For my part, I find the content of the play and it’s assault on sacred scripture offensive and do not believe this is “fair game” even if the Virgin Mary isn’t part of the parody. Nevertheless, people can express their displeasure without being hateful.

I myself have had awesome miracles and blessing happen in my life. Within the last 6 months I have begun volunteering my talents with Elevation Church and seen my heart and life opened in ways I’d never even dreamed. Ultimately I feel the voice in my heart calling me to further work with those in the community who struggle with all of life’s struggles. From addiction, to financial, to spiritual I’ve faced the test of them all in my own life first hand. In the end, my test with these great challenges in life have become my testimony to others.

That being said, we should all be so inspired to follow our hearts and serve those in need.

Congratulations Matt and best of luck!

the mormons founded Natl ORg for Marriage and also sponsored the Thurs nite debate.

They are corrupt and found guitly on 13 counts for Prop 8.

http://goqnotes.com/6047/raleighs-avenue-q/

Good luck going forwards!

When asked for the best way of finding a mate he said something like “Join a tennis club. I did my research into couples in the fifties so I don’t know its equivalent today. Just spend time with a large group of people who meet to do something they enjoy, somewhere there is little or no alcohol and where you get to talk without shouting over the music.”

I found my partner (i’m gay by the way) at a political meeting and we’ve been together 35 years

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A night out at the bar isn’t ridiculous unless you make it out to be such. Granted, it doesn’t seem to be your favorite place to spend time, but just because you don’t like it doesn’t make it worthy of your derision or contempt. That’s sort of like bashing someone because they like green tea (or women) and you don’t.

If you have issues with some aspects of LGBT culture and community, it’s better to examine them and see if they are legitimate complaints (as in, bar culture seems overly superficial to me) or rooted in some internalized homophobia that might be contributing to some insecurities (as in, disliking effeminate men because they don’t fit the modern construction of what’s acceptable for males.)

For what it’s worth, the advice given you is sound; if you don’t like the bar scene, there are plenty of other places to find kindred souls. I don’t like going to bars much either and have found “chat” sites to lead me towards self-defeating habits instead of dates. What I don’t need to do is to ridicule the venues in order to retain my self-worth. What I did, and perhaps what might work for you, was examine*why* I dislike those things in order to avoid potential pitfalls in other situations as well.

Being the editor of a small publication is an all but impossible job. Good luck to the new guy – or gal!

First, why are you even on a LGBT Media site?

Second, despite your vocabulary, your response seems to show how ignorant you are to the real facts.

If you want to get technical, most of the world participates in sodomy. Sodomy is defined as sexual intercourse involving anal or oral copulation.
Paraphilia is a condition characterized by abnormal sexual desires, typically involving extreme or dangerous activities. Considering same sex intercourse has occurred in all species for as long as anyone can remember, I would say that fits under the definition of normal. Also, there is nothing extreme or dangerous about it. Now, BDSM and activities similar could be classified as extreme, but homosexual couples have just as much typical plain sex as straight couples. The idea that same sex intercourse is dangerous is laughable. No matter who you have sex with, there are health risks. That is why EVERYONE should remember to keep it safe with protection and always get tested.

Saying “You people” is derogatory. If you have a fact or opinion, it is easy to state it without using that kind of attitude. It is just as bad to do that to homosexuals as it is to people of different ethnic origins and religions.

Homosexuality is not an illness, that has long been proved repeatedly. Those statistics are high because of the pressure surrounding being LGBT. You might get drunk or high if people were constantly harassing you too. If narrow minded people got to vote on whether you could marry the person you love you might get depressed too. If your parents couldn’t accept and love you for the person you are you might kill yourself too. Being gay, lesbian, bisexual, or trans isn’t what does that to the people in this community. The ignorance and hate of people who don’t understand is what causes it. It has nothing to do with our “perversions”. Who we love isn’t perverted. The way the world twists it is. For most of the community, it isn’t even just the sexual desire. It is the fact that they are emotionally, mentally, and spiritually attracted to them as well. The same as any heterosexual relationship. If it was just a perversion, we would be just as happy having sex without marriage. LGBT wouldn’t care about equal rights and acceptance if it was only a sexual impulse. Did you ever think about that? Why fight so hard for equality if its just sex? Because its not. Its more than sex. It is about being yourself and being with who you love.
If you don’t like gay marriage, then don’t marry someone of the same sex. If you don’t like homosexual sex, then don’t participate. But leave the people who do alone. If it doesn’t involve you then you have no right to tell someone that its wrong and that they don’t deserve their rights.

