Reply #115: Definitely no self loathing problems

[Nicholas_J]

but I expected that as a response. No in fact we were discussing the years ago and his "self loatthing " of that period, and going over the events that put a complete end to self loathing. It is a very common response among those who here gays citing opinions that they do not like, just as not agreeing with gays on all issues has frequently results in being labeled a homophobe.

Sorry no more anecdotal than your citing your personal opinion of not knowing one gay who opposes gay marriage. I worked in a carreer and in an area that had a high percentage of gays in the job, in fact, in the location I worked more males were gay in the profession than not and in fact because I was in the profession, and working in the area I was working in, It was frequently asumed that I was gay. In fact, since I am relatively a loner in my private life. I spend far more time in the company of gays than straight people.

Sorry, I think an actual statistical analysis would likely find that far more gays oppose the issue of gay marriage as a strategic necessity than you would imagine. I know many who do.

In fact, I am willing to be that gays are no more monolithic in what they support and what they do not support than any other particular group, just as there are blacks, latinos amd women who oppose affirmative action, and other programs that have assisted blacks, and latinos and women.


I am rather glad that my friend responsed in the way he did, as it disabused me of a hidden bias I had. That all gays support the same things, and that if they do not, there is something wrong with them which is I have seen as a kind of gay bashing among gays.