Monday, April 13, 2015

Poor bigots are right, they're going to be shunned, perhaps soon

Mikey's Late Night Slice in Columbus, OH. (Facebook)
A recurrent fear heard by the Christian right is if gay people are widely accepted, those who disapprove of homosexuality will be shunned and treated just like racists!
See talking point #4 copied directly from National Organization for Marriage:
“If courts rule that same-sex marriage is a civil right, then, people like you and me who believe children need moms and dads will be treated like bigots and racists.”
Well, a post is circulating on Facebook that suggests there may be something to that. After years and years of heterosexists freely bullying gay people in public, the tables may be turning, even in Ohio, not exactly a hotbed of progress on LGBT issues.

A gay man visited to a popular late night pizza truck in Columbus, Ohio. While waiting in chilly outdoor line, he dared to hold hands with his—friend? boyfriend? he doesn't say—say companion. And this attracted the attention of an offended straight person, who told him to "cut [the] gay shit out."
And for a long time, these sorts of confrontations often end with the gay person visiting an emergency room. But not so this time... In the poster's own words, via Facebook:

Something incredible happened last night.  READ MORE

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