So forgive my cynicism if I don’t buy the Human Rights (& Abortion On Demand) Campaign’s reason for crashing the White House Easter Egg Roll on April 17. This from their email trying to recruit volunteers….
Every year thousands of families gather at the White House Lawn on the Monday following Easter to participate in a great American tradition – the White House Egg Roll. On April 17th, 2006, when the White House lawn is opened to families for the Annual Easter Egg Roll, we want the first 1000 families onto the lawn to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families. The Egg Roll is a big media event, so we have an amazing opportunity to reach homes across the country with positive images of our families participating in this great American family tradition.
If you want to help America see the love of your family, if you want to help America become a more equitable place, if you want your children to have all the same legal protections that children of heterosexual couples do – sign up today to participate at http://www.familypride.org/eggroll
The question I have for our friends on the Gay Left…. why didn’t you think of this idea when Bill “Gay Messiah” Clinton was President? Bill & Hill would have flung open the gates for the gays, wouldn’t they? I mean, never mind Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and signing DOMA in the middle of the night (but touting it on Christian radio stations in 1996)… Clinton was as much our first “gay President” as he was our first “black President”….wasn’t he?
Hear me now, or hear me later… I see nothing but disaster for this effort. You and I both know which gay activists are going to show up to crash the gates. They won’t be ones America will be comfortable seeing on their nightly news. I wonder who will clean up the mess of used condoms being thrown with plastic Easter eggs?
Nothing good will come of this, mark my words. But just like Democrats, the Gay Left can’t help but repeatedly shoot themselves in the foot and take the rest of us down with them.
– Bruce (GayPatriot)
I am not sure that it is wise to take an event meant for children and turn it into a poltical event so adults can pat themselves on the back for how well they made a “statement.”
And wtf is a “transgendered” family?
Sorry, JM – That’s just too straightforward and sensible.
I’m with JM and Calarato. There’s something sick in the head about people who feel the need to turn a children’s event into yet another political rally. Just like they turned the Wellstone Memorial into a political rally. It’s sickening. Just leave the kids alone, you activist sickos.
It’s designed to become a media circus to try to embarrass W without any regard to the kids. Instead of crashing a party they should have their own at the same time – a la the Gay Olympics.
Btw – Bruce, where did that used condoms comment come from???
Why is The White House hosting a pagan fertility ritual anyway?
Okay. Pardon my naivete here, but if the stated purpose of this exercise truly reflects HRC’s intent, then I really have no choice but to support it. After all, if the families who normally participate in this event are slected on a first-come, first-serve basis, then why shouldn’t gay & lesbian couples with children get a chance as well?
Eric in Hollywood
If they really have kids and want to go for the kids, great! No skin off my nose.
If it’s “about the statement”, i.e., the gay grownups making it about themselves and their issues – that’s narcissistic.
The “used condoms” comment was a reference to the radical gay activists throwing such items during their protests of the 1980s.
Um BRUUUCE, in 1995 the GL community DID attend the Clinton’s Egg Roll and it went off without a hitch.
So… how old are you? How good is your memory? I remember it quite
well. Granted, inconsequential PR events like the Easter Egg roll are easy to forget, but you really have to do some research first before you start spewing the Clinton-Hate. Research first –spewing later!
Dan in Baltimore
You know Bruce, you have complained many times past that gay activists don’t represent the vast majority of gay Americans. Could that possibly be because they don’t get up off their collective asses and make themselves visible to the public? But if they do that, then you accuse them of being left-wing nutzos. So there is no pleasing you on this anyway.
The egg roll is a good idea, and gay and lesbian families have just as much right to be there as anyone else. It would do the White House and Bush some good to actually see and maybe even talk to some of the people their policies affect don’t you think?
Not to mention that these are families, not sequined drag queens. They do tend to be more conservative than single gays and lesbians. There may even be (gasp) quite a few Republicans in among them.
Of course the White House may just choose to do what it has done in some years past, which is to close it to everyone except military families. That fine. It doesn’t mean there still won’t be GLBT families there.
Like any other family, it is a group of people that care for and are committed to one another.
Whats is so difficult for you to grasp about that?
