One reason I feel we have let the gay community down…

One reason I feel we have let the gay community down... August 7, 2012 9:46 am Jody

“My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don’t make that mistake yourself. Life’s too short.”

Armistead Maupin

We don't owe the gay community anything. by ER 2012-08-07 10:50:42
- Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. William James by Jody 2012-08-08 10:05:23
  - We're all doing what we can.---John Lennon by ER 2012-08-08 11:28:37
    - Yeah...I *finally* got that ER. I wanted to be angry at you. I wanted to lash out. I didn't know ... by Jody 2012-08-08 11:35:38
- My friend Jim writes: Jody, I could write you at length about ... by Jody 2012-08-07 18:08:34
  - Its not a civil rights, or even a bigotry issue any more. by ER 2012-08-07 20:33:00
    - ...and it would appear that you have proven the point of my post. by Jody 2012-08-08 08:51:48
      - Well, I never did disagree with you, did I? by ER 2012-08-08 09:25:43
        
        but not one had the courage or decency to speak out. Exactly. by Jody 2012-08-08 09:37:03
    - Do you know how many companies already offer same-sex benefits? by TB 2012-08-07 21:30:16
      - Well, good for them! by ER 2012-08-08 06:19:30
        
        That question wasn't rhetorical. I was talking numbers. by TB 2012-08-08 09:36:44
        
        Gay prejudice isn't caused by capitalism. by ER 2012-08-08 09:44:02
        
        You put up a specific premise, I responded. by TB 2012-08-08 12:16:34
        
        I didn't need to read it... by ER 2012-08-08 12:34:27
        
        "The problem right now seems to be tax laws." by ER 2012-08-08 09:49:37
  - Abby writes: That is a strange statement to me. To be obliged is so forced. by Jody 2012-08-07 18:10:22
- "We have an obligation to treat them wih courtesy, respect, and fairness, just like we should treat everybody else." by alcaray 2012-08-07 13:50:01
  - At the risk of putting words in Jody's mouth... by ER 2012-08-07 14:28:11
    - You don't see anything self-contradictory in... by alcaray 2012-08-07 14:54:30
      - "Not that there's anything wrong with that..." by ER 2012-08-07 15:21:23
        
        Ah, I agree. by alcaray 2012-08-07 16:17:50
        
        Furthermore, I admire the way you overlooked my sarcasm. n/t by alcaray 2012-08-07 16:23:43
        
        That wasn't sarcasm. by ER 2012-08-07 17:13:21
        
        Ouch! n/t by alcaray 2012-08-07 17:19:01

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