I had a very, very old relative who lived way up in the mountains in NC.
I remember explaining to him that my cousin (a woman) was actually marrying a woman, and that wasn't just her roommate.
This man had absolutely no prior concept that such a thing existed, or was possible. His response: "well if she's happy, that sounds like a good thing".
It was so unfamiliar to him, that he hadn't been conditioned into thinking it was "sinful/wrong". That was his own response, the response of a quiet old mountain man thinking for himself.
This is the exact picture from the Facebook page of the man who posted this picture, because it’s his truck. Maybe you saw his post while you were Oklahoma, maybe you’re the OP, or maybe you’re just some person on the internet lying for meaningless internet points. Where’s my pitchfork.
The story the guy posted with it is wholesome. Here’s the quoted text since I assume direct linking to his post is a form of doxxing that violates sub rules.
Found a way to show my support for pride month.
I simply bought rolls of brightly colored duct tape and ran them across my tailgate in the design of the pride flag, and added some mailbox letters.
This is important to me, not only because I have family and friends that are LGBTQ+, but also because countless people have dealt with hatred and judgement simply for who they are, and/or who they love, for far too long. Obviously doing this isn't going to change the minds of those who are intolerant, but hopefully it can help drown out the hatred with love.
I live in a rural area in Oklahoma, surrounded by small towns in every direction, and I'm sure this is not a very welcome message around here, but this is going to be displayed on my truck for the entire month of June in support of pride month.
I don't think it is necessary to say, but for all intents and purposes I am a straight man that grew up here in Oklahoma. I love taking my truck mudding, going fishing, swimming at the lake, floating the river, and several other "country" activities.
It doesn't matter what negativity I receive for supporting this. I hope that this can help even the slightest bit to encourage and support at least one person that needs it.
I hope everyone finds their inner strength to finally live life loud and proud without regard for the negativity of ignorant people.
Edit: As u/voxnemo pointed out, a story about him can be found here.
I had an 80 year old patient “the worlds a crazy place men are marrying men now, well I guess that’s not crazy if it makes them happy, no never mind to me but the world has gone crazy for other damn reasons”
casual_earth on June 8th, 2019 at 22:36 UTC »
I had a very, very old relative who lived way up in the mountains in NC.
I remember explaining to him that my cousin (a woman) was actually marrying a woman, and that wasn't just her roommate.
This man had absolutely no prior concept that such a thing existed, or was possible. His response: "well if she's happy, that sounds like a good thing".
It was so unfamiliar to him, that he hadn't been conditioned into thinking it was "sinful/wrong". That was his own response, the response of a quiet old mountain man thinking for himself.
YamsAreSweetPotatoes on June 8th, 2019 at 22:58 UTC »
“Seen in Oklahoma”
This is the exact picture from the Facebook page of the man who posted this picture, because it’s his truck. Maybe you saw his post while you were Oklahoma, maybe you’re the OP, or maybe you’re just some person on the internet lying for meaningless internet points. Where’s my pitchfork.
The story the guy posted with it is wholesome. Here’s the quoted text since I assume direct linking to his post is a form of doxxing that violates sub rules.
Edit: As u/voxnemo pointed out, a story about him can be found here.
13ANANAFISH on June 9th, 2019 at 00:03 UTC »
I had an 80 year old patient “the worlds a crazy place men are marrying men now, well I guess that’s not crazy if it makes them happy, no never mind to me but the world has gone crazy for other damn reasons”
It was some out loud processing