Am I the only one who is tired of hearing about this crap?

Actually...it is NOT a choice. They are born that way and who in their right mind would CHOOSe such a lifestyle knowing they would be treated like inferior sinners. I'm sorry for your handicap but it does not make it ok to put down others in the process of hoping to gain sympathy. You may not be on tv moaning....just the internet.

Gay people do not choose to be gay. Do you honestly think anyone would ask to be put in that situation? No, they don't choose to be gay just as we don't choose to be straight. What I'm sick of is that fact that gays went through all this BS in the 80's to have the same rights as everyone else, yet still people are ignorant and prejudice against them. Are gay people hurting you? Then why judge them? What's it to you if they get married or not? What's it to you if they're allowed the same rights as everyone else, considering they are actual human beings and not animals. You're not the only one with problems and you're not the only one who can't afford health care. I'm not disabled, but we can't afford health care either, and we have 5 children. We have to pay $100 a week to have health care. Unfortunatly we can't afford not to have it either, so we cough over the money, which means we struggle in other areas. If I were to ask for help from the government, I'd be told we make too much, because they don't count how much money we pay into health care. That's how the system works. There are a lot of people out there who don't have nearly as much money as you, those are the ones the government helps. My mother lives like that. She's legally blind and has end stage renal failure and is on dialysis 4-5 times a day. She can't work. She's still trying to support my 14 year old sister. Some days they have nothing but butter and flour in the house, yet still a few weeks until they have money again.

Well, I agree that there should be some more rights to disability than there are, but there are many people on it who don't need to be. There are people on for reasons that should not even be considered. I feel that there should be jobs made available for those who want to work and yet they should not be punished by having the income from the disability taken completely away. I think that the issues that need to be paid attention to are healthcare, cost of living versus' wages, job creation, energy issues to allow us more affordable energy, etc. These are the issues that I feel are more important than gay rights. The issue that I hear about more than anything is the right to get married and be added to insurance policies of their partner. Well, I have been married for 15 years to my husband and I can't add him to my insurance as I work part time and the company won't carry him or the kids. Who should I complain to? Also, I don't agree with gay marriage as it is not biblical and I am not a religious nut, but I don't believe that God made anyone gay. I think that it was a chosen lifestyle that is now looked at as acceptable, the same as teen births,etc. Maybe we should make bigomy legal too as it is a way that people want to live. I am not against gays, but I don't feel that I have to accept their lifestyle and I don't want it pushed in my face all the time. There are other issues that need to be addressed. If we had universal healthcare, then the insurance would not be an issue.

"...I am not even going to open that can of worms" Yeah right. You most certainly DID open a can of worms. Have fun.

You're kidding right? You think they choose to be gay? You actually think that? You are clearly not gay yourelf as you seem to know nothing about it so you really have no right to state as what you are claiming to be a fact. I am a lesbian and I certainly did not make that chhoice, it just happnened. What the hell difference does it make to you anyway?

Do don't choice to be and you just don't decide to be gay! Boy are wrong! You sound prejudice against gays! When it comes to gay rights, gays shouls have the same rights as straight people! They should be able to be married if they choose! I work with a gay man and he knows must gays want the change to be on their partners health plan! To alot of gays that is more important then being able to marry! I hope President is able to get congress to come up with health reform so people like you can stop saying you are being discrimminated because you aren't gay! Give me a break! YOU ARE BORN GAY! YOU JUST DON'T WAKE ONE DAY AND SAY YOU ARE GAY OR CHOOSE TO BE GAY! So are so wrong! So get off your high horse and stop whinnying and realize you aren't the only one in your situation! I don't feel sorry for you and stop complaining!

I know im gonna get flack for this being a male but i dont mind seeing 2 women kiss or hug thats their thing that's the way their raised and if it goes farther than that fine, but dont subject me to seeing 2 guy's swap spit, please. i really dont care if your gay or not, ya wanna get married you have my blessings, but guys keep it in "your bars please". AND IF YA WANNA BE A WOMAN, CLIP IT OFF, TUCK IT IN IF YA WANT BUT PLEASE NOT IN FRONT OF THE KIDS THEY HAVE ENOUGH TO SORT OUT. Now if being gay is generic, so be it, and if when growing up you find yourself attracted to men, fine, NOT IN FRONT OF THE KIDS. I cant comment on gay men haveing kids thru surrogate mothers but as i say kids now-adays have enough problems and worries. think about them and not yourselves. after losing a kidney to cancer and other problems that arised the STATE OF GEORGIA, USA, TOLD ME I COULD CRAWL IN DRAGGING AN OXYGEN BOTTLE AND THEIR NOT HELPING WELL F=THEM , IM NOW IN FLORIDA WHERE THEY TREAT PEOPLE WITH PROBLEMS WITH DIGNITY, AND RESPECT.

Guys seriously. This is a vent. Yeah, gays are genetic and all. but did you even read the post? He has a disability. Is anything else as bad as this? yeah gay ppl are wronged, but is it really the time to discuss tha?. I am sorry. As much as I say I can understand your pain, i can't. i can't even give you the usual "It will be okay" words. but i agree you have problems and i feel sad for you. i seriously hope you find a better job and can do something about your leg. I don't know what more to say

Sorry, but I absolutely do not believe gay people choose to be gay any more than I chose to be female or my friend Enna chose to be black. Homosexuality is almost certainly genetic.