This is a mistake to protest a easter egg hunt, or try to get in, or whatever the case might be, it’s just stupid. There are many fights us gays should be righting for, such as adoption and civil unions, but a fight to be in a easter egg hunt? sorry i don’t smoke that much drugs.
Who reads HRC press releases and turns out for their events?
Will it be real GLBT moms and dads, there honestly because it’s a great way to spend time with their kids and celebrate America together?
Or will it be queer activists, making the event about them, with sexual or anti-Bush statements? treating their kid (perhaps a day “loaner”) as a prop? wrecking it for the honest participants (be they gay or straight)?
That’s the open question.
I think Bruce is predicting the second. And Bruce might be pleasantly surprised/wrong. Or, he might be right. We’ll see.
Will NAMBLA be there, too?
Julie the Jarhead
Julie, that’s just hateful. I’m an openly gay man, and if I were fortunate enough to have full-time custody of my son, I’d be throughly insulted by the insinuation that NAMBLA shares my agenda.
Hell, come to think of it, I’m insulted by it nonetheless.
Eric in Hollywood
I don’t mean to pick a fight with you, Julie – I’m just disgusted by NAMBLA, and the insinuation that I’m somehow on the same page as that criminal organization.
Eric again
Let’s get real folks…the supporters of this site frankly hate it when gays and lesbians show their faces in public to make a point of receiving the same legal rights that everyone else in the couuntry gets. I find it very funny, because you change the terminology in your posts to black/african-american and you’d be talking about rascist response tothe civil rights movements in the 50s and 60s. “How awful they shut down those buses” “why do I have to drink from the same water fountain as them” “how awful these people and their kids are on the white house lawn”. You all seem to just cringe at gays being out and having equal rights with everyone else in the country. So, why don’t you folks just go back in your closets so you can adhere to your neocon beliefs, while, at the same time, you continue send out naked pics of yourself to get a few hook ups while you’re on your out of town trips away from your partners? That way, everyone is happy, don’t you think?
Bruce, I hope the natl organizing committee steering this PR event doesn’t take it to the usual GayLeft conclusion: “Bush hates us; Impeach BushieHitler!” But when a nat’l group of mostly Democrat activists allies puts it together, what can one reasonably expect?
According to the ant’l organizing committe, they want their people to wear a special T-Shirt at the event with an undisclosed message. They are willing to put volunteers in line to dominate the first few rounds of ticket dispensing. They have briefing meetings for participants, enablers, volunteers, organizers et al set to rock and roll. They’re worried about being discovered before they can pull off the event. Shhh, everyone!
From their organizing effort, it’s clearly NOT about the kids they bring nor the right of other kids to enjoy the day. It’s about making a political statement; using any means possible. If they don’t get in or it’s rained out… they want people to assemble near the camera crews & media. I’m surprised they haven’t put together a book signing tent with Cindy Sheehan… wait, that may come. But I bet one pro-gay Democrat who won’t be there is HowieSreamingDean… as he continues to cut gays out of the party leadership elite.
Is it in good taste? Likely not. Do we expect good taste from political hacks operating on the fringe of society? I sure don’t.
To a far less degree, it’s like Fred Phelps doing his PR stunt at a military funeral. Some events should be off limits to these kinds of PR stunts –I think the Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn is one.
The thing I can’t factor out is whether this is actually a gay families event or a Democrat activist event using gullible gays to garner guilt? Frankly, the two impulses are so closely intertwined I can’t figure it out anymore. Because it seems the message they want to harp on is clear: “America! Listen Up! We’re out, we’re proud, we’re transgendered, bisexual, lesbian and gay managed family units. And you better love us or else it’ll get more uncomfortable for you, for you kids, for your grandparents….”
I’m just happy they left off the polygamist organizations for this event. Now those people have no class; they’d eat the eggs right off the lawn.
Umm, Eric? I have respect for your passion, but you might want to put a hold on it for a second.
One of the groups that is a part of the Natl Organizing Committee for the PR event has a long track record of working with the ACLU in protecting and defending NAMBLA, perverts at highway rest stops, Catholic priests harboring child porn on their church-owned computers as well as other reasonable gay civil rights issues… so, sorry to say your alarm and anger might be understandable but given the presence of this group on the Natl Org Co, I’d have to allow that Julie may be right in asking the question –no matter how uncomfortable it makes us.
