheer at once).
The newly elected English Democrat mayor of Doncaster has spoken about his feelings towards gays. Just from his party name you can tell it won't be good. His statement was roughly "yes, I am cutting all funding to the gay pride celebrations in Doncaster. It's not homophobia- I just don't think any sexuality should be celebrated with funding from the tax payers, gay or straight."
How cute, he's all about equality. No sexuality should make its voice heard, not even straight people.
Now lets dig a little deeper with a sort of analogy.
Lets put the date back to say... 1930, USA.
"It's not racist, I just don't think any colour of skin should be celebrated with funding from the tax payers, black or white". Well, it's certainly easy to say that when white people are living their cushty, police protected lives around the black people who have their rights suppressed or dissolved entirely. In the same sense, it's all too easy to suppress sexuality demonstations when your particular sexuality is enjoying the human rights it deserves, while the group in question are still being mistreated by the laws of the land.
Give me a break Peter Davies, you don't care for equality. You know full well why straight people don't feel the need to march, demonstrate or celebrate. They have their rights already.
While I'm talking about gays and society though, I have a tangent for everybody (don't all cheer at once).
The newly elected English Democrat mayor of Doncaster has spoken about his feelings towards gays. Just from his party name you can tell it won't be good. His statement was roughly "yes, I am cutting all funding to the gay pride celebrations in Doncaster. It's not homophobia- I just don't think any sexuality should be celebrated with funding from the tax payers, gay or straight."
How cute, he's all about equality. No sexuality should make its voice heard, not even straight people.
Now lets dig a little deeper with a sort of analogy.
Lets put the date back to say... 1930, USA.
"It's not racist, I just don't think any colour of skin should be celebrated with funding from the tax payers, black or white". Well, it's certainly easy to say that when white people are living their cushty, police protected lives around the black people who have their rights suppressed or dissolved entirely. In the same sense, it's all too easy to suppress sexuality demonstations when your particular sexuality is enjoying the human rights it deserves, while the group in question are still being mistreated by the laws of the land.
Give me a break Peter Davies, you don't care for equality. You know full well why straight people don't feel the need to march, demonstrate or celebrate. They have their rights already.
