The Bigots On Facebook Are ALL Excited For Chikin Tomorrow! — Page 8

So, PLEASE remember -- the gay community does have MANY, MANY straight allies! We are not all a$$holes!

I second that.

It does humor me when people feel good about the fact that they bought a fried chicken sandwich in one meal while ignoring that kids somewhere go a whole week without that much food.

"Sorry, children of the world. I gotta get those gays first!"

Updated On: 8/2/12 at 04:26 PM

So, PLEASE remember -- the gay community does have MANY, MANY straight allies! We are not all a$$holes!

Oh we do, and we appreciate each and every one of you.

I pretty much laid down the gauntlet today on Facebook today, because honestly, it's one thing to have different beliefs than someone, but no matter how much anyone says they "love" me, they believe their choice to be religions trumps my so-called "choice" to be gay in this country. And that if they really believe gay men and women should be barred from secular marriage then that tells me exactly what they really think about it. And that I supported their rights to be a Christian and to even be a bigot, but that their rights end where my rights begin.

Amazingly (I am from the Midwest, after all), I only lost one friend over it, a former co-worker who I knew was pretty devout and who I never really talked to anyway. What was most heartening was that many, many of my friends who consider themselves Christians posted to show their support. So while Facebook really made me see the worst in the world yesterday, I'm glad today it helped me see the other side of that coin.

On Twitter someone said, "Michelle Obama encourages healthy eating = socialist. A heavy white governor encourages eating of junk food to support anti-gay whatever = hero."

Consume mass quantities!

Especially if they show up half naked.

Your comments reinforce why I hate Facebook and its faceless excuse to blather.

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Eh, I kind of think the "kiss in" is counter productive and proves their point about us "MAKING OUT IN OUR FACES!!!!" It won't improve anything or change one single opinion, so what't the point? I think staying far away from CFA will have more of a positive impact.

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The Kiss in will not go as planned. Trust me.Not sure who organized it but I'm not hearing much about it so maybe it will fizzle out. I think there are other ways to make our point.

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Fortunately I've only had one pro Chick-fil-a friend on Facebook I had to delete. A fraternity brother I was close with in college who has become a super religious Ron Paul libertarian.

The LIBERAL MEDIA'S Dana Loesch To Chick-Fil-A Critic: “I Know You Hate Christ”

The least subtle tweets from Jesus Loves Chicken and Hates Fags Day

Updated On: 8/3/12 at 08:34 PM

What do we call a gay Uncle Tom?

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-823655?hpt=us_bn2

Seeing that he seems to have submitted an article to CNN without doing a grammar check, I'd love to give him the benefit of the doubt and say maybe he's just not that bright. But he doesn't seem all that dumb.

The fact that he addresses in the first paragraph the problem of Chick-fil-A supporting anti-gay organizations, but then finishes the entire essay without actually addressing that very significant point seems almost willfully blind.

He's getting lots of plaudits in the comments for being gay and not following the pack, but he's also missing the crux of the problem entirely, while at the same time not just saying he supports Chick-fil-A's rights, but proudly proclaiming himself a loyal customer to them. Intentional or not, I'm having a hard time seeing this as anything other than a slap in the face.

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Thank you for that perspective, art. I don't think you're exhibiting ageism at all, especially since you're quick to point out there's a balance of young people who are also bright and politically mature. As someone who works with kids who have come or will be coming age in these years, I see this generation's facets, too.

Do the young people you're speaking of actually think gays don't need marriage equality? Or is it just that they're apathetic about it happening, or disinterested? I'm politically minded and sometimes very outspoken, but I'm also not an activist. I don't march or wave flags and probably never will, but I'll be the first to scream about the importance of people who do.

And while my personal history of relationships has illustrated time and again that I'm more content alone than with someone, that doesn't prevent me from recognizing the importance of marriage rights for the millions of LGBT Americans who really need them. I don't think that recognition has anything to do with maturity. Let's not forget that not every white American was a racist before 1964 or even 1864. Some folks have a moral fortitude beyond their own nose, and those are the people on our side of this struggle right now, the ones on the right side of history.

All that said, I've also noticed a backlash on Facebook in the past 36 to 48 hours over this Chick-fil-A kerfuffle, and I'll be damned if your post didn't make me realize that every gay person who posted about how sick of it they were has been in the 18-25 range. Maybe it's got something to do with them being in the first generation where people are coming out at 12, 13, 14 years old. Maybe the old fight is getting lost. And so, thereby, maybe it's not so much a question of maturity as it is selfishness -- not selfishness born of self-interest, but born of taking the lack of a closet for granted. Dunno.

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