Study: Gays, lesbians in better financial shape
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A new study on the financial health of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community finds that, as a group and compared with the general U.S. population, it has higher median and household incomes, better pay parity between men and women, higher employment and more spending money.
The study, “The LGBT Financial Experience,”was conducted by Prudential, which surveyed 1,401 LGBT individuals across the country aged 25 to 68 in August.
Prudential, which along with other financial services providers clearly sees the LGBT community as a growing market, says it conducted the “baseline study” to gauge the group’s financial prowess amid the country’s economic challenges.
“The research findings are eye opening and dispel common perceptions. While we found people to be largely optimistic about the future, the LGBT community, like most Americans, was affected by the recession and is very concerned about being able to retire,” the study says.
The LGBT community is in much better financial shape than the general population. Here are a few of the study’s highlights:
* While gay men earn more than lesbians ($49,900 versus $43,500 median income), which reflects what’s happening in the general population, the pay disparity isn’t the same. Among those employed full-time, lesbians earn 84 percent of what gay men earn, compared with the 77 percent female-to-male ratio among the total population.
* The median household income for the LGBT community is $61,500, compared with $50,000 for the general population. Although gay men report earning more than lesbians individually, lesbian households have higher income ($63,700 vs. $62,300) because they are more likely to have dual incomes.
* Seven percent define themselves as “unemployed and looking for work, compared with the U.S. unemployment rate of 7.9 percent. Lesbians have the lowest unemployment rate at 5 percent and transgender people have the highest at 12 percent.
* The study also found that the LGBT community on average carried about $4,000 less in debt and had $6,000 more in household savings.
* Because many dual households were without children, the LGBT community also had a lot of extra money to spend on dining out, entertainment and travel. About 40 percent of gay men and 25 percent of lesbians spend more than $500 a month on such discretionary items.
A CNN Money report on the study points out that studies conducted by the Census Bureau and Experian, the credit reporting agency, also have come up with similar conclusions but a Gallup poll of more than 120,000 adults in the summer found that LGBT individuals “tend to have lower incomes and to be less educated than the general population.”
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86 comments Add your comment
nofreecheese
December 6th, 2012
12:24 pm
All this study has done is confirm a favorable stereotype. Gays have always been “urban pioneers”; where the settle property values and neighborhoods are sure to improve. It helps that they don’t have to worry about schools–as much.
Ms. Information
December 6th, 2012
12:33 pm
And they complain about discrimination? Please.
fairshare
December 6th, 2012
12:34 pm
So when does the LGBT community give up their fair share to the hetero community? It is not fair that the make and save more than the rest of the population.
gatorboy62
December 6th, 2012
12:42 pm
the irony is the Obama healthcare and taxes increases will hit them harder….
Big Al
December 6th, 2012
12:43 pm
It’s nothing but a lifestyle choice. Nobody made them gay.
Just sayin'
December 6th, 2012
12:51 pm
Hard to believe we conduct financial, employment and wealth surveys based specifically what people do behind bedroom doors. Why not investigate and categorize people’s finances/wealth based on birth control preferences too? Tomorrow’s headline: ‘Condom users thrive, save more in current recession’
david c
December 6th, 2012
12:51 pm
You are partially right Big Al. They were born, not made, Gay.
k483
December 6th, 2012
12:52 pm
that’s interesting…..are they implying saying that you can be too poor to be gay?
Me
December 6th, 2012
12:53 pm
Hit em hard on taxes Obama! Take that money, they voted for you! LOL!
ND
December 6th, 2012
12:53 pm
Can we stop comparing them to the black civil rights movement now?
Me
December 6th, 2012
12:57 pm
david c
So does that mean if a child molester is born that way, its ok too? Same logic. They say there is no cure for molesters because they were born that way. Sound familiar? So whats next? Bestiality?
blkshepherd
December 6th, 2012
12:59 pm
I was just counting the Minutes before Obama name came into the topic. Some of you people need a Life BAD. OBAMA is not the Alpha and Omega folks! He is not the begining and the end. His NAME does not have to be in EVERY TOPIC HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLO!
randy
December 6th, 2012
12:59 pm
And still no tax breaks for long-term relationships.. while a straight person can marry a hooker on the corner and get breaks that day. nice.
joja boi
December 6th, 2012
1:06 pm
They have the opportunity to work hard and play harder…no pun intended, but seriously most LGBT don’t have children to support (and no, dogs don’t count) so they can focus on career and the successes that bring. Working longer hours taking fewer vay-k days and such.and because they probably felt ostracized growing up were probably able to focus more on school or develop thicker skin as a result .. Just an educated guess…
Me
December 6th, 2012
1:11 pm
blkshepherd
George Bush made me do it.
