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From: asente@decwrl.UUCP (Paul Asente)
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Subject: Re: An Innocent (I think) Question
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Date: Thu, 26-Jul-84 02:09:46 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 26 02:09:46 1984
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How many times are we going to have to listen to this absurd argument?

> Gays have no special rights and no legislation is needed to grant them any
> rights.  Before you start flaming hear me out.  Gay people are entitled to
> the same protections from discrimination as everyone else, no more, no less.
> The only legislation needed is to have the category "sexual preference"
> included in the list of reasons for none discrimination.
> 
> I wish to make one exception.  Teachers and youth counselors. Here's why.
> To most parents the possibility of their child being or becoming a homosexual
> is an abhorent thought.  As parents in a democratic society these people
> have the right limit the exposure of their children to ideals they
> disagree with.

If children learned their sexuality from their teachers, where do you think
all the gays in the world came from?  To the best of my knowledge, I *NEVER*
encountered a gay adult until I was in college.  None of my teachers were gay.
(Well, actually, who can say for sure, but none of them were open about it
if they were.)  An entire lifetime of straight role models didn't make me
grow up straight.  Why do people think that a single gay person is going
to make their children gay?

	-paul asente
	    decwrl!asente