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One Million Moms Doesn't Like JCPenney Showing Happy, Married Lesbian Couple In Catalog
You have to have misread Cat, because the only only answer is ignorance.
The FLDS, which he mentioned, ARE bad people. They believe in "blood atonement." Please, look that one up if you are ignorant of its meaning. They engage in incest and child rape, marrying off young girls (under 16) to old men, and treat their young boys like excess baggage, literally dumping them on the side of the road! They also steal welfare, calling it "bleeding the beast."
I can't believe ANYONE would defend them, they are to other Mormons - single or plural marriage-believers - what NAMBLA is to gay men - a heinous organization causing decent people much pain and unnecessary stereotyping.
One Million Moms Doesn't Like JCPenney Showing Happy, Married Lesbian Couple In Catalog
Going out of your way to point out the sexuality of someone?
But the catalog showed straight, married couples, too. So by stating the obvious, that these women are together, it's "pointing out their sexuality", but when you say, "Jane and Sam have two kids," it's not pointing out their straight sexuality?
Secondly, it never occurred to you that they might be showing a gay couple because gay people shop for clothes too?
Advertisers aren't showing a lot more mixed couples on TV because they want to be seen as "edgy and political," it's because you're able to reach two audiences - say, white and Hispanic - at the same time. Likewise, that's why you see Target commercials with a number of different race individuals. All of those people see the commercial and say, "Hum, this stuff is aimed at me. OK, maybe I'll go shop there." Well, gay folks make up a big chunk of the market, and JCPenny has said, "Yes, we'll take your dough."
One Million Moms Doesn't Like JCPenney Showing Happy, Married Lesbian Couple In Catalog
Give it time. What may also help is when you learn someone you really admire is gay, and you realize that most gay/queer people do not live dramatically "different" lifestyles. The first gay man I met worked in my mother's office, wore a suit and was just a nice, normal person. The first lesbian I met had long red hair and was very feminine. It still took me time, and it took me even longer to be more comfortable with transgendered people.
As for people who pile on you, frankly, I admire your honesty, and I think the honesty is important. It does leave you more open than some bigots who won't state their opinions directly, and so angry people dump on you.
Straight Man Says Best Buy Employee Outed Him On Facebook During Phone Servicing
Man, so many people are so ignorant about Texas. Austin is not just some blue dot in an oasis of hate - whenever someone suggests that a liberal Texan obviously lives there, I know they don't know the state well. You're talking about the home of Molly Ivins (from Lubbock!!) and Jim Hightower!
In most American cities, there is a live and let live or better attitude towards gays. MOST Texans live in the cities, not the sticks. The sticks, due to Republican repositioning of districts (which has been up for court scrutiny), have overwhelmingly more power in the state than they should.
Dallas, for gads sakes, has a thriving gay community, like Houston. People in the Golden Triangle, the Hill Country, and San Antonio are more politically moderate, and more likely to hold liberal or libertarian views on gay people. That's MOST Texans.
Car Dealership And VA Team Up To Damage Wounded Veteran's Credit
OP, if you're out there reading this, I second the advice about getting your representative in Congress to help.
In addition, I would contact the people at http://veteransforcommonsense.org/ AND the state veterans office - Maryland's is Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs at http://www.mdva.state.md.us/
Get a referral to someone who can help you with the VA.
Then contact the Attorney General for your state, and the state where you bought the car, and make sure you make a stink with the media.
Judge: Towing Co. Should Not Have Sold Deployed Sailor's Jeep
Thank you, I think it's obvious you've never been a military spouse, or served in the military.
When your husband or wife is deployed, it's not necessarily easy to get a "ride back" from someone on a car trip spanning five states. On top of that, you're dealing with practical considerations like clearing out the house, quitting any day job you have, close-out bills, etc.
You suggest that she should have driven it to her parents' house? Do you know this woman personally, where you can say that her parents were next door neighbors? How do you know her parents weren't living 1500 miles away?
She may not have known anyone else in Virginia, other than other military spouses who are in the same boat, and also may have been exiting the community. Presumably she drove her own vehicle to their home in Florida, where she would have support from friends, if not family.
But you're right, it's incumbent on the wife here to not only drop everything and figure out a way to transport this car back, but for her to convince other people to drop what they're doing, so they can drive her back to Virginia. I'm sure she had nothing better to do with her time, especially if she had small children to take care of.
The difficulty in taking care of this kind of business is even greater when a military spouse is transporting pets, and when children are involved, it's really tough. Fortunately, not everyone in the community has such a glib attitude towards the challenges of the military family.
Curb Your Impatience At The Pump Lest You Cause A Fiery Explosion
Dude, this does not compute, when you're on a city street and the signs are saying 35 MPH, you're going 40 in the left lane, and some ass is trying to pass everyone by darting around, going 50, AND you are about to complete a left turn at the next signal.
How Do I Tell My Relatives I Won't Give Them Money?
"Sorry, once I pay all those unpaid bills, I'm saving for the baby. Down the road, maybe when things are all straightened out, maybe I'll have a little money available for a gift. You remember how things were when you started your family. Well, got to go!"
Oh, and NEVER lend money. Only give money you can afford to lose and never see again. You can even tell people that's your motto, and then say, "Right now, I just can't afford to lose any of this, due to all my bills."
You can do it, OP. Don't be afraid - the kind of family members who would remain angry at you over money you can't afford to lend, and who were never there to help YOU, are not the ones you need to worry about keeping in your circle.
Condo Association Puts Lien On Woman's Townhouse Over Tiny Flower Garden
Agreed, in Houston you have no choice, unless you want to leave for the faaaar boonies, and then maybe... even part of Iowa Colony's been scooped up for a new development that will be HOA'd.
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11-Year-Old Destroys $36,000 Worth Of MacBooks By Peeing On Them
There could be a more useful way of him paying for all the damage he did, like having to give up one weekend day for public service for an entire year (volunteering in a soup kitchen, cleaning toilets in a senior's home, delivering hot meals, etc.). Particularly if he can be expected to work in a poorer neighborhood where they don't have Macbooks.