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I understand that he's not a citizen of the US. That's entirely my point. You are being extremely rude about someone who contributes a lot to a country that he is not even native to.
He is entitled to his opinion, being a gay man that cannot marry his long term American partner, and after reading the insults thrown at him on this board - if that's indicative of how Americans feel about him (that he should go back to England, for voicing his opinion) then perhaps he should and take all of his charity work with him.
With all due respect, unless you're Bill Gates, whatever you give/do for charity is nothing in comparison, and there would be a gaping hole in certain causes that help Americans if Elton John were to take his ball and go home, as some posters here have suggested.
And last time I looked, lawmakers DID consult you on what laws you could and couldn't change. Is that not what a proposition is for?
he's made a ton of money off this country as well. it cuts both ways.
gaping hole - there you go again, first we'd all be destitute without his big charity and now there'd be a gaping hole in our country , overdramatize much????
he gives more to charity than i do, but he's worth alot more, see, it cuts both ways again. And the charities he mostly gives to are gay-related things that have little to no bearing on my life.
he's made a ton of money off this country as well. it cuts both ways.
No it doesn't. He didn't have to give any of it back. Probably paid more in taxes than in one year than you have in your entire lifetime, which would have covered his obligations to the US.
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gaping hole - there you go again, first we'd all be destitute without his big charity and now there'd be a gaping hole in our country , overdramatize much????
I didn't say there would be a gaping hole in your country. I said there would be a gaping hole in certain of your country's causes. Comprehend much?
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he gives more to charity than i do, but he's worth alot more, see, it cuts both ways again. And the charities he mostly gives to are gay-related things that have little to no bearing on my life.
Again, didn't need to give any of it to charity, or to start any charities of his own. Nope. Could have just sat in England sucking money out of the US and painting his toenails.
And yeah, the Food Bank of NYC and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation are nothing if not gay-related.
That's why the 63-year-old gay singer said he took a stand last week during a performance at a private Beverly Hills fundraiser for the ongoing legal challenge to California's gay marriage ban. The outspoken British piano man, who became a parent to a baby boy on Christmas Day with partner David Furnish, added that "as I get older, I get more angry about it."
My issue is why he has to open his big fat mouth "during a performance". No different than hiring a plumber and having him stop his work and preaching to you on gay rights. You paid to hear him sing and not spout off during a performance with his opinion that means no more than aynone elses.
No it doesn't. He didn't have to give any of it back. Probably paid more in taxes than in one year than you have in your entire lifetime, which would have covered his obligations to the US.
I didn't say there would be a gaping hole in your country. I said there would be a gaping hole in certain of your country's causes. Comprehend much?
Again, didn't need to give any of it to charity, or to start any charities of his own. Nope. Could have just sat in England sucking money out of the US and painting his toenails.
And yeah, the Food Bank of NYC and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation are nothing if not gay-related.
My issue is why he has to open his big fat mouth "during a performance". No different than hiring a plumber and having him stop his work and preaching to you on gay rights. You paid to hear him sing and not spout off during a performance with his opinion that means no more than aynone elses.
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