Homophobia around the world

[Coral]

=) Yea, sorry another "gay" thread, but what Im about to post doesnt relate to Marriage.

CHURCH: KATY PERRY GOING TO HELL ALONG WITH THE GAYS (http://www.towleroad.com/2008/09/church-katy-per.html)
http://towleroad.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/09/05/katyperry_2.jpg
Havens Corners Church in Blacklick, Ohio offers a sermon on its sign about Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" song.

Said the Rev. Dave Allison, pastor of the 100-member church: "It's not something that is really a shock if you're a scriptural person. We meant that as a loving warning to teens. … The Scriptures tell us that you should not do what the song tells you to do. The Scriptures are not ambiguous on this issue."

Some neighbors (who don't and do know the song in reference) have been sending in complaints. Said Wendy Olinski of Reynoldsburg: "It was obvious: 'If you're gay, you're going to hell.' At first I have to say I laughed hysterically because I was shocked. But that's going way too far. It's just rude."

Thats in the US, but I had a run in with a lil homophobia a few weeks ago when I started my new job. Im a stock handler for the fragrances and cosmetics department of the bay, and the guy training me referred to all the other guys in the department as fags, and said he was the only straight guy. I just find it funny how people just assume the people theyre speaking to, are just like them.

[virion]

hahahaha. i hate that song 'i kissed a girl.' i wouldn't want my girl to be kissing on other girls anyway..

as for that guy at your work. alot of people do assume the people they are speaking to are just like them. it really makes them come off as asses. maybe he's just a self hating gay though.

[blokeymon]

What I find amusing is that 90% of homophobes bang on about how gay men are dirty and filthy and an abomination, then go home and spank themselves raw over two or three ladies munching rug.

[Coral]

hahahaha. i hate that song 'i kissed a girl.' i wouldn't want my girl to be kissing on other girls anyway..

as for that guy at your work. alot of people do assume the people they are speaking to are just like them. it really makes them come off as asses. maybe he's just a self hating gay though.

Im pretty sure he isnt gay. One day him and this other guy in receiving wouldnt stop talking about all the women that worked in the store and how they were going to sleep with them. I think they expected me to join in, but all I could do was stand there and smile.

[blokeymon]

Okay, dude, seriously, if you want to REALLY **** with them, just one day, when its quiet, and you're just stood around, just sigh really loudly and say "Goddamn what I wouldn't give for a big juicy c-ck right now" and then S-L-O-W-L-Y turn your head to look at them, possibly with half a smile on your face.

Then act like nothing totally happened.

$20 if you do, but I demand proof.

[Darc Requiem]

Im pretty sure he isnt gay. One day him and this other guy in receiving wouldnt stop talking about all the women that worked in the store and how they were going to sleep with them. I think they expected me to join in, but all I could do was stand there and smile.

He could be using that talk as a cover you know ;) The only good thing that can come from his attitude is that at least you already know who you are dealing with. I will never understand homophobia. :confused:

[ReaganYouth]

If I throw in my 2 cents here, I'll probably get mod-spanked again. So I'm out.

[HGW XX/7]

2 of the 3 other guys on my shift are gay. The one who isn't is a homophobe.

It's never mattered to me. Gay customers will come in and sometimes hit on me. It's funny, they find out I'm not gay and there's no problems.

There was this one like 60 year old dude who tried to grab my junk and said, "You should come back to my apartment, 'cause I have a pool, and can give you whiskey, and we can put on Brokeback Mountain and go to town."

No lie. Needless to say I went into the back and pretended to do sidework while someone else took care of him. He didn't give the waitress any trouble, yet he grabbed at my junk. That's going too far. Other than that, I haven't had any problems.

[originalself]

2 of the 3 other guys on my shift are gay. The one who isn't is a homophobe.

It's never mattered to me. Gay customers will come in and sometimes hit on me. It's funny, they find out I'm not gay and there's no problems.

There was this one like 60 year old dude who tried to grab my junk and said, "You should come back to my apartment, 'cause I have a pool, and can give you whiskey, and we can put on Brokeback Mountain and go to town."

No lie. Needless to say I went into the back and pretended to do sidework while someone else took care of him. He didn't give the waitress any trouble, yet he grabbed at my junk. That's going too far. Other than that, I haven't had any problems.

