Because gays have a reputation for making messes
I have had the unfortunate "opportunity" to be part of a two separate conversations (one very recently, the other about 2 years ago) about rental properties wherein the people discussing it have mentioned something along the lines of being concerned about the condition in which the property would be left if it was rented to someone gay. Both conversations also included concerns about the bedclothes being somehow left "dirtier" which just blows my mind.
I called out the people who made these comments on both occasions, and they dug themselves deeper into whatever hole they started out with, including commentary about parties, the likelihood that more than two people would be sleeping in the bed, and so on. They actually rationalized their previous opinions! I'm sorry, but the last time I checked, there were plenty of rentals being ruined by heterosexuals and their parties. (Oh, sorry, I forgot. Heterosexual parties aren't like homosexual parties. The latter apparently includes all sorts of furniture- and sheet-ruining activities.)
I just don't get it. The other people in these conversations were what I would consider relatively liberal people living in a relatively liberal and gay-friendly state. What the hell?
I called out the people who made these comments on both occasions, and they dug themselves deeper into whatever hole they started out with, including commentary about parties, the likelihood that more than two people would be sleeping in the bed, and so on. They actually rationalized their previous opinions! I'm sorry, but the last time I checked, there were plenty of rentals being ruined by heterosexuals and their parties. (Oh, sorry, I forgot. Heterosexual parties aren't like homosexual parties. The latter apparently includes all sorts of furniture- and sheet-ruining activities.)
I just don't get it. The other people in these conversations were what I would consider relatively liberal people living in a relatively liberal and gay-friendly state. What the hell?