Originally posted by: aidanjm
Originally posted by: Piobaireachd
Originally posted by: loki8481
Originally posted by: Piobaireachd
No, it is not "ok".
why not?
It's not ok to teach kids that it is perfectly normal.
Well, homosexual sexual preferences are not the most common sexual preferences, and therefore are not "normal" in the statistical sense.
However homosexual sexual preferences and behaviors are perfectly morally acceptable, in my opinion, and it is very important to let kids know that their homosexual desires are perfectly "OK" and that there is no need to hide them or suppress them.
Originally posted by: Piobaireachd
This doesn't mean that it gives everyone else the right to discriminate or to use violence against gays. What they do in the privacy of their own home is their business and not mine. But to push the agenda that is normal is not correct.
It is important to let gay kids know that their homosexual preferences are perfectly healthy, and that they have nothing to be ashamed about, in my opinion.
Originally posted by: Piobaireachd
I frankly could care less if they get married or "have" kids.
How big of you. :disgust:
Originally posted by: Piobaireachd
There are more f*cked up hetero marriages and parents than there are gay ones. Many heteros should never have had or have kids. They the gay unions need to be held to the same rules and laws as hetero ones. Same benefits, but also the same responsibilites (divorce, community property, taxes, etc.)
Yes, married same-sex couples should be held to the same laws as are married heterosexual couples.
Originally posted by: Piobaireachd
Also, hate crime legislation needs to go away. A crime is a crime no matter what the sexual orientation is of the victim. When you treat one group differently than another it only perpetuates hate and animosity.
Oops, you seem to have lost your brain somewhere.
Originally posted by: Piobaireachd
But to get back to the topic, homosexuallity by it's definition is deviant (outside of the norm) and should be taught that way in school.
Kids hardly need to be taught that homosexuals are in the minority in the community (outside of the norm). Do you advocate teaching that left-handed people, Asians, Jews, are in the minorty in the community? Or is that BLEEDING OBVIOUS??
However it is important to let kids no that there is no necessary moral condemnation attached to homosexuality, that it is perfectly normal for at elast some people to have homosexual desires, and that kids who are gay have nothing to be ashamed about and shouldn't feel the need to be silent about their preferences.