I can prove, beyond a doubt, that being homosexual is in fact not "normal" in the grand design of life.
I don't think you, or I, or anybody else knows what "the grand design of life" is, or even if there is one. In any event, it really doesn't matter to me, as I do not see any reason why the government should be declaring anything to be normal or abnormal. The only question government should be evaluating is whether a given form of behaviour intrudes on anyone else's rights. Homosexuality, whether by birth or by choice, does not do that.
There is a huge difference is allowing a six year old kid to be exposed to homosexual behavior vs. a high school student.
I would suggest that children be exposed to the reality of homosexual behaviour at the point where they begin using "faggot" as an expression of contempt.
how many of your Democratic union brothers would support gay rights?
Who said I was a democrat?
The Democratic party is not one party, under one tent, and that is one of their biggest problems.
The Republicans have the same problem. Many who are drawn to the Republican party's fiscal conservatism and its stand on taxes cannot tolerate the attempts of the religious right to use secular power to impose its own intrusive morality. The religious right can't tolerate the views of the libertarian right on social issues. Most Republicans in the corporate world are all for free trade and multilateralism, but we see a lot of right-wing faces marching against the WTO, NAFTA, the IMF, and other organizations (organizations inevitably denounced in developing countries as tools of the corporate right) devoted to promoting free trade.
The Republicans may have been more successful in uniting these divided groups in the last election (though not much more successful), just as the Democrats were more successful in uniting their divided constituencies in the two previous elections. A successful attempt to bridge divisions does not mean the divisions do not exist. They do exist, and will very likely reappear as the Bush administration begins to articulate policy. Creating and sustaining a coalition platform that bridges divisions within the party is not hard to do while running an opposition campaign. All you have to do is tell each group what they want to hear, and try not to contradict yourself too drastically. It's a good deal more difficult when you're in the chair, and the hounds are all barking over the same pound of flesh. |
