01-12-2012, 10:21 PM
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Gardeners asked if they are gay!
Read an article in my gardening magazine today, so wasn't sure if I should put this on the gardening thread.Leeds City Council have sent 4000 copies of a survey to all allotment plot holders as well as those on waiting lists.
In one section they are asked to declare their sexual orientation and if they are heterosexual, bisexual or gay
One councillor said "I am all for equality but this is ridiculous".
One plot holder said "What possible relevance does sexuality have to the way they garden on their allotments?"
I'm dumbfounded..if it was me, I'd tick all the boxes and add 'occasionally'
02-12-2012, 12:53 PM
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Re: Gardeners asked if they are gay!
Originally Posted by Janela
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I'm dumbfounded..if it was me, I'd tick all the boxes and add 'occasionally'
Like the Social Services Dept. who recently decided you can't be a member of UKIP and foster children.
Or the muppets at Brighton council who are considering banning the use of the term Mr. Mrs. Miss, Ms. on any corresspondance to their rate payers
There's a lot of nasty small minded jealous people on our town councils these days
02-12-2012, 05:08 PM
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It's the waste of time and money that could be used for useful projects, that annoys me. What do Brighton council propose to call people? Dear unmarried female? Or just, hello householder? Did they hold a meeting to come up with this farcical proposal?Normally, anything addressed to 'Householder' gets shredded before opening in this house.
I sincerely hope that all Leeds plot holders lie on their form, that will mess up their future data
02-12-2012, 06:18 PM
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I had to fight hard to resist the temptation to be jovial on this one.
.The likes of this stupidity was bound to happen sooner or later once the do-gooders got a taste of power, and believe me there'll be more to come. What really annoys me is the fact that they took a perfectly happy and joyful word 'Gay' and made the rest of us use it to mean something completely different, and by law I might add. I personally have absolutely nothing against peoples sexual persuasions but I do object to to some of our nicer words getting nicked forever.
Married folks are proud to use the terms Mr. and Mrs. and the law should respect their decision to be addressed as such.
02-12-2012, 07:18 PM
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I recently applied for a bus pass. One page of the form dealt with my usual details but two pages dealt with ethnicity, religion and sexual perversion/orientation/persuasion/inclination etc., none of which I filled in because truthfully I couldn't really remember.... Seriously though I was still issued with my bus pass, but why they think they need to know this stuff is an absolute mystery....
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