...First, the Gay community would gladly take tolerance. Acceptance is something far more personal. But tolerance means you and your society are willing to live and let live.
You don't speak for the Gay Community and t's not a case of chicken Little and the sky falling in. Gay activists have stepped over the line far too many times to have the right to expect acceptance from the more informed. And I and other so-called "homophobes" are well aware that their so called tolerance is not tolerance at all - but merely a facade .
Extending the same rights to Gay couples that straight couples enjoy is a form of tolerance.
I agree - the Government has no business interfering in the private lives of consenting Adults -gay marriage should not be something they have to fight for - perverts or not - they are grown ass people entitled to the same rights as normal folk.
Discriminating against a Gay couple in housing, employment, church affiliation or in your business is not tolerance but bigotry.
Housing - Nobody wants a blatant *** for a neighbor, and I certainly wouldn't trust one I didn't know anywhere near my children.
The moral high ground assumed by the straight community is built on a foundation of loose sand. If Gay promiscuity is what you are offended by, consider heterosexual promiscuity and its affects on children. For every Stonewall Inn you want shut down, why would you attend a grand opening at Hooters?
I once owned a business on Long Island in NY , on the same block was another business known as the 608 club - nobody knew what kind of business it was at first- it was only open at night and was always relatively quiet, even though there was a lot of traffic - turns out it was a Gay Bar - the fruitcakes who patronized the place were respectable and well mannered never had a problem - it wasn't a stonewall inn or a hooters - wouldn't want either in my backyard - but laid back and respectable fags such as the patrons of this club were never an issue - and their money was welcome.
Homosexuality is not a criminal offense. It is not child abuse.
Between consenting Adults - behind closed doors - who cares.
However Homosexuals , and not all homosexuals, but a ridiculously high percentage of them are also Pedophiles or have pedophilia urges and tendencies.
I am a straight man. I was born that way. But I do not condone discrimination against the homosexual community that is based in fear and suspicion. If we can make false claims against one group what is stopping us from doing the same unto others?
Kindly show me a false claim that I have made - if you feel it is false or have a difference of Opinion - I will be more than Glad to present my case .
You see me slinging insults at people on this thread and others quite frequently - It's generally directed at the opinionated who can't or are too lazy to back up their opinions and in many cases pisses them off to the point where a decent debate ensues. In your case that wouldn't be neccesary, you are obviously literate and articulate enough
ADDENDUM ---- Much Later than that above
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence