They were lookin' for love in all the wrong places.

jaylectricity: A better article with quotes from city officials:

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I hate them sofa king hard...

/straight

Interesting. Where I live "soliciting" means attempting to initiate a business transaction, so this would require that the target agree to pay for (in this case) sexual services. I'm a little confused as to what the word means in Michigan that anything not involving an exchange of money could qualify.

Go be gay somewhere else. Like Saugatuck.

/What did they expect would happen once the Right got wind of Grand Rapids being in the top 10 gay cities in America?
//Kent County votes heavily Republican, while Grand Rapids itself usually polls Democratic by a small margin

Yeah I bet you're all just pissin'

They're trolling us. Right? I mean they gotta be.

Right?

they should stick to the gay bars, so we know where they are, and can all be arrested at one time.

My country is pretty conservative and this doesn't happen. I don't get the US, really.

What is the first thing to do if you are tired of getting flirted by gay men?

Get out of the Apple store.

Hey, baby. If I said you had a beautiful body, would you have me pepper sprayed?

Our great Mikado, virtuous man, when he to rule our land began, resolved to try a plan whereby young men might best be steadied. So he decreed, in words succinct, that all who flirted, leered or winked, unless connubially linked, should forthwith be beheaded, beheaded, beheaded; should forthwith be beheaded-
And I expect you'll all agree that he was right to so decree, and I am right, and you are right, and all is right as right can be!
And you are right. And we are right, And all is right, is right as right can be! And all is right as right can be! Right as right can be!
This stern decree, you'll understand, caused great dismay throughout the land, for young and old and shy and bold were equally affected. The youth who winked a roving eye, or breathed a non-connubial sigh, was thereupon condemned to die: He usually objected, objected, objected, he usually objected-
And you'll allow, as I expect, that he was right to so object, and I am right, and you are right, and everything is quite correct!
And you are right. And we are right, And everything is quite, is quite correct, And everything is quite correct, All is quite correct!

KatjaMouse: They're trolling us. Right? I mean they gotta be.

Right?

That's the Grand Rapids area where the average voter is slightly to the right of Genghis Khan.

jaylectricity: A better article with quotes from city officials:

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Uh...

"These are just devastating experiences for these men," Beighley said. "Many of them are closeted and the consequences are so huge

Pretty sure "closeted" and "openly flirting in a public park" are kinda mutually exclusive.

I guess heterosexuality doesn't have a monopoly on idiots, eh.

//While you have a right to not have the cops busting down your door to find out your favorite sexual position, I think expecting the entire government to go out of its way to conspire to hide your openly revealed sexuality as demonstrated by your public behavior is sort of pushing it as far as privacy goes.

A gay couple holding hands = lewd conduct. Well, maybe a really ugly gay couple, I dunno.

/Just glad Kent County has eradicated all real crime.

I can see shait like happening on a Federal level if any of the current GOP runners manages to beat Obama in November since they all seem to be hell bent turning America into a Christian theocracy.

dennysgod: I can see shait like happening on a Federal level if any of the current GOP runners manages to beat Obama in November since they all seem to be hell bent turning America into a Christian theocracy.

Rick Santorum's vision for gays in America:



/minus the singing and dancing

FTA:"So, hot guy starts chatting you up, out of the blue, in a public park, you really like him so you ask him to your place, and he arrests you. "

I'm no expert, but if the situation was the other way around and I asked some female back to my place after just meeting her, no matter how friendly she may seem, it probably would be frowned upon.

Slut shaming. If it's good for the goose, it's good for the gayndar.

Kurmudgeon: FTA:"So, hot guy starts chatting you up, out of the blue, in a public park, you really like him so you ask him to your place, and he arrests you. "

I'm no expert, but if the situation was the other way around and I asked some female back to my place after just meeting her, no matter how friendly she may seem, it probably would be frowned upon.

But would it be an arrestable offense?

notoverit: Kurmudgeon: FTA:"So, hot guy starts chatting you up, out of the blue, in a public park, you really like him so you ask him to your place, and he arrests you. "

I'm no expert, but if the situation was the other way around and I asked some female back to my place after just meeting her, no matter how friendly she may seem, it probably would be frowned upon.

But would it be an arrestable offense?

He already said he's no expert! God!

If I went to some park to exercise a while ago. Guy looking much too happy walks in my general direction, I give him a "do I know you?" sort of stare, He realizes I am not there for him and backs off.. This was a part that might be a known place for gay men to meet.

