In James Dale, we have a classic example of a gay person living out what appears to be an unquestionably moral, responsible and admirable life. And yet there are those who would look past what his life presents and attribute to him an unworthy or even dangerous aspect, in many cases with a sense of full righteousness. In the face of science and of what lives like Dale's indisputably teach, this righteousness sadly is misplaced. No one, certainly not I, would suggest that all sexual behavior is healthy or without risk. Some homosexuals engage in behaviors that are quite destructive.
Some heterosexual behavior is violent, unhealthy and life denying.
HIV infection, for example, knows no boundaries based on sexual orientation, and in our society, children are far more at risk of being molested by heterosexual men than they are by homosexual persons. Yet no one has ever suggested that heterosexuals might not be proper choices to be school teachers or scoutmasters. Heterosexual misconduct is viewed as an individual deviation from a collective good. But all homosexual conduct is viewed as inevitably a manifestation of something that is both evil and dangerous to be around. So we have a strange anomaly in this particular court case.