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Are you kidding?

Comment comment by scottb on 01 June 2007

Is the day of the heterosexual over?

You can't be serious. The highest number I've ever seen for the percentage of Americans that are gay (as their primary orientation - not counting people who "experimented") is about 10%. Numbers in that range are typically quoted by gay advocates who are probably exaggerating. Their opponents (probably exaggerating on the other side) give numbers around 1%. Most people who are trying to be honest give the number as around 5%.

Are we really so insecure that treating this tiny part of our population with ordinary human dignity should make us fear the end of society as we know it?

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RE: Are you kidding? by Brandon :: NR9

I don't think the number of Americans who are gay or the concept of treating homosexuals with "ordinary dignity" has anything to do with the post. This issue is about the "tables being turned" in these two cases - heterosexuals not being allowed to form clubs or go into bars whereas the previous "society as we know it" tended to discriminate against homosexuals.

Personally, I think the bar should be able to ban whomever they choose. If they want to just let gay red-heads into the bar, or reserve a special seat for people with extra large moles, that's their right as a private organization. Penn State, on the other hand, is a publicly funded university; a registration denial to a heterosexual group is as uncalled for as a denial to a homosexual group (or a chess club, mechanical engineering society, etc.).

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