There’s something of a historic event that will take place at the Guilford County Board of Commissioners’ meeting on Thursday, June 6. For the first time in history, the board is going to pass a resolution honoring LGBT pride month – recognizing June 2024 as “Pride Month” In Guilford County.
In the past, the county – unlike the Greensboro City Council– has stayed completely away from issues involving the LGTB movement, so this is something of a milestone for the board.
The resolution to be adopted Thursday begins, “Whereas, Guilford County supports the rights of every citizen to experience equality and freedom from discrimination; and Whereas, the County accepts and welcomes people of diverse backgrounds and believes a diverse population leads to a more vibrant community; and Whereas, Guilford County recognizes that all people, regardless of age, gender identity, race, color, religion, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, or physical challenges, make significant contributions to the cultural and economic successes of this community….
“Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved that the Guilford County Board of Commissioners recognizes June 2024 as Pride Month in Guilford County and encourages all residents to respect and honor our diverse community, and to participate in relevant activities that build dialogue, strengthen alliances, and advance the equal rights of all individuals.”
The resolution also states that every Guilford County citizen should be able to live “without fear of prejudice and discrimination” and also that county residents should continue to seek to raise their awareness of issues that champion the civil rights of all people regardless of their skin color or sexual orientation.
Guilford County Chairman of the Board of Commissioners Skip Alston said this week that District 6 Commissioner Brandon Gray-Hill requested that the resolution be put on the agenda for the June 6 meeting.
So when is American History Month going to be reinstated?
We seem to be celebrating everybody/everything else.
Only a conservative needs an awareness month to remind them of their own American heritage / history. LOL Did you not pay attention in school?
Only a gay/lesbian liberal needs to be celebrated because they prefer to have sex with the same gender.
nope…supporter of Black History month, Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month, Disability Pride Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, Family History Month, Jewish American Heritage Month, Military Appreciation Month, Indian Heritage Month, Diversity Month, Speech and Hearing Awareness Month, etc…
Alan will be exited to know about February being American History Month. He claims to care but didn’t even know it existed. Not shocked.
Tell Skip to read the part about “fear of prejudice and discrimination “ and to call Samet Co. and apologize for being so racist.
What an embarrassing load of tripe.
What is there to be proud of? Did we forget what happened to Lot’s wife?
These people want the whole world to accept them and conform to their norms.
No thanks Brandon, I’ll stick to Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.
Totally right!
I don’t get it.
What is it about homosexuality that engenders pride?
If I build a strong durable bridge, I can understand being proud. If I compose an exquisite piece of music that becomes adored, I can understand being proud. If I’m a skilled neurosurgeon and I help someone to live a normal life after my work, I can understand feeling proud.
If you stand up to oppression and bigotry, you should have pride. It is the best defense against bigotry and hate. During the civil rights, the “Say it Loud, I’m black, I’m proud” by James Brown is a great example how an oppressed group of people can stand up with pride against those attempting to belittle their role in society.
No, there is nothing to be proud of in sodomy.
Please provide verifiable proof of oppression and bigotry against the Alphabet group. How can you tell by looking at someone that they are lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, or trans? If you had 100 or more individuals standing in front of you, how many of those could you accurately identify as being a member of the Alphabet group? What if you had 10 people unknown to you? The one and only trait that runs through the Alphabet group involves sex. How can the general population practice non-discrimination when the Alphabet trait cannot be identified by observation, unlike the Blacks of the 1960s. That is unless there is a sign that screams, “look at me, I am an Alphabet member.” No one, no one likes to have any lifestyle thrust publicly upon them, especially if that lifestyle contrasts with their personal values. It is confusing to me that homosexuals have allowed the Alphabets to usurp the gains they made through their fight for acceptance.
Great question and one of the many reasons for having a pride month to bring up questions like yours.
A comprehensive new CAP study finds that many LGBTQI+ people continue to face discrimination in their personal lives, employment, housing, and health care, as well as in the public sphere
State attacks explicitly targeting the rights of LGBTQI+ people have surged in recent years. In 2022 alone, state lawmakers introduced more than 300 bills targeting the rights of LGBTQ people—especially LGBTQ youth and transgender people.
