I can see why gay are popular in my area

[Xavier_Onassis]

Marriage is what the married couple make it.

I do not think that everyone should be married, or that it is any sort of state that should be considered a social mandate.

[Plane]

Marriage is what the married couple make it.

I do not think that everyone should be married, or that it is any sort of state that should be considered a social mandate.

No social mandate?

Gays are certainly going to be disappointed , the social approval was the point of it all to them.

[kimba1]

I do not think marraige has been thought obsolete at all. I tend to think it got abused too much. The very foundation of family laws exploit it. People marry less because of it.

I actually know a coworker who actually faked a pregnancy to get married. I've yet heard such a scenario ended well.

[Xavier_Onassis]

Gay people have NEVER claimed that all people should be married: they have claimed that all people that wish to be married should have that right.

By social mandate, I mean something like the Mormon and Amish, who preach that all people should be married to fulfill the demands of the church.

No government that I know of does this, and none should.

[Plane]

  Of course they never claimed that all should be married.

But they do want the state stamp of approval on their homosexuality.

That is the mandate I speak of , but for real, I expect a lot of disappointment to be expressed.

[kimba1]

It did get disappointment but as time went on folks notice how much crime and litter gays has caused in the neighborhood and adjusted thier opinion.

[Plane]

It did get disappointment but as time went on folks notice how much crime and litter gays has caused in the neighborhood and adjusted thier opinion.

I didn't know that gay people being sloppy was part of the problem.

[kimba1]

I meant it as joke.
In all these talks about gays the one stereotype thier known for is improving the neighborhood they live in. the castro  in san francisco is the gay district and its the cleanest most trendiest place in town. Ethnic group tend to get some crime related stereotype. But gays don't get that tag.

[Xavier_Onassis]

In Miami, gays are accused most often of gentrifying formerly rundown neighborhoods.
Fancy mansions near the bay were converted into rather squalid tiny apartments, and the neighborhood became famous for crime and such.
Gays bought the mansions and restored them, and were accused of depriving the poor of affordable housing.
Mansions that sold for $60K were restored and now are listed at $400K and up.

The areas where gay owners predominate in Miami are not at all run down or seedy. But I don't think that a majority of gays are homeowners.

Key West is so gentrified that even very small houses are selling for a million. There are almost no affordable places where the hotel and restaurant workers can afford. 

[kimba1]

gentrification is the worst kind of minority/ethnic/creed group around