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Originally Posted by Guest
This article pretty much confirms what I feel, not only about the Villages, but the nation as a whole.
It is, nor ever was, about the gay lifestyle; that is a personal choice to be respected.
It IS about the politics that the Democratic Party has attached to it.
It is a POLITICAL movement that is abrasive, confrontational, arrogant, and full of names and labels to attach to people.
If you could remove that element, everyone would be happier.
Actually, with few exceptions, I feel the same way about race issues. The Democratic Party has set back a lot of progress by the preaching to people who get it, and labeling groups of people in such aggressive arrogant ways.
They seem to want that confrontation instead of talking
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I had a very similar reaction to this thread as you. When I first read the title - Same Sex Couples Welcome in The Villages - my first reaction was "and why wouldn't they be?" As you said, it has been the politicizing of all of this that has made it so ugly, as politics often does. Treating each other as individuals deserving of respect despite our differences, is when things will change. Government intervention will not bring people together as acceptance, tolerance, and love cannot be legislated. No heart matter can be. What I think some of the people in the groups you point out in your post do not understand is that a person doesn't have to agree with them to care about them. Even my best friends and family members have beliefs that I don't agree with or characteristics that I may not like, and vice versa I'm sure, but that doesn't mean I don't care for or like THEM as a person. Too many people today are willing to give up their own personal identity to identify with a group mentality. As a result, I believe logical, open minded thinking begins to go out the window as the agenda becomes more important than the individual.