Even More Homophobes

[FatAndFaithless]

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.

Again, there is no issue of 'forcing people' here. Nobody is forcing people to buy these burgers, it's an expression of free speech. And no, the LGBT community does not have all the same rights as straight people. Their adoption processes are almost impossible in many areas, the Christian Right is pushing for the ability to fire/not hire gay people just for being homosexual, with that Hobby Lobby ruling. The repealing of the 3rd article of DOMA and the ending of Don't Ask Don't Tell was only in the last handful of years. This isn't something that's no big deal.

And the marriage issue isn't some niggling little leftover that can be written off, it's a huge deal, just like the fight for interracial marriage was.