LOL. You got a taste of what women have dealt with for thousands of years. That is just a bit rude. :D Very nice of you to just leave the room instead of kicking his ass out.

It seems ridiculous in this day and age for homophobes to be so common. I guess it will take time to be accepted. Hell I find it sad that interracial couples still get dirty looks in public occasionally. Sad world.

[HGW XX/7]

^He was thrown out by security later for sexually harassing some other guests.

[Coral]

What I hate the most is straight guys who think that all gay guys want to duck them, and people who think that you become gay after having a bad experience with a woman or man. Or because you're not man enough to take charge of a relationship.

[HGW XX/7]

^Most homophobia stems from the first example there. I don't think it's something to be worried about really, and I don't know why people are so afraid about that.

[Smokey]

It's the media. Gay men are portrayed as raging horndogs that practically drool at the mention of a penis. It's incredibly unfair, but there you go.

[Coral]

Question to Americans:

What's the status on the Don't ask Don't tell policy in your army. Are any efforts being made to get rid of it or preserve it?

[Lizzaroni]

Question to Americans:

What's the status on the Don't ask Don't tell policy in your army. Are any efforts being made to get rid of it or preserve it?
Efforts on both ends (one to get rid, the other to maintain the status quo), but ultimately its low on the priority list, given the whole Iraq War, economy, and myriad of other large issues we have to deal with.

I find myself literally just waiting for the old fart generation to die off so we can get **** moving.

[MR EPIC]

What I hate the most is straight guys who think that all gay guys want to duck them, and people who think that you become gay after having a bad experience with a woman or man.

I personally know a girl who turned to girls after she got burned by too many guys. That's what I refer to as the "bitter lesbian syndrome".

[AzureNightmareX]

I personally know a girl who turned to girls after she got burned by too many guys. That's what I refer to as the "bitter lesbian syndrome".

You were one of those guys weren't you?

[MR EPIC]

No, but when she took one look at me I nearly turned her back straight. :)

[Tanooki]

Weird bitter on guys so she switch hit for a bit. That kind of makes me wonder thinking back to HS if my old friend after getting away from his sick mother ever went back to dating girls. I think I went into that story here before about the two mommies and them forbidding him from being with girls and forcing him to dump straight friends and coming back very different after summer.

[Coral]

Efforts on both ends (one to get rid, the other to maintain the status quo), but ultimately its low on the priority list, given the whole Iraq War, economy, and myriad of other large issues we have to deal with.

I find myself literally just waiting for the old fart generation to die off so we can get **** moving.

The old fart generation is leaving a lot of **** behind for us.

It is funny though that an army is desperately looking for people to recruit( so Ive heard), yet continues to tell some people to either keep their sexuality to themselves or not join.

[Kim Fidler]

There's many reasons I tend to hate every single old person on the planet, and this would be one of them. I'm not gay, but I also don't really care what or who people do in their own lives. If a guy likes other guys, then what gives anyone the right to tell them differently? That's like someone saying that they like pizza and then being told that they aren't allowed to like pizza. They're still going to eat that pizza and I salute them for it.

[Coral]

Some people in this world think that they have the god given right to preach to others over and over and force their opinions on them.

[Kim Fidler]

Some people in this world think that they have the god given right to preach to others over and over and force their opinions on them.

Hence the reason I hate old people. I'm glad I grew up with cool parents that taught me not to judge or hate on anyone for any reason. I don't even think I knew what racism was until i was like 14 years old.

[virion]

Hence the reason I hate old people. I'm glad I grew up with cool parents that taught me not to judge or hate on anyone for any reason. I don't even think I knew what racism was until i was like 14 years old.

i'm an equal oppurtunity hater. i do not discriminate.

most of all, i hate old people. hitler had the right idea about taking out old people who were burdens to society.

[Darc Requiem]

Hence the reason I hate old people. I'm glad I grew up with cool parents that taught me not to judge or hate on anyone for any reason. I don't even think I knew what racism was until i was like 14 years old.

I didn't really notice race until I was eleven. Once I got to middle school people started separating by race and I got called n****r for the first time. I was in advance classes and I was one of only two black people in those classes so I caught it from both angles.

