Rahvin writes:
GLBT individuals have not affected a single sector of life beyond the simple demand to be held equally with every other subset of the population.
Rahvin, I happen to have had some unpleasant encounters with gay men over the decades. At about age nine, after school and weekends I worked with my dad in his business. It was my lot to go up the alley to the store or P.O. etc. The alley was behind the main street theater. The janitor came out the back door of the theator and beconed me over. He showed me some empty billfolds, quite a lot of them that were left by hapless customers.
Obviously, he cleaned out the cash and discarded the rest. Anyhow, he offered me a nice one and proceeded to take down my pants and molest me, I didn't know what to do, but never said anythng about it to anyone. When I showed the billfold to my dad he warned me not to ever go there anymore, not ever learning what I was too ashamed to reveal.
Another example of some unpleasant encounters with gays was on a trip to Wyoming to visit family in our motorhome with our two young boys. We were in upper Michigan, having taken a new route. We were traveling along the coast of Lake Michigan. We pulled into a beach park which was empty. We bedded down for the night. About midnight a large number of cars began moving in a ways down in a different entrance, not far off.
It wasn't long before it became very noisy and nasty, the men yelling vile and obscene stuff. Then they headed our way in a menacing way. By the time we got dressed they were outside the locked camper threatening us. I got into the seat just in time and we moved out.
Though I could cite other examples of things, indicative that your comparison to Christianity is invalid and though one is a deviation from the natural and normal For the most part, I've had good relationships with gays in business, etc. I've always treated them like everyone else, Some have been friends.
Rahvin writes:
In the mean time we were dressing and It is illegal and morally wrong to discriminate based upon religion or race when hiring for a job (for example), and homosexuals have only desired that they should enjoy the same protection, as they are a historically persecuted minority. It's illegal to refuse to hire Christians simply for being Christian, and likewise it is (and should be) illegal to refuse to hire homosexuals simply for being homosexual.
I beg to differ. Many talk and act effeminitely which is offensive to some patrions, depending on the type of business and their role.
OTOH many serve equally as well as straights, no matter what their role, even in such places where they serve patrons directly. A number of examples come to mind.
Before gays came out of the closet back in the hippy sixties, there were far fewer of them. They were neither vocal or activist.
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