[RoseofTexas]

Well, Miss Marple with all due respect, where will it end?? Give them an inch, and they'll take a mile! It's their business what they do in close doors, BUT when they want to shove their lifestyle on us...well, jump back!

[Miss Marple]

Whaht lifestyle are you talking about, Rose? If you are talking about pushing their relationships on us in public and asking for approval, I am all with you.

But if you are saying that a gay guy can't come on TV and tell me how to color coordinate my family room, you are wrong.

How do you know those guys are gay? Do they TELL you? No. You are just assuming they are because of their profession and their mannerisms.

When I was young, no one talked about homosexuality (and lest you think I am really old, I am talking about the late 50's and early 60's). I am certain that at least one gym teacher and two art teachers I had in those years were gay. But we didn't know about homosexuality, so we considered them odd and let it go at that.

People on "Trading Places" or "Designer's Challenge" aren't talking about their sexual orientation. They are simply giving decorating advice. (And I always pay attention, because I think they are usually a whole lot better at it than I am.)

[rikkir]

Please read my post 466. I agree none of us want to get involved in people's private sexual trysts, but to me it is becoming the same argument as " I support the troops, but not the war or the President". At some point we have to stand and say what is right is right, and what is wrong is wrong. Their implied behavior is as offensive as actually seeing it actually acted out on our TV screens.
UGH! This discussion is making me shudder. I just can't imagine anything sexy about a guy's ol' hairy butt. YUCK!

[BigSkyFreeper]

If someone offers you an smidgen of tolerance, take a cupful.