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Originally Posted by Stinger Sounds logical, but it's a contradiction to the reason you want to be accepted. You want to be treated as equals, so when you're finally accepted, parading around like you're from Mars isn't exactly going to give you any respect. If anything you're putting yourselves right back into those boxes with labels taped to them. You may have gotten your right to marry, but society still won't accept you, and look away when you walk by.
Which of course, isn't fair especially to those gays who hate to be put on display like that. Most gays just want to be able to live their quiet life without their sexual preference being the center of attention all the time. Not by straight people, and not by other gays either. And in my country they can. And so as a result, most normal gays do not like abnormal gays and neither do I, heh. Also most normal gays have partners and abnormal gays don't. Food for thought. |
Gay Pride Parades started to bring awareness to gays. Pretty much saying, 'You may think we're unequal because of who were sleeping with, but we're not going anywhere.' The parades were pretty much a protest for equal rights. All gay people want is to be able to marry and adopt children, pretty much. (The sad part about that is, there are millions of children who need a good home, and the government is more concerned that the family they go to isnt gay, then the child actually getting a home.)
The parades are also just a sense of pride. Theres nothing wrong with that. That isnt a contradiction to me either, because there are parades and celebrations for
everything. Walking around Toronto, I always see 'Irish Pride Parade!' 'Beer Pride Parade!' 'Vagina Pride Parade!' etc. Irish people arent treated like they want to be the centre of attention if they host a parade, but if the gays do it, they get called out on it.
As Brandon said though, dont they deserve it? After years and years and years of suffering in silence, I say, let the kids wave the flag and dance through the streets. I think its hard earned. We have
ONE gay pride parade a year here, I see nothing wrong or overly dramatic about that. The thing is, if they were treated equally, everything would die down. When gay marriage was leagalized here, every marriage made the front page.. for about a week. Now, you'll see the announcements in the announcement section, where it belongs. I dont think people realize that.