How Do Homosexuals Feel About Homophobes?

[Blue Sky]

MB,

As far as getting a house or renewing a lease... y.. yes... I suppose you can be discriminated against because of your sexual orientation... I thought it was about the cancellation of the lease due to your sexual orientation... Oh.. no... confused I am... Buddha help us all...

 

[GinNJuice]

Ok... Actually it seems like you cannot be evicted during your lease unless there is a just cause... and being gay or lesbian does not constitute a just cause. But in states were sodomy is illegal the landlord can evict you proclaiming that you are engaging in illegal activities... so... that seems to be how this thing works?

Yes this is correct!

 

[GinNJuice]

No, I had one client evicted because his being gay was "disorderly" -- it upset the other tenants.

If this guy had a lawyer worth the paper his degree is printed on, he'd be a rich man!

 

[GinNJuice]

MB,

As far as getting a house or renewing a lease... y.. yes... I suppose you can be discriminated against because of your sexual orientation... I thought it was about the cancellation of the lease due to your sexual orientation... Oh.. no... confused I am... Buddha help us all...

It was about the cancellation of the lease, as per MB's orginal statement to ttlpkg.

However, I guess if a gay man let the LL know who he has sex with, for some reason (should be none of his/her business) , then there is an opportunity for unfair discrimination. That is unfortunate

 

[Blue Sky]

O... Ok I will leave it... at that... my profession has nothing to do with... housing laws so... I don't think I can add anything more profound to this...

 

[HansNZ]

Hanz...

are you kidding?

You are the one who told me that you like young boys!!!!

Say WHAT!!!??????????????????

PLEASE dballer show me any post at any time where I have said this!

In fact dballer I would tread VERY carefully if I were you.

 

[john937]

it seems most agree gay is not the problem flauting is and I agree. keep it to yourself and all is fine or should i wear a button that says i am gay and dballer one that says i am straight? don't force your lifestyle or beleifs down anybodies throats and you will gain acceptance pure and simple and this goes for everyone.

This does not square with history.
Before uppity limp wristed drag queens started rioting, New York police regularly raided gay bars and arrested people just for being there.
Their names were posted in the paper and most lost their jobs.

In the 1980's I helped found a singing group called the "San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus".
We were a Gay community support group and were in no way pornographic,
and yet every time we tried to rent a hall for a concert
or advertise that concert in a newspaper, we had to resort to lawsuits. In the San Francisco Cronicle/Examiner women could advertise their services as an "escort" but we were prohibited from advertising a choral concert.
The small measure of social acceptance gays now enjoy has been purchased on the civil disobediance of prior generations.

 

[HansNZ]

You bet your ass!! I did read it and I commented on it. Guys like him are the reason I cannot say I hate all gays.

There is a time and place for everything. The time for sex is behind closed doors with your mate (whoever that might be) Not out in public flouncing around like some limp wristed nelly.

I am curious as to whether you think public displays of heterosexuality - i.e. hand-holding kissing between men and women should also be kept behind closed doors.

 

[musclebrains]

If this guy had a lawyer worth the paper his degree is printed on, he'd be a rich man!

quite wrong. He had an attorney and the attorney advised him that, in the absence of any regulations, he had very little chance of winning. The question would be whether a private landlord has the right to establish a community standard of heterosexuality. Under the current law, he does. I will say that at the time of his case, sodomy was still illegal in Georgia.

 

[GinNJuice]

In the 1980's I helped found a singing group called the "San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus".

I'm curious, why did you name it that?