Tell us Hiraghm, what is the "homosexual agenda?"

Do you approve of kids picking on someone because they have two mothers or fathers? I'm sure all a gay couple wants is for their kids to not be picked on. It's not the kid's fault who their parents are. Why is it an "agenda" to demand that a kid be treated decently?

Mitch says: "this issue does affect me and my family directly as it effects our society as a whole."

Really? How so? Are you or your neighbor going to marry the German Sheppard down the street? Are you going to divorce your wife? How does any paring of consenting adults impact your life. Please be specific. Something like maybe your car will magically need high test instead of regular? Just what kind of a difference are you talking about?

I have to also add that you are 100% incorrect in regards to the portrait of homosexuals on TV. A disproportionate number of sitcoms, (un)reality TV and about anything else on TV has a homosexual representation. My wife watches this stuff and I see it all of the time. The Bravo network, Food Channel, Amazing Race, the list goes on… Hell, you even have a network that caters to the LBGT community – LOGO TV. I think your argument is simply fishing for sympathy, nothing more when the facts don’t support your argument.

I think you are making my argument for me as you wish the world will accept the LBGT community. My point is you can’t force this upon everyone, forcing acceptance is never good. Look within your community and ask why the LBGT community isn’t accepted openly; it’s the tactics being used…

Let me illustrate with a thought exercise, this involves polygamy… The argument goes if you allow same sex marriages, how come people can’t marry more than one partner? The same arguments apply to both sides, what right does anyone have in telling me who I can love? My stance that if gay marriage is allowed then we need to allow it all. My point is that if this question is presented to members of the LGBT community, the vast majority of responses is hell no, what the hell is the matter with you? It’s odd to me that the LBGT community thinks the argument only applies to them. Furthermore, I’d be okay with if the Government got out of the business of marriage all together and only allowed civil unions and you would have to find a church to perform your marriage. This is just a thought exercise and I don’t approve of polygamy ether, both change our society without our acceptance, i.e. changing the terms of the contract.

"An LGBT person engaging in harassment is an extraordinary claim."

Never seen the Folsom Street Fair, have you?

Then the sperm donor is the father.

His/her name wasn't "Corporal Klinger" was it?

There was no oppressive sexism in the 1940s.
Actually, it had less to do with femnazi rebellion than it had to do with the horror FDR perpetrated on the country by putting our women unnecessarily in factories. Dresses don't go so well in factories.

I still don't see how. How could a female have herself mutilated to resemble a male before giving birth to a child? How could a female have herself mutilated to resemble a male and *subsequently* sire a child?

"Telling sexually deviant people that they should have to hide who they aren't when straight people don't is imposing a double standard. "

FIFY.

You're saying a homosexual's sexual appetite is what defines him. A heterosexual's sexual appetite doesn't define him, however.

I have no idea what sexual appetites LetsShrug, Mitch or khalling have. And that's a good thing.

Isn't it? Tell me, how often do you see heterosexual and heteronormative behavior depicted on TV and in the media? How many movies are about or involve a heterosexual love story? How often are gender stereotypes reinforced in virtually every facet of entertainment?

Setting all that aside, how often do you hear straight friends or coworkers talking about their significant other? How often do you see straight couples kissing and holding hands in public?

You say straight people don't flaunt their sexuality? Please, look around you, and wake up.

That's fine. I would never dream of forcing someone to exhibit a gender expression which was not in line with their gender identity.