New gay friendly guild!Follow

I thought this thread was dead.. Is this an official resurrection or just a temporary inadvertant thing?

I mean are we going to start the debate between the

1. "Jesus the prince of peace, hates Gays crowd"
vs the
2. " I don't care what anyone does with his/her genitalia" posters
vs the
3. "Everyone is a closet Homosexual" mavens ?

It would be easier to read if everyone just picks a number.

I'll start.

2

Please choose 4 for other, in-between positions.

If any of you homos touch me or my stuff, I will kill you.

I don't understand?

Why is everyone so upset about what Ralston is saying?

When I play EQ I just want to play. I don't want to think about RL issues that I have to live with the other 10 hours a day. I believe thats all he is saying.

Don't get me wrong. I have no big problem with socially aligned guilds other then I personally think it would be better if we didn't. I'm unconfortable with the idea that segregation is something we should be striving for. :/

Oh Well....One giant step backwards for mankind.

I don't understand why a guild like this is necessary. I'm not a hater, or gay, or a homophobe. When it comes to the subject, I really could care less what peeps RL sexual preferences are. EQ is a game. It's an escape from RL if only for a short time. We (we being the general EQ population) do not need this. If a guild like this is allowed to promote themsleves this way, it will certainly lead to more specific guilds as mentioned in some of the posts on this thread. I know that people talk alot about RL in group chat, guild chat, and ooc chat even. Although I don't care for it, I tolerate it for the most part. When you have a large group of people together in one forum there will always be disagreements. Of course there's that % out there that are just aholes, and their goal seems to be angering others as much as getting xp or items. So, I believe it's possible that many people have probably been offended in the game at one time or another for one reason or another. Update: with the general attitude today in the world, this is not likely to change as sad as that is. A guild like this isn't going to change that. Unlike another thread I've seen, I don't wish anything bad for you. I'm just stating my opinion. Please, please don't bring this into the game that we love. or, at least don't be so vocal about it.

I posted 3 times in a row on this thread just because I can.

Initially I felt that a guild like this is not necessary, mainly because sexual preference has nothing to do with the game. I have a couple of gay friends in game and I do not think their sexuality has hurt their ability to play...especially to the point that the game needs gay-specific guilds.

And then people like old eqrangershawn pipe up and say this:

[/quote=eqrangershawn]Homesexuality is just wrong. Just plain wrong. Not because I am insecure. Because it is wrong. I dont care to hear about it, and I dont want my children to see it in this game. It's already bad enough they see it on TV. [/quote]

And I begin to realize just why gay people would want to create their own guild. I think most attempts to create minority specific interests are a result of bigots like the above.

I could say DUDE chill, eh, eqrangershawn?

So, if you see a couple walking down the street, holding hands, what would you do? Move to another town?

Homosexuality is a part of the world we live in. And, unfortunately, so are bigots.

But while the homosexual is not able to change who they are, amazingly the bigot is...

/em Looks At the above post count

Methinks we have a sockpuppet.

:-P

Simply because 93% of the population are not homosexual, does not mean that they have such an extremist view as you do.

And I don't see where anyone is forcing anything down your throat. It was simply stated that the guild existed, and what server. If anything, you should thank them because now you know which server not to use, because you disagree with that lifestyle.



That does not make it less of a derogatory. It is not the word, it is the context of its use.



And here you lump all participants, of all religions, into the group that forces their religion down your throat.

Just because you don't present your religion to others does not mean that the person sitting in the row behind you, at church, doesn't try to speak to every person they meet, about it.

I'll try to offer another example..

Each year, for 7 weekends, the Jehovas Witness' have regional meetings in the arena where I work. 35,000+ attendees, before it is over, and they are some of the nicest, most respectful people you might ever meet. Yet almost every one of us has had a JH representative come to your front door, to witness. I have heard many people comment about this. Usually in a derogatory manner.

Witnessing is a part of their faith. (And I believe it is a part of every religion. So you might consider that when talking about sharing your religion with others.) Even so, they understand that (sometimes) there is a time and place for this witnessing. And while attending a conference, they do not need to try and witness to the staff working the event. If the staff is interested, they can always ask an attendee about it.

While I don't like them coming to my door, I do understand what they are trying to accomplish. And I treat them with courtesy and respect. Which is how we should treat everyone, whether we agree/disagree, like/dislike who they are, what they believe, or what lifestyle they happen to lead.

Lol, where did I say I hate em? I simply do not think it's right and that I do not want my children exposed to it. A child see's and does. Most of what they learn for the rest of their life is learned in childhood.

You obviously dont care about the social implications on your children should they ever end up Gay. I would call it a major failure to raise a child that will be scorned and in depression most of there adult life.

Fa**ot. A new term of acceptance for a lifestyle you may agree/disagree with.

Just pick a #1.

A biggot is sad but a hypocritical biggot.. pathetic.

No I wasnt the guy, but whoever he was he owned you.

Now for the next one.

You probably have owned a Betamax VCR and Laserdisc player at one time in your life didnt you? Know why I know?

Because

"Which is how we should treat everyone, whether we agree/disagree, like/dislike who they are, what they believe, or what lifestyle they happen to lead."

Becuase you were to nice to the salesman.

If you are weak you get owned.

Weakling