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I have never figured out why people have to have some big dramatic coming out. The same people who have to pronounce to the world they are gay are usually the same ones who say crap like "it is none of your business who I sleep with". As long as they can give legal consent and don't share your DNA, I don't care who you sit in a tree with K-I-S-S-I-N-G.
Thought this might be a thread on Harry Reid.
yes. i would have thought less of the homosexual community because of his participationWould it matter?
Thought this might be a thread on Harry Reid.
I have never figured out why people have to have some big dramatic coming out. The same people who have to pronounce to the world they are gay are usually the same ones who say crap like "it is none of your business who I sleep with". As long as they can give legal consent and don't share your DNA, I don't care who you sit in a tree with K-I-S-S-I-N-G.
Because de facto sexual orientation has been perceived as heterosexual rather than bisexual or homosexual, and it was strongly in the interests of the politician to not say anything contrary to heterosexual imagery.
I agree, but unless you've been lying about it and trying to deceive the public, there's no need to ever speak publicly about it - in my youth it would have been a big deal, but now, who cares.
The one benefit of announcing is you likely won't find this guy doing the footsie in the mens' room - he can now have his affairs like all the other politicians.
There's as much need to discuss it as when a heterosexual politician talks about their husband or wife, or when legislation impacts a group they are part of. The assumption that one not discuss it forgets or conveniently excuses the absolute frequency at which heterosexual behavior is a public and political pastime.
Well again, don't care if he's gay, but what he and the dems are doing here is heinous. The PEOPLE of Nevada directly voted in a an amendment to the state's constitution in 2002 stating marriage is between one man and one woman. Attempting a legislative override of the express will of the people in a last minute rider to a bill is not a good thing no matter how you look at it.
Well again, don't care if he's gay, but what he and the dems are doing here is heinous. The PEOPLE of Nevada directly voted in a an amendment to the state's constitution in 2002 stating marriage is between one man and one woman. Attempting a legislative override of the express will of the people in a last minute rider to a bill is not a good thing no matter how you look at it.
FWIW, Nevada has changed radically since 2002. I think its all those CA people who moved here but whatever the reason, it's unrecognizable now.
When I moved here, the town was still mob run. Then it became Corporate but was still very cowboy for a long time. The housing bubble was at its very worst here and after the shake-out, I can hardly recognize the place. I'm not calling it good or bad - just very, very different.
I know, but as I so often suggest already, what virtue is democracy when it is the rule of the mob?
FWIW, Nevada has changed radically since 2002. I think its all those CA people who moved here but whatever the reason, it's unrecognizable now.
When I moved here, the town was still mob run. Then it became Corporate but was still very cowboy for a long time. The housing bubble was at its very worst here and after the shake-out, I can hardly recognize the place. I'm not calling it good or bad - just very, very different.
Agreed, but this aint that. It was done through a legitimate political process designed to allow the people to directly vote on matters concerning them. Not a mob but a majority of voters.
By that definition, the legislature itself could be considered a mob as well.
I wouldn't desire that my civil liberties be up to the feeble impulses of the masses, why should they?