Are they taking on 'cottaging', trying to stop a public park from being a hookup site or just harrasing gay men?

I'll just assume that there are more going on than just "flirting."

Jim_Callahan: jaylectricity: A better article with quotes from city officials:

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Uh...

"These are just devastating experiences for these men," Beighley said. "Many of them are closeted and the consequences are so huge

Pretty sure "closeted" and "openly flirting in a public park" are kinda mutually exclusive.

I guess heterosexuality doesn't have a monopoly on idiots, eh.

//While you have a right to not have the cops busting down your door to find out your favorite sexual position, I think expecting the entire government to go out of its way to conspire to hide your openly revealed sexuality as demonstrated by your public behavior is sort of pushing it as far as privacy goes.

What is this i dont even

Happy Hours: It's a serious problem in some places. Normal people - i.e. people who are NOT "cruising" - cannot enjoy certain parks because they are basically stalked the moment they walk into them.


I'm all for gay rights and I'm not homophobic as long as the homosexuals are not following me in parks.

wtf? Those gays are following you and walking in your proximity? Sounds like they need to be arrested and placed on the sex offender registry.

years ago they orchestrated a similar sting in my town 'cause the bathroom was a notorious glory hole. I didn't know that because any time I was at the park and had to take a leak I'd just water a tree like a good hick.

it all got thrown out on entrapment anyway.

now, at least according to craig's list, the dirty book store on the interstate is the local glory hole hotspot. no wonder there are always so many cars in the parking lot but no one ever seems to be inside.

people are weird.

So people arrested for breaking the law are claiming they weren't breaking the law? Yeah, that never happens, this must be legit.

ArkAngel,Jim_Callahan: Interesting. Where I live "soliciting" means attempting to initiate a business transaction, so this would require that the target agree to pay for (in this case) sexual services. I'm a little confused as to what the word means in Michigan that anything not involving an exchange of money could qualify.
In this case, it involves either that or simply inviting them to commit a lewd act

Ignoring the creepy factor, what is the legal difference between any meatmarketish bar around closing time and some of these hookup sites?

The only reason gays hook up at parks is because we know we can get sex. If women were more free with the pussy straight guys would be farking in all sorts of public places too.

Does this mean you don't want a fish sandwich?

Don't Troll Me Bro!: AliceBToklasLives: A gay couple holding hands = lewd conduct. Well, maybe a really ugly gay couple, I dunno.

/Just glad Kent County has eradicated all real crime.

CSB: Many years ago my right-wing Grandfather (now deceased) came to visit me in Madison. We walked on Willy St. and State St., among other places. He was visibly upset every time we walked past a gay/lesbian couple holding hands. Finally I got sick of it and asked him why he was so upset about that. He said it wasn't right. I asked him to tell me, specifically, how those two women holding hands had any negative impact on anybody (he always said if something isn't hurting anyone he doesn't care). He said it was against God's will. I asked him if he slept with any women while on shore leave when he was in the Navy (he met Grandma after getting out). He didn't want to talk about it anymore.

America will remember this anti-gay nonsense with as much shame as having been against inter-racial marriage. It hurts nobody, and brings joy to many. What's not to like about it?

/straight

Well I would say that it would be a problem if everyone starts turning that way. I'm all for LGBT rights and all, but I'm on the opinion that it should stay as a minority.

taxandspend: If women were more free with the pussy straight guys would be farking in all sorts of public places too.

Or maybe we'd still be doing it at home. It's farking hilarious and pathetic how gay men actually try to justify lewd behavior in public places. Is it really that hard to meet somebody that you have to go sucking random cocks in public places?

jaylectricity: Bossk'sSegway: Does this mean you don't want a fish sandwich?

I think that's the implication...they prefer fish sticks.

For Lent!

9beers: taxandspend: If women were more free with the pussy straight guys would be farking in all sorts of public places too.

Or maybe we'd still be doing it at home.

The gays do it there too. Not our homes, your home.

But your right, it is pathetic how gay men try to justify lewd behavior in public places. Instead, we shouldn't even bother trying. Like my fraternity brother and a girl he just met who I caught farking on a local beach, another straight college couple caught having sex in a parking lot, or my personal favorite, the video of a guy farking his girlfriend/wife at a baseball game. No explanation needed from them other than they were horny.