Comments | boomtownrat: Gay Rights

boomtownrat

Gay Rights

Oct 04, 2006 21:08

Disclaimer: Despite the pasted text below, I don't actually care if you post it or not. I won't think less of you if you don't. I merely wanted to post it myself, in my own LJ, as we all do post things in our own LJs. Thanks."Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines ( Read more... )

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*impish grin* meiow October 5 2006, 01:16:51 UTC

I believe in gay rights, but I don't believe in chain letters. :D

Re: *impish grin* boomtownrat October 5 2006, 01:23:19 UTC

Well, it would be different if it were an email; I wouldn't pass on something like that, but this isn't going to thousands of inboxes.

Re: *impish grin* meiow October 5 2006, 01:25:43 UTC

Oh, I know. :) I'm just explaining why I won't be putting it in my journal, in case you might think I fell in the category of people who don't care about gay rights or something. :)

Re: *impish grin* boomtownrat October 5 2006, 02:12:57 UTC

I wouldn't think anybody fell into that category unless they actually said so. :) It's not worded quite the way I would've worded it, but I just copied and pasted it from elsewhere. Sometimes this kind of post sounds bullying, in a way. I dunno.

anonymous October 5 2006, 12:18:15 UTC

I believe in human rights. A right is by definition universal and extends to all equally. Last time I checked, all gays were human beings. Therefore, gays have human rights. The same ones as everyone else.

Once a right is no longer universal, it is no longer a right. It is a privilege. So I suppose I support gay rights but not gay privilege.

boomtownrat October 5 2006, 13:59:18 UTC

That's nice, but you obviously have missed the point and don't see that gay people are not treated as equals, which *is* the point of what I posted. Asking for equality is not asking for too much.

Would you care to say who you are? It's a bit rude to hide, don't you think?