The rabid religious right will go to almost any length to express the so-called love of Supply-side Jesus in the form of hatred for LGBT people.
June may be “the month of Pride” but this year the Cincinnati parade has coincided with July 4th, leading some conservative leaders to warn residents [bigots delinked] against traveling downtown for the traditional holiday celebrations:
“We think its not right for them to invade the Fourth of July, and we’re trying to warn people that if they do go downtown they may be exposed to some deviant behavior,” Phil Burress, president of Citizens for Community Values. “Everything from sex in the streets to topless women.”…”It bothers me that they’re going downtown on the Fourth of July, and it has nothing to do with the July celebration. Nothing,” Burress said.
Parade organizers point out that “ninety-five percent of our parade entries are church organizations, student and university groups, political rights groups.” “They never want to focus on the reality of the GLBT community and the couples who have been together for 10, 15, 20 years,” parade organizer George Crawford said… [emphasis original]
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Gee, the Pride parade in Portland goes right by my door every year. I always step outside to wave an show support. I’ve never seen any sex in the streets or topless women. :-( What gives, Portland? Let’s get with the program! 😉
Seriously, everyone has a right to take pride in who they are. I think these bigots have no pride in themselves and feel the need to put others down to make themselves feel OK. I also think that they want their sheeple to stay home, lest they see that LGBT folk are people like everyone else.
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A long time ago, one of my gf’s invited me to the Gay Pride Parade, knowing full well that I had no idea what that was. I grew up in a small town and we barely had black people. I get down there and it was a little weird at first (I’d never seen men dressing as women before or men kissing men), but I was cool with it. I wanted to go to a bar for a beer and my friend said “not that one”. I said “what’s wrong with that one?” So we went in and she went to the bathroom, leaving me at the bar. Not 2 minutes later, I’m getting hit on by a girl (which I should have expected but didn’t seeing that it was the Gay Pride Parade). I stammered for a minute and finally said “I bat for the other team?” She was totally cool about it. I turned around to see my gf laughing her guts out because she knew what would happen. And yes, I still speak to the bitch.
LOL, Lisa!! I would love to have seen the expression on your face. 😯
Once in Colorado, I was feeling parched one hot summer afternoon and stopped in a small out of the way bar between towns for a beer. It was very dark. I sat at the bar and ordered a beer. As I sipped it, my eyes adjusted to the light and I saw women cuddling in booths, women dancing on the dance floor and the closest thing to a man in sight was one very butch gal giving me a very dirty look. The bartender must have seen my eyes bug out, because she came up and said, “You know, this IS a girls bar.” I stammered that I had sort-of just figured that out. She gave me a ‘that’s OK’ smile. I finished my beer and ordered one to go.
Tom, you said: I think these bigots have no pride in themselves and feel the need to put others down to make themselves feel OK.
You are absolutely right. I grew up in a small red necked town in GA where no one ever left (except for me), never saw anything of the world and were never exposed to people who were different from themselves. Although they would never admit it, there is a feeling of inadequacy and inferiority that can only be overcome by putting someone else down, especially if they happen to be gay, black or a female.
Thanks Charles. It happens in the north too. My father was an equal opportunity bigot.