tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586487509647066453.post1542808694522896675..comments2023-07-09T04:20:57.660-07:00Comments on This Goes To 11: O' Reilly has a pair...Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07020740150849916283noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586487509647066453.post-20571871361156727202007-07-13T21:03:00.000-07:002007-07-13T21:03:00.000-07:00It sounds like my family's experience wasn't impac...It sounds like my family's experience wasn't impacted as much as others'. Apart from my dad's concern over how much "gayness" would be on display, and people yelling insults against gays outside the park, both my husband and daughter had the overall sense that it was a typical visit to the Padres.<BR/><BR/>I wasn't there but it seems that we so often get a sensationalized version of events from the media that it's not hard for me to picture it being a minor blip as far as life experiences go. I have to observe that my husband is an artist and we used to live on the edge of Hillcrest so I'm commenting with some experience behind my words. <BR/><BR/>I read the other day that there's a Simpson's episode where some gay people are staging a gay pride parade, yelling, "We're here, we're queer--deal with it!" and Lisa Simpson says, "We know! We know! You do this every year!"Jouleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287681712018676346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586487509647066453.post-86370335091598920062007-07-12T21:35:00.000-07:002007-07-12T21:35:00.000-07:00Well...it might have been for your 16-year old dau...Well...it might have been for your 16-year old daughter.<BR/><BR/>But for those sitting in sections 301-311, it was anything but. Were the signs and the displays of same-sex affection necessary?<BR/><BR/>The "boycott" was unneccesary. It drew more attention to the gay agenda, and the "boycotters" were portrayed as intolerant bigots by the local media.Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07020740150849916283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586487509647066453.post-4127066965509306972007-07-12T18:09:00.000-07:002007-07-12T18:09:00.000-07:00My husband thought that whole thing was blown out ...My husband thought that whole thing was blown out of proportion. My dad, (a retired Navy chaplain ordained in the Assemblies of God denomination), was concerned after buying the tickets for his son-in-law and grandkids and hearing that the Padres were having Gay Pride night. He wondered how much of a "gay pride" event it was going to be. My husband said it was NOT being billed as Gay Pride night and that it would be like any other night at the ballpark. <BR/><BR/>Except for what my 16-year-old daughter described as, "a bunch of maniacs screaming at us outside the stadium, 'Do you know what they're doing to your children? They're pedophiles!'" and other gems of wisdom, it was like any other night at the ballpark.Jouleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287681712018676346noreply@blogger.com