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From: paul@uwvax.ARPA (Paul Haeberli)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: response to Konopik/gays
Message-ID: <1056@uwvax.ARPA>
Date: Sun, 28-Aug-83 05:17:51 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 28 05:17:51 1983
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I wouldn't want to ask about Mike Konopik's sexual tastes, but
it seems reasonable to ask him if he reacts with equal "violent"
antagonism to people who practice other sexual acts that don't
result in reproduction. Does he steer clear of masturbators and
couples who perform oral sex? Does he avoid women who are on the
pill because they are avoiding their "God-given" roles as breeders?

Get off it, Mike! Geez... what a bunch of righteous, self-satisfied
mumbo jumbo. And he doesn't even have to justify his comments
with *reason* because he pulled religious arguments out of the sky.

What is natural? Nobody know the origins of homosexuality, least
of all Mike Konopik.  His arguments are insensitive about gays
making their presence known by setting up tables, etc. Everyone
knows gay men and women have a harder time meeting other gays than
straight people have meeting each other. The regular, daily outlets
aren't there. It seems like a few posters or whatever is a good
idea to get people together.

We should try to be more humane about things like this and treat
people like people. Mike Konopik is just voicing his own emotional,
personal fears. Don't gays have just as much right to the pleasures
and conveniences of society as Konopik does?

Maybe it's time we had a net.gaysingles so that gay people on the
net could meet each other.