As a Gay man I just have to say this

[William769]

I love women! I love the compassion they have, I love the smiles they are able to put on many a face's, I love the simple fact that I am here is because of a women, I absolutely love the fact that women are more intuned to help support LGBT Rights. There are so many more reasons to love women (feel free to add to the list).

I HATE HOW WOMEN GET TREATED BY MEN WHO THINK THEY KNOW WHAT'S BETTER FOR A WOMEN'S BODY MORE THAN A WOMAN DOES.

To all the lovely women out there, I salute you, you make life worth living.

[clarice]

1. William....what a NICE post !!!.....

Here's a big hug....huuuuuuuuuuugggg. Did you feel it?

[William769]

5. ...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear William769!

Thank you for your heartfelt, beautiful post!

We all need each other......

[William769]

4. Yes we do and I am in your corner.

[roguevalley]

92. dear william, you are loved back because you are a man I can relate

too and just like the men in my life. The other kind? I don't have one in my family. My nephew just came out at 19 and every woman in my family sort of looked at him and said, "What took you so long?"

Diversity forever. Love forever. What a great world that would be if the court would mandate that?

Consider yourself hugged, darling.

RV who is old who had parents who believed the same way all their lives.

[yuiyoshida]

126. Agree with Cali Peggy !!

Yes Indeed!

[sheshe2]

3. :)

[William769]

7. Especially you. For reasons you know.

[sheshe2]

15. We have each others backs....

Thank you William~

[Rex]

6. Ain't no sunshine in this world without happy women.

Happy people holding hands, I am always there...always waiting for the rest of the world to catch up.

Sad days for women my friends...this ruling was a slap in the face to everyone that believes in equality.

Women are the slave of slaves.

[CurtEastPoint]

8. I am with you, too. The ladies make life fun, loving, peaceful... I could go on...

[Rex]

10. Worth living.

I know that has been true for my life.

[Skidmore]

9. Thank you.

That means so much.

[theHandpuppet]

11. Thank you, William!!

[Aerows]

12. As a gay woman

I love you, too, William769. You make the world a nicer place.

[JustAnotherGen]

13. Thanks you!

[redwitch]

14. You big sweetie!

[Aristus]

16. I'm a straight man, and I agree with you.

[whathehell]

40. Thank you too, Aristus..

We women feel unloved and disrespected a LOT ...and we all DO appreciate

hearing -- once in awhile?...our praises being sung.

[steve2470]

84. straight guy here who also agrees with Aristus and William ! nt

[redqueen]

17. Aw

[PasadenaTrudy]

18. Thank you!

And I love gay men and the whole LGBT community. Straight men? The jury is still out ( I kid. I live with one ).

[octoberlib]

19. I love this post.

[greatauntoftriplets]

20. Woo hoo!

K&R!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

21. Thank you, William769

I appreciate the support.

[William769]

22. It's impractical for me to respond to all so use this post for all of the support.

[SoapBox]

23. +1,000,000

[Heidi]

24. Kick, kick, kick!!!

[ohheckyeah]

25. Thank you. n/t

[TBF]

26. Thanks for the support Bill -

I probably don't have to tell you how absolutely LIVID I am right now.

I wish these so-called "Christians" would worry about themselves and leave the rest of us alone.

[Ilsa]

27. Thank you! Hugs right back at you!

[whathehell]

28. Thanks SO MUCH William...I think lots of women (like me) need to hear that!

We get put down SO much. It's feels really good to hear from a man who

really LIKES women as well as "loves" them.

[ladym55]

29. Thank you!!

You just made my day (and I have been really grouchy).

[William769]

31. Whe you see someone with out a smile, give them your's.

[lovemydog]

30. Me too!

[fredamae]

32. Thank you, so very much! n/t

[calimary]

33. Nice post, William769!

Thank you. But I find myself becoming more concerned about YOUR rights.

I look at what's been done to Roe v Wade, and I'm sorry to say this, but the bad guys WILL be coming for the rights YOUR side just won. Protect marriage equality - as though your very life depended on it! Fight like hell to protect the ground you've gained! Because they WILL be coming to take those rights away from you. They don't believe in it, they don't agree with it, and they're hellbent on making sure THEY rule YOUR life, too. That's how they feel about us women and the views THEY wish to impose on all the rest of us. Roe v Wade is on the ropes now because they will NOT give up and they sure as hell don't accept the idea that this was settled back in the 70s. WE'RE still fighting it, and astoundingly, losing ground EVERY DAY. If the LGBT community doesn't go damn near thermonuclear to protect your rights that have been hard-fought and hard-won, there are forces all over the country that are determined to roll those rights back and take them away from you. The instant you let down your guard or assume that just because you happen to be winning at the moment, that's how it's always gonna be.

