Why are gay's allowed to have parades celebrating being gay? But if a straight person wanted to have a parade celebrating being straight, they would be considered homophobic? I am not homophobic and I am all for gay rights but this just seems wrong to me?
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It is wrong. People should be encouraged to be who they are without worrying about what people think regardless which side of the fence your standing on. The problem is we label everyone and everything with a name. Rather that name be politically correct or not. We should break away from these stupid labels and learn to just be human beings. Then we all can have a parade called proud to be a human that has stop hating others that are different then me.
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Umm, yes, you do seem to be a bit. There are tons of straight parades. Ever been to a Mardi Gras or a Carnival parade? They are all about celebrating straight sexual orientation. Minorities (such as LGBT people) need focused events to: 1. Identify each other and serve as role models for those who are too afraid to "come out" 2. Unify to fight for their rights and against discrimination 3. Allow those who ally with them to show their solidarity. Straight people need none of these three things, since they have plenty of role models [just look at 99.9% of the media], are not discriminated against, and have plenty of visible allies. +4 anti-troll points (FYI this question has been asked here dozens of times)
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Becuase we live in a mixed up, minorities-should-be-treated-better-then-everyone-else society.
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BECAUSE THEY DON'T NEED ONE. Gay parades are there to show that they are proud of who they are, not ashamed. While straight people don't need this, since they are already socially accepted. Well thats my opinion at least.
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The reason is because gay people have been suppressed for many years and they need to be accepted by people. Straights have no problems being accepted.
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It is wrong. But so is so many other stuff in our days
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When straight people are prevented from marrying the people they choose to marry, precluded from enjoying tax benefits available to married people, then they should have a parade. When straight people are barred from serving their country in the military, then they should have a parade. When straight people are routinely fired from their jobs because of who they love with or live with then they should have a parade. When straight people are blocked from holding sensitive jobs in the government merely because of their sexual orientation, then they should have a parade. When straight people are forbidden to raise their own children or to adopt others, if they so choose, then they should have a parade. When straight people are beaten, harassed and shot at for holding hands in public then I'll march in their parade.
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