You witnessed Rain Main's loss of his virginity?

There was a heartbeat, definitely. I confirmed it afterwards.

That's what they are saying. I'm sorry you don't like the words they chose, but I'm not having any trouble understanding them.

It really isn't a question of liking or disliking the words. It's a question of the words being accurate. But, I realize that I'm somewhat of a stickler when it comes to that.

In the big scheme of things, another announcement like this doesn't change anything, other than now everyone who has heard about it knows that she's homosexual. I doubt that anyone's opinion on the subject is going to be altered in the slightest. The people who approve of homosexuality are going to cheer. The people who are ambivalent will remain ambivalent. Those who disapprove are going to continue to disapprove.

Didn't know who she was till I saw this thread.

What do they want me to say?

Congratulations! You suck cock and take it up the ass!

Would it be OK with you if your kids daycare person was gay whether a man or woman?

Know that they may be changing diapers or clothes or whatever?

this article makes it kind of sound like she felt persecuted or something for being gay. She's a hollywood movie star for goodness sake, she doesn't have to "hide" anything if she doesn't want to, especially her sexuality.

Smells like DC in here.

Al Michaels is gay?

As others have said: the point is probably not to change anybody's mind, but to affect the emotions of those who haven't figured it out yet.

Assuming that an undecided person respected her prior to her announcement:

If they're even possibly gay, there's a chance that her announcement makes them feel more comfortable with themselves (instead of acquiescing to the decreasingly popular opinion that they are abominations). They'll feel more enabled to live their lives in a way that makes them happy.

If they're definitely not gay, they may develop the opinion that sexuality is not a defining factor in a person's life or career, and will be less likely to judge an individual on that information.

Undecided? About how they view homosexuality?

Are they also pedophiles? If not, then it shouldn't make an ounce of difference.

I've written out a number of responses to this and Sam's thread only to delete them, but these sorts of attitudes are toxic.

Those sorts of questions are on-par with the following:
"You don't trust him to write your code, do you? He's just a dumb ****er! He'd be better off picking cotton, haha!"
"Please, you think she could lead the design team? Women just don't have what it takes to be a leader of men."
"Look, you might want to find a different banker...you can't trust Goldstein. If you stop paying attention to your account for a week, he'll Jew you out of every penny that he can."

It's disgusting, and I don't think you'll be able to convince me otherwise.

Correct.

Then maybe you should consult a dictionary and find out what the word means. Let me know if you still think you're right.

I think something does change in the big scheme. If no one ever admits being gay the world is a much different place than if it's a common occurrence. On drip of water doesn't look like it changes the rock it lands on, but eventually, if those drips continue, they do change the rock.