“Let’s get real folks…the supporters of this site frankly hate it when gays and lesbians show their faces in public to make a point of receiving the same legal rights that everyone else in the couuntry gets.”
Kev, considering I have worked for gay rights in public quite possibly since before you came out – You are, as ever, so full of bullshit.
P.S. Make that gay marriage, as well.
(that I’ve worked for, for years)
And Kevin, for the record: I’m a happily partnered Dad with two adopted sons and part of a big Irish Catholic family of 7 brothers.
The people I want back in the closet are the drag queens on the Pride Parade float trying to represent all that’s gay in America. Go figure.
I’ve been to the event when it was Bush 41 in the WH; it was a gentile, gracious southern tradition. I’d like to see that preserved -for the kids.
All-
I would be happy to admit if I’m wrong and nicely-dressed gay men and women with their kids in bright Easter outfits show up. But Matt (#19) is right.. I do fear that this will become a forum for Left Wing Anti-American(TM) causes. How many times does a rainbow flag appear at pro-Al-Qaeda rallies? (anti-war protests… same thing)
Time will tell. But keep me honest… if the left wing drivel doesn’t show up, I’d be happy to eat crow.
-Bruce
First off – WE ARE ALL AMERICANS – GAY OR STRAIGHT…SO GAY (FAMILIES) ARE JUST AS ENTITLED TO BE INCLUDED AS ANYONE ELSE. AS FAR AS SOME SHIRT TO SHOW WHO THEY ARE – FROM WHAT I HEAR THEY ARE SHIRTS THAT SAY “LOVE MAKES A FAMILY” – WHAT’S WRONG WITH THAT??? HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HEAR CRAP FROM THE AFA, RELIGIOUS REICH AGAINST GAYS AND OUR FAMILIES. STFU – AND START SUPPORTING YOUR FELLOW GAY AMERICANS.
Crow? Crow? Fair enough, Bruce.
And I’ll prepare the crow for Bruce to eat –we’ll only use range fed, Nile Virus free pure Michigan crow breast meat… in a sage and brown butter sauce with some Michigan Bing cherries and a sassy dressing of Traverse County vinegar reductions with just a hint of pear and flint.
And Patrick, don’t worry I’m not hunting ala Dick Cheney. I’ve had my eye on a road kill crow off US-27 for a few days. It’ll be tender in time for the feast –if the weather heats up a bit.
I think the point is that it is an event meant for children, it is about children having fun, not about their parents making political statements or about their parents feeling disinfranchised.
If a gay family wants to attend the event, and wants to do so, because they think their kids will have a great time, then fine, but it is the whole political statement part of the plan that twists the intent. I just get irritated when people use their kids for political purposes. Kids are not political tools, and events meant for them shouldn’t be become something else.
Matt said…
“it was a gentile, gracious southern tradition”
You mean they didn’t allow Jews????? LOL
I’ll assume you meant “genteel” 🙂
Also Matt & Julie…point taken about NAMBLA. Sorry for the hasty reaction.
But then Kev said…
“So, why don’t you folks just go back in your closets so you can adhere to your neocon beliefs, while, at the same time, you continue send out naked pics of yourself to get a few hook ups while you’re on your out of town trips away from your partners? “
Just who the fuck are you referring to, Kevin?!?!? And do you even have a goddamned clue what a “neocon” is?
I have absolutely no problem with you speaking your mind, but I would ask that you have the common decency to NOT make blanket, accusatory insults. I know nothing about you personally, but judging from your tone and syntax, I’d assume you’re in your mid- to late twenties. Consequently, as a rapidly-approaching-middle-aged queer, I find it rather disconcerting that you can so freely assume that everyone who disagrees with you politically digs chicks but spends their weekends at places like Roman Holiday.
Hey, I can call people names with the best of ’em, but I don’t go so far as to say they’re complete frauds – just brain-dead idiots. There’s a difference.
Eric in Hollywood
Thanks Eric –and they did allow the gentiles.
And for those of you who think the libs invented the term….
“neoconservatism – An intellectual and political movement in favor of political, economic, and social conservatism that arose in opposition to the perceived liberalism of the 1960s: ‘The neo-conservatism of the 1980s is a replay of the New Conservatism of the 1950s, which was itself a replay of the New Era philosophy of the 1920s’ (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.).”
