(July 3, 2014 at 4:20 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote:(July 3, 2014 at 4:17 pm)blackout94 Wrote: You can and you should. But if we want to promote bigger acceptance shoving the gay flag down people's throat is not the best way to do it, it will just create feelings of annoyance and more hatred.
You have the right to be an idiot, and people have the right to call you an idiot.
What I was saying, is you can propagate any idea (in this case acceptance of homosexuality idea) but others can propagate their ideas too
If I did the same with a burger box saying 'Say no to gay marriage, traditional family FTW' I am exercising my right the same way Burger King is.
I honestly don't see how saying "I support gay rights" by way of a rainbow wrapper is "Shoving it down peoples' throats". Would you have said the same thing in the 60s if Burger King had a pro-African American civil rights wrapper?
If I lived in the 60's, who knows? Probably. Gay people already have the same civil rights as any other people don't they? People argue gay marriage, but all other constitutional rights are equal for all people.
I'm just saying forcing anti-gay people to look at the headline anytime they buy a burger is not the best way to promote acceptance, I'm not denying we should promote it.
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