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To: one_less who wrote (10291)	4/22/2002 4:10:45 PM
From: Poet	of 21057

The education and training that I have seen is about promoting an acceptance and advocacy for gay and alternative lifestyles into the mainstream than simply an awareness or tolerance. That's interesting. I've never seen public school programs advocating gay and alternate lifestyles, only acceptance and lack of hatred. Some straight people have issues that lie beneath all of this. If they raise an issue or question the foundations of the agenda they are termed hateful. Yes, I agree that some people have "issues" about homosexuals. And that's OK. I think it's the way that concerns and questions are voiced that often determines the reception they get from folks. As E said earlier today, voicing one's opinion that certain acts are personally offensive is very different from using a moralistic brush. How in the heck were these people sexualized, to be sure of a sexual identity to such an extent, so early. It raises a concern for me about traditional straight boys who may not have formed a sexual identity yet. If they say they want to marry their playground playmate are they going to be encouraged to accept an identity as homosexuals by the new system? One thing here: Not only have I not seen any educational program promote homosexuality, but there have been some recent statements by homosexual parents (Rosie O'Donnell among them) that they would not wish homosexuality on their kids. And neither would I. Gays are a marginalized, often disapproved of, minority. It's a tough life, one which I wouldn't wish on anyone, but neither would I encourage people to crank up their public disapproval and judgement of it. We must realize that out free speech is actually being heard by people, often people who are in pain.

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