by gillsfan1066 » Sun Feb 03, 2013 8:56 pm
Although I do not know many openly gay people ,my experience of married gay couples has always been very positive. Here in Chicago I can honestly say the vast majority of gay couples seem to be extremely well balanced people, most have good jobs, professional people that contribute to the country's economy, by paying taxes etc.
They recently past a law here stating that openly gay men can now be Boy Scout Leaders , in the bar a discussion started when several guys said they would not let their kids go to camp with a gay Scout Leader.
Laughable really, gay men want to have sex with underage boys, I hardly think so , no more than a normal heterosexual man wants to have a sexual relationship with an underage girl. But of course they are not my kids so ?
I have a friend who occasionaly does some handyman jobs for us, he has worked at the same company for 23 years and never had a day off sick. Only been earning minimum wage but recently was laid off. His unemployment benefit ,$810 p.m. for 6 months , then it ends, his rent $820 p.m.
In the apartment above his there is an immigrant couple from Europe ,nice folks always very pleasant when I see them, the husband works as a delivery driver earning minimum wage about $1600p.m. with a bit of overtime and pays NO taxes because they have 3 children under the age of 10 and the Govt. gives them about $400 a month in food stamps, gives the mother $400 allowance for rent,clothing, clothes etc,plus medical and pays for the kids school dinners. She also gets to visit the food banks in the area, Churches, Synagogues etc and take home food , vegetables etc that are donated by local companies.
Her mother and father arrived a couple of years ago, now the Govt is paying for the mother's medical expenses because she has some problems with high blood pressure etc, even though they have never done a days worth of work in the USA, never contributed a single cent to the country.
When I asked the guy one day how his mother and father can afford to live here not working, I was informed, They have a nice farm which is rented out and they get a good income from that. What's the term GOBSMACKED?