Veiled homophobia ... or not?

[ShakAttack]

Church wants "Gay Boulevard" name changed

San ANTONIO, Texas – What's in a name? A lot of your church sits on Gay Boulevard.

That’s the case for Second Baptist Church in San Antonio. Officials there want the name changed.

In order to do that, the church will pay a $500 application fee to the city to change the name and pay for about $800 worth of new street signs.

“First of all, Gay Street, that’s not a proper name because I’m, anti-gay,” said someone with the church.

“We get opposition, it’s the people that have an address on the street who have to change stationery or information they have. But there are no residents with the address of gay street right now, so that’s not an issue,” said Roderick Sanchez who is the Director of Development Services.

Church officials say this is not all about sexual preference.

They say that their facility has been in the neighborhood for 120 years and plans to open a community center down the road. A city park nearby already bears the church’s name. They want the street changed to Second Baptist Way.

The San Antonio City Council will vote on the name change proposal Thursday.

Courtesy: http://www.khou.com/news/state/stori....1e23aecd.html#

[Kace]

Maybe they can change it to Lesbian Street.

[Mr. Rugen]

I don't like corn, so I suffer from cornophobia.
I don't like Debra from Everybody Loves Raymond so I'm Debraphobic.
I don't agree with those that say the economy is doing well, so I'm econophobic.

[tater]

I don't like phobias...so I'm phobaphob.

Originally Posted by tater

I don't like phobias...so I'm phobaphob.

It's called the religious right, and they are often WRONG!!!!

[s'news]

It is, you know, kind of gay.

[Kace]

Being gay is the same as being a fictional character or a vegetable.

[FD2BLK]

Happy Street?

[Mr. Rugen]

Not liking something is the same as being afraid of it.

[Diplomat]

This is as asinine as the story I saw the other night about a small but vocal group of gay people upset about a Snickers commercial that aired in the UK.

I've seen many churches named after streets - "15th St. Baptist Church" or "Parkway Church of Christ." It's usually not the other way around, although there is a "Baptist World Center Drive" in Nashville. I think the BWC is the only thing on that street, though.

The church leaders pushing this are just dopey.

[Kace]

Not liking something is the same as being afraid of it.

Maybe, maybe not, but in that particular instance it's definetly bigotry.

[Kace]

Yeah, but...nobody was talking about gay people and Snickers.. :-/

[Mr. Rugen]

Wanting to control the way you are presented to the world is the same as bigotry.

[Kace]

Yeah, that whole respecting a human being thing's way overrated.

...Actually, it probably is.

[Mr. Rugen]

But it's not a human being, it's a street.

[Diplomat]

Originally Posted by Kace

Yeah, but...nobody was talking about gay people and Snickers.. :-/

I'm just pointing out that sometimes people overreact to stuff. You understand that. A lot of posters on this board do not.

[Kace]

Yeah, but at the same time you could've just made your point by simply saying, "that's dopey and people shouldn't overreact like that."

[Kace]

But it's not a human being, it's a street.

Yes, a street that's trying to control how it's presented.

All I know is that this will backfire on the Desperate Dems.

[Diplomat]

Originally Posted by Kace

Yeah, but at the same time you could've just made your point by simply saying, "that's dopey and people shouldn't overreact like that."

I used the comparison because it is valid and it is recent. A lot of gay people thought the Snickers ad was not offensive, just as a lot of people of faith don't get why a vocal few are upset over the street's name. The ones who made a stink, like the church leaders, are drawing a conclusion that simply is not there.

[Spike]

Originally Posted by Diplomat

I used the comparison because it is valid and it is recent. A lot of gay people thought the Snickers ad was not offensive, just as a lot of people of faith don't get why a vocal few are upset over the street's name. The ones who made a stink, like the church leaders, are drawing a conclusion that simply is not there.

In other words: "Gay people do it too!"

[Bandit]

Originally Posted by Mr. Rugen

Wanting to control the way you are presented to the world is the same as bigotry.

Good a reason as any why the church should back down then.

[Diplomat]

Originally Posted by Spike

In other words: "Gay people do it too!"

If that's what you are think, you are free to think that way. I didn't say that nor do I think it.

[Spike]

You're such a weasel.

Originally Posted by Diplomat

This is as asinine as the story I saw the other night about a small but vocal group of gay people upset about a Snickers commercial that aired in the UK.

"Gay people do it too!"

[Produce man]

The only thing that's gay is this thread.

[Bandit]

Actually, I did find these stories about the "controversy."

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=85f_1217993738

http://pageoneq.com/news/2008/gaystreet080608.html

Nothing to see here really. I think the person interviewed speaks for himself - and clearly does reflect an anti-gay sentiment.

But does he speak for the whole congregation or for the leadership of the church? Who knows?