Celebrating Pride Day in Eugene
EUGENE, Ore. - Dozens of people headed to Alton Baker Park on Saturday for the 25th Annual Eugene Pride Day.
The event provides a chance for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people to come together as a community.
This year they discussed a variety of new developments in the gay community, such as President Obama's stance on same sex marriage, and the repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell".
The event featured live entertainment, food booths, and other vendors.
"What brings us all together is our status as members of a sexual minority," said Tim Matteson, Treasurer for Eugene Pride Day. "By being out in the community like this, it gives us an opportunity to be aware we are here and that we are a large part of the community."
Eugene Pride Day runs through 8 P.M. on Saturday.
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 @Ol'Ironhead Your comment has not contributed to anyone's intellectual or spiritual growth.
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Ah, yes have you folks ever heard of pandering. Be careful a man without honor can change his position merely by the way the wind blows. As far as being a minority, that is your choice.
 @souptonuts If homosexuality is a choice then heterosexuality is too. When did you make the decision to be heterosexual? Why?
@David McCallum In the 1940's before all the misguided folks started come about.
 @souptonuts  @David It seems that souptonuts is from the old school, as I was in the 1940's. I have met closed minded, bitter men from that era before having lived it.
Well, the times they are a'changin... still... :)
 @souptonuts An overwhelming preponderance of evidence demonstrates that it isn't even close to being a choice. I do agree with you about Obama though... his position on most things is highly malleable.Â
@PleaseBeSmart I still say it is a choice of lifestyle for most gays. There may be a few cases where it isn't, but in my opinion that is a minority of the choice to be a minority. Medical and scientific stats are skewed so badly in this day and age, no one knows what the truth is. Just like smoking, sure there are deaths from smoking, but there are many many deaths with the death certificate listing the cause of death as smoking,  and the doctor was wrong, or at the very least stretching the truth. The list goes on and on, it just boils down to whoever has the most money and influence. There is no honor, and where there is no honor there is no truth. So you believe what you believe and I believe what I believe. Have a good day.
 @souptonuts  @PleaseBeSmart As a 72 year old male gay person you need to know that it is not a choice. I was married for 40 years and raised 4 children. For all of those 40 years, until my wife died, I remained faithful in my marriage - but the gay feeling never left me. She has been gone for 13 years now and I have been happy with a male partner for 11 years. The desire for male companionship never left me. It was there when I was 8, my earliest recollection and because of society, especially back in those years, so I got married. No matter how hard I tried to be happy my life was never happy. I am glad to have a few years to feel comfortable in my life. Not a choice......
 @souptonuts I'm not trying to be confrontational, but I really think that is an alarming cop-out. There's lots of inaccurate information about everything, and that's not anything remotely new. It's been like that since the dawn of knowledge. That's why it's important to have good evaluative skills. You're kinda throwing the baby out with the bathwater if you just dismiss everything as unreliable information. I mean, when it comes to studies you can look at what the source is, who funded it, was the study criteria set up to achieve an unbiased result, was the study broad enough to be accurate, is the result consistent with other credible information, etc. There is truth to be found... it just has to be sorted out.Â