GASP! Who'd thought that such a radical idea like "your job performance is not related to your sexual orientation" would come closer to becoming law in Iowa?
Praise for my home state!
GASP! Who'd thought that such a radical idea like "your job performance is not related to your sexual orientation" would come closer to becoming law in Iowa?
Praise for my home state!
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Bunch of backwards rednecks. WTF is wrong with these neanderthals that they remain so far behind the times?
Are they dense? Have they no worldly knowledge? Are they living in the 400's?
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MrFun why does Iowa of all places have such a large (or at least visibly large) gay population? Some of my experience is anecdotal but I've known (through intarwebs and in person) probably a dozen gay/lesbian Iowans, out of two dozen.
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It sounds like you don't live in Iowa, mrm. Hence out of the two dozen Iowans who have (possibly for the most of them) LEFT Iowa that you have met, half of them are gay. That might support MrF's inference about his state...
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The fruits of liberalism. Next they'll want voting rights.
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Originally posted by SlowwHand
Bunch of backwards rednecks. WTF is wrong with these neanderthals that they remain so far behind the times?
Are they dense? Have they no worldly knowledge? Are they living in the 400's?
What are the laws in Texas regarding employment and gays? Marriage between gay men?
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"I am okay with innocent people being put to death accidentally so long as at the end of the day we have saved more lives through prevented murder." - Hauldren Collider
Originally posted by mrmitchell
MrFun why does Iowa of all places have such a large (or at least visibly large) gay population? Some of my experience is anecdotal but I've known (through intarwebs and in person) probably a dozen gay/lesbian Iowans, out of two dozen.
First, what percentage do you believe is gay in our population? I tend to believe it somewhere around ten percent.
Let's take where I live now (Quad Cities), which is divided by the Mississippi River so part of Quad Cities is in Illinois, other part is in Iowa. Entire population of Quad Cities, including outlaying, smaller towns - 330,000 as conservative off-hand guess at this moment.
Let's take Davenport, which is an Iowa city of Quad Cities. I think Davenport has population of 100,000 -- it's the largest of the Quad Cities.
So just in Davenport, Iowa alone we may have 10,000 gays and lesbians. This would include those who are part of the gay "community" and those who are closeted and/or married whom you and I may never hear from.
"Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there." -Mohammed Neguib
"I am okay with innocent people being put to death accidentally so long as at the end of the day we have saved more lives through prevented murder." - Hauldren Collider
What makes you think Texas cares about gay men? Better yet, outside of the pansified liberal bastions, what makes you think the US cares about gay men and their plight? Just be happy for the fact that homos are regarded in higher esteem than Arabs and abandon your activist ways.What are the laws in Texas regarding employment and gays? Marriage between gay men?
Eyes, it's not a good idea to engage in debate while drunk or high on drugs.
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"I am okay with innocent people being put to death accidentally so long as at the end of the day we have saved more lives through prevented murder." - Hauldren Collider
Meh, who cares about Iowans?
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Hey... none of the personal crap..
Discuss the topic... and leave the insults and hate posts somewhere else... And NOT in these forums.
Keep on Civin'
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Can we flame hate posters?
Originally posted by DaShi
Meh, who cares about Iowans?
Iowans are the most important group of people in the world!
"Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there." -Mohammed Neguib
"I am okay with innocent people being put to death accidentally so long as at the end of the day we have saved more lives through prevented murder." - Hauldren Collider
If they keep it up, then the problem is dealt with in a different fashionOriginally posted by Ecthy
Can we flame hate posters?
But again... let's get back to the topic. People are welcome to opposing points of view, as long as they post them in a civil manner.
Keep on Civin'
RIP Baron O
Ok Ming, but I'm still waiting for mitchell to rejoin the conversation so he can reply to my last serious post.
"Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there." -Mohammed Neguib
"I am okay with innocent people being put to death accidentally so long as at the end of the day we have saved more lives through prevented murder." - Hauldren Collider
That was in late 2004, wasn't it?
The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil Finland
And when was yours?
Laz, follow the link -- it happened in late March, 2007.
"Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there." -Mohammed Neguib
"I am okay with innocent people being put to death accidentally so long as at the end of the day we have saved more lives through prevented murder." - Hauldren Collider
sexual orientation sounds weird to me. they need a better term.
I'd like to orientate myself around a few women right now...
"Hate posters"? Does this run along the same lines as hate crimes? The liberal race needs to be wiped from this planet and the fall of the nanny state needs to happen soon.
Hey look. Liberals are a race now. Fancy that.
It could never happen with Conservatives, of course. That would rely on finding things willing to breed with them.
The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil Finland
It's not gays, it's Iowa. If Iowa is so great, why is Mr Fun in Illinois? I'll tell you why. Iowa is no fun. It's just there. What is that on the Iowa license plate? Are those small farm buildings on the left, and a grain silo on the right? Is that the most thrilling thing that Iowa could come up with for viewing by millions, well 100's anyway, of out-of-staters?
You think that's going to generate a lot of interest in Iowa? You think people will travel 100's of miles, motivated by the dynamics of that license plate?
I beg you, please. That license plate is an abomination.
If convicts make your license plates, they should be given parole now, to make up to them for having to stare at such debauchery for hours on end.
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He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead
Speaking as the son of Iowans, the best thing Iowa has to offer is delicious pork and the greatest cycling event ever, RAGBRAI. That's about it.
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Even a pig and a bicycle on the plates would be something of note. I'm glad you and your family escaped it's boring clutches.
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"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead
Originally posted by SlowwHand
It's not gays, it's Iowa. If Iowa is so great, why is Mr Fun in Illinois? I'll tell you why. Iowa is no fun. It's just there. What is that on the Iowa license plate? Are those small farm buildings on the left, and a grain silo on the right? Is that the most thrilling thing that Iowa could come up with for viewing by millions, well 100's anyway, of out-of-staters?
You think that's going to generate a lot of interest in Iowa? You think people will travel 100's of miles, motivated by the dynamics of that license plate?
I beg you, please. That license plate is an abomination.
If convicts make your license plates, they should be given parole now, to make up to them for having to stare at such debauchery for hours on end.
"Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there." -Mohammed Neguib
"I am okay with innocent people being put to death accidentally so long as at the end of the day we have saved more lives through prevented murder." - Hauldren Collider
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