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niyad

(113,770 posts) Wed Feb 26, 2014, 11:16 AM Feb 2014

how are they going to know?? how are these business owners, etc, going to know who is gay? [View all]

are members of the lgbtq community going to have to register, and wear the double triangle on their clothing? or do they think their gaydar is so highly tuned that they can "tell"?? I go out with my friends, some of whom are gay, some are not--we are a pretty mixed (strange??) group. how exactly would that work? because, as bte pointed out in another thread about his mother, I would probably be the one going across the counter if one of my friends were refused service. of course, if that insane piece of hate legislation passes, I will not set foot in az--not even for the quartzite powwow!

has the southern poverty law center added the arizona and georgia legislatures to their list of hate groups yet?

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how are they going to know?? how are these business owners, etc, going to know who is gay? [View all] niyad Feb 2014 OP

true it would have to be they think it is self enforcing treestar Feb 2014 #1

"Proof of heterosexuality" certificates? "Are you gay" questionaires? Zambero Feb 2014 #2

can you just hear a geoge carlin riff on this insanity? niyad Feb 2014 #3

I can see it now--an entire new job-creating industry devoted to producing the triangles, niyad Feb 2014 #5

Not much different than the yellow stars in Germany during WWII. Skidmore Feb 2014 #35

I think this is all ginned up because of the certainty that MineralMan Feb 2014 #4

the fact that they feel comfortable doing this--and getting more and more vocal about their hatred, niyad Feb 2014 #7

It worries me, too. Somehow, though, I feel like MineralMan Feb 2014 #8

Excellent! FLyellowdog Feb 2014 #38

I have met people who had what I perceived were LGBT stereotypes... LynneSin Feb 2014 #6

And many many people are not 100% straight or 100% gay, it's not a light switch! Many RKP5637 Feb 2014 #11

I think in general everyone is bisexual - whether one defines themself as gay or straight LynneSin Feb 2014 #22

And that, is a very mature way of looking at all of this! RKP5637 Feb 2014 #25

Kyrsten Sinema is the Representative from AZ ChazII Feb 2014 #32

Yeah, the "gaydar"... pipi_k Feb 2014 #23

many businesses are serving couples hfojvt Feb 2014 #37

Can tattoos on the forehead be the next step? And, this assumes people are 100% straight or RKP5637 Feb 2014 #9

I keep thinking of "the handmaid's tale". for some reason, az came to mind while I was reading it niyad Feb 2014 #10

God will tell them? GAYDAR? Adrahil Feb 2014 #12

Yes, I saw a pink triangle over their head as they walked into my store, it was a vision RKP5637 Feb 2014 #27

I was wondering the same thing. MadrasT Feb 2014 #13

there was an episode of "all in the family" where there were two guys, one of whom was big, strong, niyad Feb 2014 #17

Yep, and that's what happens when the populace elects 7th graders into political office! And, RKP5637 Feb 2014 #28

I think all LGBTs and their allies theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #14

oh, I like that!! where can I order them?? niyad Feb 2014 #18

Isn't there an app for that? jsr Feb 2014 #15

if not today--by tomorrow, surely! niyad Feb 2014 #20

Found one: jsr Feb 2014 #26

now all I need is a smart phone! niyad Feb 2014 #36

How about RF chips and scanners? Coyotl Feb 2014 #16

They can't define it, but they know it when they see it....... socialist_n_TN Feb 2014 #19

That's what I didn't get BKH70041 Feb 2014 #21

I actually went out to Arizona to visit my best friend a while back. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #24

Exactly. madaboutharry Feb 2014 #29

How are LGBTQ people gonna know who is homophobic? hfojvt Feb 2014 #30

Because it's a public accommodation issue. Gormy Cuss Feb 2014 #33

so if, for example, hfojvt Feb 2014 #39

The market can't solve the problem when the law ignores it. Gormy Cuss Feb 2014 #40

I agree BKH70041 Feb 2014 #42

It covers way more than gay people Bandit Feb 2014 #31

This is of course another hole in thier "thinking process" geckosfeet Feb 2014 #34

I will not set foot in az today because of their persecution of mexicians. Sunlei Feb 2014 #41

. . niyad Feb 2014 #43