yarnandcats Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 (edited) so the one-man-one-woman state constitutional amendment has been declared unconstitutional and therefore struck down in my state meaning J and i can get married but when the vote for the amendment happened there were maybe three areas in our rather large southern state that were against the amendment everywhere else was for it now on "the facebook" a local news network keeps putting up (somewhat) dumbass purposefully provocative "polls" asking things like "magistrates in several counties" "have refused to marry same-sex couples" "on religious grounds. what do you think?" "should magistrates be allowed to refuse" "to marry same-sex couples" "if it goes against their personal beliefs?" and dumbass me has been reading the comments hundreds of comments on some posts thousands full of misspelled bad grammar bigoted outrage hate anger judgement i dunno J and i live quiet lives loving each other helping our friends family neighbors trying to do the right thing all those comments just so terrible Edited October 16, 2014 by yarnandcats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfly23 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Facebooks sucks, I make it a rule not to go where I am not appreciated, too many people love you to waste your time with narrow minded dick weeds.......just sayin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inabook Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I'm sorry, yarn. During the demonstrations against gay marriage in France, I would read through all the comments and it hurt so much. My moving to a more tolerant place also had to do with that. I hope one day it will get better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shesellsseashells Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Congratulations, yarn, I'm so pleased for you and J. gaining the opportunity to be married. Those people on Facebook are jerks: I'm sorry you're dealing with their foolishness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koa Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Thankfully, I don't think that the part of NC where you live is that bigoted. I think that the government doesn't have any business having their hands in anything to do with religion and government employees can quit if they don't like that. And facebook or youtube comments are cesspools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarnandcats Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 (edited) thanks, all ya'll i know better very much so than to read comments on posts like these on facebook koa J and i are close to the non-bigot-zone city you're prolly thinking of but not within its zipcode(s) Edited October 17, 2014 by yarnandcats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KateBeckett Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I think Internet comment sections are unusually full of bigots and jerks because they are too chicken to actually say what they think in real life. Two years ago Minnesota struck down a ban on gay marriage and Democrats got control of the state again so a year later we legalized gay marriage. I have not seen a lot of backlash over its legalization even though I live in a district that votes Republican (not as bad as Michele Bachmann's though). I don't see a lot of bigoted comments on my Facebook either, but 95% of my friends are liberals, so I generally don't see anything but that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remnants Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 People are disgusting. Maybe try to look at the comments on some 'pro marriage equality' fb groups. It's lovely to read them. Even responses to horrible people in the media, ect.'s comments. Even though theres a lot of hate, there's a lot of love too. Sending love and best wishes to you and your partner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarnandcats Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 thanks kate and remnants appreciate the support! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarn Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 I agree that people post hurtful things online that they wouldn't have the balls (hopefully) to say in real life - but it's still upsetting, because it's what people really think when they think there are no repercussions. I can only imagine how upsetting it is. I'm sorry. I'd try to focus on the positive, of you and J and the life you've built in your community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearhead Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 It's the damn bigots and extremists who take the fun out of religion for the rest of us. Have you ever looked up a product on Walmart's website and then read the comments about it? Talk about misspelled, agrammatical...sometimes people are just idjits, Yarn. And they like it that way. Marry your beloved and live your life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessamine Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 I can't stand that side of social media (actually there are a lot of sides of it I can't stand but that's another post). Try to ignore the narrow minded idiots who have nothing better to do than spout rubbish. Congratulations on the fact that you can now get married if you choose That part is great news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarnandcats Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 thanks, all ya'll! J read these comments too and she knows that we're loved/liked/supported here it means a lot to us both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mim Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 At least you can be married now. Congratulations! I hope that if you and J do get hitched, you have many happy years together. The internet unfortunately brings out the hate in people--or, in some cases, the troll. It's not as easy as just saying "ignore the hateful comments," because sometimes the curiosity is hard to resist (for me at least). And what has been seen cannot be unseen. I tend to avoid anything on any internet social media site that touches however remotely on trans* issues, because it just makes me feel like shit a lot of the time. Fortunately, as has been mentioned, there are also other places to go where you can find those who are supportive. I hope that your own Facebook friends, your real friends, are like that. Facebook can be a source of social support, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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