[johnny]

Here's my two cents....personally i don't think gay pride parades are a smart thing to do. Gays have been struggling so hard and so long to get equal treatment and rights, and now that they more or less have accomplished that, manifestations like these will put them right back in a corner where they don't really wanna be, especially not in this day and age, where religeous zealots are preaching to drop gays off appartmentbuildings head first. Why come up with freakshows like parades, or worse....gay olympics? If i were gay, and a good athlete, i would definitely not want to participate in something like the gay olympics, but much rather in the real deal, where you can gain respect instead of disgust. I've been in Amsterdam prior to the first ever gay olympics, and bumping into guys sucking eachothers cocks right outside a bar in broad daylight isn't something i'd like to be reminded of, and has nothing to do with sportsmanship. I have pretty liberal views on a lot of things, but that's where i draw the line.

Being gay is fine and all, but i can't imagine why anyone would want to draw that kind of attention to themselves, especially not when there's still so many gayhating people outthere. This just fuels their cause and angers them even more.