That’s all, folks. Contrary to what some lib frequenters here may believe (not that any of them are actually old enough to know any better), the neocons are simply the next generation of conservatives, having arisen out of the crap my idiot, hippy parents brought about.
I love my folks…it’s just that now I KNOW they were fools.
Eric in Hollywood
This statement, “You and I both know which gay activists are going to show up to crash the gates. They won’t be ones America will be comfortable seeing on their nightly news”, is blatantly homophobic. Should effeminate men and masculine lesbians never be allowed to show their faces on TV because some Americans are uncomfortable with their outward apperance? That’s obviously the implication of that statement, that they aren’t right to be representing us.
And yes, gay people can be homophobic. Example, the gay guys who say they hate drag queens. As if putting on a certain style of cloth or synthetic fabric, like a dress, is something that should be condemned. A dress is purely of this world. It is a human creation. And yet, some people get upset when certain humans wear it. It is really ridiculous.
There we go ladies and gentlemen…. Criticism of Gay Activists=Automatic Homophobia.
Brilliant. And so knee-jerk. I’m surprised it took so long….
“Like any other family, it is a group of people that care for and are committed to one another.”
So, Patrick and JRC…if that is the case, then why did Elian Gonzales get kidnapped in the middle of the night by Clinton/Reno SS troops and sent back to Cuba for “re-education?” He was, after all, with his family per your definition.
I thought it took a village to raise a child…unless, of course, you are conservative.
Personally, getting back to the Easter Egg Roll, I would PREFER that it were held only for military families. With DADT in effect, it is quite true that we will see some “family” there a la our kind of “family.” (Think Sister Sledge’s song…that’s why it is in quotes.)
Besides, the least we as ALL Americans (gay or straight) can do is to honor those who are committed to fighting for freedom for all of us. If you are going to whine because you or someone you know is not being invited, GET OVER IT. Get off your can and do something for your country, not against it.
Regards,
Peter Hughes
I remain unconvinced that exploiting a children’s event for political purposes is anything less than completely asinine… and characteristically selfish of the gay activist groups involved. They can’t just let the kids have fun, no… the adults have to show up, preen for the cameras, and make their political statement. Once again, it’s all about “Me! Me! Me! My cause! My ego gratification! Me! Me! Look at me! Look at me being all political and making a statement! Point those cameras at me!”
And despite what the usual gang of morons says, it’s not because I object to gay people being open in public, I would have the same reaction to any group that chose to hijack a children’s event for their political agenda and their adult egotism.
I wanna know why “gay managed family units” can’t skip the required kiddies and just bring along their favorite pet cat, dog, bird, snake, or gerbil? Not to allow pets to count as kids at the Easter Egg Roll is discriminatory against gays and other non-child accessorized family units.
Sorry, but Vera can’t get too excited about anything officially titled “The Egg Roll” that doesn’t include Mai Tai’s.
As Vera has never had the great horror, um, I mean honor, of experiencing parent hood (lord help us!), and, as she is actually allergic to anyone under the age of fifteen or has sticky, jam-covered hands – she’s loath to criticize any parent (other than Joan Crawford, Mia Farrow, Angelina Jolie or anyone currently using the Jon Bennet Ramsey School of Modeling), on how they raise their children.
After all, using children to achieve your political objective/ambition isn’t new in this country – just ask Amy Carter.
Oops, bad example…
Anonymous I don’t think it is so much the effeminate man or butch lesbian that is the problem, it is the in your face “this event for children is now about me” attitude-the people who want to be the center of everything, because everything is about them.
The most effeminate gay man or butch lesbian woman is not what I object to, if they have children, and want to come to a children’s event, because they want to make it about their children having fun, then I have no objection, it is the idea that a children’s event is being turned into another way to play victim and get publicity for a cause that has nothing to do with children having fun.
If you want to take you child, then take your child, but leave the political goals and protests at home.
Oh, and for somebody back a ways, I think the White House did do a military family egg roll one year, maybe a couple of years ago-I can’t recall when now.
OT…..
I simply adore Vera, as she is the only person who can pull off speaking of herself in the third person and pull it off so very wonderfully!
