Gay pride month is stupid
Time has fortunately reversed a lot of that way of thinking. It was a stupid law based on stupid assumptions.
#GAY PRIDE MONTH IS STUPID FULL#
Read Jimmy Buffett’s full statement here:Īs a traveling musician for 40 years, I played many shows years ago, in many states where you could go to prison for 20 years for smoking a joint. On Friday, the Obama administration announced it was considering whether North Carolina’s law makes the state ineligible for billions of dollars in federal aid for schools, highways and housing.Īlso Read: Bryan Adams Cancels Mississippi Concert Over Anti-Gay Law
Nearly 200 bills have been proposed around the country in 2016 that could lead to discrimination against LGBT people, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. Last week, rock legend Bruce Springsteen showed the state who’s boss when he decided to cancel a concert over the weekend. And singer Bryan Adams canceled a Thursday performance in Biloxi, Mississippi, after the state passed a new law that allows religious groups and some private businesses to refuse service to gay couples. The state has been under intense fire and threats of boycott from a long list of companies and performers who’ve threatened to pull their business from the state. Critics of the law argue it is discriminatory toward the transgender community. The Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act, also known as the “bathroom bill,” signed into law by Governor Pat McCrory last month, basically says that people must use bathrooms that match the sex that’s indicated on their birth certificates. But now another stupid law, based on stupid assumptions, has sprung up like kudzu in North Carolina.”īuffett ends his statement quoting Forrest Gump, telling his fans, “Stupid is as stupid does.”Īlso Read: Bruce Springsteen Cancels North Carolina Concert Over Anti-LGBT Law On his web site, Buffett compares the anti-LGBT law to anti-drug laws … specifically saying that he’d “played many shows years ago, in many states where you could go to prison for 20 years for smoking a joint.” He goes on to say that,”Time has fortunately reversed a lot of that way of thinking.
The “Margaritaville” singer says that while he doesn’t agree with the law, North Carolina was there for him as a performer in the early days, adding that he’s “always felt a loyalty to fans there that goes deep.” But that doesn’t mean he’s planning to cancel two upcoming shows there. Jimmy Buffett thinks North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law is “stupid” (so stupid, in fact, he calls it that 10 times in a three-paragraph statement).