Going back in the closet doesn’t change the fact that we are this way. We are still gay no matter if we are closeted or not.

I am proud of who I am, and I will not hide it and be ashamed. It is you who should be ashamed. I pity you for your ignorance and hope one day you may see the truth, not a fearful and uninformed delusion.

It’s too bad more people didn’t see this challenge coming before the 2010 election. While not 100% of Dems are for equality, I can’t think of any GOP representative who has consistently voted against inequality. Even the libertarian republican who said he would vote against it, gave a vote for it in one of the readings.

I hope this is remembered as the 2012 elections come around. If we beat the amendment, we have to keep them from trying to put it on the ballot again during an off year like 2014. If we lose, we have to remember things can get worse. We’ve got to change things up, and get more pro-equality leadership for the House & Senate, because leadership is so key on whether this stuff ends up in committees & dead, or ends up on the ballot.

You people are ill. You have a higher suicide rate, higher rates of alcohol and drug abuse, depression, etc. Most of that is attributable to your sexual perversions.

Go back in your closets if you know what’s good for you.

Obviously, your version of Christ’s teachings are as blind as your ignorance.

And what about the Bes (to distinguish them from the other B)? You know, the Bestiophiles?
and wait! What about the P’s? You know, pedophiles are people too! Shouldn’t THEY be allowed to love?

I swear, people are SOOOO hung up on sex. Everything should be allowed to love everything else.

Dolphins, elephants, fungus, knot holes, little boys, it’s all the same.

If a man wants to marry his gerbil, who are you to judge? Crazy bigots!

-Ken

Tolerance is a 2 way street. You have to accept the fact that I disagree with your lifestyle choices. You have to accept me as much as you want acceptance for doing what you are doing.

What that means. Is I don’t care. I don’t want to see it. Interact with it, or be a part of it.

That means i dont want to see it on TV. I dont want to see in movies. I dont want to see it ads that i can’t turn off.

There should be an option for me to turn your lifestyle off and not be exposed to it.

I am not saying that you should stop what your doing or that its wrong, but i should have an option to remove it from my life.

Why does the idea of someone else living a happy, fulfilled life with the person that he or she loves make you so angry? Are you so miserable and filled with hatred that you want everyone else to feel the same way?

I am a happily married, straight man. I want anyone, gay or straight, to be able to experience the joy of being married to the love of ones life, just as I have. I feel sorry for anyone whose mind is so closed and bitter that they wish unhappiness on others who have done no harm to them.

So the south gets a gold star over one gay politician?

Remember 2008? ..and this was in California:

A lot of Obama/Yes-on-8 voters? The Associated Press exit polls show that African Americans and Latinos backed Proposition 8 in good numbers. Details here from AP:

California’s black and Latino voters, who turned out in droves for Barack Obama, also provided key support in favor of the state’s same-sex marriage ban. Seven in 10 black voters backed a successful ballot measure to overturn the California Supreme Court’s May decision allowing same-sex marriage, according to exit polls for The Associated Press.

if everyone was Gay we would go extinct, no pro creation, no natural birth..what an evil satanic way to live is not only to be Gay, but to force gay agenda and thinking on others..especially kids in school, this is how you know that Nation is going down and there will be no exceptions, nations have been destroyed for Gay tolerance in past, same will be done to any nation NO EXCEPTIONS.

even animals do not practice such thing.

You are exactly the kind of writer I’ve been waiting to read–smart, common-sense, funny, compassionate and of course, gay. I definitely like you.