E.J. Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Church lobbies city to rename Gay Boulevard by PageOneQ A Texas city insists that there's no anti-gay intent in plans to rename nearby Gay Boulevard after a nearby church. San Antonio's Second Baptist Church has been near what is currently the corner of East Commerce St. and Gay Blvd., on the city's east side, since the 1890s. City officials plan on Thursday to change the name of the four-block stretch to "Second Baptist Way," WOAI reported Tuesday, insisting that the only intent was to "boost the profile of Second Baptist Church." The church initiated and funded the effort. It is unclear how Gay Boulevard, which the city says has "no significant historical connection" to San Antonio, got its name. Copyright ? 2007 Page One News Media, Inc. Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 As 'gay' certainly wasn't a word used in conjunction with homosexuality in the late 19th century, I tend to believe them. The city, not the church. C Link to comment
Richard Norway Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 However Cole, I wouldn't put it past the chuirch to be seeing the word in todays context, hence (probably) their actions. They initiated the name change. Richard Norway Link to comment
Trab Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 You are all just soooo cynical. I'm sure it's purely coincidental. Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Absolutely, Trab. We've all learned the Babtist church always speaks the truth. Well, perhaps their version of it. C Link to comment
Trab Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 I'm sure that there IS no other truth. Ask any Baptist, and you'll see. Link to comment
colinian Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Where I live in the San Francisco East Bay there's a mountain named Mount Diablo. A popular nickname for this mountain is "Old Devil Mountain" and the general area is referred to as "The Diablo Valley". A church in our area (I don't remember the name) attempted to get the name changed because it "honored the devil". The reaction to their campaign was mostly laughter and derision. Colin Link to comment
DesDownunder Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 We had a road, opposite our police barracks, called "Deviation Road." They closed it off so the police could use it for parking their personal cars. Link to comment
Richard Norway Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Des You have a wicked sense of humor. Richard Link to comment
Bruin Fisher Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 The other day I walked down Gay Street, in the historic city of Bath in England. Gay was once a popular surname and a fashionable playwright was called John Gay - he wrote The Beggar's Opera in 1728. There's even a village called Gay Street (!) in West Sussex. Bruin Link to comment
TalonRider Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 There are several communities in the area of PA that I live in that have a Gay Street. The apartment complex that I lived in when I first moved over here had two entrances. The back entrance was Gay Street. It was the easiest of the two entrances to use, so I used it the most. Link to comment
DesDownunder Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 In Adelaide we have a major arcade called not surprisingly, 'Adelaide Arcade'. In the middle of this 120 year old historic arcade however is a junction to a smaller arcade called, yes you guessed it, "Gay's Arcade." I have always wondered why it has not been of more interest to our gay community. Pictures of the Arcades for those who must see them. Link to comment
Richard Norway Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Gay's Arcade looks pretty up scale to me. (referring to pics Des sent) Definately gay! Richard Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Back when I worked for a living, I had a co-worker whose first name was Gaylord. He told me the name wasn't that uncommon, although I've never known anyone else with it. I don't know what kids on his block called him. I do know his nickname at work was not Gay. C Link to comment
Trab Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 We have one of those here too. Nice guy, even dresses in those suede gentleman's pants like an English lord who likes to dabble in his own garden and eschews gardeners. Link to comment
Richard Norway Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Cole: Could be an interesting story there...a guy growing up in 1965 with a first name of Gaylord, nicknamed Gay. But...not much of a story there until you add your amazingly evil mind to it. Richard Link to comment
DesDownunder Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 The once was a Lord who knew night from day As his menservants followed him all the way Into every bedchamber Where they all would remember Shouting, "Here comes Gaylord, the Lord who is Gay." Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 "Amazingly evil mind." I think Richard must know me. C Link to comment
Tanuki Racoon Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Back when I worked for a living, I had a co-worker whose first name was Gaylord. He told me the name wasn't that uncommon, although I've never known anyone else with it. I knew one once, as well. Rare name. Further, we often get parts shipped to our office in a special container called a "gaylord" -- despite all hopes and prayers of certain people, they come only with parts and no people. Link to comment
blue Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Gay is also a common enough last name, and that's usually where a Gay Street/Boulevard/Drive/etc. gets its name. It's sad to see a church or other group focusing on such silly nonsense, instead of actually helping people. Link to comment
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