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To: greenspirit who wrote (1171)	9/8/1999 1:51:00 PM
From: DJB	Read Replies (2) of 6418

<<And taking it even further, why should we teach children in public schools to accept it?>> I know that it will never come down to all people accepting homosexuality. In fact my premise on this thread started as reducing violence against gays and not acceptance of gays. I prefer to use the word tolerate. If you tolerate gays you do not have to accept gays but you are less likely to be violent towards gays. <<So intellectually the issue boils down to cultural acceptance. Culturally some people are not willing to accept gay relationships as being normal. And culturally others are not willing to accept incestuous relationships as normal. That doesn't mean people want to go around committing violence against either group, or that their feelings and beliefs stand solely on a pedestal of religios context. It's simply a cultural norm. Changing the cultural acceptance of certain behavior takes many years to happen. I would submit that attitudes toward homosexuality are today experiencing this struggle.>> Very well said Michael. I would like to substitute tolerance for acceptance in your statement. But I do take exception to <<That doesn't mean people want to go around committing violence against either group,>>. There are people that are out there that specifically target gays. Some religions, neo nazis, KKK, skin heads to name a few. I know these are extremists groups and am not implying that they make up the core of the conservatives. However part of their mission is to eliminate gays as well as jews and blacks and probably others. So there are groups that exist that want to kill my son cause he is gay. I am not aware of any groups that want to kill people for incestuous relationships. Erase Hate, Dennis

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