I have read some of the articles here and I don't think I need to read them all to grasp the basic gist of those who are anti-gay or not anti-gay but intolerant for one reason or another. I don't even know if I can even scratch the surface of the multitudes of feelings out there but I can grasp my own. I have a brother who is gay. This is not an issue involving race, creed, color, or religion so any ambiguous statements from individuals regarding the complexities of those attitudes are irrelevant. I knew from the time I was young that my Brother was gay. It all came together one day and he realized I wasn't going to ostracize him or be ashamed of him. He is a human being, among other things, and in spite of his sexual desires towards the same sex and as perverted as some may think, he is unbelievably kind and considerate of me and fellow people around him. Oddly, and unlike people here, he is the first to consider how negative attitudes of heterosexuals towards other heterosexuals in life would effect them and make them feel emotionally.

 I find it awfully hypocritical and more perverted that heterosexuals, being as they think they are the supreme and only traditional offspring of the Lord, would be so weak minded they cannot fathom that a person's gender could possibly be genetic and not something derived from childhood or environment or rejection from women. I find it appalling that people are so arrogant they actually believe that homosexuals cannot be born that way through no fault of their own.

What would a heterosexual have to fear from gays or homosexuals?

1. That their kids would be influenced by the attitudes and contact with a gay person? 2. That their natural desires for whatever sex they had desires for would be swayed by them? 3. That they are a threat to their marriage?

 None of the above remotely. Any person that has their sexual identity established and that starts at a young age, cannot be influenced by any interaction with gays. Kids are resilient and can sift through any and all garbage and come out unscathed. No amount of negative female crap from anyone, or any porn of men together  would diminish my natural born sexual desires for women.

 Just imagine yourself having a gay relative. Would you disown them? Would you want them to have a job? Be happy in their own way, even though you may be squeamish about it? Would you want them literally to be in a closet and just shut up and never be heard from again? I don't think so when it happens to you. People, with whatever profound views they have, often change their ways when a reality they are not fond of smacks them in the nose. I agree with Andrea completely and I wish her continued success. Her daughter was not contaminated or tarnished in any way and I'll bet she has more flexible and tolerant attitudes than many people have about delicate issues. My Brother had a high paying job in a public career, retired with a good income after 30 years and I don't recall him destroying any marriages or perverting anyone. He has a great marriage(civil union), and doing well. I can count on him as a dependable person more so than I can a lot of straights.