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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts) Wed Jun 13, 2012, 09:27 AM Jun 2012

Carrie Underwood isn't the only person in country music who is gay friendly:

Toby Keith
"First of all, we’re going to stop somebody from getting a marriage license because they’re gay? You won’t stop them from living together, so what have you accomplished? … Wasting a lot of money here and a lot of time that could be spent working on this deficit that we’re under … I never saw the reasoning behind getting in people’s personal lives,” said Keith.

As for repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Keith is fully behind the repeal saying that anyone with the training and passion to defend the country should, and said specifically that “Somebody’s sexual preference is, like, who cares?”
http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/01/8082955-country-music-star-toby-keith-speaks-out-on-marriage-equality-dadt-repeal

LeAnn Rimes Poses for Marriage Equality Campaign
http://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2011/10/07/leann-rimes-poses-marriage-equality-campaign

In addition, Dolly Parton, Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Nettles, Rascal Flatts, and Martina McBride have been supportive of their gay fans.

Country Music does have a long way to go in the acceptance of others. However, there are people who have ruffled feathers over various issues.
Loretta Lynn wrote and sang a song entitled 'The Pill.' it was supportive of contraception. Some people almost had strokes. She didn't get ostracized because she was too big of a star AND she would have told them to go to hell. She is conservative in other ways, but she will speak her mind.

Don't lump them all together.

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Carrie Underwood isn't the only person in country music who is gay friendly: (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Jun 2012 OP

I think Toby Keith JustAnotherGen Jun 2012 #1

I'll say it ... I LOVES me some Toby Keith! Bake Jun 2012 #2

True Story....Toby Keith's reputation as some dopey republican is just not based in fact.... Joe the Revelator Jun 2012 #5

There are actually quite a lot of country singers who are liberal Drale Jun 2012 #6

Another one ... Dolly! Bake Jun 2012 #3

Dolly Parton has been gay friendly for decades. sufrommich Jun 2012 #4

How did we leave out Willie Nelson? Live and Learn Jun 2012 #7

JustAnotherGen

(32,053 posts)

1. I think Toby Keith

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 10:07 AM

Jun 2012

Gets a bad rap because he wrote The Angry American or whatever . . . but he's actually quite the liberal. As are Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. Never been around Keither - but Hill and McGraw I was around many years ago. They are both absolutely delightful people.

Bake

(21,977 posts)

2. I'll say it ... I LOVES me some Toby Keith!

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 10:25 AM

Jun 2012

(A) He's COUNTRY. (B) He's COUNTRY. (C) He doesn't give a shit what you think of him.

Haters base their opinion on ONE SONG and what he thought of the Dixie Chicks. Not everybody loves the Dixie Chicks (which, by the way, has anybody heard from them lately?).

A lot of us felt like Toby did when he recorded the "boot in your ass" song. Hell, I did. I wanted blood! I wanted to kick somebody's ASS! Why? Because for all it's faults, this is MY COUNTRY, dammit, and you don't fuck with us with no repercussions!

Toby's one of US. Pay attention.

Bake