From: steve.connelly@synapse.org (Steve Connelly) 
Newsgroups: alt.homosexual
Subject: Re: GAYS
Date: 6 Nov 92 04:29:00 GMT
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Reply-To: steve.connelly@synapse.org (Steve Connelly) 


TO>This attitude ("let's prohibit people from spreading destructive opinions") is
TO>what *creates* fascism. You have to let homophobes and neonazis peddle their
TO>drivel, and then *we* have to show how their drivel is wrong.
TO>I am offended by the notion of "destructive drivel". I have a mind of my own,
TO>thank you very much, and *I* can decide for myself what opinions I agree with
TO>or not. Censorship will *not* do any good, it will only make those "forbidden
TO>ideas" more seductive to people who are not as experienced at using their
TO>brains. After all, if it's illegal, there must be something to it, right?

Just because something is forbidden doesn't mean people will not do it.
Premarital<sp?> sex was especially forbidden in the past yet it still 
happened, even by those who had forbidden the act.  Marijuanna was 
legalized in Denmark but it's use didn't change noticeably.  That kind
of goes against your idea of seduction.  
Here in Canada hate literature is banned, why doesn't this happen in
the states?  Do you americans really think that your rights would be
tread upon?  This kind of law only affect the rights of people
who are out to cause REAL HARM.  Gays do not want special rights,
they just want the same rights as straights.  The people who 
discriminate against gays are usually:
1.  Religious right...who use mainly the Leviticus passages in the Bible
    to uphold their own version of what is right and moral.  They 
    convieniently ignore the other things that Leviticus thought were 
    EQUALLY as immoral as homosexuality.  Read Leviticus if you want 
    the details; I'm sure you'll get my point on how baseless their 
    arguments are.
2.  People who are ignorant.  Who don't know anything about homosexuals.
    Ignorance/the unknown scares people.  Unfortunatly, they either
    don't want to know anything about them or they belive the worst
    possible stories about them.  Why?  Because they (like most people)
    wan't to feel superior to others (conciously or not).  People 
    and cultures sometimes have a "need" for a scapegoat, someone to
    put the blame on.  In 1945, Jews were thought to be cutthoats,   
    blasphemers...conspiring to take over Europes' economy...hording
    the riches of Europe (and everywhere they went).  Most people
    didn't know much about Jews and belived the worst that they heard.
    After a while, the pressure on those who were sympathetic towards
    them became too grat for them to take a stand.  This may happen
    to homosexuals in these days for the same basic reasons.
3.  FINALLY.  It is proven that many people (ususally males) who are
    homophobic have uncertainties about their own sexuality.  They 
    try (in their own twisted way) to prove that they are straight
    by bashing gays and lesbians.  Whether by actual physical
    violence or other means, it is bashing.

For the "Christians" of you out there:  Why must you always use the
Old Testament for your support.  Have you forgot that Jesus had the
last true word?  How can any of you say that his teachings are wrong?
By not aknowleging his teachings and abiding by them you are going
against him.  He always advocated non-violence, non hate and
understanding.  Once you figure this out and live by it you will
become a half decent person at least.
I'm quite sure that God doesn't favor people who go out on the town to
beat the crap at a couple of gays minding their own buisness...or
for that matter a couple of blacks or jews or.......

Anyone home? 
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