Would You Not Be Friends With Someone Because They Are Gay? (page 16)

feelinglost

My chemistry lab partner in high school was gay. I had never even thought about whether he was gay or straight until someone mentioned it after he had dropped out of the class. We had the best time together. And once I was told, I still didn't care. I went to his house a couple of times, saw him after high school- he was living with his boyfriend (or might have been husband) and I told him congrats and..... GASP!!!!!........ that's when I was still a j-dub. Bad, bad girl. No wonder they kicked me out.

And I was also told that one of my best guy friends in high school is gay- I had always wondered about him- but didn't care then nor now- just wish he was here to help me as I go back to school (he was my knight in shining armor through some tough math classes!)

John Doe

I can be friends with gays as long as they're not talking about being gay all the time, shoving it in my face, and making sick bj jokes. Hey, I guess that goes for straights too. :-) I have no overtly gay friends, but my boss at work is openly gay and we get along fine.

Nick

Oh, c'mon ... ev'ryone knows that ALL goats are pigs!

Goats go around sucking on their male tools in full view of their communities.

... history is full of gay people who have made considerable, positive contributions to the quality of our lives: Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Walt Whitman, and on and on ... I wouldn't mind hanging out with them for a couple of days (or nights).

Nick

AK - Jeff

In the borg I never had much occasion to be around gay or lesbian people. Since leaving we hire sitters for the g-kids that are a lesbian couple. They seem very pleasant, and I have invited them to my b-day party coming up.

People are people. Period. I have a set of standards that guide me in life, but I feel absolutely no need to impose that on others.

Wow! Almost can't believe I said and think that way now. I was a bad self-righteous judge while I was in the borg. I really do think differently now. Live and let live..

Jeff

upside/down

In the borg I never had much occasion to be around gay or lesbian people.

Oh yes you did...you just didn't know it.

u/d(of the see how many X-XJW's here are gay...class)

ChrisVance

I don't have anything against straight people as long as they act gay in public.

Doubtfully Yours

A gay person would be a 'passing acquaintance' of mine, be it through business or because I must work with such person. Nothing more.

I've yet to find meaningful commonality with homosexuals.

DY - Sorry. I don't hate them.

Utopian Reformist

Hey DY:

Just a quick question (thought provoking)...are you 100% sure that NONE of the people you consider friends and actively associate with are NOT gay, or have experimented with gay behavior?

How do you know for sure?

John Doe

I've just got to ask guys, why all this fixation with sexual orientation and sex? Why does this topic get so freaking much interest? Are there not better things in life to wonder about? I've been on some pretty liberal boards before, but this one really takes the cake. Seems about half the posters here can't go longer than 3 posts without making a crude joke or expliaining in gross detail their bedroom habits. This gets old rather quickly, and I've never been called a prude by anyone. Sheesh, it feels like I'm back in the 7th grade locker room.

Sunspot

Can a gay man understand why straight men generally don't like flamboyance?I would be friends with a gay person if I couldn't tell he was gay if I didn't know him.Flamboyant gays are weird to me and over the top,and immature.IMHO

I have never had much contact with anyone gay (that I know of). I do know that one of my hubby's kid brothers (who was 9 when we got married) "came out" years after I had become a JW. We had moved away from the area by the time he had told the family about his orientation.

Along come another BIL, a JW who made it very clear that this other BIL was not permitted in his home or around his family (fear of AIDS), fear of "displeasing Jehovah, and fear of the unknown. It broke my heart to see T----- treated in this way and the way he would go out of his way to get up and move where he was sitting if T---- came to someone else's home to visit. T----- was not a "flamboyant" gay, but was treated so badly by this one part of the family.

Now, for the flamboyant business......I don't even know why I began to watch "Queer Eye" knowing it would make me uncomfortable...but watch I did. I quickly got "past" the innuendos and gay remarks, and I will tell you---- I find this one of the funniest programs on TV today! I have never watched one episode where I haven't had more than a few belly laughs! I have also cried at more than one episode too. Every so often I realize I missed a show, and I feel disappointed for forgetting it was on.

I even have a crush on Kai!

I highly recommend seeing this show---you may be as surprised as I was at how enjoyable it is!

Annie.....who thinks Carson is a HOOT!

Would You Not Be Friends With Someone Because They Are Gay?

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