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Quote: Originally posted by Tidburyboy on 07/9/2009

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Quote: Originally posted by Bob61 on 05/9/2009

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Some of my best friends are heterosexual

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 Class.

As for the OP - Big shock then that..............peoples sexuality is of little interest really it seems.

As for it being a shame to have conversations like this, I am not sure I agree. There may be some gay forum members who now see that quite a few people on here actually don't think it matters. It seems many view personality above personal preferences, which seems good to me.

 

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For many people, even if they are not willing to admit it, it matters.

One of my closest and dearest friends (male and gay) struggled to come out due to repression, verbal abuse and threats from narrow minded people who really cant see that being gay is not a disease , a choice or wrong.

I encouraged him to be himself and even took him to gay bars so he could be who he was without having to worry about predjudice.

He was one of the nicest, funniest, kind hearted and generous people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing.

Note I say was...

He passed away earlier this year at the grand old age of 28.

He lived the life he was given but would have been able to live it more if everyone accepted that people are people no matter what their sexual orientation is.

So yes, it is a shame that these conversations have to be had.

Live and let life.

Life is too short to waste caring about who loves who

Angie

Angie

I am very sorry to hear about your friend, clearly this must have been very distressing for everyone who knew him.

One of the problems with forums, or indeed the written word, is that it's very easy to mis-intepret or mis-understand people's intent. So for absolute clarity, I am completely comfortable with all and everyone who is comfortable and at ease with me. Like most people I too have colleagues, close friends and relations who are gay, and in the spirit of true equality some of them I like and some of them I don't.

I assure you, I had no intent to offend you or anyone else, so if I did then I apologise without reservation. However, I don't apologise for my views ie I do think conversations like this are helpful and they can be viewed as being constructive.

You see to me (unless I have myself mis-understood) every post on this thread has been supportive of the diversity that exists in our society. 

In closing I would say that I agree 100% with your final sentence.

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We tend to go to quiet campsites out of season and aren't into any public displays of affection (we'd be the same if we were straight and tbh I rarely see that many open displays of affection from other campers, straight or gay).

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Quote: Originally posted by Troon on 03/10/2016

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We tend to go to quiet campsites out of season and aren't into any public displays of affection (we'd be the same if we were straight and tbh I rarely see that many open displays of affection from other campers, straight or gay).

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That's mostly because of awnings.

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