Learn from the misfortune of us on the pro-choice side. We're almost totally fucked at this point. PLEASE!!! Don't let that happen to YOU!!!!!!

[William769]

36. I agree and we will be waiting.

And even though there has been a recent setback for women, the fight is clearly not over. never give up, failing is NOT an option.

[Starry Messenger]

34. Thank you.

((hugs)) It's sad when you come here and realize you have to brace for a shit show, rather than see support.

[6000eliot]

35. All of us, women and men, need to elect Democrats in November!

[Hekate]

37. Oh my. After all that's gone on, I think I just got...

... something in my eye.

Thanks, William.

[Jane Austin]

38. Thanks, William.

What a lovely post to read.

[m-lekktor]

39. as a gay man i agree 110%!

[KamaAina]

41. As a hetero man I just have to say this

I agree with William wholeheartedly. I am all about the females. And yet they all want to be "just friends".

[nomorenomore08]

96. +1

I'm right there with you, brother.

[Boomerproud]

107. I'm sorry you haven't found the right woman yet.

I' m a straight woman and know all about being ignored. I've stopped looking, but don't you give up.

[lunatica]

42. Wow! Thank you!

[Rider3]

43. Thank you

This was a wonderful post. Thank you for your kindness!

[asjr]

44. Well! You just made my day! Thanks--someone loves me!

[mnhtnbb]

45. Thank you for saying so.

[pnwmom]

46. Back at you, William769!

[mcar]

47. You are obviously a man of great sense and intelligence

[Bobbie Jo]

48. Lovely post, William769

[William769]

49. There are many women here on DU that inspired it.

[get the red out]

50. Thank you William

You are a good soul.

[dgibby]

51. Thank you!

William, you ROCK!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

52. As a human being I have to say this...

Where the rights of one person are imperiled, the rights of all people are imperiled.

[nolabear]

62. Amen and amen.

We NEED one another!

[nomorenomore08]

97. +2

[MuseRider]

53. Thank you!

We need everyone to speak up and support like you do.

[littlemissmartypants]

54. Thank you for your post.

I really appreciate your sentiment. Thanks so much for posting this!
Love, Peace and Shelter. littlemissmartypants

[TygrBright]

55. As a bonobo, I gotta tellya, William--

Yer what my gran would call "a peach!"

It's a good thing.

Glad to share the Universe with ya!

appreciatively,
Bright

[Warpy]

56. Homophobia is rooted in misogyny

to the point I don't think they can be separated, not really.

So most of us realize our struggle is your struggle.

So back atcha

[BlancheSplanchnik]

57. thank you, William. :)

Women have historically been friends and support to so many, and we always will be........we need it returned now.

[WinkyDink]

58. Thank you very much, William769.

[ReRe]

59. What a sweetheart!

And I'm not even lovely anymore. Seriously, that was a sweet thing to say. No one, not even our old grumpy men, tell us things like that anymore.

[LoisB]

60. Lovely post. Thank you.

[nolabear]

61. Oh honey, I SO needed that. Thank you.

[CherokeeDem]

64. Thank you, William....

We appreciate your support for the injustices we face. Let's hope eventually none of us will have to endure this idiocy.

[Dawgs]

65. Why 'as a gay man'?

Kind of a weird thing to say, no?

[William769]

68. It's not at all. We share the same struggles

I would love to see a straight man post what I posted but I have yet to see that the way I articulated it.

Now that is what I find strange.

[JI7]

69. not when you consider everything that has been going on

[IronLionZion]

66. I agree

I love women!

[MrMickeysMom]

67. KnR...

Thank you for standing up to be counted. I'm sure the SCOTUS won't notice, but I've noticed your support!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

70. If ever there was a time for allies in fighting the Right, this is it!

I appreciate your kind words William. We will need your help going forward. Until we unburden ourselves from this strain of Fundamentalism in our courts, we have to act as one. There are meany straight men who are horrified by this decision in part because either they are threatened with an actual "Shotgun wedding" or their sons may be. Whether or not the young men fathering unwanted babies will be responsible to that child is a wide open question. I wouldn't trust the Supreme Court to tackle that oncoming issue.

Not to mention the fact that real national security issues are taking a very distant back seat to these nuts because they've taken the Republican Party hostage.

[CaptainTruth]

71. I agree 100%

I'm a straight male & I've always had more female friends than male. I guess I've had deeper & more meaningful friendships with women, as opposed to the superficial "who won the football game" relationships I've had with so many men.

