Re: Rainbows
The rainbow flag symbol for gay pride goes back to 1978 when man named Gilbert Baker designed such a flag for the gay & lesbian community in San Francisco.http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/scotts/ftp/bulgarians/rainbow-flag.htmlBut rainbow flags have a much longer history as a general symbol for inclusiveness and diversity in many cultures around the world:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_flagI can understand why people might not want to use Rainbow as a child's name because it sounds a bit "hippy" or overly "cute". But I think avoiding it because of its association with the rainbow flag is giving in to homophobia. People who would make ignorant remarks about gays to someone who names a daughter Rainbow are jerks and should be ignored as such, IMHO.
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Wacky celebrity baby names...  ·  Kate  ·  11/18/2006, 7:03 AM
Re: Wacky celebrity baby names...  ·  mum2bubba  ·  11/18/2006, 6:17 PM
Phinneus and Hazel are cute, but I prefer Phineas nt  ·  Stephanie Anne  ·  11/18/2006, 12:31 PM
Re: Wacky celebrity baby names...  ·  clara  ·  11/18/2006, 10:34 AM
Re: Wacky celebrity baby names...  ·  Sabrina Fair  ·  11/18/2006, 9:33 AM
Re: Wacky celebrity baby names...  ·  Elphi  ·  11/18/2006, 8:17 AM
Re: Wacky celebrity baby names...  ·  Laurie  ·  11/18/2006, 8:24 AM
Re: Wacky celebrity baby names...  ·  Starla Roxanne  ·  11/18/2006, 8:10 AM
Re: Wacky celebrity baby names...  ·  Sabrina Fair  ·  11/18/2006, 10:06 AM
Re: Wacky celebrity baby names...  ·  Rachel  ·  11/18/2006, 12:10 PM
and associated with the loathsome Jeff Gordon (m)  ·  Starla Roxanne  ·  11/18/2006, 6:35 PM
Re: Wacky celebrity baby names...  ·  Sabrina Fair  ·  11/18/2006, 12:59 PM
Re: Wacky celebrity baby names...  ·  Rachel  ·  11/18/2006, 1:38 PM
me either (m)  ·  Starla Roxanne  ·  11/18/2006, 6:46 PM
Re: Rainbows  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  11/18/2006, 7:20 PM
on principle, I agree (m)  ·  Starla Roxanne  ·  11/18/2006, 7:39 PM
Re: Wacky celebrity baby names...  ·  Laurie  ·  11/18/2006, 8:22 AM
Re: Wacky celebrity baby names...  ·  Starla Roxanne  ·  11/18/2006, 8:35 AM
Agree.  ·  Haven  ·  11/18/2006, 10:47 AM
Who's Zander? I adore that name! (n/t)  ·  Kate  ·  11/18/2006, 4:42 PM
as I said before...  ·  Starla Roxanne  ·  11/18/2006, 11:10 AM
I'm not sure about that.  ·  Haven  ·  11/19/2006, 7:41 AM
Re: Wacky celebrity baby names...  ·  Sugar  ·  11/18/2006, 7:47 AM
Don't know. It is uncommon, though. (n/t)  ·  Kate  ·  11/18/2006, 7:49 AM
Re: Don't know. It is uncommon, though. (n/t)  ·  Laurie  ·  11/18/2006, 7:56 AM