Posted on 04/16/2007 11:10:30 AM PDT by DogByte6RER
Gay rodeo shows South Florida how West was fun
By Elizabeth Baier
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
April 15, 2007
Davie -- They wore Wrangler jeans and Stetson hats. Some sported decorative belt buckles to boast of former rodeo triumphs.
But at Saturday's Sunshine Stampede, some of the spectators and participants also waved a symbol not typically associated with rodeos -- the rainbow flag.
What's a gay rodeo without a little color?
Thousands of people converged on the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds for the state's second gay rodeo, hosted by the Florida Gay Rodeo Association. The Florida group is one of the newest members of the International Gay Rodeo Association, which has more than 4,500 members in 33 associations throughout the United States and Canada.
The amateur association was established to promote gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Western lifestyles, not necessarily to be a statement against traditional rodeos, according to organizers.
Throughout the day, about 120 contestants, gay and straight, competed in classic rodeo events, like calf roping and bull riding, and more offbeat contests, like goat dressing and steer decorating. They will continue the competition today, with hopes of winning a belt buckle, the rodeo's grand prize, and accumulating points toward the national championship.
Roberto Lopez and Roy Faircloth, of Fort Lauderdale, competed Saturday for the second time in the goat-dressing contest. The two worked to get a pair of white jockey-style underwear over a goat's rear hooves.
"It's just fun," said Lopez, 35. "We feel accepted here, like everyone is a comrade."
Jason Smith likened the ambience of the event to a country song. The 40-year-old Fort Lauderdale resident sat in the bleachers with friends Jim Durhan and Larry Gureski, also of Fort Lauderdale.
"There's so much emotion and passion," Smith said. "It's about regular, down-to-earth people, doing what they love."
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In a straight rodeo the fans yell, "Rider that sucker".
This is unacceptable as a reply.
YOU don’t talk to ME that way.
Must be gay ... they get all emotional when told their life style choice is hideous.
While on this earth it is the OBLIGATION of a follower to state being “gay” is unnatural and an abomination. Christ has the final say.
“I know Him quite well, thank you very much. But just out of curiosity, your God isn’t also the ones the Muslims talk about, is He?”
If you did know the Judeo Christian God, you wouldn’t be defending the Muslim god. Apparently muslims have nop trouble endorsing SAME sex activities.
Not me. Just one of my best friends. My son's godfather, in fact.
You aren’t very familiar with Biblical history, are you...
Cow pokes.
“You aren’t very familiar with Biblical history, are you...”
The problem is I am too “familiar” with Biblical history. What amazes me is the Biblical ignornace, by choice, that is the norm.
That’s awful.
Homosexuality is spiritual cancer consuming all who engage in it.
“Not me. Just one of my best friends. My son’s godfather, in fact.”
You do KNOW that the “gay” population outdoes itself in percentage of same sex child molestation? Oh, you don’t want ot hear that. You truly want to believe that same sex, sex is perfectly normal and any homosexual will use AGE as the boundary line for their perversion.
How silly. You must not care about your son to put him at risk like that ... what a pity. I don’t let my kids NEAR let alone access to a pervert.
How silly. You must not care about your son to put him at risk like that ... what a pity. I don’t let my kids NEAR let alone access to a pervert.
And you should know that statistics do not define an individual. My friend hates NAMBLA and other gay child molesters more than you do. Not only does he despise such people for what they to, but also for how they hand idiots like you a talking point.
As for how I care about my child, quite a lot, thank you.
“And you should know that statistics do not define an individual. My friend hates NAMBLA and other gay child molesters more than you do. Not only does he despise such people for what they to, but also for how they hand idiots like you a talking point.”
INDIVIDUALS make up stats.
LOL!
If he truly despised what NAMBLA is then WHY does he engage in the SAME activies as an ADULT? The perverted sex is the same whether it involves a child or an adult?
You’re as confused as your “friend”. Your son is in dangerous company with you and your “friend”. You know allot of people like to use their “friend” as the cover for their own issue. I suspect the same is true here. You make less and less sense as you go on. YOur best bet is to stop here and go back in the closet.
“As for how I care about my child, quite a lot, thank you.”
Sure you do!
Letting your “son” have a male homosexual as a “Godfather” no less! Yes, it says ALLOT about YOU and how YOU care about your “son”. This “friend” is probably your “partner”.
I don’t care to discuss you or your “friend” or you sorted personal life any further.
I direct you and your “friend” to
http://www.exodusglobalalliance.org/testimoniess17.php
They can help you and your “friend” get through the emotional issues that turned your “friend” to homosexuality. Then your “friend” could have his own children and a FEMALE wife - not a male pretending to be a “wife”. Your son should NEVER be subjected to males pretending to be females and males having sex with other males. The bottom line is, you don’t care.
By that logic all adult male heterosexuals are also into little girls. There is a significant difference between an adult and child.
In any case the friend is someone who helped be through a time when I was suicidally depressed. Without ever making a pass at me, I note.
Wow.... and here you are, thinking my friend is my "partner," and so on and so on. I'll tell you what, if anyone is dependent on gay men for sexual pleasure, it think it's you... You sure seem to be getting of on your rant.
As for my "sorted personal life," I try to use the Dewey Decimal System.
Well, I think your lifestyle choice is hideous. You come across as a shrill, holier-than-thou harridan who lashes out at the homosexual community in an effort to suppress any same-sex urges you might have. You are ignorant and hateful, and not afraid to let everyone in earshot know it.
I would very much doubt you would even recognize a gay person (other than the extreme group who want to show off the agenda).
So how would you know?
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