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Microsoft Abandons Gay Rights Bill
andrewagill writes "Microsoft has withdrawn support from a bill that would "protect gays and lesbians from discrimination in employment, housing, banking, insurance, and other matters by adding sexual orientation to a state law which already bars discrimination" of the other usual suspects. Odd, given their previous accolades from the GLBT community, and their prior public support for the bill."
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I dunno, all those iMac colors were a little gay. Ditto for the pastels with the iPod Mini.
pro-homosexual though I have never very distracting to be any fucking profits without with P8ocess and antibacterial soap.
If you dont like the thread or the discussion, feel free to leave and dont let the door hit yo ass on the way out..
Since you have a habit of trolling for M$ (yes, that is funny!!) in every thread/topic I got to wonder.. Did M$ make you its bitch??
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DISCLAIMER: I'm all for gay rights. I'm assuming, however, that the quote is in reference to the fact that black people in America were considered 3/5th of a person until the 19th century.
If you don't like what I'm saying, feel free to shut the fuck up.
And here I thought all this editorial trolling by the /. powers that be would end after the election. Silly me.
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This is true story time. Humans have this really odd habit of trying to pretend that they don't do certain things or feel certain ways. They lie to themselves and everyone else just to maintain this ridiculous illusion of decorum. I'm not immune myself which is why I can talk about it: I'm a happily married straight man. I have a kid. I've been with my wife for almost 13 years. But you know what? I had a gay experience in college.
I was in a small town and the pick of women was pretty slim if you didn't hang out in bars or drink. After being used to quite a heavy sex life with my two previous girlfriends, this was quite a dry spell. Whereas I was accustomed to getting laid 2-4 times a day in high school and 1-3 times a day in early college, I was now down to once a month when I'd go home to see my girlfriend. So I checked out some of the phone line dating services at the time and placed an ad. But, the last time I went to buy a porno magazine, I had gotten a value pack. In it was a magazine called Switch Hitters which was for bisexuals. At first I was a little pissed off because I felt that I'd been cheated. But then I got oddly turned on by the thought of being with a man.
It kind of freaked me out, but I thought to myself; I'm in college and no one I know closely is here. So I called this phone thing and said I was looking for a bi or gay man just out of curiosity. I really didn't expect anything to turn up because this was a really small podunk midwest town. But, to my surprise, I got a voice mail the very next day. This other guy on campus wanted to try the same thing. So we set up a meeting time. We met on the campus green and took a walk together just making small talk. I asked if we could go back to his place because I didn't want my roommates suspecting anything. But he said that was a negative because of the same reason.
Later he suggested we go behind this one building, but I was out on the one because I didn't want to get caught. So I capitulated and we went back to my place. In my fantasies I was imagining sucking a cock, having my nipples and cock stroked from behind while being pumped, and so on. These fantasies alone were shocking because I'd never really had gay fantasies before. But I think I was kind of in some overload mode after not having gotten a steady diet of sex for a long time.
We went back to my place. When it actually came time to try something, I awkwardly tried to make this experience as close as possible to being with another chick. But it really felt weird to lie down with a guy and try to kiss him. He also didn't seem to want to kiss so that didn't last long. He then went straight for my pants and pulled my cock out. Again, I closed my eyes and just let it happen. It didn't really feel any different than a blow job from a woman. He didn't quite get the rhythm right, so I helped him along a little. Then I blew my load all over his hand.
Now it was my turn and a funny thing happened. Now that I'd gotten off, I wasn't as into trying this as I was beforehand. But I wanted to be fair so I gave it a shot. I took his dick in my hands and started stroking. But he really wanted a BJ. That was really hard for me. I didn't want his dick anywhere near my mouth, but I would have felt like a heel if I didn't reciprocate. So, I gave him probably the worst blowjob of his life. I basically just ran my lips along the shaft and sucked on his balls while stroking him with my hand. I did get him off. Then he left within a few minutes. We never got together again.