I also think it's total BS that people without a uterus keep trying to control what women can do with theirs. Once they grow a uterus I'll be glad to listen to their opinions on the matter. Until then, STFU.

And ... if I ever see a woman being attacked or abused I will be the first to step in & lay down a serious ass kicking on the perpetrator. I'm generally not a person of violence but I absolutely will not stand for men who abuse women.

[democrank]

72. Here`s a hug from Vermont.....

~PEACE~

[world wide wally]

73. I'm with you all the way...

My Mother was a woman, my wife is a woman, and amazingly, both of our daughters are women!
I kinda like women too

[Tarheel_Dem]

74. K&R!

[kenichol]

75. My best regards to all you lovely women!

[misterhighwasted]

80. Thank You. Women in America today need some arms around them.

Pretty sad day. Stunned, & shocked at the societal level women were reduced to.

There has to be solid unity going into this November election & we must NEVER let up making our disapproval known to the Nation from this day forward.
This is as far as it can ever be allowed to go.

You are dear to all women kenichol.

[misterhighwasted]

76. Love you more William769. You are the men that matter.

[alfredo]

77. BTW, a judge in Louisville has overturned Kentucky's ban on same sex marriage. Yes!

[William769]

78. I saw that.

Kentucky is where I am originally from and will be moving back to in the near future. I was ecstatic to see that.

[alfredo]

79. born, raised, abandoned, returned, abandoned, returned and here I stay. I love the bluegrass region.

[William769]

83. S.E. Kentucky here.

[alfredo]

134. Incredible landscape there.

[demigoddess]

81. as a straight woman, thank you

and most of the nicest men I have known are gay.

[genwah]

82. I gotta jump in. I don't know how old you are, but as an old Bi-guy, when AIDS was GRID and we knew

less than squat, nurses were almost all women then. And the nurses stepped up. I remember that the Lesbian contingent seemed to be over-represented, but in SF back then maybe the nursing profession in general was disproportionately Lesbian. The only reason I bring that up was there was a lot of flack about whether gay liberation meant lesbians, too. Then the plague hit.

I can't stress enough...I get the whole, 'I'm a nurse' thing, but to have people who weren't exactly political fellow travelers, with no skin in the game, thinking that we knew how this thing spread, but not really knowing for sure...

Sorry. It's taken me about a half hour just to write this.

[William769]

85. For the record I have AIDS.

I am out about it and am not ashamed about it either.

I was coming of age when the crisis hit and lost a lot of very dear friends to AIDS from the beginning to even now including my life partner of 16 years back in 2006.

I have to say through the years it was the female nurses that we dealt with who were very compassionate.

I have been around the block more than a few times.

[genwah]

93. I didn't know. I never got to my point, which is that we owe each other, my friends had unexpected

support from unexpected friends.

[pnwmom]

123. Those years when no one knew how it spread were scary. I remember that time well,

because it was right about when my dad came out. Somehow, he didn't get AIDS but he lost so many friends to the disease.

At one point he asked if I wanted to take over paying for his life insurance policy -- then I could be the owner if he died. I said no thanks when I realized that the only way for me to come out ahead was for him to die soon. I'm sure he thought that was a real possibility, but he was wrong. He lived for many more years -- and his partner is still going strong.

[evemac]

86. That brought tears to my eyes

What a powerful post. THANK YOU!!

[William769]

90. Tears pf joy are always good.

[DesertDiamond]

87. William769, we love you too!!!!

[Skittles]

88. real men love women

yes indeed

there's a reason why gay men make great friends for gals - we know they see us as people

[William769]

89. ...

[Enthusiast]

91. This hetero man is right there with you, brother.

[rhett o rick]

94. I love women also, but more importantly, I respect them. Great post William.

I hope the recent SCOTUS decision brings women together and they vote out all Republicans.

[Enthusiast]

95. If this doesn't unite women, what will?

[ancianita]

103. I hope this stirs men to join them.

[rhett o rick]

109. I hope this stirs men to teach other men it aint cool to disrespect women. nm

[ancianita]

112. That, too. Absolutely. Gotta start with your own people.Women have to work on the stockholmies, too.

[PeaceNikki]

98. This woman

, too!!

[yellerpup]

99. Muah!

[valerief]

100. How lovely. Thanks!

[shenmue]

101. Thank you.

That is win.

[ancianita]

102. Thank you. We need you and all other women-respecting men to show up at future battles. Seriously.

Please...

Contribute to women candidates.
Join women's organizations.
Don't let men get away with "jokes" in conversations.
Don't let men get away with presumptions of privilege.

The war has been on for millennia and we need allies. We're not inherently competitive or violent but we need to win. Equality. Just for equality. Equality.

