Nice work . Earlier this year I voted in the uk general election for the first time. It felt really liberating bit i I know what you mean about erm being spoiled for choice ;) Good on you Zoos!
krejames
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I registered to vote yesterday.
by Zoos ini had to take the drivers license was up for renewal so while filling out the paperwork, i checked the motor voter box.
(explanation of motor voter: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=utf-8#q=motor%20voter%20law ).
they already had all my information.
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Another anti-gay Republican Senator (in the USA) caught advertising his body
by fulltimestudent inlink.
why do the republicans seem to have a monopoly on this behaviour?.
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krejames
Zoos
Do you get invited to all male Tupperware parties?
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Just read this on JW Talk......
by WHATSGOINGON injust saw this on the public area of jwtalk (i am not a member).
here is the link.. http://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/23523-privvy-news/.
such a shame - i do feel for these ones - i just don't know what to say.... wgo.
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Had an interesting weekend
by iwasblind inwhat an interesting weekend.. went to a "worldly" conference for work.
i met the most amazing people with so many different beliefs.
even so i shared and spoke about god freely and without being judged.
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krejames
This was a great discovery for me as well. I have had more genuine kindness showed to me by non-JW's than I ever did by JW's. Also non-JWs don't expect everyone to agree. It's refreshing!
Agreed!
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Westboro baptists protesting Kim Davis
by JeffT inwords fail me .... http://religiondispatches.org/god-hates-nags-why-in-gods-name-is-westboro-protesting-kim-davis/god hates nags: why in gods name is westboro protesting kim davismembers of the infamously anti-gay westboro baptist church (wbc) arrived in morehead, kentucky today to picket the rowan county courthouse, workplace of kim davis, the county clerk and religious liberty martyr who rose to fame by refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples citing gods authority.daviss religious right credentials are solid.
her stand for religious liberty has resulted in the support of four presidential hopefulsted cruz, mike huckabee, bobby jindal, and rand paula visit with the pope, and comparisons to rosa parks.
plenty of others opposed davis, of course, both because of her anti-gay stance and because of her refusal to do the job she took an oath to do.
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An incident was reported to me at a cong near me.
by poopie inthis df persons walks up to the cood and says i would like to give you my reinstatement letter because i have been attending meetings here ,the cood says do not give me that letter i need to observe you first then you can rurn in letter i ask my friend is that something new?
the person only wants to return because they want to speak to there mother and father and siblings so thats the resl reason but now they have to sit and wait for this elder to observe them what hypocrites.
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Another anti-gay Republican Senator (in the USA) caught advertising his body
by fulltimestudent inlink.
why do the republicans seem to have a monopoly on this behaviour?.
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Simon! I'm sorry I think there has been a huge misunderstanding somewhere. and honestly I'm really sorry if you think my comments about Actigal's homophobic posts were directed at you. I usually have huge respect for you and your posts. The specific posts I was suggesting were homophobic were by Actigal UR and especially the reference to "being attracted to the digestive tract".
I did state that I felt that you missed the point of my reference to the tv shows. That's not in any way calling you names or even remotely suggesting that you are homophobic. The reason I felt you misunderstood my reference to the tv shows is because you made the following statement:
"No, you get to chose the channel you watch so the "in my face" isn't quite the same but if it's in real life (i.e. not your choice) then I think it's inappropriate and I find such behavior repulsive whoever is doing it"
And the blame for this is with me (not you) for not explaining my train of thought very well. I don't make a habit of watching these shows (I did see one which had a Jehovah's Witness family but that's another story) but the tv channels advertise these shows when they are running a series. And you can guarantee the trailers will show the most excessive or shocking bits. So I would say the behaviour on these shows is being shoved in my face when I am watching a channel and the trailer comes on. The difference is, I do not think to myself "those straights! I hate their lifestyle being shoved in my face!" If those shows featured the same excesses but by gay people, I have the feeling there would be some people who would claim that the tv channel was shoving "the gay lifestyle" in their face even if they didn't watch those shows themselves.
You did open your post with the following comment:
"Just because someone says they don't want the lifestyle pushed in their face doesn't make them homophobic or closet gay."
