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RE: GAY RIGHTS...

From: Lawrence A. Parker/OCCTI (occti)
Date: Mon Feb 14 2000 - 07:00:00 PST

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    > So although, I can support fairness in treatment,
    > I can't deny the negative effects I've seen due to the
    > acceptance of this lifestyle.

    Come now, Ann; aren't you setting up a 'straw man' as well as a false cause.
    Most homosexuals do not "choose" this lifestyle, no more than heterosexuals
    choose theirs. Given that, denial of their...orientation, and trying to
    "fit into a 'normal' (heterosexual) lifestyle" can be even more damaging.
    As regards Aids, I don't consider this their 'fault', especially if they
    contracted it before it was 'discovered'. There is also a rise in
    heterosexuals now contracting it (in Africa, it is rampant among all
    populations); all of this is due, yes, to unsafe, promiscuous activities.
    But it is not limited to the g/l population or their exclusive fault.

    > What brought Rome down?

    Are you claiming a single cause? But it wasn't; there were many causes.
    Lead in their drinking water and wine containers; centralization of power
    and over-extension of areas of control, and, yes, an eventual moral
    degradation among the citizenry. They were like a poorly run
    mega-corporation, with funds being sucked out at the top and not being
    re-invested in infra-structure.

    But to say that it was only because of low morals or immoral behavior would
    be short-sighted and fallacious.

    Larry 

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