Not that it matters but, gays?

[Vtec?lol]

I'm very curious about this. I got into a debate at the office about wether or not gays should be out in the open an publicized the way they are now. I'm a traditionalist and I have no problem with gays at all. You like what you like. My issue was it being so open and advertised. I would hate for a bunch of children to experiment during their prepubescent period and totally stray away from our natural ways of life.
Being a psych major, during a few of my studies it's apparent that a majority of the gay population was born "confused" with bodily and hormonal imbalances. The scary part is the percentage of "average" children and teens going gay because of there naive and vulnerable state.
That was part of my argument when saying it shouldn't be as advertised as it is now.
Other people believe it shouldn't happen at all. I think that's wrong. There's nothing wrong with acceptance but where do we draw the line????

What happens if one of your kids are gay or confused? How do we handle it?

Do you avoid gays when they approach you or do you treat them like anyone else?

What happens when your best friend comes out?

What do you do when one of your children bring home a gay friend?

This is something I'm very interested in as far as what other people think. Please share views and opinions.

The poll is just for shits and giggles.

[mrsleeve]

this is not going to end well

[Kershaw]

^ called it. getting on white horse right now...

you say you have no problem with it, but then you say it should be kept behind closed doors. that's pretty dumb.

you are a bigot. you might not be WBC, but you are.

also, your poll is not very well thought out. how about some options for supporting gay rights. i'm not gay, but i wholeheartedly support all gay rights. include the right to walk around in a pink bikini with giant fucking pink wings and acting all sassy.

freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

[Vtec?lol]

^ called it. getting on white horse right now...

you say you have no problem with it, but then you say it should be kept behind closed doors. that's pretty dumb.

you are a bigot. you might not be WBC, but you are.

also, your poll is not very well thought out. how about some options for supporting gay rights. i'm not gay, but i wholeheartedly support all gay rights. include the right to walk around in a pink bikini with giant fucking pink wings and acting all sassy.

freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

I didn't say it should be behind closed doors.
Let me re-word it.....
I don't appreciate when straight couples kiss and touch in public.


This should end well as long as people don't go ape shit on the topic. This is a calm and cool thread and should be a good way to voice opinions and share thoughts.

[LBJefferies]

If you have a friend of family member that is gay, or may be gay, you just treat them like a human being because that is what they are. I don't wonder if everyone I meet is straight, and I don't wonder if everyone I meet is gay. It really doesn't matter either way.

But society should by no means be encouraging it, especially for children. Someone posted on Reddit the other day about how he wrote a letter to his 8 and 9 year old boys explaining how he would be supportive if they were gay. Everybody was telling him he was a good parent and so on and so forth. I thought it was terrible. Why are you putting pressure on your child to choose any sort of sexuality when they are 8 years old? A good parent wouldn't pressure their child in any way, and let them come to the conclusion 100% on their own. And if they were a truly good parent, their child would know this all along and would never need a letter to inform them that you are supportive.

[Vtec?lol]

^^^That's exactly how I feel. They are people and they have rights. They aren't any more weird than I am male. Everyone should have their sense of equality.

As far as the young kids, I wouldn't agree with what he did.

[randomquickness]

the best friend thing happened to me. being his best friend, I didn't need him to come out to me. I already knew. When he did, it didn't change a thing in our friendship.

[Herr Faust Schinken]

wheres the Rob option Rob need to be an option on all R3V polls

[Kershaw]

fail poll is double fail for lack of rob. i agree.

I don't appreciate when straight couples kiss and touch in public.

how about you not look? im pretty sure they dont appreciate some dude gawking at them. germany has this great social policy that basically amounts to, if you looked, it's your own damn problem. that's why nudity is no big deal over there.

since the research lends itself to saying that homosexuality is genetic, you can tell your kids being gay is fine all you want. it's not going to make them any more or less gay. i dont see how it could be seen as harmful.

lbj, why should society not encourage it? is it harmful to society? are we suddenly going to have an ikea deficiency because there are too many gay couples and not enough trendy furniture stores? gay couples tend to be better educated, wealthier, and they adopt. so i dont see a bad side, some kind of strain on society, that they are emitting that you would say to not encourage it. maybe it's because they cant reproduce? that's great. we dont need more people. but we do have plenty of babies given up for adoption.

and if everyone should have their sense of equality, why are you making a big deal about it? that's not equal. i havent seen a poll option about those straight people, that are currently overpopulating and fucking up the planet.

[LBJefferies]

fail poll is double fail for lack of rob. i agree.



how about you not look? im pretty sure they dont appreciate some dude gawking at them. germany has this great social policy that basically amounts to, if you looked, it's your own damn problem.

since the research lends itself to saying that homosexuality is genetic, you can tell your kids being gay is fine all you want. it's not going to make them any more or less gay.

lbj, why should society not encourage it? is it harmful to society? are we suddenly going to have an ikea deficiency because there are too many gay couples and not enough trendy furniture stores? gay couples tend to be better educated, wealthier, and they adopt. so i dont see a bad side, some kind of strain on society, that they are emitting that you would say to not encourage it. maybe it's because they cant reproduce? that's great. we dont need more people. but we do have plenty of babies given up for adoption.

I am saying that society should not be encouraging either way. Sexuality is an entirely personal thing.

[FunfGan]

this is not going to end well

[Vtec?lol]

Kershaw, I feel that you might be taking this too serious. It's all opinions here. Not to offend or bash.
Lol@ikea

[Kershaw]

i read that post on reddit. he wasnt encouraging his kid to be gay. the kid simply asked if 2 guys can be together or 2 women. the dad simply said yes, if they love each other. the kid said ok. i didnt see that as encouraging anyone.

not to mention, your argument is completely nonsensical. society is all about normative behavior. you cant have a society without encouraging what's considered ok. we just have to make being gay a perfectly ok norm in society. it's getting there. sexuality is not entirely a personal thing. it's a very social thing and it involves more than just 1 person. sexuality is based very much on the society you grow up in.

yes, im taking this seriously. denigration of a group of people is not something to take lightly. sleeve knew this off the bat how this was going to end. you cant simply say, "i think we should hide gay people from kids." and then say it's all just lighthearted fun. wtf is that? how is that going to make gay kids (and some know they are attracted to boys from a really early age, like 6 or 7) feel socially accepted? it's not. they're going to feel like they dont belong.

[Buzztt]

It's a pretty serious subject, people will get hurt and offended, it's like racism or religion, you are gonna have some very different opinions and its pretty impossible to have a conversation about it without some people becoming heated

Personally I'm a live and let live kind of guy and don't really care who is with who as long as they are happy

[Herr Faust Schinken]

I really dont care about gay people , not in a bad way i just see them as just other people that are trying to happy , they are no different then the rest of us. I have gay family members and while they are not flamboyant gay they are still gay. i Just see them as just another member of the family, they are car guys too ,both of them had E30s in the 90s to which i think is awesome.