# Gays Are Like Smoking-Just Say No? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 15, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977 "2005-05-15T22:31:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977/1 "2005-05-15T22:31:22Z")
Sometimes a letter to the editor makes me laugh because it so wholly bereft of intelligent thought. Littlecats wondered what I was laughing about [as I read this gem today](http://ydr.com/story/letters/69787/). I laughed because this guy needs a big ass clue by four to adjust his thinking. I cannot speak to the letter which prompted his diatribe-I haven’t read it. The points he raises are so fundamentally stupid, and no doubt he believes them. I loved his comment about second-hand gay. Despite hanging out with GLBT friends, I’m still a happy hetero-does that mean I just have strong willpower? :rolleyes: Then I thought of the ad campaigns (I enjoy making fun of idiots): _A trim and handsome man is seated at a bar. A similar gentleman approaches and they exchange a knowing glance. The seated man rolls up his sleeve and says, “Sorry, man. I’m on the patch.”_ or perhaps _Try new GLBT Gum. Put something in your mouth that fundies can’t bitch about._ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977/2 "2005-05-15T22:54:58Z")
Goddamn second-hand faggotry. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977/3 "2005-05-15T23:09:39Z")
I was in a restaurant the other day and some people on the next table started being gay right as I started my main course. Put me right off my cigarette. ---
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977/4 "2005-05-15T23:10:57Z")
I found this fascinating: > [@A True Soldier of Lord God](#): > > It was through homosexuals that AIDS was introduced to millions of people all over the world. :rolleyes: Yeah, sociological and public health issues in Africa are just a myth created by the liberal media. Those homos, man, they won’t be satisified until we’re all dead. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977/5 "2005-05-15T23:15:58Z")
There’s really not much point trying to deconstruct any meaningful thoughts out of the man’s rant; he wasn’t having any meaningful thoughts when he constructed it. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977/6 "2005-05-15T23:19:53Z")
Maybe you can try a[dickorette patch](http://www.epartyunlimited.com/dickorette.html) (or as last resort one of [these](http://www.epartyunlimited.com/corkitad.html) (crude but work-safe so long as nobody’s standing really close). ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977/7 "2005-05-15T23:20:23Z")
Hmmmm…well maybe that’s why they call cigarettes “fags” in Britain. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977/8 "2005-05-15T23:27:30Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I was in a restaurant the other day and some people on the next table started being gay right as I started my main course. Put me right off my cigarette. Man, I hate when I’m in retaurant trying to eat my meal in piece, and I find myself choking on second-hand cock. ---
**Author:** ![La\_Llorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@La\_Llorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/La_Llorona)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977/9 "2005-05-15T23:30:41Z")
> [@](#): > > We cannot help but keep our distance from gays in the hopes that we and our children do not fall into the same trap that they have. Wait, what? Ew. 😕 > [@](#): > > If we give homosexuals and lesbians the same rights as heterosexual couples, we will be destroying the institution of marriage. We will be destroying the family. By destroying the family, we will be destroying the core of our great nation by corrupting the very places where we live, learn and love. There are no words. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977/10 "2005-05-15T23:36:30Z")
**danceswithcats** , I wrote a response letter to the _Record_ through the site. Since I’m a semi-local, they may actually print it. But damn if I didn’t forget to copy so I could paste it in here… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977/11 "2005-05-15T23:39:11Z")
[Future Smithers] **Injects self with Homo-No-More™.** \* _ **I LOVE BOOBIES!** _ [/Future Smithers] \*Homo-No-More™ must be injected directly into the testicles every half hour for maximum efficacy. If the desire for hot sweaty homosexual butt sex returns while using the product, you’re a weak willed pansy sinner that will be sure to stoke the fires of Hell. Potential side effects are mild in most cases with only rare occurances of projectile leprosy, spontaneous human combustion, regression to neanderthal status, and becoming Strom Thurmond. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977/12 "2005-05-15T23:39:13Z")
[the Brain] Yes, we’re going to take over the world[/Brain] ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977/13 "2005-05-15T23:39:27Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > **danceswithcats** , I wrote a response letter to the _Record_ through the site. Since I’m a semi-local, they may actually print it. > > But damn if I didn’t forget to copy so I could paste it in here… :smack: Cool. While I’d like to argue with him in person, according to his logic I might get contaminated with second hand-asshat. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977/14 "2005-05-16T00:10:45Z")
According to another thread. “marriage” was the English word (real Engalnd) for a civil union, and was pagan in origin :eek: I wonder, how do we turn people gay? Do we bite 'em like the wolfman or Dracula do??? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@The\_Hook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hook)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977/15 "2005-05-16T00:30:41Z")
You know, smoking is _legal_. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977/16 "2005-05-16T00:43:48Z")
I I was reading that letter, I couldn’t help but imagine one of those stiff, officious Monty Python voices that used to pop up their “letters to the editor” bits. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977/17 "2005-05-16T00:48:16Z")
> [@The Hook](#): > > You know, smoking is _legal_. So are blow jobs and only _one_ of them are carcinogenic. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977/18 "2005-05-16T01:00:58Z")
_PSA- If you smoke after sex, slow down and use lube_ ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977/19 "2005-05-16T01:17:26Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > I I was reading that letter, I couldn’t help but imagine one of those stiff, officious Monty Python voices that used to pop up their “letters to the editor” bits. It works for me 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977/20 "2005-05-16T01:17:46Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > So are blow jobs and only _one_ of them are carcinogenic. Hmm. Is it the one where you get 20 at a time? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gays-are-like-smoking-just-say-no/303977.md?page=2)