Gay in an intolerant area..

[Dville118]

Atlanta itself has a gay community within it that does quite well.

the state itself however and the rural areas like the one I am in are extremely conservative and tend to err on what I call the "christian conservative" side. You know.. the whole abomination thing.. and all the other bible quotes they like to throw at you..

I havne't had any such interaction with these people.. and I would imagine they wouldn't be confrontational about it unless I provoked them.. but.. they're not taught to be tolerant people out here.. they're raised on the bible.. and despite it's religious implications on judgment.. this is often ignored as I've found by more religious people in my life here in GA.. and can often be to the detriment of people around them via outright criticisms.. and of course.. political decision making.

I have a friend that's very deeply religious and I think accuratley reflects the mindset of the people around me in this neighborhood.

2 of my friends are gay and moved to Oregon to escape the southeastern culture. During a conversation with her and her husband and a good friend of mine in her car while on vacation, she expressed her perspective that men cannot have loving relationships with one another, and only do physical things because they are desperate. She blamed drugs for an insanity induced "fetish" of attraction.. and said that she felt sorry for my friends for straying from god.

.. I would like to move to another region to be honest.. but I believe the city of atlanta is fine overall.. It's just the area of the city that I live in that's the problem.