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Employing irony in the marriage debate Outside the State House, there are many more gay rights protesters than anti-gay marriage demonstrators. One of the anti-gay marriage proponents, Susie Hicks from Woburn, said this was because everyone thinks gay marriage is a "done deal." She was at the State House with her friend Angela Mitchell, also from Woburn. Mitchell held a sign that read WE WANT THE BAY STATE NOT THE GAY STATE, THAT WOULD MEAN A SAD STATE. Her sign was in sharp contrast to some of those held by gay marriage supporters that focus on gays who've made history such as Leonardo da Vinci, Alan Turing, who invented the computer, and Katherine Lee Bates, who wrote "America the Beautiful." The sign focusing on Turning, for example, reads: DESTROY THE COMPUTER! IT'S A HOMOSEXUAL INVENTION BY ALAN TURING. WHO CARES IF HE CRACKED THE GERMAN ENIGMA CODE AND WON WORLD WAR II. IT'S A HOMO'S DEVIL MACHINE. Tom Lang of Manchester by the Sea held one of the signs -- which have taken some viewers a few moments to figure out. "We're trying to show how important gay people are to the American culture," Lang explained. "We're not mental. We're not immoral. But we're important to society and interwoven into the tapestry of America."

— reported by Deirdre Fulton

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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

--i never knew what the sexual orientation was of the code breaker.  a gay man can be a threat -but in adifferent way.   an  example...i popped into myspace- one fills out a spam code to send.  well im getting all kinds of sexyladies imploring me to....  be spammed. 

the gaything-  i viewed is having the wiring reversed in the brain. i know alot of progress has been made.  but  not  to long ago i had 2 men in suits grill me. they seem to  think i have a gf.   im thinkin   didnt you pull  the file?    i  did not disclose my sexuality- simply cos i did not want to worry any action was homophobic.

ild be lost in a straight bar- all the signals.  ild accidently unknowingly  --signal- and it would start an arguament, i simply dont know that world. 

the gay world is vicious. looks are eveyrthing., everything is a 1 nighr...if you even GET the overnight!

i guess keeping to myself  is best.  last night i seen the movie semper fi. -it got me thinking  of how my late dad told me i was a disgrace to the family name, not fit to eat on the floor- and get out w/in 6mos. [ dating at 17, a 31 yr old biker druggie 6'5'' dude] well this year a gay guy died 35- his parents knew-  but they never talked and it is unfortionate. oh- on my dad- he did not kick me out- he remodlled the house so my space was bigger..... tho he was sad that his oldest went arye. my grandfather would not speakto me for 20 years.  he said cocksuckers arent welcome in this town.  but in his own way- he appreciated my wisdom. we both attended the family reunion- a huge break  thru. mom said  i was a gentleman.   tho we did not speak- i think we would have at the next one.  he opned a letter to my grandmother and read it- thats how he found out.  - i regret the years i could have learned from him- i truly do.   he would ask per family issues "what does roger think"... ild ask "what does grampa think"- each knowing we were on the same page!  im not sure if i was passed the patriark torch or not. tho my opinions are relevent. funny thing is his antigay pushed the others to accept me.  where as if he was nutreal it would not of.