Gays and the St Patricks Day Parade

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by spence

One of the groups that wanted to march was comprised of gay veterans. Yea, really...

Why didn't they just march with the Veterans group that was already marching...are they a bunch of Hetero-Phobes

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

Why didn't they just march with the Veterans group that was already marching...are they a bunch of Hetero-Phobes

Because they are "militant". They couldn't just march with veterans, and call themselves "veterans" for an hour. God forbid...

[spence]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

Why didn't they just march with the Veterans group that was already marching...are they a bunch of Hetero-Phobes

I would assume they wanted to self identify and were denied.

-spence

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by spence

I would assume they wanted to self identify and were denied.

-spence

Why do they need to....I'm positive that nowhere on my DD-214 does it list my sexuality.....it just lists my veteran status.

When people ask me what I was in the Navy, I don't say "Hetero-sexual"....I say "Data Systems Technician".

Face it...they are just doing it to be a bunch of A-Holes

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

Why do they need to....I'm positive that nowhere on my DD-214 does it list my sexuality.....it just lists my veteran status.

When people ask me what I was in the Navy, I don't say "Hetero-sexual"....I say "Data Systems Technician".

Face it...they are just doing it to be a bunch of A-Holes

Agreed.
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[spence]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

Why do they need to....I'm positive that nowhere on my DD-214 does it list my sexuality.....it just lists my veteran status.

When people ask me what I was in the Navy, I don't say "Hetero-sexual"....I say "Data Systems Technician".

Face it...they are just doing it to be a bunch of A-Holes

Or, they're doing it to change the norm. Jim wouldn't likely be as tolerant as he is if many gay rights advocates hadn't taken risks and pushed for tolerance and inclusion over the past 30 years.

Gay groups want to identify themselves as such not to promote the act of sex, but rather celebrate that they're able to openly be proud of who they are...not what they do. Heterosexuals don't have to worry about this...

You're conflating the act of sex with the identity of sex and as such your analogy sort of blows

-spence

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

I would assume they wanted to self identify and were denied.

-spence

Well, if any heterosexual groups wanted similar self-validation based on their sexuality, they were also denied. Therfore, there is exactly zero discrimination involved.

Try making that wrong.

If these people want self-identification based entirely on their sexual orientation, there are places and times to do that. There should also be places and times when people who don't give a rat's azz about sexual identity, should not be forced to have it shoved in their faces.

It doesn't need to be front and center, every single second, especially at an event when clearly nobody is being discriminated against, and the underlying theme has absolutely nothing to do with sexuality. As I said, if they can hijack a St Patrick's Day parade, why not demand a gay pride banner at a Red Cross blood drive? What's the difference?

Al Sharpton never, ever stops talking about race. It gets tiresome after a while.