I have to say that this discussion is so unfair to gays. They should get to have the same rights as us straight people. Plus I have to say that they did not choose to be gay. Also even if they did get to choose they deserved to be loved just like the rest of us. I do not get why some people think that they get to have the right to be god and decide who should be loved and who should not be loved just because they are not straight or that they should not be respected. I think that people need to suck it up and realize that all people deserve to love and be loved whether they are gay,black,chinesse,white and whatever else people are racist and such against. It's time that this world becomes one because soon it will be us against the world when it comes to trying to stay alive with how the economy is going. I will say that yes there should be other topics that needs to be issued too but I think that gay rights should be handled too. As for minimum wage, I hate to say it you are not the only one with the problem. It is all over the place. It is something we need to suck up and deal with. Well as for the disabilty they can only help the people that really could use the money, because both you and your wife works I will say that you should not get disability because of your problem now what I will say is that yes there should be some kind of help to get people like you on medical for free cause I will say that it is hard for my family to keep our medical but we do cause we have children. Crying on t.v will not help you get disabilty nor will it solve anything. Again I have too say that GAYS did not choose to be this way just like you did not choose to be disable. God had set in his mind for people to be the way we are. There is this saying and I want you to think long and hard about it before you complain about your rights and the gays rights. God ONLY gave us what we can handle. Please think about that before you come here to complain about gays and your disablity. Happy Mylotting

the fact that you think that gay rights are crap says a lot about you. i am sure that there were and still are people like you who think that rights for black people and women are crap. well thankfully that was not a deterrant for the rest of the populace because thanks to them as a black woman i have rights. for the record i do not think that people choose to become that which is persecuted and not tolerated by others and that which deprives them of their rights.so you might want to check your intel with regard to gay people. and as someone who is discriminated against i find your attitude shocking, you know what it is like yet here you are spouting these statements. you are entitled to your opinion this is true, but here is a little bit of advice, if you are looking for sympathy for your cause, and you put down other downtrodden individuals then well some would be less inclined to hear you out or to help you. i would have thought that you would feel some sort of solidarity with the discriminated against. granted gay rights have made the papers and that issue is getting a lot of air time, well here is the thing, if you would like to effect change then you have to put a little work into it. i am sure you know through history that getting equal rights whether it is the right to sit in the front of the bus or to vote, well there were people out there who worked really hard to get their message out, if not for harvey milk and his kind gay rights would not be where they are now. what i am basically trying to say is the reason why this is a hot topic and not disability is because no one has really gone out there and taken this issue under their wing, and given it a lot of air time. maybe if you do go on tv and piss and cry and moan some little thing will be done but hey, the public would have to like you, and well if you are not sympathetic to other causes i doubt that they will, well maybe the anti-gay coalitio or some such nonsense would welcome you with open arms. i'm tryin to be sympathetic to you but i have found some of your statements to be offensive and ignorant. i am not saying this to be mean but it is just a fact.that is how you are coming off. if you want your situation to change, find out how the other minorities and discriminated groups did it, you have the internet at your disposal too something that was not there back in the day for the other movements. go online and find others like you, who share your plight and see if together you can come up with some course of action because sometimes all it takes is one person. you might be that person. you issues is important however, issues and sh*t is relative right, what is a breeze for one person might be a herculean effort for another, bear that in mind. the gay issue is no less important than the disability issue because they are both human rights issues. discrimination should not be allowed, whether it is because of your race, color, creed, religious affiliation or whether you are able bodied or not. i have a friend who lost her leg to cancer, i have seen how people look at her and sometimes see the pity there and it makes me mad because to me she is sometimes even more able bodied than i am. should you decide to make something of what i have said and need a hand, you can count me in i will help you in any way that i can. good luck.

homophobics are doubtless in denial about their own sexuality! you're on my friends list goldeneagle but that was a really silly post. oh dear you're probably going to remove me now...

Excuse if this sounds disrespectful, golden, but i just can´t contain my state of shock...this has got to be one of the most abnoxious, or should i simply say dumb discussions i have ever seen in mylot. Well, it is certain that i´m new here but still...i dare to say that this is definitelly the most acephalous discussions i have ever seen here... 1 - it´s not a question of choice, it´s genetics. 2 - everyone has the right to stand up for their rights, and to be preserverant about that...and you should know better, if you don´t, then learn with gay community and fight FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES. 3 - gay community worldwide didn´t offend you (as you are doing) nor did they put you on the situation you are. 4 - being bitter isn´t going to solve your problems, instead, it´s only going to make you look ridiculous while you do nothing to change your situation. 5 - instead of complaining yourself, blaming homossexuals and making acephalous posts, you should do what every politically active minded gay is doing, STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS, man! 6 - everyone has problems, you are not special, don´t make people look at you as if you were a poor man, or you will look one day at the mirror and you will in deed see a poor man... Peace

One more thing, i really hope, for the sake of your mind, that this discussion has been made to gain "popularity", thus, making some more bucks... Peace

I don't believe, in most cases, that they choose this life style. Take a look at some of these people...woman usually have no female qualities, and appear rather male like, and men usually have all the female qualities, with not much masculine touches. Some of these people are born this way, so I don't believe this is just a choice for them. Some are truly suffering inside, feeling like somebody other than what their body dictates. It is unfair to say that they all chose this life style! Therefore it is not surprising that they are eager to be accepted in this world, and if it means bringing it out in the open, so more people will be aware of them, then so be it! The jews have done it, the blacks have done it...they all had a right to bring their issues to the forefront of the people, because they were very misunderstood. However, I do agree that it can be overbearing at times, and I wish we could solve the issues alot quicker, so we wouldn't have to be hearing about it for the next 100 years.

gay rights are important to gay people, and they do get a pretty tough time so fighting back is a way of dealing with it. i know some gay people that have had an awful time growing up, if they want to campaign for marriage and the like then what exactly is wrong with doing that? life is much easier for straight people but i don't think it's a matter of choice