According to the FBI’s annual Crime in the Nation report released in October 2023, reported hate crimes against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals have increased across the board in 2022 on a year-over-year basis to a total of 1,947 incidents
Seven in ten LGBTQ people report personally experiencing discrimination this year, up 11% from a year ago, and a disturbing increase of 24% from 2020
Chris, the Center of Americans for Progress (CAP) is a far-left group that is funded by likeminded far left foundations. Located in Washington DC, CAP is a 501(c)(4) which means that the donations to CAP are not tax deductible to the contributors. This works for CAP and its doners since most of the money comes from foundations rather than individuals; a perfect way to hide the source of CAP’s money. CAP was founded by John Podesta and liberal billionaire George Soros. I, personally, would not believe anything that comes from CAP; but you obviously give credence to CAP.
Sure, you don’t have to like CAP, but the other metrics still support the point that the LGBTQ community is continually a marginalized group. Note that 25 or more States still have laws on the books that make gay marriage illegal with hope that SCOTUS will overturn the Gay marriage federal law. imagine being told you had no legal right to marry the person you love.
But you be you.
So Chris which group fits more in your lifestyle ILLEGALS or gay pride groups. You champion both Are you secretly a transgender or ILLEGAL
I am a Christian so I follow Christ’s message to treat others as I would have them treat me.
Not complicated
Do you read the Bible
I do read the Bible Rebel. I use a daily devotional. Ypu actually need to study the Bible more than just read as it isn’t nearly as black and white as many conservative want you to believe.
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So am I, which is why I would never flaunt my sexuality or sexual predilections to others.
At best, it’s just rude and inappropriate.
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The Left is excoriating Trump because he once boasted that he liked to grab women by the #$%&. That remark is crass and in poor taste. It is not something to be proud of. Neither are public declarations of deviant sex.
Get it, Chrissy?
Your abusive comments do not reflect the Christian faith. As the old adage. . . .if you can’t say something nice to people, then don’t say anything at all. And as you say. . “but you be you”
Austin, who are the imaginary people publicly discussing their sex lives you keep referring to? Is this some kind of kink you have imaging random people’s sex lives? Because I have never had anyone mention their sex life details to me in public. Maybe you run in different circles than I do.
But you be you.
I didn’t say that they discuss the details of their sex life; I said they flaunt their sexuality.
Is the distinction beyond your obtuse intellect, or are you just disingenuously putting words in my mouth?
The former is called stupidity, the latter mendacity.
You pick.
How does the LGBTQ community flaunt their sexuality? A flag? Lol. I thought the conservative movement looooooved flags.
No one has yet to give any valid example of how the LGTBQ community ‘shoves their sexuality down their throats’. Is it having to watch two men hold hands in public? or two women playing the role of joint mothers to a child on a TV commercial?
Be specific Austin. What about the LGBTQ community has disrupted your life in any way?
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“How does the MGBGT community flaunt their sexuality”…??
Are you kidding??
That’s literally how they define themselves.
And they wave their flags, present their perversion as normal, and even claim a month to flaunt their sexual orientation ostentatiously.
They couldn’t possibly flaunt their sexuality more.
So a flag? That’s it? And a pride month events they you don’t and would never attend? Wow. Bit thinned skinned I think.
I thought conservatives loved flags for sharing their views?
You have been proven wrong on every assertion you have made here.
Not complicated.
To quote a local fool. Bullocks.
Lmao
You’re so thick you can’t even spell it.
I’m not
Not sure how pride month and skin color are related? And who is discriminated against in Guilford County that necessitates a formal governmental acknowledgement of a whole month?
Ota not always about discrimination. American Hostory month for example.
Chris the Bible says man shall not lie with man What part of that is NOT clear
Leviticus also says to not eat animals with split hooves or don’t wear clothes made from blended fabric. I can of course go on with other rules we don’t follow now that we have the New Testament and Jesus brought in a re-creation ethic that disrupted the ideal of Levitical purity. Jesus touched people with skin diseases. Jesus wreaked havoc by healing on the Sabbath and allowing his disciples to work by picking grain. And if this wasn’t enough, God told Peter, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean” (Acts 11:9, NIV).
Many people love to selectively quote the bible in black and white terms to persecute others who they are uncomfortable with in society. Don’t be one of those people. If there is a verse to read as black and white that verse is Luke 6:31″Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Do that and your life will have far less hate in it for yourself and others.