Steve
December 6th, 2012
1:14 pm
As a gay man with no kids, I pay taxes continuously to put your children through school. I don’t get any marriage tax credits or deductions, and I can’t marry, and adoption is very expensive for us. Let’s be clear here.
Sparkle666
December 6th, 2012
1:14 pm
I got to give it to the AJC commetariat, at least you people are predictable. This post is about the income disparity between homo/heterosexual households. Wheather or not homosexuality is a choice in only tangentially related to this article. The fact that the anti-gay folks would use this particular post as a platform to desseminate their anti-gay message speaks volumes as to their intelligence and maturity.
In case anybody is actually interested in a topical comment: I find it interesting that income parity for gays and lesbians is less than that for straights. It wonder if it has to do with lesbians being percieved as more masculine than their straight counterparts. And if that is true, why don’t gay me make less than straigt men because they are viewed as more feminine?
Cane
December 6th, 2012
1:14 pm
Actually, Big Al was right…and babies do not come from the womb as gay members of society. It’s a choice.
Kjohn
December 6th, 2012
1:18 pm
Too ME. Some people are born gay some people are born strait But everybody has a choice too be ignorant or no too be ignorant
And ME on child molestation an beastiality we would luv too know if u were born that way or is that just something you chose
Kenali
December 6th, 2012
1:21 pm
If you take a look at the group you will see that they will get their education. Gays will always look to get a job any job-just as long as they are working. Look at their neighborhood, they will do anything and everything to improve their house and community. This effort will pay dividends when you go and sell your house. One thing I know is that they will put their financial house in order to get what they want.
Smarter than most, apparently
December 6th, 2012
1:24 pm
Wow, the fear and insecurity dripping from these hateful posts would be hilarious if it weren’t so pathetic and sad. Clearly you people don’t know any gay people….oh wait, you do (everyone does) but you are such bigots that they don’t feel comfortable being honest to you without fear of judgement and hatred. How Christian of you….
Kjohn
December 6th, 2012
1:25 pm
Big al. An cane. Since its a choice. When did you decide too be straight. And was it a hard decision for u guys
Ain't that desparate
December 6th, 2012
1:26 pm
Funny how folks who are not gay seem to “know” homosexuality is a choice and not a biological condition.
Lantanta
December 6th, 2012
1:31 pm
Ahhh, I fondly remember the day I chose to be a hetrosexual. Don’t you?
Reality
December 6th, 2012
1:33 pm
Of course, this means that heterosexuality is a choice, right? If you believe that homosexuality is a choice, then the other must be true.
So, continuing the logic here, does this really mean that you can CHOSE to have a sexual relationship with someone of the same sex and be satisfied? Really? LOL!
Ain't that desparate
December 6th, 2012
1:34 pm
Even if being gay is a choice (and I don’t think it is), it is a choice between two consenting adults and none of mine nor anyone else’s business.
Just gotta wonder with all the other things in the world to worry about, why some folks get their knickers in such a twist?
If the right-wingers need to do something to feel Godly, why not volunteer at a soup kitchen or hospital?
In other words, kwiturbitchin and go DO something to make someone’s life a little less miserable.
James
December 6th, 2012
1:35 pm
I’d imagine the major factor in this is based on the lack of having children. That’ll free up your income. The study should compare the LGBT community to never-married and no-child single heterosexual men and women if it wants to make a better comparison. It’s well known that when a family is being raised, the income and goal structure changes significantly from that of a single person, so the study isn’t really comparing apples to apples.
J
December 6th, 2012
1:38 pm
I guess they should pay a higher tax rate then?
