Delta Burke Too Gay For Nashville

31. 'NOT OK TO BE GAY'...I'll break it down for your ingenious mind: You can wring your hands all you want but the only way to prevent gay is to not have children. Do the world a favor and have your owner get you spayed.

Posted at 7:29PM on Nov 16th 2006 by ezze

32. Oh please--I've lived in Nashville 25 years and produce television shows both locally and nationally. Given the fantastic personalities of both stars (not to mention the local tie-ins), there were plenty of great ways to do these segments without offending anyone. I'd say the producer is clearly over her head. As for the trailer-trash talk, I'll quietly refrain from bashing other cities/states/regions. I don't know if it's good manners or good sense...but I learned long ago that generalities about other people don't make much sense. Many of you could benefit from the same lesson.

Posted at 10:24PM on Nov 16th 2006 by World Traveler Living in Nashville

33. I live here in music city. Most of the people are gracious no matter what your proclivities.Although our latest election showed that way too many of my fellow southeners are easily frightened by the differences in society{ie..minorities}.You know most of us have this kooky newfangled gadget called a remote that allows us to chose our own viewing options. CRAZY EHH!

Posted at 12:11AM on Nov 17th 2006 by j hockenberry

34. Don Gympie...too sober for Nashville

Don Gympie...too black for Nashville

Don Gympie...too liberal for Nashville

etc.

Posted at 12:30AM on Nov 17th 2006 by Don Gympie

35. These were both excellent plays with excellent performances. Nashville is a diverse community....but the entertainment value of having these two on that show trumps the gay card any day. Even Ken Mehlman would catch a belly laugh.

Posted at 3:20PM on Nov 17th 2006 by LA Theatregoer

36. Originally from Tennessee, I know that there are many educated, articulate, and fair-minded people in the south and especially Nashville. This however is not the view held by many people here in the Midwest where I've lived for many years now. Various negative stereotypes of southerners abound here and not just amongst the low-brow set. Stories like these are the reasons why because they confirm that the business of hate and exclusion (in the name of Jesus of course) is still alive in well in the "new south". Sure, they had to tone-down the racism and move it underground, but the queers are still fair game for blatant degradation and humiliation by hate mongers. As long as the voices of hate are the loudest ones heard coming out of the south, the stereotypes of southerners and-worse yet-the southern status quo will remain unchanged.

Posted at 5:20AM on Nov 17th 2006 by MG

37. This is to John and his "cliche" response. What you wrote, "Absolutely disgusting....I feel bad for the people of Nashville, no wonder everyone thinks they are uneducated, red neck, hillbilly, white trash, trailer park crackers. Its because of statements like this. I think everyone should boycott the show and write letters to get the show off the air. Im sure they would have been the same people to host KKK rallies on the show." I'm from Nashville and how dare you stereotype the people of Nashville. Uneducated-oh please! Trailer park trash?? I live in a suburb of Nashville and trailers aren't even allowed where I live...and Oprah is from where I live and her father and step mother are my neighbors. So next time before you type a response, think about what you're saying b/c what you wrote is completely untrue. Don't be so cliche John. Write something that someone would actually agree with and not something they can hear from a 4 year old. Of course when people hear Nashville, they think of country bumpkins but let's put things into perspective. So many well-educated people came from Nashville..to name a few: Martha R. Ingram, chairwoman of Nashville-based Ingram Industries, was ranked 81st on the Forbes magazine list of the 400 richest Americans, with a net worth of about $2.3 billion; Michael Dell, founder of industry giant Dell Computer Corp., which employs thousands at distribution plants in Nashville and Lebanon, Tenn., was named the 15th richest, with $9.8 billion; Thomas Frist Jr., chairman of Nashville-based hospital chain HCA Inc., has a net worth of $1.7 billion, making him the 124th richest individual in the nation. So put that in your pipe and smoke it.---Oops, I guess I'll ended it with a "John cliche".

Posted at 8:01PM on Nov 18th 2006 by Kaylen

38. Funny, Nashville is home to the worlds largest adult book store,and many strip clubs, where the conservative part

Posted at 11:34AM on Nov 17th 2006 by tom

39. Hey Not OK to be Gay:
You are exactly the kind of person I was talking about, and if you could read, I said I feel bad for people of Nashville because the country thinks everyone is like your redneck ignorant white trash trailer park ass. I really hope one of your kids are gay to teach you a lesson..Maybe youll understand it better when you see your young son acting gay as a small child like all gay people do...Its something your born with, and you dont become gay overnight when they decide to have sex with the same sex. I knew I was different from a very young age, before I even had a desire to have sex. Until the day you stupid brainwashed ignorant christian idiots relize that, or have gay children of your own, there will still be biogtry in this country. Black people went through it, but still are going through it because of people like you. So go back to your trailer, have fun being barefoot and pregnant and go have some more kids bitch.

Posted at 1:57PM on Nov 17th 2006 by John

40. So sad-- Nashville is a really cool town with a diverse community of hetero- and homosexuals, liberal and conservative, etc. people. The fact that this story has made the news just highlights one negative event that could have happened anywhere and giving the false impression that the whole city is ignorant and anti-gay.

Posted at 2:17PM on Nov 17th 2006 by Nashvillian

41. "Guess what ,I'm tired of turning on the tv and my children seeing two guys together."

Well guess what...I'm tired of having heterosexuality shoved down my throat every time I turn on the tv, read a magazine or open my front door. I'm sick of hearing about your spawn and how my existance threatens them, when the real danger is having parents who fixate on sex every time they see two men together. Being gay is not just about sex; it's about who we love and want to spend our lives with. It's only about sex in the tiny little minds of fundamentalist bigots who are the real perverts, as proved by the way they've perverted the teachings of the Bible to serve their own bigotry.

Posted at 3:16PM on Nov 19th 2006 by mlv1055