Eric is in awe…
…and still in Hollywood, by the way. 🙂
So, I’ve decided that I want to be in a committed, long-term relationship with my houseplant, my neighbor’s cat, and your 7-year old neice…all at once. We all love each other VERY much and we deserve to be recognized as the FAMILY that we are. We fully intend – all 4 of us – to show up at the White House Easter Egg roll and show the world that whatever one person, however demented he/she/it may be, decides is a “family” is indeed just that. I mean, isn’t that what it’s all about anyway…ME getting to decide what YOU will accept as a “family”? Cause after all, it’s all about me, Me, glorious, wonderful ME!!! And my houseplant, that cat, and your hot little neice, of course. Pretty cool, huh?
Dont’cha just love living in society that’s chucked any semblence of decency and self-control out the window in favor of individual gratification? Yeah, it’s the best. God Bless America!
Seriously, tho. I can only hope that these f’ing idiot pigs start chanting and making a royal scene on the White House lawn and that the news cameras are there to capture the images of terrified little kids screaming and crying in response. That’d make a great political ad come the Fall. Just like when that fat, balloon-headed murderer Ted Kennedy made Sam Alito’s wife cry at his confirmation hearings. Brilliant, you liberal ass-hats! Please continue to do the heavy lifting for us. So thanks for all you’re doing and will continue to do to keep yourselves in permanent MINORITY status. Normal, average Americans couldn’t have wished for more tin-eared, self-absorbed adversaries that your lot.
P.S.: I agree with the sentiment that the Easter Egg roll should be restricted to only the families of military personnel. They deserve it more than any of us, especially in a time of War.
#39
I second that emotion about Vera. You are right up there too, Eric. Both of you make me smile.
21: No, it’s bullshit when the writer of this forum makes such a horrible attack on gay families for having the same rights as liberties as every other family in the coutnry. Condoms in easter eggs? lovely..thanks for the attack on families now.
29: Well, I stand corrected when I blanketly say eveyone, don’t I? Let’s just say that like many people, I’m tired of the old conservative take on many issues (like morals) that often translate to “Do as I say, not as I do”
This topic has even gone into the tried and true conservative tactic of throwing children up as something sacred (not to forget that conservatives often blame poor women and their children for all the ills of society). I don’t have a lot of personal stake in marriage and having kids, but god love these families for wanting to come out to such a recognized national event to make the point that ALL families are just as important as any other. It’s even more imperative now than ever since such basic civil rights such as marriage, family and children are subject to such horrible assaults from conservatives. Yet another issue that really has nothing to do with liberal/conservative – but an issue for everyone that’s been twisted into an attack on families.
HRC’s propaganda mailing explains the real problem:
“The Egg Roll is a big media event, so we have an amazing opportunity to reach homes across the country with positive images of our families participating in this great American family tradition.”
Mainly because their usual rallies of drooling hatemongers are anything but positive.
Meanwhile, does anyone else see the irony in HRC, whose members believe in abortion above all else, trying to promote how they love children?
I have no doubt that the gay families that choose to attend the Easter Egg roll will conduct themselves in a dignified manner, befitting of such an event. And if in fact they choose to wear pink ribbons as a means of calling attention to the gay rights movement, there is nothing wrong with that. After all, only the adults would likely notice the ribbons (pink, after all, is an Easter color) and only the adults will undersand the significance of the ribbons. While I don’t know if the ribbon thing is in fact what they plan to do, I think that would be a fair protest for such an event. The whole idea of having a large number of same-sex families attend this event is simply to remind society at-large of a reality that is often forgotten: That we have families too.
And I might add, it is rather pathetic that on a website run by a homosexual, I have to defend the gay families choosing to participate in this event. Cause you know, if there are a lot of people at the Easter egg roll who are uncomfortable seeing a large number of same-sex families there, I can gurantee you one thing: It won’t be the kids.
It’s not the participation we object to… it’s the exploitation of a children’s event for political purposes.
If you don’t object to activists at the Easter Egg Roll, how can you object when Fred Phelps shows up at a funeral to tell everyone that “God Hates Fags.” I mean, he’s just trying to be visible, right. He’s just trying to make his political point. Except for the message, there’s no difference between what Phelps does and what these gay activists do.