CJ
December 6th, 2012
1:44 pm
The LGBT community doesn’t “have it good” as a lot of you are implying. Ever heard of imputed income? It’s the astronimical cost difference LGBT couples pay when covering a partner on their health insurance – that is – when that benefit is even offered by the employer.
And, because so many of you – yes you – treat LGBT people like second class citizens, it’s in our best interests to stockpile cash for a rainy day. Many have been outcast from their families and many will not have kids to help take care of them when they are old. Two things most heterosexual people take for granted.
IAM1RU2
December 6th, 2012
1:50 pm
Gay relations are between two consenting adults. A pedophile is a predator taking advantage of a child. Don’t confuse the two. I have no interest in sex with a child or an animal. While it may be that we are “born this way”, one is okay and the other is not because it involves unwilling or underage participants. And by the way, we have all been paying school taxes for your children for years, even though most of us do not have children. We increase the value of a neighborhood.
J
December 6th, 2012
1:50 pm
What a surprise, “Christians” are flocking here to pass judgment.
GreyJ
December 6th, 2012
1:51 pm
J,
We already do pay a higher income tax. Haven’t you heard of the “gay tax”? Unlike straight people, we have to pay taxes for putting our partner on our health insurance. We also can’t file as “married”, regardless of how long we’ve been together. If we give each other Christmas gifts, we have to be careful, as it may become subject to the Gift tax.
STOPTHEMADNESS
December 6th, 2012
1:54 pm
I’m with you @blksheperd…how sad it must be to wake up with ignorance and hatred on your heart EVERY SINGLE DAY…I almost feel bad for the pilgrims who can’t see past ignorance. But unlike being gay…being IGNORANT is a choice…you are not born with it…
SheeshLouise
December 6th, 2012
1:55 pm
A couple of things that immediately came to mind and eas confirmed by a couple of people on here.
They are less likely to have children and the household expense dynamics that go along with it, so not surprising at all.
The other thing is, I have heard much from the agenda about the rampant level of job descrimination and those things toward that community. However it just does not jibe with reality. I have GLB all around me on a daily basis doing quite well and always have. They are decision makers, running things. And yes, I have even seen the political networks that are employed by that community that can at least appear to show favor toward other GLBT. I just think we should be more honest in the discussion as a whole.
anonymous
December 6th, 2012
1:56 pm
Ohmygawd! Y’all’s so dumb!
Go back and read/study the first paragraph in the article peoples!
Wuz y’all all educated here in 50th-in-the-nation-in-education Georgia?
Ohmygawd! Y’all’s so dumb!
bc2012
December 6th, 2012
1:57 pm
Al/Cane,
How do you choose what or whom you’re attracted to?
Can you MAKE yourself attracted to whomever you want if they are the opposite sex?
1776
December 6th, 2012
2:03 pm
Tis because they (as other minorities) are the beneficiaries of affirmative action (quotas, etc.). Take away that factor, and these folks don’t have any financial edge.
papercut
December 6th, 2012
2:10 pm
Well duh. Maybe a few of them will adopt but generally they produce very few offspring. How about it parents? Do you think that’ll save you some money?
Gay sounds so clean, antiseptic almost, but don’t forget what they had in their mouth last night when you talk to one.
Susan
December 6th, 2012
2:11 pm
I don’t believe this story.
SheeshLouise
December 6th, 2012
2:11 pm
If i can just say this, because I see other people talking about this. I will speak for me. I remember growing up as a child, being 6,7,8… In had male buddies I played with, went to school with. I wasn’t interested in doing nothing but playing and doing what little boys do. I also had little girls around that I thought were “Yucky”. Wasn’t interested in them in any way other than to tease and poke fun at. I do remember though at one point as I approached my pre-teen years that began to change. While I still had my male friends who I mixed it up with as I always had, I began to feel differently toward the girls. my heart beat faster, breathing got heavier, stomach got butterfiles. Now I guess I could have gravitated toward my male friends and become attracted to them. I was not interested in that though. I liked the softness, sensitivity, beauty and curves of the female form. I guess you can say I “chose” the girls over the boys to be the focus of my intimate desires. *shrugs*
Dana
December 6th, 2012
2:13 pm
Really? For the people who claim that homosexuality is a choice. Here’s a question for you. When did YOU choose to be straight?