[Smokey]

I find myself literally just waiting for the old fart generation to die off so we can get **** moving.

You'll be waiting for a while. Buggers just won't die. Not that I mind personally, except for the Social Security business. I like my grandparents.

[Coral]

:/ Reagan?

http://img.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/churchvandals__oPt.jpg

[Smokey]

I'll admit, I chuckled a little there.

[Tanooki]

Haha how much you wanna bet the church tries to remove that using holy water? :D

[Darc Requiem]

:/ Reagan?

http://img.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/churchvandals__oPt.jpg

Too funny Coral. :thumbs up:

[Coral]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/World_homosexuality_laws.svg/800px-World_homosexuality_laws.svg.png
Legend

██ No information
Homosexuality legal

██ Same sex marriages
██ Same sex unions
██ No same sex unions
██ Foreign same sex marriages recognized
Homosexuality illegal

██ Minimal penalty
██ Large penalty
██ Life in prison
██ Death penalty

The colour wont work, you can see the colour legend here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:World_homosexuality_laws.svg)

:(

[virion]

^north america is the gayest continent.

[Smokey]

Actually, I'd say Australia is, judging by the color (and the fact that Scorpz lives there:P).

[Rensa]

Give North America a lobotomy and it'll be fine :P

[Smokey]

That's what Alaska is doing to Canada, so it DOES work.:D

[Coral]

POSTERS READ 'DEATH TO GAYS' AHEAD OF FIRST GAY FESTIVAL IN BOSNIA (http://www.towleroad.com/2008/09/posters-read-de.html)

International human rights groups have their eye on Bosnia ahead of a first-ever gay festival scheduled for September 24 in the largely Muslim city of Sarajevo:
http://towleroad.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/09/12/sarajevo.jpg
"Neither the head of the Islamic Community in Bosnia, Mustafa Ceric, nor his institution has officially reacted to the festival, which will include films and art exhibitions. But two local imams in Bosnia have condemned it. 'We will not grab them by the neck on the street, but we have to say: This is immoral ... a promotion of ideas that are in violation with religion,' Seid Smajkic, an imam from the southern city of Mostar, was quoted as saying in Friday's Dnevni Avaz, a daily newspaper. Another local imam, Sulejman Bulgari, said on television Thursday night that the Quran forbids homosexuality and that the holy book is clear about that. Neither imam was available for an interview on Friday, the Muslim day of worship. Several posters have appeared in the streets of Sarajevo this week, saying 'Death to Gays.' Police quickly removed them."



-_-

[Smokey]

Well, at least the gov't doesn't condone that behavior. The anti-gay behavior, I mean.

[Coral]

BRAD PITT DONATES $100,000 TO FIGHT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BAN (http://www.towleroad.com/2008/09/brad-pitt-donat.html)

Brad Pitt has donated $100,000 to fight Proposition 8, the November ballot measure that would ban same-sex marriage in California by declaring marriage between a man and a woman.

Said Pitt in a statement: "Because no one has the right to deny another their life, even though they disagree with it, because everyone has the right to live the life they so desire if it doesn't harm another and because discrimination has no place in America, my vote will be for equality and against Proposition 8."

It's not the first time Pitt (pictured here in a scene of his recent film Burn After Reading) has made a statement in favor of marriage equality. In December 2006, he told Esquire magazine: "Angie [Jolie] and I will consider tying the knot when everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able."

Pitt's donation is the largest to the anti-Prop. 8 campaign by a major celebrity, the L.A. Times reports.

[Rensa]

^ I swear to God, I have no idea what Pitt is trying to say there.

[Coral]

I think hes trying to say that when a gay marries another gay person, they arent harming anyone else. Its something personal between them, and you may believe they shouldnt be able to marry, but its wrong to decide for them. Same applies to any other aspect of life so long as you arent harming other people.

[Smokey]

Well, we already know how I feel on this, so we won't go into that. I think Patrick had it right when he said that the gov't shouldn't have anything to do with marriage.

