Gay? Princeton doesn't want you.

[cdover]

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If a gay person owns the place, he or she has the right to allow or disallow anyone he or she chooses.</p>

<p>Same goes for a straight person.

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<p>Okay, so, indeed, A straight person who privately own a place can kick out a gay couple. That doesn’t give the right for ANY straight person in the establishment to kick out the couple JUST BECAUSE the owner is straight. It should be the owner’s decision alone. Being of the same sexual orientation as the owner doesn’t give them the right to control it.</p>

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Dear Cdover - flaming is not helpful.</p>

<p>I don’t particularly want to see overt sexuality, gay or straight. Shoving gayness in people’s face is as offensive has having someone shove their gross “guess which hoe I laid last night” antics. The phrase “get a room” applies. </p>

<p>If college is a preparation for adult life, then discretion, a key to adult success, has a place in college. On the job coworkers don’t want your sexual orientation shoved in their faces. No one is looking to deny you right to sexual orientation; folk are simply requesting mature discretion in the area of sexual display.

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<p>Right. That goes for me too. If the couple were kicked out for showing too much affection in public, then that’s alright. But if the couple were kicked out because they were openly gay (the SAME WAY others are openly straight) then, to me, that’s not alright.</p>

<p>I don’t think people realize how openly straight society is. When gay people do slight things that others do (like holding hands) there’s always the risk of being harrassed - be it verbally or physically.</p>

<p>I am gay and I live in a country where homosexuality is illegal. Of course, I’m not familiar with what the community is like in Princeton, but I can tell you from experience that being attacked because of who you are IS NOT COOL. On top of that, I have to hear others defend their prejudiced thinking and their discriminatory actions.</p>