If I am allowed to marry the person I love, why isn’t someone from the LGBTQ allowed to do the same. They are God’s children as much as I am.
But you be you.
Because marriage is – by definition – a construct between man and woman.
Homosexual Marriage is a contradiction in terms (like a square circle).
Your definition maybe. My definition of marriage is two people fully committed to each in every aspect of their lives.
I do agree the Church has the right to define marriage and limit who they will conduct marriage services for as many churches have different doctrines and interpretation of the bible. And yes, many churches limit THEIR definition of marriage as that being between a man and woman. But hate to break it to you….not all churches do. And even more, not all people are Christians in our society. That is why our constitution requires separation of Church and State.
But you be you.
Leftists love to twist the meanings of words. In fact “gay” is one of the words whose meaning they have twisted and perverted.
Gay used to mean happy and carefree… until the Left hijacked it to portray homosexuality in a more positive light.
But homosexuality is still homosexuality.
Facts are stubborn things, Chrissy.
It is rather common for words to have multiple meanings. But gay is the only one that seems to offend you. hmmmm. I wonder why?
But you be you.
Oh no, there are many, many words where the Left has distorted the meaning.
Even their own descriptor – liberal – was always a term that essentially defined what we now call libertarianism. They twisted the word so profoundly that it now means the opposite of what a classical liberal used to mean.
I never cared if you were “gay” or whatever acronym you chose to call yourself, until you started shoving it down my throat.
I never cared what color you were, if you were a good human, until you started blaming me for your problems.
I never cared about your political affiliation until
you started to condemn me for mine. I never cared where you were from in this great Republic until you began condemning people based on where they were born and the history that makes them who they are.
I have never cared if you were well off or poor because I’ve been both. Until you started calling me names for working hard and bettering myself.
I’ve never cared if your beliefs are different than
mine. Until you said my beliefs are wrong. Now. I care.
The intent isn’t to ‘shove it down your throat’. The intent is to receive the same rights to love someone openly and with the same rights as anyone else. The feeling of having ‘it’ shoved down your throat comes from your own discomfort with the subject which is understandable as the LGBTQ community was required to hide from public for generations. Now that they have equal rights, they can be open about who they love. It might take some getting used to, but you will get there if you wake up and realize another person loving another person no threat to you or your family, even if it is a man loving another man or a woman loving another woman.
Your comment is years behind the times.
Exactly, Tom!
These pressure groups of the “offended” get in our faces with their agendas, and unless we acquiesce to their demands they smear us as bigots or racists or Islamophobes or whatever.
Hey, I don’t care what your kick is, I’m a libertarian. Just leave me out of your proselytizing.
I highly doubt anyone from the LGBTQ has gotten in your face. Or did you attend the last pride parade and not tell anyone?
If you are offended because a gay couple is included in a TV show or a TV commercial, then that is on you because if your belief is that a gay couple shouldn’t be in a TV show or a TV commercial, then you are most likely bigoted in your view of gay people.
But let’s be real Austin, you have called LGTBQ deviants, said it’s nothing to be proud about sodomy (as if pride month is about sodomy or sodomy is strictly a LGBTQ thing….), etc… You ARE clearly bigoted against the LGBTQ community based on your comment history here so don’t play like you ‘just want to all get along’. If you don’t like the label of bigot, drop your ignorant and hateful rhetoric against the LGBTQ community. Not complicated.
But you be you.
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First, you know nothing about my life and my life experiences, so you can shut up with your baseless assumptions and speculation.
Second, there is no bigotry in calling sexual deviants sexual deviants. That’s because sexually these people deviate from the norm. Fact.
Third, sodomy is nothing to be proud of. Neither is heterosexual sex. It’s not some kind of great achievement like inventing penicillin.
Fourth, you continually use this column to engage in character assassination of conservatives. You are quick to label us as bigots, unintelligent, intellectual sheep, and once, “moonshine swilling rednecks”.
Who is the REAL prejudiced bigot here?
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Calling someone from the LGBTQ community a deviant is the exact definition of a bigoted comment. Because, again, being gay or queer is perfectly normal and part of God’s plan as they were made by God as much as you and me. Also note that only ignorant people think of LGBTQ as being about how people have sex. Being LGBTQ is about who you love. Not how you love them. I feel confident in saying that hetero people have the exact same kind of sex that homosexuals have.
