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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet
neither does yours
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Right. It doesn't. But I didn't make that statement to get into a "you too" back and forth, and I didn't make that statement to really attack your opinion personally. I was simply making the point that one individual's opinion is of little consequequence when taken in the context of society's as a whole.
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of course there are some who think this... but i think the broader social institution doesnt hold that ideal. hell, all i have to do is look at all the equal signs on my facebook, many of them posted by baby boomer white christians i would never have guessed to be supportive of anything not printed in the bible... i dont care what the bleeding hearts have to say... every person out there isnt a foaming at the mouth gay hater.
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I agree that a lot of progress has been made and gay people are becoming more and more accepted. But it's kind of a case where "this is a big news story until the day that it isn't." As long as there's still laws on the books that discriminate against gay folks, this is gonna be a news event.
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it is apparently a major event for you
its a minor event for me
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The same can be said about a lot of events that are objectively newsworthy. I may not care much about, say, a story like this:
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013...-in-calif?lite
But you may care about it more as it involves private aviation. So that doesn't mean it's not newsworthy.
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in the world news this week lots of neat stuff happened... yet another gay celebrity type figure ranks pretty low on the list for me.
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And that means we're making progress as a society as a whole. If only that were the case for more people.