Dejay
December 6th, 2012
2:13 pm
Oh man, this is easier than Courtney Love on prom night. Well, maybe not that easy…
The reason why they make and have more $$$ than average is because most of them do not have any children to support. It’s a lot easier to focus on getting an advanced degree in a higher paying profession when you don’t have to worry about taking time off when Jr. gets the sniffles. And it’s much easier to build up the savings account when you don’t have to pay a premium to move into a house within a good school district or pay for Sally’s soccer registration.
It’s a matter of lifestyle choice, regardless of sexual preference. If you want to eat lobster tails, have actual $$$ in the bank, and take vacations in Paris, lay off on having kids. If you prefer to eat half-assed chicken fingers at Chuckie Cheese and have to save up every penny for a year for Disney cruises, have kids. Your choice…
TrishaDishawareagle
December 6th, 2012
2:16 pm
It’s easier to save money when you can share each others clothes..plus they get the gay bonus
david c
December 6th, 2012
2:17 pm
And Ugly Amerika has raised its empty head once again.
TrishaDishawareagle
December 6th, 2012
2:18 pm
Although..those blood tests can get expensioso..
Independent
December 6th, 2012
2:35 pm
the word Gay doesn’t sound so bad…. unless you’ve seen what 2 naked homosexual men do to each other ????
Spike
December 6th, 2012
2:51 pm
That is because they do not have children. It is easy to save money when you do not have more people to provide for. Plus, they do not have other tasks that people with children have to do so they can stay later and work more hours to get ahead instead of having to take their children to the doctor’s office or pick them up for day care, etc. I am not knocking the Gay Community, I am just pointing out the reasons why they have more money. I wonder how much this “study” cost.
Justin
December 6th, 2012
2:52 pm
Enter your comments here
NYCdudeInVa
December 6th, 2012
2:53 pm
WOW. The level of ignorance and the position to NOT erradicate it is proof positive here, that we as a “community” – that being AMERICA, have a long way to go. The unfortunate thing, is that only travesty (”911″) unifies US in the U.S. So unfortunate, given the wealth of intelligence, innovation and drive evident, that we continue to self sabotage.
VoiceOfReason
December 6th, 2012
2:56 pm
All of their money won’t make up for their sins.
James
December 6th, 2012
2:57 pm
Does anyone seriously think being gay is a choice? Why would one decide to be gay knowing you would have to fight twice as hard for anything in life? I work with a guy who was basically kicked out of his own family for being gay.
David Puddy
December 6th, 2012
2:58 pm
Can I be excused from reading such a useless piece of news? Please?
atlanta30324
December 6th, 2012
3:03 pm
Big Al nobody made us gay?
Tell me Big Al how did you choose and overcome not to be attacted to hot beefy guys? Please let the gay community know your secret!!!!
John
December 6th, 2012
3:09 pm
@ Voiceofreason… I feel sorry for your spouse in the bedroom.. I am sure the few times you concived to have childern was a joy. I am sure your other half is getting it on the side to make up for your pure Sinless life.
jvillebil
December 6th, 2012
3:17 pm
As born again believer, I don’t believe God intended for homesexuality to be an acceptable lifestyle in his world. With that said and done, I have know several homosexuals over the years and have actually had a few work for me. I have a nephew that practices the homosexual lifestyle and he is one of the most polite articulate, hard working young men I know and a pleasure to be around. Do I wish he was a homosexual? No but it is the lifestyle he chose and I still love him. I have found that most homosexuals are hard working, law abiding, want a better life for themselves and those around them and love the United States as much as I do. On the other hand I don’t want an in your face homosexual telling my children this is a normal lifestyle. I believe we should love everyone, whether they are a thief, a prostitute, a beggar, a liar or a homosexual. I try not to judge, but if you are taught that the bible is God’s word and truly believe it then you can’t accept it as a normal way of life. Would I be upset if a homosexual lived across the street or next door to me, No, I would treat them just as I would any of my other neighbors. We are never going to solve this argument, there will never be peace in the middle east between the Israelites and Palestines, there will never be 100% harmony between the blacks and the whites, there will never be consensus on abortion, will never be a day when the Democrats and the Republicans totally agree. But in the meanwhile I will try to do my best and love my neighbor even though I may not agree with him or her.