You are the only person I actually label as a bigot in these comment sections given how open you are about your anti-LGBTQ views. I consider Alan’s comments about the LGBTQ community ignorant but not intentionally hurtful as your comments. I don’t recall calling anyone Moonshine swilling rednecks. It’s possible but i don’t recall. I am sure context matters. But trust me, I have been called far worse here. Guess I have thicker skin.
You are the one that keeps harping on sodomy for some odd reason. So check yourself on that one. I just point out that people in the LGBTQ community are NOT putting their sex life out on public display as you claim.
But you be you.
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Your very first sentence is simply wrong. Calling a spade a spade is truth.
I didn’t bother with the rest of your prolix gibberish. You’re not worth it.
I wear the “moonshine swilling redneck” label with pride.
It’s ok Austin. I fully understand your bigoted view of homosexuality. It really is ok. I can’t imagine many people in the LGBTQ community care about you very much.
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You are the bigot here, Chris.
A slimy, dissembling, disingenuous bigot.
And you really don’t like it when your insults are turned on you, do you?
The thing about name calling is that it only hurts if it is true. You are the one that seems bent out of shape with the label. Calling me a bigot simply isn’t true to the point that it doesn’t require any defense (especially because you don’t make any case about who I am bigoted against). I suppose you could say I am bigoted against bigots such as yourself. That works for me.
But you be you.
Defending myself from an unwarranted epithet does nor mean that I’m “bent out of shape”.
Why do you always distort and twist things?
Why do you always lie?
Whatever your insecurities are, I suggest you seek psychological counseling.
Yup, you sound bent out of shape to me. LMAO
Chris, do you understand the meaning of the word deviant? Simply, it means something or someone that differs from the norm. The Alphabet members certainly qualify to be called deviants since they represent such a small percentage of the population. Regardless, anyone can feel and believe whatever is desired if that desire does not cross the line into physical violence. No one can be forced to believe a certain way without coercion. It is coercion that is used to force the general population to accept an idea that it rejects. The coercion comes from the government, nonprofits such as CAP, and the courts. Guilford County Commissioners’ recognition of June as Pride Month qualifies as coercion; an attempt at forcing acceptance of the Alphabets by the general population.
Being gay is NOT abnormal. It is prevalent in many species of animals. Sure, being gay is a minority group but that doesn’t make them NOT normal. For example, do you call Red heads Deviants? Nope. They are only 4% of the population. LGBTQ is approx 10% of the population. To claim calling a LGBTQ person deviant isn’t a negative term, you are being willfully ignorant.
But you be you.
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OF COURSE being homosexual is abnormal !
If it were normal the human race would not exist.
Red heads are perfectly normal yet they only make up 4% of the population. So if redheads are normal at 4% of total population, the homosexuality is perfectly normal at appox. 10% of the population.
keep in mind, that it is perfectly normal for a hetero couple to be unable to have children due to a range of issues so you can’t define marriage by ability to have children or growing of the population.
But you be you.
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Redheads are NOT abnormal, they’re atypical.
Chrissy just can’t understand the distinction.
He’s not as smart as he thinks he is.
So great. You made my argument for me.
Glad guilford county thinks it’s historic. Many find it repulsive. Anything for a vote.
A better way to say it is that ‘many people are bigoted and choose ignorance and hatred over love and understanding.’
And many people are fools to believe that crap. But as you say, you be you.
The majority have nearly always voted against SS marriage. 30+ states banned it, California wrote the ban into their constitution. The media says it has support, we know the media has an agenda & it’s not Freedom.
Fact Check
Per Gallop polls – Seventy-one percent of Americans think same-sex marriage should be legal, matching the high Gallup recorded in 2022. Public support for legally recognizing gay marriages has been consistently above 50% since the early 2010s.
Of course, that doesn’t stop conservative states from leaving gay marriage bans on the books in case federal law is overturned by the conservative SCOTUS. Currently 25 states still have gay marriage bans on their books.
Go back and read these biblical texts. . .Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13, Romans 1:24–27, 1st Corinthians 6:9–10, and 1st Timothy 1:9–10
If God created both a male and a female, it was for a divine purpose. . .so is there anything in the bible that approves of unions for just males or females?