And I'm sorry, but I absolutely do not agree that the kind of statements you are referring to are acceptable for any race, orientation or other groups that are subject to discrimination. If someone says that they do not likely the lifestyle (in this context "the gay lifestyle") being shoved in their face, that is a homophobic comment and is just as ridiculous as me saying "I do not like the lifestyle being shoved in my face" if I was referring to "straight people" based on the behaviour on the kinds of tv shows I was referring to. Especially as I know there are many gay people who behave exactly the same way. Likewise there are many straight people who behave just as excessively as some gay people. but it has nothing to do with the lifestyle of "straight people" in general or "gay people" in general.
To answer your questions:
Why the hell do you think you have the right to go round calling people names? Are you so unreasonable that you think everyone that isn't gay is therefore automatically a homophobe if they don't express 100% adulation for all things gay?
I don't know why you thought I was calling you names. But I think that's your misunderstanding. And no, I do't think everyone who isn't gay is therefore automatically a homophobe. Almost all of my friends and definitely my closest friends are straight. And they are definitely not homophobic. They are like family to me.
I don't expect people to have any adulation for anything gay. I'm hardly the most militant person - I never go on marches or make complaints or feel the need to "assert gay rights". I live a quiet but social life and, in fact, this thread is probably the most militant I have ever been. But I do stand by my right to call out someone (in this case Actigall UR, not you Simon) if I think they are making homophobic remarks. I would like to think I would call out someone if they were making similar remarks about any other minority group, gay or not.
So in conclusion I apologise if you thought my comments about Actigall's posts were directed at you. They were not. If I misunderstood your thinking behind your comment about the tv shows I apologise too. I do not make any retraction of my comments about homophobia because none of them were directed at you and I stand by what I said about it.
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Another anti-gay Republican Senator (in the USA) caught advertising his body
by fulltimestudent inlink.
why do the republicans seem to have a monopoly on this behaviour?.
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Actigal UR: Yawn. Here's that big bad "homophobia" name calling again. LOL Do you want to add racist, bigot, misogynist and NAZI also? Sure, why not? I'll accept that. After all, I'm a white, straight male. I'm enemy number one to the libturd agenda!
Ohhh my feelings! I'm so hurt I think I'll kill myself now!erm, a rather childish response wouldn't ya say? Believe me I wasn't trying to hurt your feelings, I couldn't give a sh*t about them if I'm perfectly honest.
But yes, the homophobia card is called for. If I said "I don't mind [insert skin colour] people, but I don't like their lifestyle being shoved in my face", that would be a clearly racist comment.
You completely missed the point of my reference to shows like Holiday Reps, as did (I'm sorry to say) Simon. The point is that those shows show A LIFESTYLE, They do not show "the heterosexual lifestyle". Simply because there is no such thing. That's why it would ridiculous for a gay person to say, after seeing such behaviour "I don't mind straights but I hate having their lifestyle shoved in my face".
Similarly, there is no such thing as "the gay lifestyle". If a gay guy posts naked pics on GRINDR, That's A lifestyle choice. Believe it or not, a lot of gays don't do it. Some of us live quite mundane, some might say boring lives with our partners, much like straight couples. If the senator referenced in the OP had posted naked pics of himself on TINDER, would I be accurate if I thought that is the heterosexual lifestyle being shoved in my face?
You expose your homophobia further when you say this
"..it was their defective genetic material passed down from their parents that caused them to be attracted to another man's lower digestive track"
As usual, the assumption of homophobes. You might be surprised to know that studies have shown that the percentage of gay men who engage in anal sex is pretty much the same as the number of straight men. A lot of us gays don't do it at all. Homosexuality has to do with being attracted to and falling in love with a person of the same sex. It is so much more than the sex act - just like heterosexuality is. Time to grow up and stick to talking about stuff you know about instead of spewing the same old judgmental vomit about stuff of which you are clearly ignorant.
So in conclusion. No one's name calling when they say you're homophobe. It's a statement of fact. Clearly you don't know it, but that doesn't change what it is.
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McFarland v. West Congregation of JW - oral arguments online
by Viva la Vida inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjpujjniw4
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Another anti-gay Republican Senator (in the USA) caught advertising his body
by fulltimestudent inlink.
why do the republicans seem to have a monopoly on this behaviour?.
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krejames
Thanks Fulltimestudent - you're right of course. I needed that perspective. Sorry for the rant, I should have taken a deep breath. What's the adage? "Never write when you're riled" or something like that.