California set to teach gay history and rights in schools

[Amby 490]

This is kinda interesting. It's an article from 1956 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808760,00.html I looked at the date about 20 times to make sure I wasn't reading it wrong.

[mawilson 2,133]

This is kinda interesting. It's an article from 1956 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808760,00.html I looked at the date about 20 times to make sure I wasn't reading it wrong.

Why did you check the date 20 times? It's unmistakably 1950's.

[_Simpson_ 250]

Yes, and still do. Wrigleyville (Clark street bars) is parallel to Boystown. Pride parade was actually hilarious, I was not bitter about being one of a few straight dudes in the crowd, and not once was I groped by Hanz or Franz.

Some of what I saw at such a parade in Seattle wouldn't be suitable for children.

[Zero Sum 305]

Some of what I saw at such a parade in Seattle wouldn't be suitable for children.

Some of what I have seen at PG movies isn't either.

[The Dude 206]

Some of what I saw at such a parade in Seattle wouldn't be suitable for children.

But a hetero couple making out in the park is safe for children?

[^_^ 5,021]

But a hetero couple making out in the park is safe for children?

There are some truly outrageous displays at those parades. Why pretend otherwise?

[Amby 490]

Why did you check the date 20 times? It's unmistakably 1950's.

Because I'm weird. It came up at the top of my search. I never find stuff that old. I guess I usually search ideas more modern than "homosexuality is a disease".

I did find something else interesting from 2006

WASHINGTON Pentagon guidelines that classified homosexuality as a mental disorder now put it among a list of conditions or "circumstances" that range from bed-wetting to fear of flying.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,230102,00.html

The document outlines retirement or other discharge policies for service members with physical disabilities, and in a section on defects lists homosexuality alongside mental retardation and personality disorders.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-06-20-military-gay_x.htm

Edited April 19, 2011 by Amby

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Some of what I saw at such a parade in Seattle wouldn't be suitable for children.

Yeah public buggery is a common sight. Not

[Zero Sum 305]

Lots of sights for sore eyes I guess. If you're going to a Pride parade to assess fashion and body movements, perhaps there are things about yourself that need to be reconsidered.

[The Dude 206]

There are some truly outrageous displays at those parades. Why pretend otherwise?

I forgot, to RWN, any example that supports their point is automatically the norm, not an aberration.

[Amby 490]

Strange displays in dress...I sat next to a straight man in a golden prom dress at a thing last summer.

[_Simpson_ 250]

Gay pride, that's all that anyone ever comes up with. Same rubbish old points over and over again.

Saying gay people are somehow imposing themselves on you because of gay pride is irrational.

You need to pay attention to what you post.

fishdude -

How are gay people shoving their ####### in your face?

Simpson -

Have you lived in a big city during a gay pride parade?

Get it?

Some of what I have seen at PG movies isn't either.

What is your point? This takes nothing away from what I was talking about.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Yeah, I get it. Because of a few gay pride parades, gays are imposing themselves on you against your will.

Seriously, don't go there. It is a profoundly stupid point.

You'll confirm my opinion of you if you take that line or argument

[Zero Sum 305]

I don't get it... if you're in a big city, Pride parades rarely go out of the gay neighborhoods. Lest we be reminded in the first place why gay folk created their own hoods?

[eekee 182]

I hate parades. So what I do during a parade? I stay home. It's what, one day out of the year?