Anonymous, you just can’t keep having it both ways, try as you might –you can’t say this is all about the kids, about families and then ignore the overt political activist tone of the HRC and others and the concern expressed here repeatedly that it isn’t about gay families at the event–no one is trying to discount that opportunity– it’s about what the organizers MIGHT do at the event in a way which hurts our public image even more. Take a hint, Anonymous… that’s why Bruce offered to eat crow IF he’s wrong… that’s why Calarato pointed out that it’s still an open question if we get tarred by the event. It’s why I chimed in on the note of concern along with others.
I can guarantee you one thing: if it’s going to be outrageous, the HRC gays will be at the center of it. Those folks can’t minimize the anti-Bush hate in anything they do…. it’s a part of their code and indoctrination while down on the Democrat Plantation. It motivates them to political action. But you’re being disingenious again and you know it. No one expects you, of all people, to defend gay families. To think you need to is just sophistry. So keep trying to have it both ways, Anonymous. It’s ok; flip flopping, double speak, straw man, false reductions… it’s nothing new. It’s the Kery-Edwards thing all over again.
NDXXX: HRC, abortion and gay families? Incongruous? Sure. But it’s no different than listening to Democrats talk about being the party that will truly defend Americans from threats abroad or that they are fiscally responsible. Lead with your weakness: in this case, use gay families as tools of political embarassment for the WH. As Kevin points out: he’s sick of kids being held sacred. What more could be said other than… “Out of the mouth of babes….”
Try reading for content. It’s quite satisfying, and will keep you from making an illiterate ass of yourself, as well.
And is this, what, the 20th time this has been pointed out, when anyone who reads at the sixth grade level would have figured that out from the original?
You’ll not stop the squealing, no matter how many times you point out the obvious. You might as well hit your head against the wall.
And to reiterate that question above: is the HRC going to bring NAMBLA along to play with the kiddes, and have a truly inclusive event?
#49 — Maybe we should try restating it in a form Kevvie can relate to: (Ahem). “Sure, let the gay activists show up… so that they can be tagged with radioactive micro-biochips, which will make it easier for the extermination teams to locate them up later. (After the vague and undefined “extremists” take power.)
VdaK, is this all about your singular career goal to become a Libertarian commandant at the 1st gay concentration camp? I thought the therapist got you some help with that fantasy? I’m worried, you aren’t growing as a person anymore.
I’m worried, you aren’t growing as a person anymore.
What do you mean? I’ve gone two whole days without telling a date rape joke on my blog.
LOL!
I love how you define “growing as a person”.
I tried growing a person once…but that damn guy kept trying to dig himself out of the garden!
Vera, help me out here, darling…
Regards,
Peter Hughes
I wonder if Ridor is around. I just posted a rude Marlee Matlin joke.
Family Pride should not be confused with HRC. They’re very different organizations.
Tim at #57: “Family Pride should not be confused with HRC. They’re very different organizations.”
It’s a distinction without merit. HRC’s Family of Values unit is closely tied to Family Pride Coalition –the director of the former often consults on projects at FPC. When FPC was the GLPCI, board members from HRC cross pollinated GLPCI on development of programs, fundraising strategies and coordination of political action efforts. Although that’s less true today (sharing Bd members) –the relationship is still firm, mutually beneficial, and largely effective. Unless you’ve lived under a rock, you’d know the HRC and FPC have no significant differences in policy, staff political preferences, nor interests. And they’re both willing lapdogs of the DNC’s left fringe.
BTW, the two routinely share press releases trumpeting the daring positions either take in confronting the evil in American society… for example,
http://www.hrc.org/Template.cfm?Section=Search&CONTENTID=27559&TEMPLATE=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm
Its for children and parents. Having t-shirts that make it something else is wrong. The French of all people do not appove of GAY adoption. They claim in their scientific study (2006) that its what children want-” A mom and dad’. not what the GAY (adult) people want that is at issue. This study really addresses the child as the center and not the “agenda”.
Let the eggs roll where they may for the “children”!
