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Letter from a concerned Christian neighbor (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP
Wow, been gay all my life also been gardening most of that time. BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #1
That's what a lot of the comments were Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 #2
I'd have to plant a whole rainbow of flowers COL Mustard Jun 2022 #27
Well.....you could get quite creative with sdfernando Jun 2022 #7
I do have to admit, that even as a non-Christian, watching two lawns have public homosexual sex Gore1FL Jun 2022 #24
+10 nt reACTIONary Jun 2022 #33
Alas... not a happy ending to this story from 2015: TygrBright Jun 2022 #3
Oh boy. Not good spreading this around now with all MerryBlooms Jun 2022 #14
You must must conform to Aryan white trash nationalist homophobic theofascist standards... wcmagumba Jun 2022 #4
I think it's Code for make your rainbow into black and white bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 #5
more to this story CurtEastPoint Jun 2022 #6
Thanks to you and others for cleaning house. I appreciate MerryBlooms Jun 2022 #15
Oh Baltimore, I thought it might be Indianapolis Captain Zero Jun 2022 #37
Since they insist on flaunting their "Christianity" PlanetBev Jun 2022 #8
I'd go with rainbow crosses. nt Gore1FL Jun 2022 #25
Good one Deuxcents Jun 2022 #35
Could have been written by tRump with all those random capital letters Blue Owl Jun 2022 #9
Maybe they need to display statue of Jesus embracing all the little children crowded around him... hlthe2b Jun 2022 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author MerryBlooms Jun 2022 #11
The letter may be a hoax as mentioned in other posts in this thread. Kaleva Jun 2022 #12
+1. And yet again, another problematic thread borne of a random tweet. Celerity Jun 2022 #20
It's interesting how some readily believe a tweet without first fact checking Kaleva Jun 2022 #48
I find it depressing, to be honest Celerity Jun 2022 #49
Confirmation bias doesn't just afflict Magahats. This thread is an example of that. Kaleva Jun 2022 #50
+1000 nt Brenda Jun 2022 #52
Typical inthewind21 Jun 2022 #53
Leaky microwave oven fried his brain. usonian Jun 2022 #13
Thanks..I copied it Deuxcents Jun 2022 #36
Pathetic. aocommunalpunch Jun 2022 #16
How does a yard become relentlessly gay? SergeStorms Jun 2022 #17
That's what I want to know Tree Lady Jun 2022 #28
Oh my, yet another God snob.... Talitha Jun 2022 #18
The note is as phony as the MAGA practice of Christianity? keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 #19
Too many flowers. milestogo Jun 2022 #21
Deleted - this was a hoax apparently used to raise money. Lucky Luciano Jun 2022 #22
much like a taco truck on every corner Skittles Jun 2022 #23
Wow. Someone is triggered! Initech Jun 2022 #26
This was exposed as a hoax years ago yet people keep falling for it. Kaleva Jun 2022 #47
I don't know what you have in your yard. But you must ramp it up. The Jungle 1 Jun 2022 #29
Does seem to be QUITE the Xtian. dchill Jun 2022 #30
The letter appears to be a scam to grift money Kaleva Jun 2022 #46
Sounds like he/she would have a very beautiful garden packman Jun 2022 #31
God doesn't care. patphil Jun 2022 #32
Why? Because your garden was so beautiful it showed everybody else's up? calimary Jun 2022 #34
"Concerned" and "Christian" Could Use Some Clarification Here The Roux Comes First Jun 2022 #38
Definitely Irony Deficient ... aggiesal Jun 2022 #39
I write anonymous letters NJCher Jun 2022 #40
Post mostly deleted. Aussie105 Jun 2022 #41
They're just jealous that the grass... LudwigPastorius Jun 2022 #42
This seven year-old story was at best, questionable blogslug Jun 2022 #43
And it's working inthewind21 Jun 2022 #54
The police will be yup, it's a relentlessly gay lawn...and leave. roamer65 Jun 2022 #44
Reply sign: "Bitch, my yard was BORN gay!" NCLefty Jun 2022 #45
The Christian religion is totally fascist. John Lennon Emile Jun 2022 #51
 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
1. Wow, been gay all my life also been gardening most of that time.
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 08:16 PM
Jun 2022

Not sure what a gay yard would look like?

This doesn’t even make sense.

COL Mustard

(5,870 posts)
27. I'd have to plant a whole rainbow of flowers
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 09:36 PM
Jun 2022

Just to spite that asshole. Then I think I’d blast the Village People as loud as I could and prance around in my leather biker gear ( that I’d have to buy in order to prance around in it).

sdfernando

(4,925 posts)
7. Well.....you could get quite creative with
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 08:30 PM
Jun 2022

Topiary…..,but it is a LOT of work!

That said….you could spice up the yard with lots of Bird of Paradise and plastic pink Flamingos.

Gore1FL

(21,098 posts)
24. I do have to admit, that even as a non-Christian, watching two lawns have public homosexual sex
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 09:18 PM
Jun 2022

might change me in unknowable ways.

TygrBright

(20,755 posts)
3. Alas... not a happy ending to this story from 2015:
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 08:22 PM
Jun 2022
Relentlessly gay’ yard owner to refund all donations

‘So, I am starting this fundraiser so I can work to make my Home even More “relentlessly gay” If we go high enough, I will see if I can get a Rainbow Roof!’