On this note. . . there are several references in the old testament about men having multiple wives, and in some cases, concubines. . . .which is similar to one sect of the Mormon religion.
God also created LGTBQ people. That was for a divine purpose as well. See my comment earlier in this thread about Leviticus. It is full of many many rules that were replaced by a simpler law defined by Jesus in John 14:6.
Hey Chrissy – God also created Nazis.
Was that for a Divine purpose too?
Chris, your example of a redhead being deviant based on percentage of redheads in the population shows your lack of understanding regarding the definition of deviancy. The color of one’s hair is a physical trait, not the result of behavior.
Homosexuality is a natural biological trait. Not a choice. I understand the haters of the LGBTQ community don’t like to admit that God made same sex attraction just as he made male / female sexual attraction. So clearly you lack understanding in addition to your lack of compassion for a marginalized group.
How do we know this? Biologists have documented homosexual behavior in more than 450 species, arguing that same-sex behavior is not an unnatural choice, and may in fact play a vital role within populations. Not to mention numerous studies on the subject you will ignore because it doesn’t feed your personal agenda.
But you be you.
In case you are interested
https://theconversation.com/stop-calling-it-a-choice-biological-factors-drive-homosexuality-122764
The resolution also states that every Guilford County citizen should be able to live “without fear of prejudice and discrimination” and also that county residents should continue to seek to raise their awareness of issues that champion the civil rights of all people regardless of their skin color or sexual orientation.
Well… Unless you’re white or Asian or Greek or Scottish or any other race and then you don’t matter. Our commissioners have officially lost their minds. I just love that they did this without input from the county residents! Then again, not one person on the commissioner board cares about any of us. They lie, cheat, manipulate. You name it. Every single thing they do benefits them and never us. To say that we should ALL be able to live without prejudice or discrimination is a joke! White people are prejudiced and discriminated against all the time in Guilford County now. But we’re to accept that they want us to live without prejudice. Right! Hell has literally frozen over in Guilford County. Our leaders are determined to keep everything racial in this town. And all of the residents let them do it. Blocking off streets so only black people can sell their stuff. How is that not discrimination? How is that not being prejudiced? What about the Asians who have amazing products to sell? What about the Greeks and their amazing food? What about the indians? What about the french? What about the irish? The scottish? I don’t see our illustrious leaders closing off streets for any of those. Yet, all of our money pays the taxes on the streets. To be told it’s only for black people. How is that not prejudiced? How is that not discrimination against every other race out there? Our leaders are doing everything to cause racial divide in this town. Every time you look in a paper, everything benefits the black community. Not any other community. Every event. Every single thing going on. And it’s nothing against the black people, because they are not asking for this either. At least the ones I have talked to have not. I have talked to dozens and dozens who don’t agree with everything going on either. Because it puts a target on them. They ain’t happy about it either. That’s just like Skip away with your money Alston and Early to steal from you Jones, refusing to let Trump tour that travesty of a museum downtown. And they only did that because he is white! Doesn’t Trump have civil rights? Regardless of his skin color? Isn’t that what our leaders are saying in this article? He’s a former president. Like him or not, he deserves the respect of his office. I promise you, if it was Obama, Skip and Earl would shut down every inch of Greensboro for him. He would be given a private tour. Just like camel was. Believe me or don’t but it’s true. The fact they said Hillary couldn’t do it either just proves that they are racist. She’s white. Especially considering they let Camel Harris go in there and shut it down where nobody else could come in except for her and her crew. They shut the street down. They blocked anybody from getting near. Ask anyone who was downtown that day what really truly went down. But because Trump and Hillary are white, they won’t give them that same privilege. Their civil rights don’t matter. All because of their skin color. Because our leaders over that museum are flat out racist. I call it exactly like it is. But that’s our leaders for you. They don’t care. They don’t care about the black people either. Ask any of the black (or white) prostitutes around town how much help they get from our leaders. The moms that are struggling to feed their kids and keep their family together by prostituting themselves out because they think they have no other choice. Ask them what your “leaders” say to them. You might not like that truth. Come volunteer at some of the homeless shelters and meet some of these people and actually talk to them. Hear their story. Your leaders, they don’t care about any other people except their own