1st April 2003, 12:45 AM
You act like you're so smart... then say such stupid things... I mean, you HONESTLY think that single parenting, AIDS/HIV, abortion, etc have anything to do with homosexuality? That's so dumb...
I would say that society is now taking up those issues because some people have realized that its not ok to force large groups of people to hide who they are... that is really against what we stand for -- freedom of opinion, etc...
Forcing everyone to beleive the same things just is bad and not conductive to society... its not good to keep it all hidden... all it does is hurts those people even more.
I mean, homosexuality has always existed, but before recently people who were had to hide it or deny it because it "wasnt ok"... and that would not be good for them. While its not all open now (too much persecution), its a lot better... for the betterment of everyone except rightwing extremist zealots...
Like most every other major societal issue like this in time it'll get accepted. The only question is in how long... but we've made a very good start with Vermont's sanctioning of a legal alternative for gays to get all the benefits of being married (without using that actual term for them). I just wish those attempts here in Maine to get sexual orientation added to the list of things you can't harrass or fire people over (gender, age, religion, etc) passed... :(
I would say that society is now taking up those issues because some people have realized that its not ok to force large groups of people to hide who they are... that is really against what we stand for -- freedom of opinion, etc...
Forcing everyone to beleive the same things just is bad and not conductive to society... its not good to keep it all hidden... all it does is hurts those people even more.
I mean, homosexuality has always existed, but before recently people who were had to hide it or deny it because it "wasnt ok"... and that would not be good for them. While its not all open now (too much persecution), its a lot better... for the betterment of everyone except rightwing extremist zealots...
Like most every other major societal issue like this in time it'll get accepted. The only question is in how long... but we've made a very good start with Vermont's sanctioning of a legal alternative for gays to get all the benefits of being married (without using that actual term for them). I just wish those attempts here in Maine to get sexual orientation added to the list of things you can't harrass or fire people over (gender, age, religion, etc) passed... :(