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I MYSELF support gay rights and think if you are gay, that is fine, but I would never praise or congratulate someone who comes out publically as gay/lesbian. A friend of mine came out on Facebook and he got all kinds of congratulations, which I found very odd. He accomplished nothing, did not win anything, so I don't get it.
* While he did get lots of congrats on Facebook a number of his friends dumped him passive aggressively.
I MYSELF support gay rights and think if you are gay, that is fine, but I would never praise or congratulate someone who comes out publically as gay/lesbian. A friend of mine came out on Facebook and he got all kinds of congratulations, which I found very odd. He accomplished nothing, did not win anything, so I don't get it.
* While he did get lots of congrats on Facebook a number of his friends dumped him passive aggressively.
People tend to congratulate those who show courage and overcome adversity to achieve a goal. In this case, the goal is self-acceptance (coming out of the closet), the adversity would be a clueless society, the courage would be required to deal with the clueless society.
As I am accepting of homosexuals, it would stand to reason that my friends do, too, because I do not hang around with bigots and homophobes. So they would say what I say, "Cool! Congrats on coming out."
It's ridiculous that this is even a question in this day and age.
Men: How would your group of male buddies respond if someone in your bowling or football drinking group comes out gay?
Women: If you have a group of close friends who you do girl things with and one of them comes out as a lesbian, how would your group respond?
(I am not asking how you would respond but your friends.)
OP, why do you care how my friends would react but not me? It's silly that you put this caveat on your question. It boggles the mind, really - you want me to speak on how I think my friends would react, but not how I know I would react?
People tend to congratulate those who show courage and overcome adversity to achieve a goal. In this case, the goal is self-acceptance (coming out of the closet), the adversity would be a clueless society, the courage would be required to deal with the clueless society.
As I am accepting of homosexuals, it would stand to reason that my friends do, too, because I do not hang around with bigots and homophobes. So they would say what I say, "Cool! Congrats on coming out."
It's ridiculous that this is even a question in this day and age.
OP, why do you care how my friends would react but not me? It's silly that you put this caveat on your question. It boggles the mind, really - you want me to speak on how I think my friends would react, but not how I know I would react?
You need a hobby, OP.
Because I know from experience that most people on this board would say how open and accepting they are. The question deals with the acceptance someone who comes out is going to experience from a group of friends, not you.
I wouldn't congratulate either. I wouldn't congratulate a friend who had just started dating someone of the opposite sex either.. I mean since when is who someone chooses to date and sleep with worthy of anything other than a "ok.." Lol. People make such a huge deal out of gay/lesbian couples or relationships and its just so PC to me.
In terms of how my other friends would react. It would be a mixed bag. Some wouldn't give two s**** and would wonder why it was being made this big thing, others might be disgusted and might even act weird and put distance... No one would say "yay! I'm proud of you" though.
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