John
December 6th, 2012
3:25 pm
@jvillebil We need more people like you in this world to see the turning meaning of Love Thy Neighboir. Thanks you for the postive words and that there are Great people out there !
Leviticus
December 6th, 2012
3:25 pm
How dumb are the posters on here? The reason gays make more money is because they don’t have children? So how many of the posters on here have a prorated salary based on the number of children you have?
No wonder Georgia’s education system is 49th in the nation. It would be laughable if it wasn’t so sad.
Karma
December 6th, 2012
3:28 pm
Homosexuality is a genetic flaw. The reality is anyone with a college education of even a semester knows that many choose this lifestyle. Our selfish entitlement, anything goes society makes it less taboo. It has always been a numbers game to make them look and feel important to society. This silly survey justs inflates their egos even more.
Gays and lesbians cost our society more to to put up with their BS, entitlements and diseases. They end up paying more for their lifestyle in the end.
SheeshLouise
December 6th, 2012
3:28 pm
@James
I was a philanderer once. I made the choice to be so, even though I knew it might cause me tobecome shunned by my family and possibly lose it. I was once also a drug addict, and made the choice to be that as well. I knew it could cause my to lose my family, career, health and so many other things. Same thing with becoming a gambler, I made a choice to do that too. Were there things at risk like ridicule, ostracism, safety, etc? Yeah. But those were all risks worth taking in my eyes. Afterall, the philandering, gambling, drug abuse and many of the choices I made made me whole and feel like I was being me.They made me feel good. Now some might argue that I was “born” that way, that I have some sort of “genetic predisposition” to these “diseases”. The truth of the matter is… I chose to live those lifestyles. Hope that clears things up a bit.
John
December 6th, 2012
3:28 pm
@ Leviticus… Education starts at the home.. maybe we would not be in 49th place if we had some more educated parents here in GA. I think it would also educate the younger generations on the difference of people lifestyles.. Christian, Jewish, Islamic , Gay.. etc..
blkshepherd
December 6th, 2012
3:29 pm
@ Voice of Reason
Must be nice to be Sin-less. If you know the bible as you allege to claim, you would know there is a section where Jesus said” Judge not, lest you be judged” by the same measure you are judging you will be judged. Remove the speck out your own eye then you will see Clearly enough to remove it out someone else’s.
Kills me how you folks will imediately bring the bible in when it comes to gays. Yet how many of you married Everyone you had sex with? If you had sex with anyone and your not married to them..its called FORNICATION..last check..thats also a sin. A sin is a SIN. But oh my bad, I forgot. YOU are SINLESS.
Unless you are Jesus,
You are just as much a sinner and No better than any gay person.
God not only made Adam and Eve, he made STEVE, Larry, Curly, Moe, Sally, Sue Ann, Bobby Joe, Mary and Martha. He made ALL HUMANS. If you have an Issue with any of the humans God made. Take it up with GOD!
John
December 6th, 2012
3:31 pm
@ Karma and you think blacks choose their color of their skin when they are born ? Get your facts straight before running off at the mouth. I Am sure you are unaware of the highest cases of Aids is in Black female. So read up before you speak. Oh wait yet another uneducated GA Hetero.
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SheeshLouise
December 6th, 2012
3:50 pm
Come on let’s be honest John. Blacks are not given the choice of their skin when we are born. No different than a man not being given a choice to leave his TESTES in the womb, nor a woman her VAGINA. This is why for a man to become a woman he must be given estrogen treatment and a woman wishing to trangender is given TESTOSTERONE in hIgh. It is simple Science, and in those cases the alteration thereof. Truth be told, the only time you truly have a “bisexual” scientifically speaking is when in those rare cases a child is born intersexed, yes in which case scientifically speaking it is classified a medical abnormality.
John
December 6th, 2012
3:55 pm
@SheeshLouise .. That is my point for all those people that think being gay is “A CHOICE”. I dont think being gay is a choice and studys have been completed to prove this fact.