[Coral]

COORDINATOR OF 'LGBT IN IRAQ' GROUP ASSASSINATED IN BAGHDAD
Source (http://www.towleroad.com/2008/09/coordinator-of.html)
Yesterday, British gay activist Peter Tatchell of Outrage! wrote up an article about death squads who hunt down gay Iraqis and execute them, before releasing the following terribly sad statement:
http://towleroad.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/09/26/iraqgayprisoners.jpg
"This morning, I received news from Iraq that the coordinator of Iraqi LGBT in Baghdad, Bashar, aged 27, a university student, has been assassinated in a barber shop. Militias burst in and sprayed his body with bullets at point blank range. He was the organiser of the safe houses for gays and lesbians in Baghdad. His efforts saved the lives of dozens of people. Bashar was a kind, generous and extremely brave young man – a true hero who put his life on the line to save the lives of others. My thoughts go out to his loved ones and to the other members of Iraqi LGBT. Their courage is an inspiration to all people everywhere fighting against injustice."

Sexual cleansing in Iraq [guardian]
Gays Without Borders created the sobering video about LGBT life in Iraq, AFTER THE JUMP...

[MAX]

^ Is this what prompted your most recent thread in the war room?

[Smokey]

Sad as it is, I can't say I'm really surprised by this. As rabid as the fundamentalist Christians over here can get, they look like they're loaded with sedatives compared to how bad it is in Muslim countries.

[Coral]

^ Is this what prompted your most recent thread in the war room?

yea
I was talking with john about on aim and I was a bit pissed off.

[MR EPIC]

oh God here we go.

[Smokey]

Lawl

Does this mean that that thread isn't going to be reopened?

[MR EPIC]

Oh it will be. But I believe that Coral is posting from his iPhone right now and isn't home where he can write out his thoughts yet.

[Smokey]

Ah.

Sidenote: How can you stand posting from your phone? It seems like too much trouble to me, unless your fingers are slender enough to hit the buttons with the same accuracy and efficiency as a standard keyboard.

[MAX]

I've posted from my phone like...3 times. It's not that great. It's actually irritating. Rensa does it, he doesn't seem to mind.

[Smokey]

Aussies. What can ya do?:P

[Coral]

By the time I get home it'll be too late. :/ you can just delete the thread. Maybe I should go vigilante and kill all extremists in the world.

[Smokey]

Because such an EXTREME measure would kill ALL of the EXTREMISTS.

Yes, those words are bolded for a reason. A couple, actually.

[MAX]

By the time I get home it'll be too late. :/ you can just delete the thread. Maybe I should go vigilante and kill all extremists in the world.

How are you going to do that? You're canadian. What, are you going to put extra sugar in their maple syrup and hope they go into a diabetic shock? =)

[Smokey]

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n81/tessas_photos/dayum.jpg

[Hottotty]

How are you going to do that? You're canadian. What, are you going to put extra sugar in their maple syrup and hope they go into a diabetic shock? =)

I LOLed.

[Coral]

In Canada

CANADIAN CANDIDATE TELLS HIGH SCHOOL ASSEMBLY: EXECUTE GAYS (http://www.towleroad.com/2008/10/canadian-candid.html)

http://towleroad.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/10/01/popescu.jpg

Police launched a criminal investigation yesterday after independent federal candidate David Popescu told more than 200 high school students and a host of competing candidates in Sudbury, Ontario, that he felt gays should be executed in response to a question about same-sex marriage:

"Popescu introduced himself with a public prayer, blaming environmental damage and economic unrest on the wickedness of society. His comments were met with silence as some students grimaced and shifted in their seats. Near the end of the more than two-hour event, students were invited to ask the candidates questions. As a long line of pupils waited to speak, Popescu told a young female student who asked about stem cell research that, 'God would hurt' those who had an abortion. The crowd jeered and many rose to their feet in protest after Popescu answered another teenager's question on gay marriage. During a telephone interview later in the day, Popescu reasserted his view. 'A young man asked me what I think of homosexual marriages and I said I think homosexuals should be executed,' he said. 'My whole reason for running is the Bible and the Bible couldn't be more clear on that point.' Candidates and teachers looked on in silence as students called for him to be 'cut off.' Despite their outrage, the discussion moved to other topics."

[Smokey]

This guy is an idiot. He should be the one to be executed, on the basis of being a disgrace to humanity. His claim is barely Biblical, and certainly not indicative of something that God would want.

[Rensa]

I swear to God, that guy looks so much like Jack Thompson it's creepy.

