- Joined
- Jun 5, 2012
- Reaction score
- 236
Up until this year, I thought the LBGT community was making progress toward being accepted. This year has been shown some extremely anti-gay attitudes. Earlier this year, in NC, I started seeing all these "Vote for the marriage bill" signs all over the place. It was some kind of anti-gay law they were proposing (I'm not sure what it is supposed to do). Even my best friend put one of those signs in his yard. I was disappointed, but not too surprised since he goes to church.
The owner of Chick-Fil-A recently made an unsolicited statement that marriage should only be between a man and a woman. Yesterday they had an appreciation day for the restaurant and people came in record numbers. I read comments on Yahoo articles and it was horrible how ignorant people are. I posted a few comments saying I think that it doesn't matter what other people do and it doesn't affect straight people's marriages. Of course, I got nothing but nasty comments and lots of thumbs down.
I haven't heard so much negativity about LGBT since the early 80s. Has it just been lying dormant or has it become worse? This is a disturbing situation because I believe in what the Constitution says: everyone has the right to pursue happiness and everyone should be treated equally. Shunning people's lifestyles/choices and blocking their ability to marry goes completely against that.
The owner of Chick-Fil-A recently made an unsolicited statement that marriage should only be between a man and a woman. Yesterday they had an appreciation day for the restaurant and people came in record numbers. I read comments on Yahoo articles and it was horrible how ignorant people are. I posted a few comments saying I think that it doesn't matter what other people do and it doesn't affect straight people's marriages. Of course, I got nothing but nasty comments and lots of thumbs down.
I haven't heard so much negativity about LGBT since the early 80s. Has it just been lying dormant or has it become worse? This is a disturbing situation because I believe in what the Constitution says: everyone has the right to pursue happiness and everyone should be treated equally. Shunning people's lifestyles/choices and blocking their ability to marry goes completely against that.