The note went viral, with many pledging support for Baker and her plans to fight against her neighbor.

Her campaign raised an additional $38,000 above the $5,000 she originally sought out to raise.

But people soon suspected that it was a hoax, when Baker refusing to turn over the note to police and the phrasing and spelling in the note seemed very similar to her statuses on Facebook.


sadly,
Bright

MerryBlooms

(11,757 posts)
14. Oh boy. Not good spreading this around now with all
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 08:44 PM
Jun 2022

The actual horrific threats and crimes be committed!

wcmagumba

(2,881 posts)
4. You must must conform to Aryan white trash nationalist homophobic theofascist standards...
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 08:26 PM
Jun 2022

whatever that might be...I'd be increasing my outdoor decor in any way I felt...gonna call the cops (ha ha ha)....these folks are truly rat bastards of the worst kind...

MerryBlooms

(11,757 posts)
15. Thanks to you and others for cleaning house. I appreciate
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 08:46 PM
Jun 2022

Your efforts and deleted my reply to the OP.

Captain Zero

(6,783 posts)
37. Oh Baltimore, I thought it might be Indianapolis
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 10:23 PM
Jun 2022

because there is a Kenwood Ave., here.

I might still go drive by here and see if there is anything relentless going on in that yard.

PlanetBev

(4,104 posts)
8. Since they insist on flaunting their "Christianity"
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 08:33 PM
Jun 2022

I’d double down on the gay yard. Cover the entire house with rainbow 🌈 flags.

On edit: Since this story is from 2015, looks like she already thought of it.

hlthe2b

(102,119 posts)
10. Maybe they need to display statue of Jesus embracing all the little children crowded around him...
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 08:34 PM
Jun 2022

and holding TOLERANCE and rainbow flags? I just hate hypocrisy but it doesn't even phase the other side.

Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

usonian

(9,691 posts)
13. Leaky microwave oven fried his brain.
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 08:42 PM
Jun 2022

Thrift store saw me coming and had a house sign waiting for me.

I's a photo I took, so you are free to use.

Tree Lady

(11,425 posts)
28. That's what I want to know
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 09:37 PM
Jun 2022

We just drove through my neighborhood and few blocks away a neighbor had a pride flag maybe that's all it took for that lady, too much.

Kaleva

(36,248 posts)
47. This was exposed as a hoax years ago yet people keep falling for it.
Mon Jun 20, 2022, 05:55 AM
Jun 2022

It's human nature to believe without question that which reinforces their worldview. Confirmation Bias.

patphil

(6,150 posts)
32. God doesn't care.
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 10:01 PM
Jun 2022

Angels, Archangels, Lords, and all the other beings in the various levels of heaven are not sexual beings. They don't get sick, or injured. They are eternal...they don't die. God created them; they don't reproduce to make new angels, etc.
The only place where we need two sexes is on the 3rd dimension where we do get sick, or injured, and eventually die.

We need to reproduce to sustain the species so angels can incarnate into the bodies of newly born infants, entering the body of the child with it's first independent breath, and live a life in the limitation of 3D so they can learn the lessons of Love..
So, if all of the rest of creation is not sexually oriented, why would God single out the 3rd dimension for special treatment; a place where they believe love can only be expressed by people of the opposite sex? It's simply doesn't make any sense.

What they don't realize is that sex and Love are two different things. You can have sex without Love, and Love without sex. If they both happen at the same time, that can be wonderful...but isn't necessary.
In reality, God sees only the love that two people, or spirits have for each other....Love is Love.
God doesn't care if that Love is between a man and a woman, two men, or two women...Love is Love.

Only humans on the path of darkness, who have turned their backs on God's Love, get all upset if the Love they don't have anyway is expressed in a way they don't approve.
So, they put words in the mouth of God, condemning people for loving each other as man/man, or woman/woman.
These creatures of darkness want people to be afraid; they want to pass judgement; they want to punish Love because they don't want it for themselves.

They don't know God, and don't want to. But they will violently claim they are the voice of God.

calimary

(81,110 posts)
34. Why? Because your garden was so beautiful it showed everybody else's up?
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 10:05 PM
Jun 2022

Threatening to call the cops on a GARDEN.

Now THAT’S a new one.

And it probably didn’t include pot plants, either. That “neighbor” is a ridiculous disgrace!

Maybe it’s jealousy?

NJCher

(35,619 posts)
40. I write anonymous letters
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 11:00 PM
Jun 2022

here's the last one I wrote (to a neighbor who liked to walk up and down the street negotiating his movie producer deals on his cell phone). It said:

"Are you aware the guy in 38 is an IRS agent?"

blogslug

(37,982 posts)
43. This seven year-old story was at best, questionable
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 11:13 PM
Jun 2022

As others had shown above.

Also that Twitter account is re-hashing it in order to sell their own merchandise.

Emile

(22,480 posts)
51. The Christian religion is totally fascist. John Lennon
Mon Jun 20, 2022, 06:46 AM
Jun 2022

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us, only sky
Imagine all the people
Livin' for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Livin' life in peace

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

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