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Originally Posted by Irish Rover
Why not go to South Beach or Key West where you know you will be accepted. You are getting all the politically correct responses on this site for obvious reasons. You wouldn't be asking this question if you weren't a bit worried. The Villages is a very conservative area, and if you read these posts regularly you'll find all is rosey until someone is actually confronted with a problem.
Think about it.
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Sal already stated why he wasn't interested in Key West, South Beach or the myriad other gay communities. The reality is that the majority of TVers would accept Sal and his partner. There are some who won't. There are some who will give lip service to being accepting and then do their best to undermine those not "acceptable."
I do believe the majority of TOTVers will accept a gay couple -- as a group, they're younger than the majority presently residing in TV. However, as I stated previously, older members of TV have come to accept gays and other peoples they once felt were unacceptable -- mainly because of their grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
I did find Sal's use of "breeder" somewhst offensive but I've heard it enough from gay friends to leave it for a private conversation. But I truly resent Rover's comments that Sal and his partner would not be accepted because they are gay. I love Gracie but I don't wear her rose-colored glasses. I see the good and bad of TV. Non-acceptance of someone because of sexual orientation is not one of TV's foibles.