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stavia hippie

i have nothing against gay people, i dont know where you all got that from. useing the word gay doesnt mean i hate gay people, my uncle is gay, so why would i have anything against them? i think you all should just told up and think before you start bashing someone....cause its what your doing....

 

KnattySpliff

Sativa hippy, whether you like it or not, people are going to be offended by the derogatory use of that word.

I'm bi and it doesn't bother me one bit but you have to understand. Gay means homosexual to the majority of people and being homosexual is not a choice, it's something you're born as. Using the word as a way to describe something negatively can hurt someone because they can't change that aspect of themselves.

The word means homosexual for a lot of people, and if you use it as a way to express dislike of something people get the wrong idea.

There has been too much hatred in the past, there is no reason for it in the future.
Homosexuals are a minority group, and we should respect them. They have had a lot to go through because homosexuality may be accepted in the mainstream but personally people still experience hate.

Marijuana smokers are a minority group too, and if we want to be looked at as responsible and if we want to earn people's respect we have to show more intelligence and respect than that.

Use another word, at least here.

Panama

gay (gâ)
adj. gay·er, gay·est

1.Of, relating to, or having a sexual orientation to persons of the same sex.
2.Showing or characterized by cheerfulness and lighthearted excitement; merry.
3.Bright or lively, especially in color: a gay, sunny room.
4.Given to social pleasures.
5.Dissolute; licentious.

n.

1.A person whose sexual orientation is to persons of the same sex.
2.A man whose sexual orientation is to men: an alliance of gays and lesbians.

[Middle English gai, lighthearted, brightly colored, from Old French, possibly of Germanic origin.]

gay'ness n.

Usage Note: The word gay is now standard in its use to refer to homosexuals, in large part because it is the term that
most gay people prefer in referring to themselves. Gay is distinguished from homosexual primarily by the emphasis it
places on the cultural and social aspects of homosexuality as opposed to sexual practice. Many writers reserve gay for
males, but the word is also used to refer to both sexes; when the intended meaning is not clear in the context, the phrase
gay and lesbian may be used. Like the other names of social groups derived from adjectives (for example, Black), gay
may be regarded as offensive when used as a noun to refer to particular individuals, as in There were two gays on the
panel; here phrasing such as gay members should be used instead. But there is no objection to the use of the noun in
the plural to refer collectively either to gay men or to gay men and lesbians, so long as it is clear whether men alone or
both men and women are being discussed. See Usage Note at homosexual.
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From now on the word "gay" will be used in the adjective context unless specifically intended to refer to persons of a same sex persuasion.

Please get back on topic or this thread will be closed.

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Jack_Torrance

i know someone who got expelled last year for amoking at his caholic school and this year came to mine, but he can go back next year

stavia hippie

thank you panama, i know you know i didnt mean disrespect to the gay community.

peace,