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Irrespective if he was gay or straight cookie, he sounds like a thoroughly repulsive maggot, your better off without him.
BTW not all us guys in Brighton came from the Alf Garnett school of charm:)

I thought these rather "sad jokes" went out with the likes of Jim Davidson, Gary Bushell and Bernard Manning.:rolleyes:

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Maybe someone wants to ask this nancy boy pansy what he thinks*

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugb...sh/8421956.stm

*Not me obviously. I like my head still attached to my shoulders and not removed and shoved somewhere unpleasant

On a wider note will this lead to more footballers and rugby players coming out? The only one I can think of before this is Justin Fashanu.

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Good on him. He's worn the Red Dragon with pride.

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Good om Gareth Thomas for comming out and being more at peace with himself. :)

It just so happens there is an all gay rugby team, playing in the same league as my old rugby team. I've been told they get tanked every game, but haven't heard of them getting any grief otherwise.... Ofc, being rugby players we aren't PC, so I'm sure they do get a bit of freindly banter thrown their way. Then again, if you cant take a bit of a slagging, then rugby really isn't the game for you. :p:

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Really sick views of Uganda there, however I will say gay people in my eyes are just people like everyone, I hate it when a gay person shouts up about been gay so what your a person why shout about it, its your choice not everone needs to know.

Been gay isn't that special you have to annouce it to everyone, people these days minus a few are fine with it and see it as normal.

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Only those footballers with their money made and invested and at the end of their careers..with nothing to lose in coming out.The FA and such are such dinosaurs on anything that isn't money related.

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But then everyone doesn't need an engagement ring shoved in thier face by someone who's just got engaged but people do it to enforce the fact that they're entering a marraige..

Being proud of a fact is one thing, trying to enforce your view on others is something else entirely and that's what I don't agree..

If you're gay then it's you who are gay and not everyone around you, same with geting married, religion, morales, ethics...etc...

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It's a good thing that people are more willing to declare their sexuality nowadays. I have an Uncle who is gay but remains firmly "in the closet". He's had the same partner for over 30 years but still can't bring himself to come out. It's his decision but I'd prefer if he was open. As it is we have to tiptoe round the sexuality thing and it makes it awkward at times. For example at family occasions we can't include his partner in invites although it's probably the person he's closest to. We do try to get round by suggesting he bring his "friend" along to drive so he can have a drink, but it's all a bit contrived.

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Whilst I agree with your comments, I was pointing out from my view people have accpeted gay people and now they are classed as normal (which I agree they are) so why shout about it I am straight and I don't go round shouting it out, nor do famous people, there is no need.

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So how many gay people do you think go round shouting I AM GAY!!! or for that matter "I'M THE ONLY GAY IN THE VILLAGE" ;)

I gave the engagement ring example as in the end it is exactly the same behaviour.. It's reaffirming the fact that someone is sexually attracted to someone else... Some people are like this others are not, but it's hardly purely a gay thing ;)

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I don't know of many Engagement Pride marches.

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True but there are many carnivals/festivities the world over which celebrates marriage, religion and even death.. The weirdest I heard of was for sex workers in 2001

As I said it's not just a gay thing ;)

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Again, I don't remember seeing any engagement or marriage 'pride' marches or carnivals.

I just don't get it. OK there are still prejudices against gays today but surely the world is a lot more tolerant and respectful towards them than it was say 20 years ago. Granted there are still cases of gay-bashing but in general the world seems to have moved on somewhat from the 'Alf Garnett' types of the 70s.

I really don't see why I should have someone's sexuality paraded in front of me. Whatever we get up to behind closed doors surely should stay behind closed doors.

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Russ, your selection of the single fact of 'prides' is very acute to the subject especially when I'm simply trying to point out that sexuality is like anything else celebrated around the world just as much around the world by hetrosexual people as well as gay people..


Even so just because you haven't seen a hetrosexual pride march it doesn't mean to say they don't exist :rolleyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwW8UfGBR48

As for Marraige prides they tend to be mixed gay and hetro, pity though everyone just remembers it because there's a load of Gay people in it :cry:

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But 'Gay Pride' marches seems to be greater in number than any other sort of public celebration of someone's life. I don't see why someone sexuality has to be such a factor anymore.