Why is homosexuaity still news today?

Can I ask a question why is gay homosexuality still not accepted? Why still today people cannot get married with the same sex? Why is it still a big deal that when one person gets married to another man? It still news today and when it shouldn't be?

This thread should really be moved to the Off Topic board.

"As you can see with Joel Grey's official coming out, it didn't make the news as much as it would have years ago like Ellen Degeneres or NPH scenarios."

You think Joel Grey coming out would have gotten a Time Magazine cover (as Ellen did) years ago?! I think an Advocate cover would have been a stretch. I love Joel, but he isn't that famous...

"Can I ask a question why is gay homosexuality still not accepted?"

People are more OK with straight homosexuality.

He is an academy award winner, but he isn't that famous except to musical lovers and Movie buffs.

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Why? Because a lot of people are still a$$holes.

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Well, that little news bar on the side of Facebook had the Joel Grey's coming out story at the top of its list yesterday, so I'd think it's getting some decent coverage in terms of his fame (considering whoever runs that part of Facebook assumes that the regular user will know who Joel Grey is).

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Since we still have racism and sexism, even though the mainstream's consciousness was first raised about those evils long before it was first raised about homophobia, it is not at all surprising that we still also have homophobia.

Agree with henrikegerman.

"gay homosexuality" is redundant.

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Because some people--increasingly few in number--are so insecure they can only define themselves by denigrating those they define as "opposite". I say their number is declining, but that only seems to be true in term of sexuality; racism seems on the rise, if anything.

Homophobia will always be with us, alas, just as racism.

"The supreme court will be voting on nation wide gay marriage in June. Studies show that 80 percent of Americans accept homosexuality and 70 percent approve of gay marriage "

The Court does not vote, but rather, decides. Not a pedantic distinction, but important for the point that the Supreme Court will be making a decision that will affect states who voted on gay marriage bans. Justice Kennedy, I pray, will side with the 4 liberal justices and find that equal protection precludes anti-gay marriage legislation. However, and I pause slightly at this thought, Kennedy is a state's rights advocate. He could arguably say this is an issue for a state to decide, and not the federal government. That said: he still wants a legacy. And writing the majority opinion (potentially with Roberts joining) would lead to a great legacy.

Updated On: 1/29/15 at 09:50 PM

I suspect that Joel Grey is generating such a great deal of coverage in part because of his age.

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I can think of a more innocent reason that an actor's coming out is news: People want to know EVERYTHING about their favorite stars, probably including what brand of toothpaste they use. Also, although Joel Grey was not, in my opinion, "crush material," as soon as an attractive male comes out as gay, I can almost hear the collective sigh of the straight females -- Another one bites the dust for hot fantasies.

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