So, a local news station posted something about the virtual pride event which is happening this weekend and I foolishly thought, surely no one is going to get all riled up over an event they don't even have to worry about accidentally encountering on the streets...
Next is Jeremy, just one of the many "love the sinner, hate the sin" contributors. I'll let Jeremy represent them all here. Just know, there are more than one.
Joining the virtual parade is Mandi, who wanted to take this opportunity to complain that it's "OK" to have protests and "riots" in person, but we have to do our gay sinning online (note there are also multiple of these). I hope Mandi is a straight, but it's unclear.
Next up, I will like Michael stand-in for the many, many people who chimed in just to say that God isn't happy with your virtual Pride event.
Sadly, Barry is not the first, nor only person to make a comment about "straight pride," but he gets the honor of representing Straight Pride on this thread.
Donald claims to be OK with the gays, but demands to know WHY we need a parade. He also made a bunch of comments calling it a group therapy session.
Sadly I must leave you with the people who randomly showed up to do racism, because the OP deleted their post.
So, in summary, for those of you who are in camp, "omg homophobia is over, why do these whiners need special events," this is why. Because they can't even announce a virtual Pride event, without having to take down the post because of hundreds of people showing up to tell
us that we are going to hell, unnatural, mentally ill, etc etc btw, there are no protections for LGBTQ people in Arkansas when it comes to healthcare, employment, housing etc They even put it into our constitution that cities can't try to protect us and they only let us get
married because the SC said so. Being LGBT in a red state is having to defend your right to even exist at every corner and for no reason better than "OMG the news told me about this thing that doesn't affect me at all."
I spoke too soon, the post is still there, they just deleted some threads, so here's a person who gets an award for being particularly incomprehensible...
I'm pleased to see that Satan is being conscientious about not spreading COVID by making his event virtual this year.
Brenda is angry that the hateful intolerant left has not been welcoming of "Christians" showing up to tell us we are going to hell on a post that has nothing to do with them.
Jordan is one of a handful of people who claim to be Trump supporters who are down with the gays. I appreciate the sentiment, but you can't claim to support LGBTQ people and then vote for someone who enacts policies that hurt us.
Not content to be merely homophobic, James also needed to take a shot at people with "mental defects."