After that, I kept telling myself to never do this again. It just didn't feel right for me and felt like it was more a desperate act than something I actually wanted. Since then I've never been with another man. Only women. But even I have trouble admitting this experience to people openly. I did eventually confess to my wife and she accepted it for what it really was; experimentation. What I believe based on my experience is that a lot of people do t
I find it funny how Christians justify their hatred of homosexuals by using their religion as a means. For one thing, I thought God and Christianity was about love and acceptance, not hatred and dismissal of people you are personally uncomfortable with. For two, it really shows the ignorance of these people with regards to their religion. The church has been using the Bible for years to push their own hateful agenda, and since faithful Christians don't have the time or desire to read the Bible for themselves, they accept the church's preachings as fact. If any of these hateful Christians actually read the bible for themselves (as I have), they would see that what the church says about homosexuality is a complete fallacy. I could list examples of this however it would fall on deaf ears. Furthermore, I personally find it sickening that people use the excuse that there is nothing we can do about it, as normal citizens of this country. I guess Lincoln was a left-wing nut case for wanting to end slavery? If it weren't for him, and the people of the north seeing the injustice, believing it was wrong, and wanting to do something about it, who knows where we'd be today. It's a sad state of affairs when the people of this country truly believe that discrimination against gays is not their problem and so they don't have to do anything about it. It is this entire countries problem, and I would urge anyone who says otherwise to really take a look at themselves. It's very selfish.
Fuck you, preview. Fuck you.
Well stated Chris. This is posted on my web site as additional commentary: Gay Marriage Going Down to Defeat Across the Nation by Jeff Lundholm Constitutional amendments to ban gay marriages and civil unions are passing in state after state, with Kansas being the latest. I've abstained from comment on the topic only because it seems so clear it's hard to know where to start without feeling that I am stating the obvious. But here goes... I am certainly in agreement with the majority belief that gay unions are not deserving of the recognition and legitimization that legally sanctioned marriages and civil unions would bestow. It has been very difficult for many people to quantify why this is the correct moral position for our country to take, even though they feel it in their hearts. And understandably so... what is the moral compass, or tenents being used to justify this position? That is the problem. In this age of bleeding heart liberal, deathly afraid of offending someone age, (also read as "no backbone"), people are afraid of quoting the only consistant moral compass this country, or the whole world for that matter, has ever had, the Bible. We look to our courts, our laws, our ever changing state and national constitutions, for moral guidance. I call it "morality by legislation", in other words if it is legal then it's moral. If it is not moral... make it legal. A close look at the Catholic Curch over the last couple of centuries, and more recently, provides a classic look at what happens when our moral underpinnings drift away from the Bible to manmade laws and rules of moral conduct. We, as well as our laws, are subject to which ever way the wind blows. The Bible does not change. Many gay rights activists say the Bible does not condemn their actions. It most certainly does, along with a host of other things that we are all guilty of to some degree or another. Some of what the Bible has to say on this... and many other sins... Rom 1:24 So God let these people go their own way. They did what they wanted to do, and their filthy thoughts made them do shameful things with their bodies. Rom 1:25 They gave up the truth about God for a lie, and they worshiped God's creation instead of God, who will be praised forever. Amen. Rom 1:26 God let them follow their own evil desires. Women no longer wanted to have sex in a natural way, and they did things with each other that were not natural. Rom 1:27 Men behaved in the same way. They stopped wanting to have sex with women and had strong desires for sex with other men. They did shameful things with each other, and what has happened to them is punishment for their foolish deeds. Rom 1:28 Since these people refused even to think about God, he let their useless minds rule over them. That's why they do all sorts of indecent things. Rom 1:29 They are evil, wicked, and greedy, as well as mean in every possible way. They want what others have, and they murder, argue, cheat, and are hard to get along with. They gossip, Rom 1:30 say cruel things about others, and hate God. They are proud, conceited, and boastful, always thinking up new ways to do evil. These people don't respect their parents. Rom 1:31 They are stupid, unreliable, and don't have any love or pity for others. Rom 1:32 They know God has said that anyone who acts this way deserves to die. But they keep on doing evil things, and they even encourage others to do them. (CEV) 1Co 6:9 Don't you know that evil people won't have a share in the blessings of God's kingdom? Don't fool yourselves! No one who is immoral or worships idols or is unfaithful in marriage or is a pervert or behaves like a homosexual. (CEV) As for marriage itself, if the homosexual union is obviously wrong, how can legal marriages or unions even be considered? This is not about hatred or gay bashing in any way, shape, or form. These types of accusations are the product of a morally indefensible position. It then becomes easier to put moral conservatives on the defence by attempting to make them feel guilty or to appear just plain wrong. Well, it doesn't wo