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What are you afraid of? You think your children will become homosexual themselves? What an irrational fear.
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It appears rational to those gullible enough to believe the foolish contention that someone can simply, by an act of will, wake up one morning and decide, "You know, I think starting today I'm going to be gay. I've never had the slightest interest in having sex with another person of my same gender before, but suddenly I find them irresistibly attractive."
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What I find ironic is that people are using the words 'gay', 'poof', 'fag', and 'queer' are not being punished.
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They often are, by their peers, if their group is a bit more enlightened and rational than they are. If their peers are as bigoted as they, then they're often applauded for their wit.
The exception are gays. Those terms, when used by gay people, are a mocking form of self-depreciation similar to Blacks who use the "N" word. Within the community its accepted. Use by those outside the community is considered unacceptable. It's a fairly common phenomena within groups formed by a common cause, belief or affiliation.