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    Quote Originally Posted by Mirage View Post
    Maybe I would say that they are just average, and that there are countries both better at it and worse at it. When I think gay acceptance, I'm more likely to think Sweden or the Netherlands than the US. Although there are a few states it is legal in, those are in the minority. Canada allows it too, of course. I guess I should have specified the US instead of just all of NA.

    Anyway, my point isn't which countries are better another country, but that gay acceptance is most certainly not something that is more widespread in North America compared to Europe. Maybe it's just because of certain really loud Christian groups in the US, but I seem to hear a lot more anti-gay propaganda coming from the US than from anywhere in Europe.

    Not to mention that we just have a more laid back stance on sexuality in general, which includes homosexuality.
    Just to support this, according to Wikipedia Holland was the first country to legalize gay marriage followed by Belgium. All of Scandinavia has also legalized it so I would say Northern Europe is ahead of the curve on this. You just don't hear much about it because in our part of the world this is not the least bit controversial unlike say the US.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cynthis View Post
    Just to support this, according to Wikipedia Holland was the first country to legalize gay marriage followed by Belgium. All of Scandinavia has also legalized it so I would say Northern Europe is ahead of the curve on this. You just don't hear much about it because in our part of the world this is not the least bit controversial unlike say the US.
    Yeah. I would say that generally, those who don't like it around here still don't hate it enough to make a big deal about it.

    I'm from Norway myself, and even if we haven't been the first to legalize all these things, being openly gay in the military has been allowed since the 70s, and it's not political suicide if you admit to being gay either.

    Homophobes around here are generally either teenagers who will most likely grow out of it when they become adults, really old people, or inbred country bumpkins (we're in no shortage of country bumpkins, though!).
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    Last edited by Mirage; 07-12-2012 at 03:14 PM.