saintmichaeldefendthem
Gold Member
Sounds like a great grandfather. You are very lucky.The baffling aspect of all this anti-Gay stupidity is, these idiots actually know homosexuals personally. As neighbors, as business associates, as family and friends.
But their incredibly warped sense of self righteousness provides some ethical aegis behind which the continue to wish to deny basic civil rights to those they know. Their fellow American citizens.
Its like my grandfather. A great, loving man who took care of his family and served his community. And a product of his age......whose loving nature mixed with the bigotry of his age to produce the most bizarre and funny racist I ever met.
He didn't like black folks. Except for every black person he ever met. They were all 'exceptions'.
He didn't like Japanese. Except for every Japanese person he ever met. They 'weren't like the rest'.
He was never able to overcome his bigotry. But it never kept him from being a good friend to pretty much everyone he met. As the folks he didn't like were all hypothetical.