Quote Originally Posted by Squirt View Post
A list actors coming out only shows the general public that Gay men are greedy and sneaky by pretending to be straight and lying to the world, too ashamed to be themselves because of a severe lack of integrity. Tom Cruise coming out would just be a big "he's really gone off the deep end now!" he he

The Gay people who have a big impact are the Rosie O'donnel's , K D Langs, Ellens, etc. etc. etc. People who, before A listing, show their true colors and still go for it. Also people with a big impact are A list straight stars supporting the Gay community. That's just my take on it :bunny:

I don't think it has anything to do with greed.

How many webmasters on this very board just posted that they have not told their families that they are in porn? Does that make them sneaky too? Does that mean they are ashamed of what they do or who they are? What's the difference between a webmaster who works in porn but doesn't want to tell his or her parents that he or she traffics in sex and the gay actor who doesn't tell the entire world he or she is gay?

The sad fact of the matter is that in this country, openly gay people DON'T make it to the A-list category. And what if your dream was always to be a movie star? Or even just to have the opportunity to play romantic leads? What if all it really boils down to is the fact that a gay person wants to have the same opportunities to play certain types of roles -- or to have their music heard by the widest possible audience -- as everybody else?

Who's really at fault here? The person who just wants to have a career, or the country we live in for forcing them to keep quiet about their sexuality?

I really think the gay community really needs to get over this practice of attacking stars who stay in the closet. Not everybody needs to be a role model. Some people just want to be actors or musicians and be done with it and not have to deal with making statements for an entire group of people. Don't you think? We thrust all this reponsibility and judgment upon them, when really, we should just shut up and let them live their lives and not condemn them for being "greedy" or "ashamed" or having no integrity. I bet most of them have LOTS of integrity.

That's just MY take on it.