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Old 06-17-2008, 03:22 PM   #92
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Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale View Post


I wish gay people would understand that the hostility they get in places like Alberta comes from what is perceived to be a blatant attack on something fundamentally important to the majority of the local population. By that I mean this marriage debate, and not the anatomical details of homosexual's sex life.
This is incredibly not true. Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual and Transgendered (GLBT) people have been ridiculed and the subject of hate and hate crimes for longer than the marriage "issue" has been around.

In fact, with the recent hate crimes statistics that came out, the percentage of violent hate crimes against any group was highest in the GLBT community...I highly doubt that has to do with the marriage debate and more to do with bigotry and homophobia.
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