Comments on: Right Wing Bigotry

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Many states have "crimes against nature" laws, it is a common term.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I'm noticing that, to find an actual, honest-to-goodness example of bigotry against gays, we have to go to a county commission meeting somewhere in Tennessee -- where the home legislator lives in a town named Wartburg.

As for "crimes against nature," I suppose this would include levitation, time travel and moving faster than the speed of light?

By: Michael Demmons

Michael Demmons — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Kevin,

That was a pretty funny comment. Lots of people get fired from their jobs for being gay.

I suppose that doesn't count.

By: Michael Demmons

Michael Demmons — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Lots of people are denied access to their children because they are gay.

Lots of people, even those with all the documentation in order, get denied access to their partners accounts or hospital visitation, because they are gay and some judge doesn't think of them as a family with a valid claim.

I can't give my husband my property when I die without him having to pay a plethora of tax on it - because I am gay.

And, if he dies, even though we have everything signed and sealed, his parents could make a claim for his property. And they could easily win in Georgia - where judges wouldn't be very sympathetic to a couple of homos shacking up.

But I suppose all those examples would escape you too. You don't know about these things, because they don't get reported widely. All you need to do is go to a couple gay news sites like the Advocate, PlanetOut, or 365gay.com to see these kinds of things happening all the time.

But if all you do is read the mainstream press or NewsMax, then, no, you won't see examples of discrimination - except the "wild and whacky" stuff happening in Rhea county that people think is funny.

By: CGHill

CGHill — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Rhea County comes by this sort of thing more or less naturally; it was the site of the Scopes trial in 1925. (John T. Scopes, you'll remember, was convicted of teaching evolution in a Dayton school; presumably the place hasn't evolved any in the past seventy-nine years.)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Yeah, local communities don't have the right to pass their own laws and regulations. They should have to pander to the miniscule number of people who call themselves "gay" and don't live in their community. Let's force our views on them, which we know are correct, and if they don't like it, let's shoot them!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

> Lots of people get fired from their jobs for
> being gay.

How does your employer know your sexual orientation? Does he read minds? Follow you home and see who you date?

The only way someone KNOWS your sexual orientation, whether you like people of the same sex, barn animals, or hamsters, is if you tell them or make a big deal of it. And if you want to work for someone who has views that are anathema to you, should that be your problem or theirs? Aren't there plenty of companies out there that not only don't disciminate, but provide benefits to "partners" (Disney and lots of others).

But hey, like the comment above, this is about forcing your viewpoint on others.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Lots of people get fired from their jobs for being gay.

I keep hearing that it's true. I never seem to hear of any actual cases though.

By: Michael Demmons

Michael Demmons — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Kevin,

That's because you are selective in what ou read. How many gay publications do you read regularly?

By: Little Miss Attila

Little Miss Attila — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

In theory, not being fired for being gay sounds hard to do if you aren't a "flamer." In practice, it might be pretty easy, especially if you're a guy. In my estimation, straight men talk about women/sex about every five minutes. Those who don't join in are bound to be pegged as "stiffs." Or queers. The finding-out part is actually pretty easy. The what-do-once-you-know could (should) be harder. ---