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In reply to the discussion: JC Penney hit a friggen gold mine [View all]rufus dog
(8,419 posts)I have an elderly Mother In Law who stated this in the 90's, maybe AIDs is God's retribution to Gays. After a moment of shock and trying to process where she would have heard such hateful nonsense, (either Rush or Robertson) I was finally able to say, how would you explain cancer.
Now she has moved out to Southern Cal, last year her goal was to get tickets to the Ellen show. I thought, maybe she hasn't put it together, although it seemed that Ellen was extremely open and I found it hard to believe a daily watcher wouldnt know. Then she commented that she knew Ellen was gay because she talked about it all the time, and darn if she still wasn't the most special person on TV.
So I think it finally hit their base, that these supposed evil people aren't evil. And even more eye opening, I think they begin to realize that some family members who visit, who they have known for their entire life, were gay. That cousin that lived on the farm across the street, who never married and was a solid member of society, except that for some strange reason always voted for Democrats, might have been gay.