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Don't ask, don't tell, and a conversation with a gay man. September 10, 2012 4:03 pm bowser

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/10/13782623-no-negative-impacts-from-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell-study-reveals?lite

The military has said that the repeal of the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy regarding homosexuals has not had any effect on force readiness.  I suspect that is true now, would not have been true 50 years ago.

I was talking with a gay male nurse at the hospice one slow night.  We were talking about homosexuality and it’s acceptance by the public.  I said that I thought gays should be allowed to marry, there’s no reason they shouldn’t suffer like the rest of us have.  Society shouldn’t protect them from misery.

He laughed, and said that if Fundamental Christians thought marriage was so sacred why did they allow divorce and adultery?  Since they do, their professed belief in the sanctity of that sacrament is nonsense.

Can’t argue with that one.

I then threw out that I believed parents were afraid of homosexuals making passes at their straight sons at a formative time of their life.  The answer was elegant.

First, he said, homosexuals are interested in homosexuals.  Not recruiting, but experienced homosexuals.

Second, he added that society tolerates and even encourages passes by men at women.  The stereotypical picture of a woman walking by a construction site getting whistles and off-color remarks has always been regarded almost as a Norman Rockwell topic.

And yet that isn’t done in public by homosexuals.  Another stereotype shot in the butt, so to speak.

  • Bless their hearts....you should go to a gay club...now hunnee....that is trippin' the lights fantastic. ...and there are predators out ... by Jody 2012-09-10 18:13:15
    • There has been an enormous change in attitudes towards gays. by ER 2012-09-10 17:05:25
      • I know from experience that one part of that piece is untrue. by alcaray 2012-09-10 17:04:18
        • Now, what if you had been a woman. by bowser 2012-09-10 18:30:46
          • You know why Bowser. by Jody 2012-09-10 19:00:03
            • I made no indictment of anyone, let alone "every" anything. by alcaray 2012-09-10 18:49:50
              • I think we understandably got tangled up in a semantic trap. by bowser 2012-09-11 11:15:07
            • I agree alcaray. by Jody 2012-09-10 18:15:05

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