selves. They could care less about every single one of us little people. The people of Guilford County need to wise up. They need to vote every single one of these clowns out and put all new people in there. For years, every single one of these morons have proven where their loyalties lie, and it is not with us. Citizens who vote time and time again for people (I use that term loosely when it comes to our commissioners and city council and mayor) like Skip and Earl. Their loyalty only lies with the rich, or anyone who can benefit them by putting money into their pockets. Wake up Guilford county. Put your votes to use! Get them out and get in someone who really does care. If you feel like nobody is worth your vote, run for the position yourself. Get out there and campaign and put your name on that ballot. If we all work together, vote them out, and put in people who truly care, we can make a difference in our County and our city. We can make it the great City it used to be. Where we could all live together as friends and neighbors. Where we can help each other and be there for each other. Where there is no bias. No racism thrown in our face every single day. Where all races can come together and sell their stuff on the streets. We are all loved and created by God. There is no race more important than the other. No race is better than any other race. We all bleed red. Don’t let our leaders divide us. We need to stand together and make our city what it once was. Something to be proud of. And, before y’all start judging me, I’m not just White. I am mixed. I just refuse to stand for the travesty that our leaders are committing. I speak up for what’s right. And against what’s wrong. Y’all really need to get out there and meet some of the people in our town who are struggling. Talk to them. Hear them. And then ask our leaders why they’re not helping their own citizens. The homeless veterans who fought for our freedom in our country. Who love this country enough to put their lives on the line. Ask them what they get told when they go to our leaders for help. But the only thing our leaders are concerned about is looking good by declaring pride month. Woohoo. Color me impressed. Not. Who even cares about anyone else’s sexual orientation anymore. That crap has been shoved down our throats for years. People came out of the closet years ago. It’s no longer a big deal. What people do in their private lives is between them and God. We are all supposed to love each other. But yet our leaders have to make a big deal out of it. Instead of doing something positive for the citizens of greensboro, they turn a whole month into pride month. Whoop-dee-doo-dah day. I expect to see heterosexual month now. I mean it’s only fair, right? Or do our civil rights go out the window on that too? Asking for a friend.
You hit the nail on the head. One word describes our county government. Propaganda
It is odd to me that people claim to be a victim because someone from a historically oppressed social group (such as the black community or the LGBTQ community) receive assistance to overcome the ongoing biases in our community. Yes, life is hard for everyone other than those born rich and those that achieve power. But for the LGBTQ community who are still intentionally excluded from equal opportunities because of how God made them, is in no comparison to what little impact you experience from diversity positive programs.
Certainly, some programs that were developed for purposes of diversity are either outdated or fail to achieve their intended results. I am not a supporter of MWBE program as it seems to think bureaucracy eliminates discrimination for example. For those situations, demand data and accountability.
Maybe your rant comes from a different place, but end of the day, this article is just about Prime month. A time to promote awareness of a historically oppressed group of people and their ongoing struggles. There are plenty of opportunities to support other causes such as homelessness, (which has been a priority for the county this last year).
But I promise, as soon as you can make a real case that heterosexual people are discriminated against for showing their love for their partner in public, or kept from receiving equal employment opportunities, or forced to hide who God made them from the public, I will back your idea of Hetero Pride Day.
Joking aside, we are ALL struggling as housing costs are rising out of control and the impact of spiked inflation on our standard of living. But please don’t buy the lie that the source of the problem is diversity programs such as Pride month. The real problems are far more complicated such as what is driving the separation of wealth in our country, global economic policies, climate change, global political unrest, etc…. Don’t be coned by the fear mongers that point to minority groups as the problem to distract you from the real problems that benefit the wealthy and powerful. That is a tool of fascists and dictators.
But you be you.
And many people are fools to believe that crap. But as you say, you be you.
Majority don’t think it is crap and do support equal rights for ALL Americans. Why don’t you?
Please, Chris, give it a rest.
Feel like the museum issue you mentioned may have had more to do with Trump being a racist than his color. (“refusing to let Trump tour that travesty of a museum downtown. And they only did that because he is white”)
“I expect to see heterosexual month now.”