Wow. Some of the comments on this blog are even more bigoted and vicious than those found on straight wingnut blogs. These are real families with real children who are under daily assault from the right-wing (and some of you). They have every right to make their presence known and to try to create a better life for their family in our society. They will be well dressed and behave appropriately. Your assumption that they won’t is baseless and you will be proven wrong. It’s sad, to say the least, that they have to defend themselves from other gay people. If anyone is upset by their presence — it won’t be any of the children, either of gay parents or straight — too bad. Gay people bashing gay families is beyond the pale man.
No they won’t, Donny; they’ll be wearing wildly-colored leis that are wholly inappropriate and they’ll be trying to provoke conflicts.
I’m not sure why everyone is getting their easter eggs in a scramble about this very very small gay presence at the Easter Egg Roll this year. I guess I just don’t relate to all the comments about “What about the children…how could those gays turn this into something about themselves and their “agenda”…this is supposed to be a southern tradition…oh, the poor children.”
I think the true purpose of this gay presence is just to show America that there are gay families enjoying this event just like all the other families out there. And that families do exist that are not just a mommy, a daddy, and the kids. There will be the snooty upper class families, the down and out dead broke trailer trash families, the whites, the blacks, the Hispanics, the Asians, the single unwed mothers with their children, the single divorced parents, the straights, and yes…the GAYS too. THIS is America people and these are all the people who SHOULD be at the Easter Egg Roll.
Step back and look at what’s going to cause disruption and negativity for the children at this event. Will it be the gay families that are there with their children enjoying themselves and rolling eggs just like everyone else?…or will it be the actions and anti-gay comments of the close-minded ignorant parents made within earshot of the children?? If you don’t say a word about what’s going on to the children present, I am pretty sure the children will have a blast and enjoy the event like it is intended. (Unless you’ve already poisoned their little minds with hate filled thoughts so they’re already taught to recognize and react to a same-sex couple as something bad or disgusting)
If you toss around anti-gay and hate filled statements about gay people around these children and get angry and bent out of shape, THAT is what’s going to cause a disruption to the children…and THAT is what these vulnerable little children will grow up to be as well…close-minded Americans. Are those the family values you want to teach your kids? Hate people who don’t fit a certain mold!!
If a child of a straight family does recognize that another child has two mommies or two daddies and asks about it…instead of answering in disgust and feeding that hatred to their children…would it be so awful and scarring to the child to just explain to the children that the parents are gay (girls who love girls, boys who love boys) and that gay mommies and daddies can bring their kids to the Easter egg roll too. And God forbid, what if the straight family decided to introduce themselves to the gay family and let the children meet one another to see first hand that gay familes are human beings just like people in gay parented families and not some horrific cardboard cutout stereotypes??? GASP!!! That would be just disgusting and sick wouldn’t it?? Ewwww, getting to know people as individuals as opposed to stereotypes…gross!!
Don’t teach your child to accept people with non-traditional families. Teach them to be non-accepting of people who aren’t like you and be fearful and disgusted by them. Great parenting!!
Here’s a thought that will scare the ever loving hell out of some of you…regardless of what you feed into your children’s brains and regardless of how stronlgly you don’t want it to happen and try to keep your children away from anything “gay” or “different,” some of YOUR kids are actually going to be gay when they grow up. Let that sink in for a second. Picture your beloved child as a gay adult…
How’s that for planting the seed to making your kids feel self-hating and ashamed when they start to realize in their teen years that they are growing up to become the people their parents openly hate and belittle. That’s going to make it real easy for someone to develop into healthy adults now isn’t it?? Yes, some of the children of the thousands of straight families rolling eggs are going to grow up and be gay adults! HOLY SHIT!
You know what this means…we need to be afraid and take every precaution and not allow children to this event!!! Keep them in their rooms and give them a bible and keep pounding it into their heads that people who are gay are different and evil and need to be treated unequal!! Teach your kids that you will love them ALMOST unconditionally.
Yes, this is an outrage to allow 150 (give or take) gay families out of thousands of families to show their presence and wear t-shirts that say Love Makes a Family. Be outraged and afraid!
In the UK we have/had what you might refer to as a more militant gay group of activists as well as those who choose less confrontational means. Both have the same goals in mind but go about matters in different ways. Both these UK groups have played a major role in getting the civil partnership legal status that same sex couples can now enjoy in the UK.