Menewa,
I understand your frustration with how vehemently anti-homosexual many people are here. As someone who does not have any problem with the gay lifestyle, it would definetly be frustrating, maybe even shocking to see how firmly some people feal regarding this issue. Some here are not at all shy to tell you what they think of gay people...and sometimes, what they have to say is very blunt and can be somewhat crude.
While I understand why you, who feel the way you do, would be stunned, annoyed, disgusted, by some of the responses you have gotten here...I would caution you to fall back on the utterly ridiculous "If you are against homosexuality then you are secretly gay," argument. It is childish and overused...and is nothing more than a school-yard taunt used by weak-minded people who do not have actual facts to support their opinions.
You do not have to secretly want to participate in an activity to disapprove of it. There is no psychological evidence to support this, none. The adage, "You dislike in others the traits you refuse to see in yourself," is where the old "people who dislike gays are secretly in the closet," nonsense came from. As some here have already pointed out...it is full of holes and simply has no place in a rational conversation between intelligent people about a topic where they have differring opinions.
Now I understand, you do not feel you are dealing with intelligent people with worthwhile opinions on this topic. But when you come out swinging with the "you must be gay," argument...anyone here who might be willing to deal with you in a respectful manner...or anyone here who might be able to calmly explain the issues they have with homosexuality instantaneously sees that you are someone not to be taken seriously...because you are more interested in name-calling and playing silly little games. (Do you also tell people who dislike Clinton that they are only anti-Clinton because they aren't getting laid? I saw you head in the "aren't you getting laid?" direction in another post...and it really got me wondering as to whether or not you were worth talking to.)
There are numerous arguments you could be citing in a thread like this in order to deal with the people on the board who could converse rationally. No, you are never going to be able to have a conversation with people who hate homosexuals about why they shouldn't...thats just a sad fact of life...but there are MANY people here who would welcome and open dialogue...but they shy away from it when you snidely insinuate that they are either a)gay or b)not getting enough ass ...why should anyone waste the time on someone who is only going to fall back on those lame liberal talking points?
Why haven't you mentioned that one movie about two men in a relationship does not equal a conspiracy? Why not bring up the topics of some movies with straight people involved? For instance, Gone With the Wind's heroine marries a man she doesn't love and spends the majority of the rest of her life trying to screw over her best friend to get into bed with her friends husband....now thats a role model for you. Why not bring up the studies that have shown that children raised by gay families do not turn out "gayer" than anyone else??? I can go on and on because I have read into both sides of the issue...have you read into your side at all? Or do you just have an opinion and figure you can get away with calling people closet homos if they disagree?
The bottom line is...you aren't being treated with respect and you aren't being taken seriously because you havent shown people here any reason to treat you that way. The majority of Americans are against gay marriage, Menewa....it doesn't mean that the majority of Americans really wish that they were a gay cowboy.
Speak rationally and calmly, ignore the people who can't stop throwing insults, and deal with the people who will discuss the issue rationally. You might not change minds...but you might teach someone something they didn't know before...and you might learn something that you didn't know before.
