Great piece. Read the whole thing

http://thezman.com/wordpress/?p=2302

Quote:Way back in the olden thymes, I hired a homosexual. Of course, this was the olden thymes so there was no mention of it. If anyone discovered a homosexual, they were required to report them to the authorities. The homosexual was then shipped off to one of the rehabilitation centers run by Pat Robertson. If that did not “take” then they were shipped to the lavender plantations in the South operated by Oral Roberts, ironically enough. As a result no one ever spoke of homosexuals in public or private. The subject was banned.

Ok, that’s nonsense, but not too far from the official narrative being developed by the usual suspects. The airbrushing of history with regards to this topic is not going to end until the past fits the fantasy. Anyway, in my case the guy was flaming, so it was obvious he preferred the company of men. That and he mentioned it in his interview. He wanted to make sure it was not going to be an issue. I told him he’d have to figure that out for himself, but as long as he did his job he’d have no issue with me.

That was the last time I had any reason to discuss the matter with him. Some of the guys gave him grief, but he was used to it and handled it without help from me. As is always the case, he fell into a role that suited him and everyone else. The point being that in the olden thymes, homosexuals had to put up with some mild inconveniences, but nothing significant. More important, normal people did not go crazy around them. Other than some mild discomfort, normal people got along just fine with homosexuals in their ranks. We were indifferent towards them.

Today, people all over the world are going insane over homosexuals. Throughout the Middle East and Africa, otherwise normal people are going berserk and attacking homosexuals. Uganda, for example, just passed harsh laws against homosexuality. They did it despite stern warnings from Obama, so you know they must have gone mad. Of course, we all know how countries in the Middle East have gone bonkers over this. Iran was driven to such madness as to bring back stoning.

OK, I’m kidding around again.

Sort of.

I wanted to check in on the sports world and I see this on ESPN. David Tyree is against gay marriage, like most everyone. Big deal. Why is this sports story? Every damned week the sporting press is running with a homosexual story. You just know they will make a fetish of Michael Sam this fall. They made fools of themselves hounding the gay basketball player last summer so you know they will go crazy over the football player. ESPN is the worst offender, but even sports radio can’t stop obsessing over the gays. There’s nowhere to hide from the constant chatter about homosexuals.

I’m all fagged out.

I want the love that dared not speak its name to go back to not speaking its name. Now it is the love that won’t shut the **** up.
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Sounds like just another person bitching because...gasp...time marches on and things change.

And who is this person to decide what are "some mild inconveniences" for someone else?

I hired and worked alongside 3 openly gay men over the 31 years as a manager. I never had any problems with any of them and all were good workers who got along well with others on the job. Sure...they got some ribbing occasionally from coworkers..but..nothing vicious. In fact they were the ones most of the time that cracked the gay jokes and were self effacing. The point is...No one gave a schit about them being gay. The only thing anyone really cared about was that they were good folks and did their jobs.

(07-25-2014 12:41 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  I hired and worked alongside 3 openly gay men over the 31 years as a manager. I never had any problems with any of them and all were conscience workers who got along well with others on the job. Sure...they got some ribbing occasionally from coworkers..but..nothing vicious. In fact they were the ones most of the time that cracked the gay jokes and were self effacing. The point is...No one gave a schit about them being gay. The only thing anyone really cared about was that they were good folks and did their jobs.

except for the fact that unbeknown to you, they were admiring your butt each time you walked by.

I worked with some in a department store and they were the laziest and dumbest f'ers in the building.

(07-25-2014 12:43 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:41 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  I hired and worked alongside 3 openly gay men over the 31 years as a manager. I never had any problems with any of them and all were conscience workers who got along well with others on the job. Sure...they got some ribbing occasionally from coworkers..but..nothing vicious. In fact they were the ones most of the time that cracked the gay jokes and were self effacing. The point is...No one gave a schit about them being gay. The only thing anyone really cared about was that they were good folks and did their jobs.

except for the fact that unbeknown to you, they were admiring your butt each time you walked by.

So it's OK for a CEO to take a gander a his secretaries rack...but the gay guy in the mail room looks at some guys ass...and it's on like Donkey Kong?

(07-25-2014 12:47 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  I worked with some in a department store and they were the laziest and dumbest f'ers in the building.

That's because you worked at a department store...if you want a "hard work" type job, you don't go to Sears.

(07-25-2014 12:48 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:43 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:41 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  I hired and worked alongside 3 openly gay men over the 31 years as a manager. I never had any problems with any of them and all were conscience workers who got along well with others on the job. Sure...they got some ribbing occasionally from coworkers..but..nothing vicious. In fact they were the ones most of the time that cracked the gay jokes and were self effacing. The point is...No one gave a schit about them being gay. The only thing anyone really cared about was that they were good folks and did their jobs.

except for the fact that unbeknown to you, they were admiring your butt each time you walked by.

