From: hargrovj@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jay Hargrove)
Subject: Re: a question
Followup-To: hargrove.cc.purdue.edu
Summary:  It is a start.
Keywords: Understanding is the Keyword for Today.
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 22:38:41 GMT

 This person:<MCS128@psuvm.psu.edu> : writes....

>i write this in hope that somebody can help my confusion.
    Good. 

   [ deleted some stuff about how homosexuality is not race, religion etc. ]
>....ISN'T a reason to give a bunch of people who feel it's perfectly normal 
>to have sex with members of the same sex special rights. what you do in your 
>privacy is, unfortunately, your own business. i don't see any reason why this
>should give you ANY special rights of ANY kind.

     Right on the nose!  Gays do not want "Special Rights",  we want the same
rights as anyone else.  Why am I not allowed to Legally marry who I want,
I am not talking religion here, I mean legally.  Spouses have legal ties to 
property, health and medical benifits, insurence and the list goes on.  You
already have the right to these things, I am not given that right.(Is that so
special---NO)    I am subject to crimes of hate with no legal recourse.
(Hate crimes are reported as hate crimes and the police, many times, will 
change it to simple assult.)  If a Jewish person were to be beated by a
white supremist, it would be reported as a hate crime-as it should be.

  [deleted stuff about colorado....]
>you people who support this boycott are essentially saying that people in 
>that state can vote whatever they want; but,if the vote is unfavorable 
>then the boycott will stay in place. sounds to me like this would be 
>infringement on the freedom to speech.

     Just the opposite.  I think that is free speach at it highest.  A 
boycott is not what any one wants,  but we have to do something to let the
people in Colorado know that there are more of us than they think, and we are
comsummers, neighbors, friends and loved-ones.  To take away already have 
the right to these things, I am not given that right.(I that so my rights 
just because you do not like what I do in my own bedroom, is beyond
the scope of your rights.  (Please no anology to Killers and rapists rights.
The are not the same.  Some one said it best as "The right for you to hit me
ends at the tip of my nose.  I hurt no one and  force no one to do anything.)

>why is there so much hatred of homosexuals? perhaps it is do to the fact 
>that these people never miss an opportunity to tell somebody that they are 
>gay. 

      By telling someone do you mean being seen in public?  Try something,
next time you are out in public with your special someone - don't hold hands,
don't kiss, don't get to close for fear of getting beat up.  This is how my
life is every day.  The best way to get people to understand gays is for them
see us, know us, and not judge us by second hand knowledge.  I grew up in a 
small northern Ohio town with very few black people, (I was 5 my universe was 
small) The fist time I saw a black person I was not sure what to think, 
I got to know this person and we became friends.  

>we don't care! try keeping your private life private and you may be
>surprised at how much less animosity there is.

       I don't care about your sexuality either.  I would love to keep my
private life private, if the self proclaimed Morality police would sit 
down and shut up then I could do just that.  I don't dig into your 
private life and make it an issue do me the same courtesy.

     Jay 

(Pardon the spelling the RED before my eyes clouded me.)