Google ‘Heterosexual Awesomeness Month’
A bar in Idaho has struck that blow. It’s a great article
Wow! Thank you for that great dissertation! The power of the pen has no finer example. With your permission Pat, I have copied and pasted this post for future use. I will, of course give you and the Rhino Times credit as source. Bravo!!+++++
“recognizes… all people, regardless of age, gender identity, race, color, religion, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, or physical challenges”
When is Senior Citizen month? When is Jewish/Christian/Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist month? Marital Pride month?
Do they ever give it a rest?
There goes the neighborhood. If so many support it why has it never had enough support to pass any vote when decided by the people? Judges pushed this against the will of the majority in 30+ states. Let’s get the narrative correct. This was 2015 not 100 years ago.
per recent Gallop polls (2023) – Seventy-one percent of Americans think same-sex marriage should be legal, matching the high Gallup recorded in 2022. Public support for legally recognizing gay marriages has been consistently above 50% since the early 2010s.
The result of polls is in large part based on the questions asked, and voice inflexions. I give very little credibility to polls.
lol. 71% is a big number to ignore. But you be you.
I’m sure the folks of Sodom and Gomorrah were proud too.
Chrissy, as I’ve pointed out before, my baby brother was gay but that did not change how much I cared about him. He knew my feelings about his lifestyle but also knew that I would be the first to stand with him. defending his right to that lifestyle. Also, for the record, he didn’t feel the need to run around shoving his lifestyle in other people’s faces, telling them accept it or else. I have a number of friends, male and female, that are gay but again, they don’t try to force me to accept it. I accept them for WHO they are and what they are capable of accomplishing..
My attitude is one my grandmother taught me…hate the sin but love the sinner. What you do in the privacy of your own home is up to you.
People who want nothing to do with other people for WHATEVER reason, they’re gay, they’re black, they’re red, they’re oriental, they’re from Cleveland (an inside Ohio joke), or whatever, if you own a business and want nothing to do with certain people for WHATEVER reason that’s on you. That’s your right. How long will your business last with a “NO (insert race/class/background here). How long?
You clearly didn’t care enough for him to support his love of another man? Just by referring to his ‘homosexuality’ as a ‘lifestyle’ as if it was a choice showed your lack of respect for him. You were likely to blind to see how your words hurt him and likely too openly ignorant on the subject for him to bother trying to change your mind. Sad really.
Don’t claim to have gay friends unless you invite them and their loved one out for a dinner or concert etc… as you would your hetero friends. You may have gay acquaintances, but I highly doubt you have gay friends given your belief that them having a pride month is ‘shoving their lifestyle in your face’.
Several people here have commented about having gay lifestyle shoved down their throat or into their face? How so? Did you have to see a gay couple on a TV show? or a TV Commerical? Or was it simply a gay couple holding hands in public? Or is it because they have the right to marry the person they love just as you did with your spouse?
If you refused to accept your brother’s ‘lifestyle’ then you really didn’t accept your brother at all because his ‘lifestyle’ was how God made him. He clearly didn’t feel your true love worth fighting for as he clearly assumed you a lost cause to your ignorance. I don’t blame him. May he rest in peace.
But you be you.
Sadly, some people do care about the sexual orientation of others. Just ask any landlord who can legally discriminate housing and it’s also not in the Fair Housing Laws.
And I was once discriminated against as “some kinda furriner” by an intellectual giant who had half-a-dozen teeth in his head.
That’s life.
Pride is on of the Seven Deadly Sins. There is a reason for that. To have reasonable pride in one’s accomplishments is healthy. To have pride in oneself because of one’s sexual preference is misguided. Pride constitutes an idolatry of self. The Alphabet has sullied the meaning of reasonable pride in one’s accomplishments. Pride comes before a fall.
The Commissioners’ ignorance is on full display.
Nailed it!
You contradict yourself in your own statement. Gay pride is about accomplishment. But first, using a bible study from Billy Graham. If you are a Christian, you recognize everything we have, we have received from God. Therefore, we should not act as if we have accomplished anything on our own. It is not wrong to feel good about something you have accomplished as long as you recognize, and admit, that you could not have done so without him.
So, gay pride is nothing more than saying that they are equal in the eyes of God in the face of those that openly discriminate against them. I applaud them for standing up and seeing themselves as equal when so many in society say they are not. I wish more were given the opportunity to thank God for that gift but too many church goers prefer to exclude them as if they are free of sin themselves.
