Mayor backs "setasides" for gay owned businesses (Chicago: buy, high school)

[Champion Willis]

I like the idea. It allows for gays to get back to a level playing field after being set back socially and economically after slavery.... Errr wait.

Well thats the only plausible reason I can agree with affirmative action. Sexual orientation might lead to persecution but it is often the kind of thing that you can hide unlike race or religious beliefs back in the day. There was no concentration camp for gays or explotation to build railroads and what have you. Granted there was a general resentment along with stereotypes and miseducation but that hardly warrants an advantage in the business world

And it isn't like the majority of gays are in stuck in poverty stricken areas or in prison. I think gays are doing pretty good on the whole already (no pun intended)

[Tenzo]

Home income statistics shows that gay housholds make more than the average household income.

28% of Gay and Lesbian households have income greater than $50000 per year. This represents a greater household income versus the average US household

So things are not equal.

[At1WithNature]

Gays don't last as long as straight couples do so those numbers are constantly in flux.

[surlycue]

Originally Posted by At1WithNature

Gays don't last as long as straight couples do so those numbers are constantly in flux.

Citation please? Every gay couple I know has been together for ages. My uncle has been with his partner for 39 years.

Gays/Lesbians in their 20s DO NOT = All Gays and Lesbians.

[At1WithNature]

surlycue, are gays not known for being promiscuous? They are all about sex and they flaunt it. Even in their parades. They are known for getting around the block, that's why they have more STD's than straight people do plus that is why many conservative gays get upset at all of these young, promiscuous gays giving them a bad name by sleeping around and proving the stereotypes correct.

[Tenzo]

Originally Posted by At1WithNature

surlycue, are gays not known for being promiscuous? They are all about sex and they flaunt it. Even in their parades. They are known for getting around the block, that's why they have more STD's than straight people do plus that is why many conservative gays get upset at all of these young, promiscuous gays giving them a bad name by sleeping around and proving the stereotypes correct.

No more than I was in college.
All I thought about was drinking and women.
Wonder I ever got any studying done

[ajolotl]

Originally Posted by At1WithNature

surlycue, are gays not known for being promiscuous? They are all about sex and they flaunt it. Even in their parades. They are known for getting around the block, that's why they have more STD's than straight people do plus that is why many conservative gays get upset at all of these young, promiscuous gays giving them a bad name by sleeping around and proving the stereotypes correct.

This argument falls firmly in the anecdotal category. It might be true but it's equally likely that your experience is too limited to make such a determination. I've known many gay couples and couldn't say for sure what the proportions of promiscuous vs. conservative are and how that compares to a typical college dude. Maybe the flamboyant ones are just more visible. Or maybe you're right. Who the hell knows. This is just your hypothesis.

[Irishtom29]

Men are more promiscuous than women.

[ajolotl]

But women are more promiscuous than most people realize. A lot of MysaaTxes out there.

[Lookout Kid]

I live in a building with a lot of gay men, and almost all of them are in stable relationships that have gone on for years. All of them are in the 30s-50s range in terms of age, though. Buena Park is a little bit older than Lake View.