Men of quality are not threatened by women for equality, whether it's economic, social, religious or legal.

Humanity will never advance when half of it is kept down by even a fraction of the other half, whether through slavery, enforced reproduction, poverty, fear, patriarchal gods or disenfranchisement.

Again, thank you.

[RKP5637]

104. Agree !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[Boomerproud]

105. Thank you William769.

I, as a woman, sincerely appreciate your support and, yes, love.

[gwheezie]

106. Thank you

we need support right now and it's appreciated

[R B Garr]

108. K&R. Nice post!

[Cha]

110. I love you back, William! Mahalo for your eloquent piece on how you feel

about Women and Equality~

Reminds me of this pic I saw from the SC Protestors yesterday..



http://sync.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5176075

[William769]

113. ...

[Cha]

116. ..

[sheshe2]

117. I love that picture and the message Cha!

Thanks for posting it!

[Cha]

118. Hey she! Those ol' derelict men on the Extreme Court are not going to take

away our Dignity. They've yet to learn the real meaning of being Ridiculed. The Backlash will fit the crime and then some.

[sheshe2]

119. I am with ya there Cha!

[Cha]

120. Justice Ginsburg, Kerry Washington and Planned Parenthood, she~

Planned Parenthood Heavy check mark @PPact
This is about justice — and we're fighting back. #JointheDissent against #HobbyLobby decision: http://bit.ly/V329wH pic.twitter.com/h4kpDjrXx1

kerry washington Heavy check mark @kerrywashington
Follow
I'M JOINING. R U? “@PPact: We're fighting back. #JointheDissent against #HobbyLobby decision: http://bit.ly/V329wH pic.twitter.com/4bwr8SHzFM”

12:23 PM - 30 Jun 2014

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[sheshe2]

122. #Join the Dissent

We fight til we win Cha.

Great tweets!

[smirkymonkey]

111. Thank you William!

So nice to hear!

[William769]

114. ...

[mountain grammy]

115. If all women, and I mean ALL women, would come together and vote as one

we would change the world. Your very lovely post recognizes that. Thank you.

[marew]

121. Simply- thank you! n/t

[meti57b]

124. Thank you for loving us, .....

I'm sending love and some great big hugs ..... right back to you!

I'm also wishing you a nice cold beer, along with some delicious lasagna, like I just had.

[Momgonepostal]

125. You rock, William769!

[Liberalynn]

127. Thank You!

[snacker]

128. Thank you...

as a woman, a mother, a grandmother, an aunt, and a sister. You made my day!

[Uncle Joe]

129. Hear! Hear!

Thanks for the thread, William.

[Mnemosyne]

130. What a loving thing to say, William!

[DirkGently]

131. You would think all men would love women.

Many do. Not in some misty poetry way. Not because of (for the straight) sex. Just for them. For the similarities and the differences. For mothers and sisters and daughters. For everything.

Somehow we have fed a perversion in our culture -- in so many cultures -- that has turned what should be mens' unique perspective on all the things that are wonderful about women into something ugly. Into contempt. Possessiveness. Fear?

Neither of us at my house have been able to watch the "news" commentary shows since this latest. It just hurts. There is too much rage to express. All the dry discussion about this bad-faith religious posturing that somehow never struck anyone until the ACA passed. This exciting new rightwing strategy of claiming religious freedom to punish and denigrate people. This smirking new Supreme Court slowly pushing an ideology of money and corporate personhood over human beings. Gee, is this insane ruling "broad" or "narrow?" Is it just this one area in which hateful idiots get to practice their stupidity on the rest of us? Maybe that's okay then.

I have a religion too. It says you can think whatever made up nonsense you want, right up until it requires mistreating someone. At which point you need to keep it to yourself.

I notice every time one of these new waves of attacks on women hits, we hear about how "all of the women" will be angry, upset, disappointed. "All of the women" want equal treatment, physical safety, reproductive rights; their medical needs met. Watch out, for the women.

They are half right, but they missing part of the picture. Men -- those not consumed with this perverse contempt -- love and value women too. We are also disappointed; upset.

Angry.

Better watch out for them, too.

[YoungDemCA]

138. Beautiful post!

Well said!

[McCamy Taylor]

132. I love you too

[cntrygrl]

133. Bravo William and thank you!

[bettyellen]

135. thank you- do you think there wll come a day when straight men wise up and realize the RW zealots

will vote a whole less often if we no longer allow our existence and equality to be used as a wedge issue?
We need a Federal guarantee on all facets of our equality and rights to reproductive choice.

[yuiyoshida]

136. getting stronger every day

[wryter2000]

137. This woman loves you right back