So it's OK for a CEO to take a gander a his secretaries rack...but the gay guy in the mail room looks at some guys ass...and it's on like Donkey Kong?

correct, because what you are doing in unnatural.

(07-25-2014 12:48 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:43 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:41 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  I hired and worked alongside 3 openly gay men over the 31 years as a manager. I never had any problems with any of them and all were conscience workers who got along well with others on the job. Sure...they got some ribbing occasionally from coworkers..but..nothing vicious. In fact they were the ones most of the time that cracked the gay jokes and were self effacing. The point is...No one gave a schit about them being gay. The only thing anyone really cared about was that they were good folks and did their jobs.

except for the fact that unbeknown to you, they were admiring your butt each time you walked by.

So it's OK for a CEO to take a gander a his secretaries rack...but the gay guy in the mail room looks at some guys ass...and it's on like Donkey Kong?

The CEO would get nailed for sexual harassment. Are you admitting you want special rights?

(07-25-2014 12:52 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:48 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:43 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:41 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  I hired and worked alongside 3 openly gay men over the 31 years as a manager. I never had any problems with any of them and all were conscience workers who got along well with others on the job. Sure...they got some ribbing occasionally from coworkers..but..nothing vicious. In fact they were the ones most of the time that cracked the gay jokes and were self effacing. The point is...No one gave a schit about them being gay. The only thing anyone really cared about was that they were good folks and did their jobs.

except for the fact that unbeknown to you, they were admiring your butt each time you walked by.

So it's OK for a CEO to take a gander a his secretaries rack...but the gay guy in the mail room looks at some guys ass...and it's on like Donkey Kong?

correct, because what you are doing in unnatural.

That doesn't fly today...sorry.

(07-25-2014 12:54 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:52 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:48 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:43 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:41 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  I hired and worked alongside 3 openly gay men over the 31 years as a manager. I never had any problems with any of them and all were conscience workers who got along well with others on the job. Sure...they got some ribbing occasionally from coworkers..but..nothing vicious. In fact they were the ones most of the time that cracked the gay jokes and were self effacing. The point is...No one gave a schit about them being gay. The only thing anyone really cared about was that they were good folks and did their jobs.

except for the fact that unbeknown to you, they were admiring your butt each time you walked by.

So it's OK for a CEO to take a gander a his secretaries rack...but the gay guy in the mail room looks at some guys ass...and it's on like Donkey Kong?

correct, because what you are doing in unnatural.

That doesn't fly today...sorry.

Sure it does. The court of public opinion in many places have ruled against you.

(07-25-2014 12:57 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:54 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:52 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:48 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:43 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  except for the fact that unbeknown to you, they were admiring your butt each time you walked by.

So it's OK for a CEO to take a gander a his secretaries rack...but the gay guy in the mail room looks at some guys ass...and it's on like Donkey Kong?

correct, because what you are doing in unnatural.

That doesn't fly today...sorry.

Sure it does. The court of public opinion in many places have ruled against you.

The same court of public opinion that approves of gay marriage?

http://www.gallup.com/poll/169640/sex-ma...-high.aspx

Or the same court of public opinion that got essentially every major fortune 500 company to offer full benefits to spouses/partners of gay employees?

Your "facts" are about 25 years out of date...they aren't true anymore.

(07-25-2014 01:03 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:57 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:54 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:52 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:48 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  So it's OK for a CEO to take a gander a his secretaries rack...but the gay guy in the mail room looks at some guys ass...and it's on like Donkey Kong?

correct, because what you are doing in unnatural.

That doesn't fly today...sorry.

Sure it does. The court of public opinion in many places have ruled against you.

The same court of public opinion that approves of gay marriage?

http://www.gallup.com/poll/169640/sex-ma...-high.aspx

Or the same court of public opinion that got essentially every major fortune 500 company to offer full benefits to spouses/partners of gay employees?

Your "facts" are about 25 years out of date...they aren't true anymore.

national polls really don't mean anything considering liberal areas tend to be highly populated urban areas.

Try that in the Bible Belt where you and I live.

(07-25-2014 01:04 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 01:03 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:57 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:54 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:52 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  correct, because what you are doing in unnatural.

That doesn't fly today...sorry.

Sure it does. The court of public opinion in many places have ruled against you.

The same court of public opinion that approves of gay marriage?

http://www.gallup.com/poll/169640/sex-ma...-high.aspx

Or the same court of public opinion that got essentially every major fortune 500 company to offer full benefits to spouses/partners of gay employees?

Your "facts" are about 25 years out of date...they aren't true anymore.

national polls really don't mean anything considering liberal areas tend to be highly populated urban areas.

Try that in the Bible Belt where you and I live.

They do...see FedEx...Memphis' largest private employer.

FedEx World Headquarters in Memphis.

