"Ahh, everyone is allowed their opinion except Christians. Typical." - Musiclover84
Unfortunately my posting this outs me as a watcher of Daytime Soap Operas. But this was too rage inducing to keep quiet.

So the other day I posted in the Days of Our Lives LJ comm that they've announced an impending gay storyline.

Everyone in the comm seems happy or at least they don't care because really, this shouldn't be news right?

Musiclover84 however is not happy and he posts in my post, but I thought nothing of it. He has since deleted his post but hey, Gmail is like a Sarrlacc and deletes things slowly.

Gays of Our Lives? No thanks.

Seems like the gay lifestyle has taken over all tv shows and movies. It's always the same thing too. Gay guy/gal keeps homosexual feelings a secret then eventually find out that hey, it's okay to be gay! *Gag*

Anyway, I've been in this group a long time (been watching Days for nearly 20 years) and this is the end for me. Take care everyone!

So today, I go to the comm and see a mod post.

Maintainer/Mod Update

Hi All,

I haven't needed to moderate this community in years due to people's ability to be respectful and polite. However, it seems people are overreacting to the news of the upcoming gay storyline. Please remember, you are entitled to express your opinions as long as it doesn't offend other people and some these posts are going over the top. Please keep the criticism of the show in the bounds of good taste.

Musiclover returns.

Scrolling back in the comm I see that people are expressing their enthusiasm about the new plot but of course, Musiclover breaks in to pee on everyone's good time.

Oh BS, like you really want to watch a show that takes away from the couples that have been around forever. I am offended that you are okay with taking this show in a direction away from it's 45 year consistency. Some of us have been watching this for a long duration of that time and the fact that newer viewers are coming through here & trying to ruin this show, greatly offends me.

Riiiiight, because Will and Gabby and Abby and Chad have been couples forever. *Rolls eyes*

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	doyle 2011-06-28 09:19 pm UTC (link)
	What I'm mainly getting from the comments to this post is that American soaps are much much more interesting than British ones. jealous (Reply to this)(Thread)

	cyndra_falin 2011-06-29 12:04 am UTC (link)
	I recommend watching a Novela, a Spanish soap opera. They are just over the TOP that it's great. To me, at least. XD (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bobgenghiskhan 2011-06-30 01:08 am UTC (link)
	OMG, Corazon Salvaje. I only have high school Spanish but my ex-roomie and I used to watch it with the subtitles on and I would try to translate on the fly and there was an evil twin and pirates AND gypsies, in the West Indies for some reason, and it was awesome. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	beccastareyes 2011-07-03 04:16 am UTC (link)
	Spanish class got a lot of my peers addicted to telenovelas. Which both delighted and dismayed our teachers -- delighted because it was practice, dismayed because we'd try to talk them into letting us watch them instead of class. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	summeriris 2011-07-04 09:45 pm UTC (link)
	But Eastenders had a gay couple on it 25 years ago. Then there was Brookside, remember that 'KISS'. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

doyle
2011-07-04 10:29 pm UTC (link)

Very true - although it's taken till now, with the Christian/Syed storyline, to see more than the occasional peck on the cheek or ridiculous kiss in silhouette between the gay couples on EE (and there was still THINK OF THE CHILLLLDREN whining about seeing Christian and Syed in bed together). I definitely remember the famous Beth Jordache snog on Brookside... *slinks off to youtube*

Thinking about it, all the UK soaps I can think of have had a major gay storyline running recently: soaps aren't my thing, but I like that there are gay couples on these shows that air on prime time every day of the week.

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summeriris
2011-07-04 11:04 pm UTC (link)

I think the last time I watched a soap was about 10 years ago. I haven't watche EE since Alfie Moon and what's her name got married at Christmas and he rented the snow machine, I can't remember the last time I watched Corrie, I think when Dierdre'd daughter murdered the handyman and Emmerdale, wow Emmerdale. Charity was going to get married to the old head of the King family. Whatever happened to his middle son? I did like Emmerdale, I never knew so much champagne was drunk on a Yordhire farm.

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