Equal rights and fair play. The other thing that s great about America is its ability to change. Like choosing to be an idiot or choosing to have everyone despise you. But taboos run deep. Anyway, this being America, in a few short years there s been a tremendous shift in public opinion, not entirely unlike the shift in thinking about equal rights for women.
People have to take a stand.
According to the media, we are supposed to accept same-sex lifestyles, and if we don t, we are considered homophobic. I do not enjoy being in the company of homosexuals, nor do I want them around my children. I also do not want my children around a pedophile, and yet I have read that it is a tendency that these people are born with. It s not hard to sympathize with Cheryl, but it s also not hard to see how, with time, she will come around. No one is likely ever to ask Cheryl to be respectful of pedophiles, let alone want them around her children.