Tag
December 6th, 2012
4:17 pm
Any one who thinks that being gay is a choice and not how you’re born, probably believes that the world is 6,000 yrs old, dinosaur fossils where put here to confuse us and the moon is made of cheese.
SheeshLouise
December 6th, 2012
4:36 pm
That’s why this while debate is a lost cause. I actually am in the same vein as @jvillebil. I believe in “live and let live” as far as someone’s sexuality goes. However, in all the “love” put forth by jvillebil he or she STILL professes to believing homosexuality is a CHOICE. That in and of itself turns the LGBT community against jvillebil because he or she does not accept the WHOLE agenda. You can put out all the love you want, but if you so much as argue the choice thing you are a “homophobe”. That is what’s sad. Another stated that someone who believes sexuality is a choice probably believes the earth is only 6000 years old. In other words a bible thumper. Let me tell you that I am as socially liberal as most and believe in SCIENCE wholeheartedly, which is why I put science at the forefront in espousing my take on sexuality. Of course, I don’t walk in lockstep with the agenda, so there you go. I just believe in cutting the BS and being honest about things.
Gay Dawg
December 6th, 2012
4:39 pm
I personally don’t have alot of money but my partner Terry makes a lot of money as a UGA professor. Thousands and thousands of throbbing dollars.
Ron Burgundy
December 6th, 2012
4:40 pm
I have some gay neighbors and their house smells of leather bound books and rich mohogany. They are welcome in Burgundy’s world.
Karma
December 6th, 2012
4:42 pm
Dear John,
You can argue ad naseum and toss out as many empty insults as you want. Fact of the matter is you KNOW that the majority CHOOSE a homosexual lifestyle. Homosexuals do exist, but the sheer number of you prancing around on and taking over HGTV proves that it is a provocative, feel good, all about ME! lifestyle choice. Stop acting like you are a special segment of the population and stop recruiting to your merry band of misfits then maybe you might be accepted.
Again, you’ll need that extra money to pay for your lifestyle so enjoy it while it lasts.
Paul in Atlanta
December 6th, 2012
4:46 pm
Someone help me here. The article says that gays and lesbians have higher incomes on average. Comment after comment here suggests that this is because we don’t have children. Really, so when you have children does your boss reduce you salary? I think many of you aren’t very good at math. Having children would certainly increase your expenses, but it wouldn’t lower your income. Could that be the reason we earn more? Perhaps God mad us better at math.
I really loved the suggestion that we are receiving benefits of Affirmative Action. Really? Name one state where we’re recognized as a protected minority? Have you ever met anyone who attended college on a gay scholarship? Have you ever worked at a company with quotas on how many gay employees they were required to have?
It seems that some of your minds are so clouded with hatred that you can’t think clearly. For those of you who truly understand what it means to love your neighbor, all of your neighbors, not just the ones who are like you, thank you. You don’t get to chose your sexual orientation, but you can chose to be kind and loving.
Brian
December 6th, 2012
4:51 pm
The ignorance of Georgian’s KILL me!!! The comments have to be a joke, nobody can seriously believe some of the things posted.
Fag
December 6th, 2012
4:52 pm
If the gay gene has been found then why haven’t they fixed it? Why can’t we stop genetic defects that cause retardation and mitochondrial defects if the “homo” gene has been proven scientific fact? Why can’t we cure cancer?
Homos can argue till the ChickfilA cows come home and you are never going to convince the overwhelming majority of the World that most of you CHOOSE the gay and lesbian life.
Be happy and enjoy your extra money. Pride? Really?
SheeshLouise
December 6th, 2012
4:55 pm
@Paul
It would seem a reasonable request to ask that you see through some of TOUR OWN “RED” to these sections of the article (key to the over arching point) as well.
“* The study also found that the LGBT community on average carried about $4,000 less in debt and had $6,000 more in household savings.
* Because many dual households were without children, the LGBT community also had a lot of extra money to spend on dining out, entertainment and travel. About 40 percent of gay men and 25 percent of lesbians spend more than $500 a month on such discretionary items.”
