Asking Buzz Latte to engage in a civil discussion regarding anything–particularly LGBT rights–is about as promising as hoping Sarah Palin can make it through a dictionary without suffering a seizure.  Aint’ gonna happen.

I’d be “Fed-Up” with myself too if I had such an attitude towards life and others.  Your posts are a prime example of one of the reasons for people being intolerant.  But, hey, I realize the correlation may be floating about 100 feet over your head right now.

Reality is what it is. 

It’s hard to realize that only you can own your own behavior.

“Moron” was the only word that came to mind that would be more fair to use then a FUCKING IDIOT.

Stating that someone is a “moron” for posting things that are distasteful to you isn’t exactly a prime example of the “kinder, open-minded, and accepting of differences” hopey thing you wish for.

Sorry, but it begins in your own backyard.  Is it clean up time?

Look!  Shiny objects!

Get a FREAKIN clue.  You are disgusting. 

My point, was and is a very simple one, please have an open mind, I was stating that our society has a belief and has been convinced of “don’t ask, don’t tell”.  It’s okay to be “gay”, but stay where you belong, and don’t ruffle any of “our” feathers and we’ll be just fine.  Reminds me of a time in our history, “woman ought to be in the kitchen and not have any rights other than what the husbands tell her”, just be the “good little wife”.

Well, Buzz you certainly took the conversation to a whole new level.  To get into a debate of whether gays commit “the” crimes or not and the fear that gays will teach or worse sexually abuse your children at school is completely off the mark.  You changed the talking points to drive more fear into society and twist our cause to have equal protection and rights.

I read all your comments, and getting back to my original post, I reread yours and inserted the word “blacks” and you sound no better then a seggregationist defending the KKK.  If people like you won the argument, blacks would still be slaves, woman would not be allowed to go out without the permission of the man and certainly no vote, Jews would still be in the Ghetto, and gays would be shot on sight and a Black man would certainly not be President.

I thank god people like you will be replaced by the next generation of a more kinder, open-minded and accepting of differences that makes up the world society.

Also, MHO is that people are going to be asking what’s in it for them to vote for gay marriage.  Call it a side effect from the last two years of being called racist at every corner after coming from a belief that the playing field had been leveled.

Gays may need to start a new narrative to convince the holdouts that it’s a civil rights issue when the last two-three decades has proven a big share of the conversation has been given over to pointing out differences and how “natural’ those differences are – yet, we can do what we want because we’re different – but you won’t let us marry – so you’re a homophobe.

Get the conundrum?

Thanks for the link and comment!

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/05/our-take-the-surprising-religious-divides-on-proposition-8/

Another interesting surprising take.

BTW – I enjoy your comments.

Being called racist a zillion times in the last two years is a prime example of a group behaving badly towards others who do not share the same viewpoint.

We’re going to keep going around in circles until those fears are addressed and worked upon with a mutually agreed upon result.

You’ve captured the intent succinctly.  

I didn’t make the rules, but I sure won’t excuse away negative behavior in favor of a cause or uniqueness.  I’m speaking strictly from a behaviorist standpoint.

My question to the gay community is what is being done to address those fears?  So far, it’s gay rights that has been banged on the drum ad nauseum.  How about addressing what’s in it for the millions who are not gay?