| Thank you, Maryjane, for countering the hysteria with information.
Straights often ask why gays are so "in their face". The above suggests a good reason. There's so much FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) being spread by those opposed to gays that the only way to counter their nonsense is by calling attention to ourselves and letting others see we're no different than they are. Since only 10% or less of the population is gay, the odds are good that many people know not one (openly) homosexual person. All they know of gays is what their pastor tells them, or their parents told them or they hear on the TV. By exposing them to non-stereotypes, we are trying to combat the foolishness being passed off as truth by those who know nothing about it.
Gays being allowed to legally marry would not harm straight marriage in the least. It would have few if any of the dire results predicted by those who oppose it. It would also not be the major breakthrough in equal rights that gays hope for, any more than equal racial rights solved all racial inequalities. Racism still exists, homophobia will too no matter what straights allow us to do. |