But you be you.
What accomplishments have the Alphabets made? I know of known. If you want to identify gifts as from God, give thanks for free will, freedom to make choices. The Alphabet members have chosen to celebrate sex as a supreme psychological identifier for their group. Since free will is a gift to everyone, those who do not agree with the Alphabet group can resist and disagree with them. One may dislike someone for some reason such as jealousy. They have the free will to feel that way. Although, jealousy is the green-eyed monster.
People from the LGBTQ community have made a wide range of contributions to society and many were punished for it. Just look at British mathematician Alan Turing. He was a major part of the Allied victory in WWII just to be chemically castrated for loving another man unless he faced jail.
Also note that while not ‘out’, personal papers, public records, and possible clues left in paintings and texts support speculation that some of the most celebrated names in science, including Francis Bacon, Leonardo Da Vinci, Florence Nightingale, and George Washington Carver, were gay or bisexual.
You certainly have free will. But you do not have freedom from consequences of your actions and those that openly hate, harm, threaten or discriminate against the LGBTQ community face real consequences thanks to modern laws today.
But you be you.
You have no proof of the White Europeans’ sexuality. Regardless, they were not members of the Alphabet group. Try again.
You post as a fool.
God did not give them their gayness as you imply, and it certainly not a gift.
Go read Romans chapter 1 and you will see, if you’re honest, they chose to be gay because the darkness of their heart.
Nothing more…nothing less.
Romans 1 is clearly talking about a very different circumstance. In Romans 1, God gave them over to shameful lusts. In other words, God made them for one. Second the shameful lust was outside their marriage. Yes Leviticus has a lot of rules that defined the purity required to get into heaven that none of you (or myself would pass today). That is why God sent Jesus to be our savior. He forgives all sins and loves us all. Note he doesn’t say love all except for gay people.
Only people with a very narrow reading can justify using the bible to discriminate against others. I suggest you spend a bit more time in the New Testament. Start with Luke 6:31.
Don’t care, another February month as far as I’m concerned
Did anybody else notice how strongly Chris was arguing for this topic?
Just sayin’
Absolutely. I believe it important to stand for anyone being repressed by ignorance and hate. I believe it the Christian thing to do.
Too bad you never stood up for your brothers love for another man. Guess you just weren’t brave enough since you claim to have loved him. If you had taken the time, you could have learned a great deal more about your brother than hating what YOU defined as his sin. To say you loved him but hated HIS sin is silly and ignorant. Your brother was as capable of real love just as you are with your wife, but you and society shamed him about who he loved so he was never able to live life openly as God made him.
But you be you.
Alan, that’s because he sees it as an excellent chance to demonstrate his Saintliness.
Virtue Signaling is mostly what he does here. He likes to make himself feel superior to the rest of his.
It assuages his insecurities.
I am not Saint. LOL, many have expressed how their feelings get hurt by my counter arguments. LOL
But by calling me a saint you seem to be recognizing your lack of saintliness as well. But I appreciate you thinking of me in such a positive light. But I humbly decline the title of Saint. LMAO
It is a shame that people can’t express their opinions about an issue without being labeled as ignorant and full of hate. We all have our likes and dislikes and are entitled to our feelings.
Easy, don’t share hateful opinions of other people who are nothing more than just different than yourself. Not complicated.
It kills me to see this website censor my post of “I thought we already have a mental health awareness month”. This alphabet society is rooted in mental health issues and the editors of this site do not want people to speak their minds.
This will be my 3rd time trying to post this
SCB :
There’s a new Sheriff in town, and the moderation is now much more intrusive and heavy handed.
I preferred the free for all, with only a light hand on the censorship mechanism, but I’m not in charge.
Scott is.
Most of the mental health issues I assume are from society constantly trying the shame people form the LGBTQ community as if they had a choice about how God made them. You can tell from the comments here the ignorance they have to deal with on a daily basis.
But you be you.
If you believe that God does not make mistakes, then trans people are defying God’s work.
Why are you all so obsessed with and afraid of LGBT people? Why do you need to jump on comment threads about Pride Month and go hysterical? Why are you so triggered by this?
Because you are asking this question suggests you lack understanding of human interaction.