Rainbows

@MsTickle (25180)
Australia
January 23, 2021 8:17pm CST
My granddaughter was looking for suggestions for a theme for her daughter's 3rd birthday. I suggested a rainbow theme. My granddaughter looked at me and said, "Granny, rainbows are the logo for gay pride. I don't think it would be appropriate." I was a bit shocked, not by the logo but the concept itself. I was not sure what to reply. What do you all think?
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@kaylachan (71762)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Jan 21
Wow, just wow. I wish I could say 'I can't believe'.... but I can. Children usually don't have any filters. I honestly don't know hat to say. However, I do feel this would be a good time to talk to her about inclusivity. It's better that she understand this now.
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
24 Jan 21
Who? My granddaughter or nearly 3 year old great granddaughter?
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• United Kingdom
27 Jan 21
@MsTickle Yes, but who is the greater? Your granddaughter, who I am sure is great, or your great granddaughter?
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
27 Jan 21
@rebelann (112966)
• El Paso, Texas
24 Jan 21
Unfortunately a lot of ordinary things we grew up loving have become political banners of one kind or another. Remember when we could say gay and it would mean happy?
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
24 Jan 21
Yes indeed, I still have a problem with that.
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@rebelann (112966)
• El Paso, Texas
24 Jan 21
Yes, me too @MsTickle this younger generation would wonder at a sentence I once read in a book when I was still in school "as the girls skipped gayly about the town" So many words have different meanings these days and now they added images that were once just about nature and nothing more.
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
24 Jan 21
I know that this is what rainbow has become, the logo of gay pride.
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
24 Jan 21
Yes, it's sad and also confusing. It is for me anyway.
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@LadyDuck (472074)
• Switzerland
24 Jan 21
@MsTickle I fully agree that it is sad, rainbows are so beautiful, it is a shame they have become the gay pride symbol.
@RasmaSandra (80736)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Jan 21
She knows more than I do. In that case how about a theme about the Disney princesses?
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
24 Jan 21
Thanks but an alternative was not really the point.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
27 Jan 21
Your granddaughter is right. Symbol for gay pride is rainbow. I just found that out too. What does your granddaughter like that would make her delighted for her birthday theme?
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
27 Jan 21
For her daughter's birthday theme? I really don't know. I imagine she will come up with something. Her daughter loves sharks. Go figure.
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
29 Jan 21
@oahuwriter I would just like her to know that she can be anything she wants.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
28 Jan 21
@MsTickle Maybe she'll be a marine biologist.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
27 Jan 21
Times are certainly changing.
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
28 Jan 21
Yes they certainly are.
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@Orson_Kart (6842)
• United Kingdom
27 Jan 21
Actually I think the rainbow is the symbol for the LGBTQIA+ community, but please don't ask me what each initial stands for. I just wish people would invent new words and symbols instead of causing confusion and possible upset, especially amongst the older generation who may only be aware of the old meanings. "No milk today My love has gone away, The company was gay, We turned night into day"
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
27 Jan 21
I love that song; a golden oldie.
@jstory07 (139974)
• Roseburg, Oregon
24 Jan 21
She is a smart kid for only being three.
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
24 Jan 21
What do you mean? My great granddaughter is smart but I was speaking with her Mum.
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@GooglePlus (3830)
27 Jan 21
She is 3 year old and She knows so many things than me here I didn't knew Gay has logo of rainbow. Things are changing with generation
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
27 Jan 21
As you say, my great granddaughter is (nearly) 3 but it is her mother, my granddaughter who knows about the world. Things are always changing. Sometimes for good, sometimes not so good. Sometimes things are changed unnecessarily and we don't get a say in it.
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@Rashnag (30592)
• Surat, India
25 Jan 21
I have heard that for the first time. It's so sad that people are so judgemental about everything and associates nature with what they think. I feel nature should be left alone.
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