# Homophobic? come work with me! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 5, 2002, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobic-come-work-with-me/112533 "2002-06-05T21:10:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobic-come-work-with-me/112533/81 "2002-06-12T16:35:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > **I just had to laugh because of the mental dissonance I was experiencing trying to reconcile your statement of engineer expecting respect and real-world opinions about engineers held by tradesmen that I know.** I guess that would be another example of an engineer holding an unsupported opinion, then…? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jonno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jonno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonno)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobic-come-work-with-me/112533/82 "2002-06-12T19:46:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Brutus \* > \*\*Kirkland: > > Gay lifestyle = Having sexual relations with members of your own sex. > > Am I wrong with that statement? Does the above statement in no way apply to the real world? What the fuck did you expect? Lemme guess, you were expecting ‘Lots of dance music, lisps, etc’. > \*\* Wow. I had no idea my lifestyle was solely determined by who I fuck. So of course: Straight lifestyle = Having sexual relations with members of the opposite sex. Guess I’ll go and let my girlfriend know that she needs to bang me more, or else I might not have much of a lifestyle. Some people’s kids… ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobic-come-work-with-me/112533/83 "2002-06-12T21:15:23Z")
You all are ignoring the _real_ issue here. Velma actually think that Kerry Weaver was an original cast member on ER! Anybody who is anybody knows John Carter is the only main cast member who has been on the show since the first season. Susan Lewis is also from the original cast, but she left and then returned. Kerry didn’t show up until season 2. OK, you can now return to what you all think is the real issue. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobic-come-work-with-me/112533/84 "2002-06-12T21:17:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by monster \* > \*\*You all are ignoring the _real_ issue here. Velma actually think that Kerry Weaver was an original cast member on ER! Anybody who is anybody knows John Carter is the only main cast member who has been on the show since the first season. Susan Lewis is also from the original cast, but she left and then returned. Kerry didn’t show up until season 2. > > OK, you can now return to what you all think is the real issue. 😃 \*\* :smack: hooray, I got to use the new smilie ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobic-come-work-with-me/112533/85 "2002-06-12T21:19:28Z")
Glad I could help you out there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kirkland1244](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kirkland1244](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kirkland1244)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobic-come-work-with-me/112533/86 "2002-06-13T00:45:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Brutus \* > \*\*Kirkland: > > Gay lifestyle = Having sexual relations with members of your own sex. \*\* That’s a load of bullshit. Not all gay people are sexually active. So gay virgins don’t have “a gay lifestyle.” The so-called “gay lifestyle” is only representative of the gays who are sexually active. \*\* > [@](#): > > Am I wrong with that statement?\*\* Yes. Gay people are not gay just because of who they have sex with. A gay person who has sex with a woman isn’t any less gay, for instance. Being gay is not about having sex. To reduce it to sex is to debase it. Typical tactic of the religious bigot brigades. \*\* > [@](#): > > And while I do not give a flipping-fuck about Southern Baptists or gay people, it strikes me that you are nothing more then the gay equivalent of a ‘Southern Baptist’. Quick to pass blanket-judgements against an entire group of people. Funny. \*\* The difference being that no one chooses to be gay. A person chooses to be Southern Baptist, just like a person chooses to be a murderer, or a rapist or a wife beater. Or all four at once. Willingly supporting one of the most backward and evil organizations in American history is a reprehensible thing to do, and the people who give the SBC the power to forward it’s demonic agenda deserved to be called on the consequences of their bigotted actions and vulgar “faith.” Kirk ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2002, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobic-come-work-with-me/112533/87 "2002-06-13T00:47:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*OTOH, I know a woman who has no problem with interracial romances except when the romance produces a baby. According to her, that baby would have no right to claim any heritage other than its mother’s. > :rolleyes: \*\* So Halle Berry is white? I guess the “door” is still closed, then… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homophobic-come-work-with-me/112533.md?page=4)