(07-25-2014 01:03 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:57 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:54 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:52 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:48 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  So it's OK for a CEO to take a gander a his secretaries rack...but the gay guy in the mail room looks at some guys ass...and it's on like Donkey Kong?

correct, because what you are doing in unnatural.

That doesn't fly today...sorry.

Sure it does. The court of public opinion in many places have ruled against you.

The same court of public opinion that approves of gay marriage?

http://www.gallup.com/poll/169640/sex-ma...-high.aspx

Or the same court of public opinion that got essentially every major fortune 500 company to offer full benefits to spouses/partners of gay employees?

Your "facts" are about 25 years out of date...they aren't true anymore.

You missed the bolded part.

(07-25-2014 01:08 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 01:04 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 01:03 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:57 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:54 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  That doesn't fly today...sorry.

Sure it does. The court of public opinion in many places have ruled against you.

The same court of public opinion that approves of gay marriage?

http://www.gallup.com/poll/169640/sex-ma...-high.aspx

Or the same court of public opinion that got essentially every major fortune 500 company to offer full benefits to spouses/partners of gay employees?

Your "facts" are about 25 years out of date...they aren't true anymore.

national polls really don't mean anything considering liberal areas tend to be highly populated urban areas.

Try that in the Bible Belt where you and I live.

They do...see FedEx...Memphis' largest private employer.

FedEx World Headquarters in Memphis.

What is this? Are you suggesting this picture proves that a majority in Tennessee are for gay marriage?

(07-25-2014 12:43 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:41 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  I hired and worked alongside 3 openly gay men over the 31 years as a manager. I never had any problems with any of them and all were conscience workers who got along well with others on the job. Sure...they got some ribbing occasionally from coworkers..but..nothing vicious. In fact they were the ones most of the time that cracked the gay jokes and were self effacing. The point is...No one gave a schit about them being gay. The only thing anyone really cared about was that they were good folks and did their jobs.

except for the fact that unbeknown to you, they were admiring your butt each time you walked by.

So...I'm going to walk around all day worrying about someone looking at my ass? Hell...I take that as a compliment.

All joking aside...I always talked to new hires about sexual harassment. We had about 30% of the workforce that was female. I gave them the same No tolerance talk and included what you are talking about in the discussion. Never was an issue to my "knowledge".

(07-25-2014 01:10 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 01:08 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 01:04 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 01:03 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:57 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  Sure it does. The court of public opinion in many places have ruled against you.

The same court of public opinion that approves of gay marriage?

http://www.gallup.com/poll/169640/sex-ma...-high.aspx

Or the same court of public opinion that got essentially every major fortune 500 company to offer full benefits to spouses/partners of gay employees?

Your "facts" are about 25 years out of date...they aren't true anymore.

national polls really don't mean anything considering liberal areas tend to be highly populated urban areas.

Try that in the Bible Belt where you and I live.

They do...see FedEx...Memphis' largest private employer.

FedEx World Headquarters in Memphis.

What is this? Are you suggesting this picture proves that a majority in Tennessee are for gay marriage?

Nice attempt to change the topic...we're discussing employers.



http://www.diversityinc.com/diversity-ma...-benefits/

(07-25-2014 12:48 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:43 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:41 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  I hired and worked alongside 3 openly gay men over the 31 years as a manager. I never had any problems with any of them and all were conscience workers who got along well with others on the job. Sure...they got some ribbing occasionally from coworkers..but..nothing vicious. In fact they were the ones most of the time that cracked the gay jokes and were self effacing. The point is...No one gave a schit about them being gay. The only thing anyone really cared about was that they were good folks and did their jobs.

except for the fact that unbeknown to you, they were admiring your butt each time you walked by.

So it's OK for a CEO to take a gander a his secretaries rack...but the gay guy in the mail room looks at some guys ass...and it's on like Donkey Kong?

I don't give a schit about either situation as long as it is on the down low. When it becomes and issue in the workforce? Someone's ass will be escorted as we say at our plant...."across the tracks". There is railroad spike next to our facility.

(07-25-2014 01:03 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:57 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:54 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:52 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 12:48 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  So it's OK for a CEO to take a gander a his secretaries rack...but the gay guy in the mail room looks at some guys ass...and it's on like Donkey Kong?

correct, because what you are doing in unnatural.

That doesn't fly today...sorry.

Sure it does. The court of public opinion in many places have ruled against you.

The same court of public opinion that approves of gay marriage?

http://www.gallup.com/poll/169640/sex-ma...-high.aspx

Or the same court of public opinion that got essentially every major fortune 500 company to offer full benefits to spouses/partners of gay employees?

Your "facts" are about 25 years out of date...they aren't true anymore.

I think the polls are correct. Most people do approve of gay marriage. But those same people would probably vomit if they ever saw two guys actually doing it. There is a big difference between accepting the right of "two adults behind closed doors" and accepting what they are doing as OK.