[Smokey]

Whoa, you're right.

Another sidenote: Does anyone think that Jack Thompson looks like Jon Stewart?

http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2008/04/gta_jack.jpghttp://evilbeetgossip.film.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/jon_stewart.jpg

[HGW XX/7]

^Yep. I do.

[Smokey]

The thing of it is, Jack is funnier by accident than Jon is when he's trying to be funny.:P

[virion]

This guy is an idiot. He should be the one to be executed, on the basis of being a disgrace to humanity. His claim is barely Biblical, and certainly not indicative of something that God would want.

an old testament believer. god was cool in the old testament.

[Smokey]

Comedy aside, if this guy is Jewish (which I doubt), then I could see his claims being backed up by his religion. If he claims to be a Christian, though, he's WAY off base. The Old Testament is there for reference more than anything. Christ never advocated discrimination of any sort against gays, so odds are that this guy isn't making any points with the man upstairs.

[Coral]

Chaplain: Gay men should have sodomy warning tattoos
http://img.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/mullen__oPt.jpg
Evening Standard (http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23564269-details/Chaplain%3A+Gay+men+should+have+sodomy+warning+tat toos/article.do)
The London Stock Exchange's chaplain, Peter Mullen, is under pressure to resign after demanding on his personal blog that gay men should be forced to have "sodomy" warnings tattooed on their bodies, according to the UK's Evening Standard.

How very Hitler of him!

The Bishop of London on Monday called the Mullen's comments "highly offensive" and Stonewall, the gay rights charity, said he should resign.

Here's the exact thing that the ass wrote on his blog:

"It is time that religious believers began to recommend … discouragements of homosexual practices after the style of warnings on cigarette packets. Let us make it obligatory for homosexuals to have their backsides tattooed with the slogan SODOMY CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH and their chins with FELLATIO KILLS."

He also went on to say that gay pride parades were "obscene" and had to be outlawed.

In a statement, the Diocese of London said, "While clergy are entitled to their own personal views, we recognise that the content of this text is highly offensive and is in no way reflective of the views of the Diocese of London."

A Diocese insider said the chaplain may now face a disciplinary inquiry over his comments.

MAY not WILL?

Stonewall's chief executive, Ben Summerskill, told the Brit media: "If I was a member of the Stock Exchange I would be wondering whether he is the right person to be chaplain in the opening years of the 21st century. We have talked to one or two gay people in the City and they would be perfectly happy if he were to go."

On Sunday, papers caught up with the offensive reverend and he said that he was kidding around on his blog, "I wrote some satirical things on my blog and anybody with an ounce of sense of humour or any understanding of the tradition of English satire would immediately assume that they're light-hearted jokes. I certainly have nothing against homosexuals. Many of my dear friends have been and are of that persuasion. What I have got against them is the militant preaching of homosexuality."

Disgusting, rev.

[Smokey]

Gay pride parades can be rather obscene. Aside from that, this guy should stand in line and have the same thing done to him, except substitute "CHILD MOLESTATION" for "SODOMY" for the former and "PEDOPHILIA" for "FELLATIO" for the latter.

[Coral]

Gay pride parades can be rather obscene.

:) Youve been to one? When did you come out?

[Smokey]

Now I've gotten your hopes up. Sorry. I've only seen pictures that Max has put up. Obscene doesn't begin to describe some of those pictures. *shudder*

[Lizzaroni]

It's not like gay parades are a big mystery to people who haven't been to one. A long time ago magic men brought us things that take pictures and record videos.

[thegamecubist]

I know this picture was posted a while back, but gay marriage results in life imprisionment in Guyana? I must say, I am disapointed in the country where I take alot of my culture from.

[Smokey]

It's not like gay parades are a big mystery to people who haven't been to one. A long time ago magic men brought us things that take pictures and record videos.

http://www.dreadgazebo.com/geekcats/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/blasphemy.thumbnail.jpg

[Coral]

Now I've gotten your hopes up. Sorry. I've only seen pictures that Max has put up. Obscene doesn't begin to describe some of those pictures. *shudder*

Oh please. Why is it, a big furry vagina could be put in my face and I wouldnt shudder, but something at a gay parade would make you do so?

