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Offline Jeff G

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Hatefull sign in my yard
« on: May 30, 2008, 04:52:25 pm »
 Jay Love for Congress ,  This political billboard is in my front yard and its as big as a pickup truck .
I useally think of myself as a tolerant person but that was challenged when I saw the TV commercial that goes along with the political advertisement in my front yard . He looks like a dumb version of Gomer Pyle and promises to bring conservative Christian values back to washington with him along with a determination to stand up to the liberals who are trying to pass laws allowing gay marrage .

It gets worse .... I live on my stepdads property and Jay Love is his niece's husband , My stepdad knows this is offensive to me and refuses to let me take it down so if I knock the damn sign down there will be no doubt who was behind it .

So I'm sitting looking out of my window at a homophobic billboard with steam coming out my ears , but I'm tolerant .   

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Re: Hatefull sign in my yard
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2008, 04:56:24 pm »
Get a can of spray paiint and change the "J" to a "G" and you will have Gay Love for Congress  ;)
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Re: Hatefull sign in my yard
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2008, 05:01:56 pm »
Quote from: dgr20002 on May 30, 2008, 04:56:24 pm
Get a can of spray paiint and change the "J" to a "G" and you will have Gay Love for Congress  ;)

Now that's a good idea.. :D

JG..you are a better person than I am I can't tolerate people like that....but most importantly you are a better person than the rest of them.

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Re: Hatefull sign in my yard
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2008, 05:02:53 pm »
Quote from: dgr20002 on May 30, 2008, 04:56:24 pm
Get a can of spray paiint and change the "J" to a "G" and you will have Gay Love for Congress  ;)

Thats a really a good idea ... and funny as hell .

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Re: Hatefull sign in my yard
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2008, 05:07:12 pm »
My inclination is to leave the sign alone . I truly do believe that Dinosaurs with Ideas like Jay Love's are only a generation from extinction and requires no effort on my part .
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Re: Hatefull sign in my yard
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2008, 05:44:49 pm »
 Update ... I just visited Jay Love's campaign web site and emailed him a polite message about how I feel as a gay man with his sign in my yard . I told that in the interest of tolerance  I was going to live with his sign even though I disagreed with it and found it offensive .

I also told him I am a proud gay man that happens to be the stepson of his wife's uncle .
I feel all better now , regardless of what I wrote earlier , doing something or at least having my say made me feel a little better.   
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Re: Hatefull sign in my yard
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2008, 05:50:16 pm »
I must be missing something here. Why do you have to tolerate a sign in your yard that obviously offends you so much? Isn't it your yard?

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Re: Hatefull sign in my yard
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2008, 05:55:27 pm »
 No Matty , the property I live on belongs to my mom and stepdad . I asked if I could remove it and they said no .
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Re: Hatefull sign in my yard
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2008, 06:04:03 pm »
Ah.

God fearing types eh? I was gonna suggest you put up a sign saying "Every time you see a rainbow God's having gay sex" but they probably won't cotton to that either.

Only one thing you can do then dear. Vote Demon-crat. :)

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Re: Hatefull sign in my yard
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2008, 06:12:43 pm »
 LOL . that would give em all a stroke if they saw that sign . 
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Re: Hatefull sign in my yard
« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2008, 06:21:03 pm »
Quote from: jg1962 on May 30, 2008, 06:12:43 pm
LOL . that would give em all a stroke if they saw that sign . 

Can't believe I'm saying this out loud..but it would be worth it... ;D

BTW...I don't mean your Mum or Stepdad.

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Re: Hatefull sign in my yard
« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2008, 06:24:13 pm »
Or you can go all UberWicked . . . .


MtD :)
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Re: Hatefull sign in my yard
« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2008, 08:03:18 pm »
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Re: Hatefull sign in my yard
« Reply #13 on: May 31, 2008, 12:03:26 am »
Why not put up a gay pride flag beside it? I do like the J to G thing......if you won't do it, tell us where it is....I'll be right over :D
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Re: Hatefull sign in my yard
« Reply #14 on: May 31, 2008, 07:56:23 am »
I'm sorry you have to put up with this, Jeff.  I love the changing the J to a G thing.  And of course the Damned One's postings; those would really show 'em. 

I admire your attitude of how you handled it also.  I wouldn't be able to do this and would probably have made life hell for the person who owned my property.  Hang in there, baby.
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Re: Hatefull sign in my yard
« Reply #15 on: May 31, 2008, 08:01:07 am »
I've gotta million of 'em. . . .


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Re: Hatefull sign in my yard
« Reply #16 on: May 31, 2008, 09:35:41 am »
 Thanks Betty . ..I wish my printer was working,I sure love all of Matty's political posters .
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Re: Hatefull sign in my yard
« Reply #17 on: May 31, 2008, 09:49:57 am »
Quote from: dgr20002 on May 30, 2008, 04:56:24 pm
Get a can of spray paiint and change the "J" to a "G" and you will have Gay Love for Congress  ;)

Now THAT was funny!  :D Thanks for the morning chuckle.
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Re: Hatefull sign in my yard
« Reply #18 on: June 01, 2008, 03:45:59 am »

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