Monday, March 16, 2015

Dolce and Gabbana Prove The Gays Can Be Bigots and Homophobes

It’s no secret that I spend a lot of time writing about The Gays on this blog; about the intolerance we, as a community, face; about the bullying of LGBTQ youth … and adults; about the hate hurled at us by so-called Christians. It almost makes The Gays seems so holier than thou, so perfect, so without sin, without bigotry, without hate.

Enter Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, the Italian design team and former long-term same-sex couple. While they are gay, they don’t believe in LGBT rights; Dolce is a practicing Catholic homosexual and does not believe in marriage equality, and Gabbana said, in 2006, that he was opposed to same-sex couples raising children. And then, this weekend, they came out again — as bigots and homophobes — with their latest attack on our community aimed at the “nontraditional” family.
"The only family is the traditional one. No chemical offsprings and rented uterus: life has a natural flow; there are things that should not be changed. The family is not a fad. In it there is a supernatural sense of belonging." — Dolce and Gabbana
Dolce continued by saying that procreation "must be an act of love," and then called children born via artificial insemination or egg donors "children of chemistry, synthetic children. Uteruses [for] rent, semen chosen from a catalog."

Here’s the queer deal: they’re obviously idiots, but they have a right to their idiotic opinion. I kinda feel sorry for two men, who once were a loving couple, who are now living their lives telling The Gays that they are less than, don’t deserve equality, and should never be allowed to parent children. It must feel horrible to be that so self-loathing to think that you don’t deserve to be married, or to have a family.

That makes me sad, but it pissed off the Queen … Elton, Elton John.

John is Tweeting and Instagramming and marching around his palaces in a huff, demanding that everyone boycott the brand. John, by the way, along with his partner David Furnish, are parents to two children born via surrogacy, so I understand his ire at Dolce and Gabbana for their recent quotes. But this is the same Elton john who pals around with Rush Limbaugh; the same John who was paid to serenade Limbaugh — who is against marriage equality — at his most recent-in-a-string of weddings.

So, I have little sympathy for Elton’s rage. Don’t take Limbaugh Bucks for a song and then demand we boycott someone else who has the exact same position, m’kay? You sound like a hypocrite.

Now, that doesn’t mean that I don’t think Dolce and Gabbana deserve a good long boycott from The Gays and The Gay Friendlies; they do. I just don’t like Elton leading the charge just because, this time, the bigotry affected him personally. I also don’t like the vitriol being hurled at the designer by the likes of openly gay producer and director — Glee, American Horror Story, The Normal Heart — Ryan Murphy, who Tweeted:
These designers horrifying views are never in fashion. Their clothes are as ugly as their hate. #BoycottDolceGabbana
“Their clothes are as ugly as their hate”? Let’s keep the focus on the idiocy of what these designers said, without sinking to their level.

And let’s be queer: Dolce and Gabbana have a right to their opinion, whether it’s based on their religious upbringing, or their own personal experience. Simply because they’re gay, and a former couple, doesn’t mean they need to agree with all the tenets of The Gay Agenda, but, but, they should not stand in the way of those in our community, and those in the heterosexual community, who feel that marriage equality should be everywhere, and that families look different and are created differently,, but are still families.

Let’s also make note that, since this story broke, and all kinds of celebrities — from Ricky Martin to Courtney Love to Martina Navratilova — are urging a boycott, the once happily-in-love Dolce and Gabbana are backtracking. Gabbana said in a statement Sunday that "it was never our intention to judge other people's choices. We do believe in freedom and love."

Dolce says he was expressing his view about family based on his experience growing up in a traditional Sicilian family "made up of a mother, a father and children. I am very well aware of the fact that there are other types of families and they are as legitimate as the one I've known."

Not exactly what either one of you said, you know, so it doesn’t have a ring of sincerity to it. So I think a boycott might be a good thing; hurt you in the wallet so maybe you’ll think twice before saying idiotic things. Now, that doesn’t mean I don’t think Dolce and Gabbana don’t have a right to their moronic ramblings, because I do; but howsabout couching it in terms of your own lives, your own choices; howsabout saying that, while as a gay man, or gay men, you don’t believe in marriage equality for yourselves, but good for those who do; howsabout saying that as gay men you would never have a child because it cannot be created through a one-man-one-woman martial relationship, and that’s your choice.

See, that already sounds a little less hateful.
sources:
The Advocate
Towleroad
Attitude

7 comments:

  1. As a former infertility patient and as the aunt of another one - there are five wonderful kids in this world who would not be here except for 'medical tricky' and we are forever grateful for it.

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  2. A little shocking to hear. They do sound a bit bitter, but the gay thing not supporting gays doesn't shock me though. A good friend of mine is so conservative Republican, will not support same sex marriage or or us gays having kids, just like D&G. He has a son from his first marriage and is a good father. We have been very good friends, met on a one night stand.... and get along, but have butted heads over things many times. He is gay and loves sex with men, but will never marry a man and he'll keep his religious background. I don't no where it comes from, I just don't understand it. I feel like he's not help his own kind.

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  3. Makes one wonder if they've got ANY gay friends in E.J.'s situation, or any other parents of such children. But if they have, as surely they must, what are these people doing being their friends anyway? In fact, why does one need enemies if one has 'friends' like these two?

    I see the latest is that D & G are calling for a boycott of Elton which, one would think, ought now to be extended to any number of celebrities. Because money (and lowering of profits) talks I now await a D & G climbdown In the meantime - Oooooh! Scratch yer eyes out!

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  4. Were they pandering to the catholic church for the "honor" of designing some new duds for the Pope? Or were they just high on their own popularity and thought everyone needed to know what their private thoughts are?

    Courtney Love is a celebrity, wow color me surprised.

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  5. When I heard of the Elton John - D&G controversy this morning I thought: is there any public statement now that is not controversial or polarizing or an invitation to jump in to a public brawl?

    There are infinite aspects to almost any subject it seems, none of which embody the entire Truth, IVF being only one topic of many.

    As for the boycott,I can't help in that regard as KMart doesn't carry D&B.

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  6. @Frank
    I saw a Tweet about the #BoycottDolceGabbana and it said a better hashtag was #CantAffordDolceGabbana

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  7. It's sad that the Catholic church feels it necessary to influence people to object to the way others live their lives. Abortion, IVF, contraception, surrogate motherhood....these are all issues best left to the individuals making the decision; give them the information they need to make an informed decision; leave dogma out of it

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