[Smokey]

It's not so much the homosexual nature of the event that disturbs me as it is the bizarreness of some participants. Some of it has to do with sex, some of it doesn't.

[Hottotty]

Like this?

http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/gay-pride-parade.jpg

[Smokey]

Actually...yes. Exactly like that.

[ReaganYouth]

Like this?

http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/gay-pride-parade.jpg

Kid Icarus next gen?!?!?!

[Smokey]

If he's wearing that headband in the game, I'm gonna go ape****.

[Coral]

http://thinkb4youspeak.com/TheCampaign/

http://thinkb4youspeak.com/TheCampaign/Print_Gay.jpg
http://thinkb4youspeak.com/TheCampaign/Print_******.jpg
http://thinkb4youspeak.com/TheCampaign/Print_Dyke.jpg

[Smokey]

That's gay.




































































Who didn't see that coming, rit?:P

[Hottotty]

haha Stupid heteros.

Out of curiosity, how does everyone else feel about superstars' recent outspokenness on homosexuality? Brad Pitt went so far as to use gay rights as an excuse to get out of marrying sexy-but-wacko Angelina Jolie. Even Hilary Duff is in on the act (http://www.bgay.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=612&Itemid=23). Personally, I find it as offensive as any other cause they try to shove down our throats. I'm really sick of people in Hollywood acting messianic. I think I speak for everyone when I say that I knew Africa was screwed well before Matt Damon let me in on the secret. I knew Bush was a douche before those Hillbilly sisters turned their hatred of him into street cred and record sales. Dixie Chicks, I think? I knew global warming was an issue before Leonardo bought a damn Prius. Their holier-than-thou approach is intrinsically self defeating, because their public compassion shows an innate contempt for common people, whom they feel are incapable of discovering these issues, or deciding for themselves.

Their so called charity actually makes me less inclined to be compassionate, ironically. I know there are those that just lap up whatever famous people do, but I really believe their political posturing offends more people than it emboldens.

[Lizzaroni]

Hollywood's self-righteousness is a turn off, but folks being able to 'come out' with little or no reaction is how it should be. Of course, it's not like Lance Bass, Clay Aiken, etc were big surprises.

[Miggy-AMN]

Of course, it's not like Lance Bass, Clay Aiken, etc were big surprises.

Haha, that's exactly what I wanted to post.

[Hottotty]

Wait. Lance Bass is gay?

[Miggy-AMN]

I think he's just saying that to get new fans.

[Coral]

I honestly need to start walking around with a rainbow flag. Everyone I ever work with seems to assume Im straight, and like asking me which girls in the company I like, etc etc.

I had to endure my co-worker and some other perfume ladies having a conversation about leviticus, and some of the males in the fragrance section being gay, and other that one definitely is, its an abomination, and theyre going to burn.

Im not even sure if I should say anything to them, management, or just out myself to them and be like, hey, think what you want, but I dont want to hear that ****.

[Smokey]

I honestly need to start walking around with a rainbow flag.

DUDE. Make it happen. Then put it up on Youtube. That idea has some potential for win.

[Coral]

COMPLAINS POUR INTO BBC AFTER EASTENDERS SCREENS GAY KISS ON PRIME TIME
http://www.ohlalamag.com/.a/6a00e54fb7301c883401053577339b970c-800wi
BBC has been flooded with complaints after screening a gay kiss on EastEnders before the 9pm watershed. The 'offensive' scenes were screened on Tuesday's episode of the soap and showed Christian Clarke (John Partridge, 36) and Lee Thompson (Carl Ferguson, 27) engage in a passionate kiss. In a statement the BBC defended itself by saying it was down to parents to decide whether the content of the show was suitable for children to watch.

'This is disgraceful whilst young children are watching and sets the wrong example.' 'I had to explain to my seven-year-old son what was happening. He now thinks he is gay because he kisses his dad.' Those are some of the letters recived by the BBC. [Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1075617/Complaints-pour-BBC-EastEnders-screens-gay-kiss-watershed.html)]
LMAO, no honey youre not gay, youre bisexual because you kiss mommy too.

[Lucas]

If the mom was letting her son watch that show, then I blame her. TV disclaimers and ratings are there for a reason.

[Hottotty]

WTF? As if children are even gonna watch Eastenders.

