From: elf@halcyon.com (Elf Sternberg)
Subject: Don't Promote it as a lifestyle
Originator: elf@halcyon.com
Reply-To: elf@halcyon.com (Elf Sternberg)
Organization: Pendor, UnLtd.
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 08:53:04 GMT

In article <BxxAvH.4tF@acsu.buffalo.edu>
     v115r4q5@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Perry M Jowsey) writes:

>   I understand that homosexuals in today's society face widespread
>discrimination and abuse, but instead of taking a hint, it seems to
>make the gay community want to be in limelight even more.

   Ayup.  You really don't understand the point, do you?  "Taking the
hint."  That sounds like a veiled threat to your fellow man, Perry,
that if we don't start behaving according to some arbitrary stricture
you advocate, that the violence will increase.  That sounds damned
ridiculous to me.

>America does not wish to see gay protestors fighting for gay rights
>and preaching their platform to those who give them the time.  While
>physically assaulting a homosexual may be wrong, these acts are only
>encouraged by the homosexuals themselves.

   Who the HELL are you tell me "What America Wants?"  I'm just as much
of an American as you are; I pay my taxes, I voted for the man of my
choice.  And if I like, I'll tell you what *I*, as a part of America,
want.

   And as for your second line, that's just *charming.*  You're talking
like the guy who says "She asked for it, your honor, because of the way
she was dressed."  You're right, physically assaulting gays *is* wrong,
and if our _words_ encourage your ilk into malicious _action_, then the
law will be brought to bear against you to the full extent of the
law...

>If they would take the time to realize that their way of living is
>wrong and more importantly that society doesn't want to hear it
>falsely declared a lifestyle, they would realize the way to combat
>this discrimination is to adopt a normal kind of lifestyle and stop
>corrupting others.

   I am a part of "society," whatever it is, Perry.  And I *do* want to
make sure that my love is no longer a crime, that I'm free to hold
hands and hug and kiss and make love to the person I give my heart to,
no matter what that person may be, tall or short, black or white, male
or female.  Our way of life _is_ normal for us, trying to be 'straight'
would only make us miserable and unhappy... 'course, you'd like to see
that.

   "Stop corrupting others."  Who are we corrupting?  We don't recruit,
that's a damned lie that fifty years of research has uncovered.  Many
gay men feel they were born that way, and those of us who _chose_ to be
what we are today got here through ruthless intellectual honesty the
likes of which you can only pretend to reach.

> See Old Testament, Leviticus 20:13

   Read all of Leviticus 20, especially 20:22-25, and then read all of
Leviticus 19, especially 19, 26, and 27, and tell me if _you_ are pure
enough to pass judgement on me.

   And while you're at it, read Matthew 7.

      Elf !!!
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