You’re welcome.
jvillebil
December 6th, 2012
5:10 pm
@SheeshLoiuse = Just because you don’t agree with someone doesn’t mean you can’t love them or accept them. I don’t agree with everything my brother thinks, or my wife but that doesn’t mean I don’t love them. See I don’t believe you have to draw the line in the sand, because as you state, someone doesn’t accept the whole agenda. We both feel pain, have hopes, have loved ones, have goals and have dreams. But it doesn’t mean we can work together and live together. You’ll never convince me and I’ll never convince you. It is like that with my nephew and my wife’s best friends brother who she has known her whole life. When they are sick, we visit them, when they are in need we help, when it is a holiday we invite them into our home, we laugh with them, we have cried with them and stood beside them in good times and bad. Do I agree with their lifestyle, well as I stayed earlier, no, but don’t tell me I don’t love them. We both chose not to discuss with them their sexuality or them with us because we both understand we have different views. BUT I still love both of them. If my son or daughter entered into a lifestyle of homosexuality, I would agree with it, but then I wouldn’t love my children any less.
jvillebil
December 6th, 2012
5:12 pm
Sorry mean wouldn’t agree with my child’s lifestyle, but would still love them.
Gay Dawg
December 6th, 2012
5:26 pm
When I think of gay Gene I think of my friend Gene…whose gay. I also know a straight Gene.
silverchief
December 6th, 2012
5:40 pm
Wait till they get married :>)
UGA ECONOMICS MAJOR
December 6th, 2012
6:02 pm
such very hateful and very ignorant comments …gays have been here since the begining of time and the will be here till the end of time…get over it…and leave our great president of the UNITED STATES OUT OF EVERY TOPIC..WETHER LIVE AROUND GAYS then some straights they keep thier property up and make mine go up in value
Parts is Parts
December 6th, 2012
6:05 pm
4 Observations:
1. How can “LGBTs” earn more than straight people? I thought the mean Republicans were (cough) holding them down and preventing them from, well, everything.
2. What is with the fascination with looking under the hoods of people? Liberals love doing this–just another way to balkanize the American citizenry.
3. If I transform myself to a LGBT, can I expect a $11,500 increase in income? Perhaps Obama can use this as a way to boost the average take-home pay since it’s dropped $5k/yr. since he took office.
4. If you are a Prudential customer, doesn’t it warm your heart that this big company is expending funds to study “The LGBT Financial Experience”.
UGA ECONOMICS MAJOR
December 6th, 2012
6:09 pm
only in the south such ignorance and hatefullness but yet claim to be so christian….CANT WAIT TO RETIRE TO SEATTLE AND THE EDUCATED NORTHWEST!!!!!
Grace
December 6th, 2012
6:12 pm
Yep – no debt, we own our homes and vacation property, and have enough disposable income so that we’re comfortable. We make sizable charitable donations, support family members, and have a rich, full life. We worked hard and make smart choices. Life hasn’t always been easy, but you learn and make conscious choices. We’ve been together 25 years and hope and plan for many more. When we retire we won’t need to work. Sign me – Gay & Plenty Happy
james
December 6th, 2012
8:59 pm
And they do this in spite of the fact that they get no marriage benefits like tax deductions and family health insurance. They really have to pay more in taxes and for a lot of other things. Most of the gays in the area where I live, in Grant Park, take positions of leadership in the homeowners association, neighborhood development and seem to always want to come up with the website designs etc.. Maybe not having children really leaves them with a lot more energy.
james
December 6th, 2012
9:01 pm
Parts in parts: I think they do it in spite of the inequality in government tax breaks, insurance, etc..
Doug
December 7th, 2012
6:45 am
Now if we could just send them the bill for AIDS they would all be living under bridges!
Kjohn
December 7th, 2012
1:59 pm
What a bunch of dumbs:: Rednecks. Hey dougy.
The south rates 1st in obesity. Heart diesese premature deaths diabeties
This is because of fat rednecks like you Doug and your family members
Gays will always make more money than the inbred redneck of the south
Not because they don’t have children
But because the are educated
So all you good ol boys just stick too your chick fila an bible quotes
Cause their is a reason the the poorest states in the US are all in the south
Because of people like Doug. Leviticus an voice of reason