[Smokey]

If the mom was letting her son watch that show, then I blame her. TV disclaimers and ratings are there for a reason.

I have kinda mixed feelings on this. Though I totally agree that the mother is completely responsible for what her child watches, I still can't help but feel that such content (heterosexual as well as homosexual) should be very limited, if not absent, on basic television. The latter is just my opinion in general, though, since I don't know whether that's a channel that's available with a basic package or if it's something else.

[Coral]

It Was A Kiss!

[Smokey]

And I don't think it should be so accessible to children. Themes of a sexual nature should be restricted, IMO.

[Lizzaroni]

Restricted by their parents if they deem it inappropriate.

[HGW XX/7]

Or restricted by the network if they deem it inappropriate. It's THEIR network after all.

[Coral]

A kiss is sexual?

SHUT DOWN DISNEY!

[Tanooki]

I know it tweaks you off for good reason, but most people don't want to be exposing children to gay themes for sure, and in many cases just sexual crap before they even hit double digits in age.

[Smokey]

A kiss is sexual?

Why do you think people kiss? It sure as hell isn't intellectual.:rolleyes:

[Coral]

Kissing doesn't have to be sexual. Maybe for you it does, but not for me.

Sorry but this isn't Iran. Men and Women can kiss whoever they want. If youre scared of your children seeing homosexual kisses then home school them and control what they watch.

[Smokey]

Kissing doesn't have to be sexual. Maybe for you it does, but not for me.

Clearly, then, I wouldn't be welcome in the fantasy world you've boxed yourself into.

Sorry but this isn't Iran. Men and Women can kiss whoever they want. If youre scared of your children seeing homosexual kisses then home school them and control what they watch.

What goes on between consenting adults is their own business. I have no wish to interfere with or witness anything. However, children have absolutely no business witnessing sexual content of any sort, be it homosexual or heterosexual. Parents are ultimately responsible for what their kids watch, but TV stations do bear responsibility for their content.

[Hottotty]

I'm with Coral on this one. I kiss my mum on the cheek all the time and I still haven't banged the ho.

But ya, I just watched the kiss on Eastenders. They didn't kiss because they were about to screw. They kissed because kissing, like holding hands or hugging, is a basic expression of affection. The first kiss between two people is an admittance of affection. Not lust. Showing people fall in love with one another is nothing we must keep secret. In fact, I think we have far too much overtly sexual content on television, and not enough genuine affection and love.

Things can always be done gratuitously, kissing included, but I don't think that happened here.

[Smokey]

You haven't kissed her on the mouth recently, say since you hit puberty, have you?

I don't enjoy watching people kiss, for whatever reason. I also know that parents (at least the responsible ones) don't want their kids exposed to anything of a remotely sexual nature until they're at an age where they can emotionally handle it.

[cooperthefool]

I disagree with the moms letter, If your kid isn't old enough to know that kissing a parent is way different from kissing a peer (boyfriend/Girlfriend, Husband/Wife, etc.) then you need to have a talk with them...

My mom is a hairdresser, so I've pretty much been around just as many homosexual couples as I have heterosexual couples, and I really didn't even think that there was any issue with it 'till I was like 12 and I was watching all this crap about legality for gays on TV, I was like wtf! since when were gays discriminated against, I wish I never would have learned the harsh reality...

[Smokey]

Well, you DO live in California...

[Coral]

Having an issue with seeing people kissing is something you have to work out on your own.

[Smokey]

When parents start calling en masse about a station's content, it's no longer just individual concerns. That station might want to reconsider the content it broadcasts.

[Lizzaroni]

When parents start calling en masse about a station's content, it's no longer just individual concerns. That station might want to reconsider the content it broadcasts.
There's nothing wrong with a station tailoring its content to fit a demographic; you're not going to see, for example, the same content on Spike or Fuse that you'll see on Disney or Cartoon Network. I'm simply saying that as far was what is 'censored' goes, it's up to the individual network and its audience to decide and shouldn't be enforced by some third party (ie. government.) Parents calling en masse constitutes as parents playing an active role in restricting content.

[Smokey]

Who said anything about third party enforcement? Besides, I wasn't aware that we were arguing. Looks like I have to put on my mean face now.

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