# It's time for gay reparations. So what do you guys want? Money, 40 acres & a mule... what? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 6, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-gay-reparations-so-what-do-you-guys-want-money-40-acres-a-mule-what/549452 "2010-08-06T21:18:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-gay-reparations-so-what-do-you-guys-want-money-40-acres-a-mule-what/549452/21 "2010-08-07T23:47:57Z")
Do you really WANT to be married with all the bullshit that brings with it? Especially at breakup time? How about if we compromise and just abolish the idea of goverment recognized marriage? And then we pass a law stating that anyone who publicly professes to be homophobic will be instantly and legally recognized as being gay, not that this should mean jack skippy in our society, and in no other way will anyone be recognized by their sexual orientation for anything else anywhere. Because we pretty much know that they all are by this point, it’s just a stupid game of denial and it will be more fun to legally force it on them. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-gay-reparations-so-what-do-you-guys-want-money-40-acres-a-mule-what/549452/22 "2010-08-07T23:56:48Z")
You know, there’s probably enough air time on Bravo and HGTV to give all of you your own 30-minute decorating shows. You all like decorating, right? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-gay-reparations-so-what-do-you-guys-want-money-40-acres-a-mule-what/549452/23 "2010-08-08T01:55:15Z")
You can have whatever you like as long as you give straight people the 1930s back. The way things are going lately, we could use 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-gay-reparations-so-what-do-you-guys-want-money-40-acres-a-mule-what/549452/24 "2010-08-08T03:09:28Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Do you really WANT to be married with all the bullshit that brings with it? Especially at breakup time? It’s not the marriage I want so much as the option. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-gay-reparations-so-what-do-you-guys-want-money-40-acres-a-mule-what/549452/25 "2010-08-08T03:19:45Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > I’ll settle for the public whipping of Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck. Feel free to throw in the right to marry if you like. Mmmm, you know what, Antinor01? On this day, we are all gay! ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-gay-reparations-so-what-do-you-guys-want-money-40-acres-a-mule-what/549452/26 "2010-08-08T03:43:58Z")
Maybe we could just let Sherman run a few more laps over the Bible Belt. That could be satisfying enough, right? ('course, there’s the small matter of him being retired for 126 years. And dead.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-gay-reparations-so-what-do-you-guys-want-money-40-acres-a-mule-what/549452.md?page=1)