Quote Originally Posted by DrBaldhead View Post
Not enough gays for a gay parade. This phrase alone gives me creeps.
I live in a small city with my parents and the largest building here is 10 stories tall - I think we have 3 buildings that tall but most of the buildings are really old, especially downtown. The most popular music is country music or classic rock - It's not easy to check out new music here but we do get one radio station that has it, yay! Oh, and the most popular sports are American football and rodeo.
Trust me, this isn't a city that gay people want to live in. We saw 2 gay dudes in a shop and when we walked in, they stopped talking and looked kinda worried. Now they keep talking in front of me but only if I'm alone.
My State is one of the most anti-gay states in America.
Did you see what happened at the gay parade in Russia? That happens a lot here but there aren't any gay parades.

Quote Originally Posted by John_Douglas View Post
Democracy is not the same as dictatorship by the majority. It is founded on the principle that everyone is equal before the law. The principle of majority rule does not supersede that. The majority cannot vote to deny the minority's human rights.

Also it's not about holding gay pride parades. It's about laws that specifically target a group of people for discrimination.
Wrong. That's not the definition of democracy.

THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY:
de·moc·ra·cy \di-ˈmä-krə-sē\ government by the people; especially : rule of the majority.

THE OXFORD DICTIONARY:
de·moc·ra·cy \di-ˈmä-krə-sē\ Control of an organization or group by the majority of its members.
From the French démocratie, from Late Latin dēmocratia, from Greek dēmokratia government by the people (As opposed to monarchy).
Democracy is NOT about equality. It's only about self government. The Constitution of the United States of America is NOT about equality. And it doesn't even mention equality.
The ONLY American political document that even discusses equality is the American Declaration of Independence.
Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome were also democracies. That type of government was invented in Ancient Greece but the people were NOT treated as equals.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Transcript of the Constitution of the United States - Official Text
Declaration of Independence - Text Transcript
History of democracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A lot of what I study is Military History. The American Revolution, the military campaigns of Alexander the Great, and the rise and fall of the Roman Empire are part of those studies.
Btw, if you read the U.S. Constiution, you will learn that a unanimous vote is NEVER required to pass a law - unless it's about an amendment to the Constitution.
Translation - All American laws were passed by the majority of the people, NOT by everybody. And a lot of those laws DO TARGET minorities for discrimination.
Some groups that American laws target: Nudists (indecent exposure), exhibitionists (sex in public), alcoholics (DUI), people attracted to animals (beastiality laws), Mormons (can only have 1 wife), etc etc etc etc.

Russia does not discriminate against gays and it doesn't oppress them either. Russia only discriminates against exhibitionism.
And btw, if the word "gay" was used a lot in that new law, then maybe it was because the heterosexuals weren't the people who were making all the drama about sex.