[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Chaos

It says a lot, doesn't it? It's the classic 'its okay to hate christians because they all hate gays but if you hate muslims (even though some kill) you're awful'...

Myself, I don't give a rats ass about either, but this whole internet mentality about being able to hate some things, but it being totally wrong to hate another, really, really pisses me off. That's not equality. I hate and love everyone equally. If someone does something awful, it makes me mad.

And also, unpopular opinion here, but so what if they refused a gay couple? For one, who the F goes to a pizza place for a wedding, two, they can always find somewhere else, and 3, you cant force EVERYONE to like and accept gay people. There are places in the world where it's still illegal to be gay. Places where it's still acceptable to stone people to death for being gay.

I don't know, but when I hear about things like this, I kind of just roll my eyes. So what if they refused someone for being gay? Worse things happen in the world. What I think people need to realise is that you can't force people to accept things. It's just not right. And while I do agree that it's sad that they refused to cater for this gay couple, I also think they should be allowed their own opinions.

Anyway, I'm sorry for the rant. It's just something that is very important to me. One of my best friends was the first ever boy to come out as gay at our school. There was over 1,300 of us at that school. It's one of the bravest things I've ever seen. And one thing he said to me will honestly stick with me for life and not a lot of people think like this. He said 'I can't force people to accept me. A lot of people think being gay is wrong, but I'm okay with that. Not everyone can love me.'

I was only 16 when he told me this, but I actually teared up.

I just wish people realised that you can get homophobic muslims, homophobic christians, racist white people, racist black people, etc etc. It's not just ALL under one roof.

Live and let live, I say. Perhaps one day, the couple who own the pizza parlour will see the light and allow people to get married. But the way to do that, isn't to force them and give them hate. It's to accept their opinions and try to educate them. This is something I am very passionate about.