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Subject: Re: 'Gay Rights':  A conflict of values - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 31-Oct-84 23:58:46 EST
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Posted: Wed Oct 31 23:58:46 1984
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haddock!jimc    Oct 31 14:37:00 1984

It seems apparent to me that you hold the indivdual personally 
responsible for the sexuality he/she has as if it were the 
individual's choice whether or not to be gay.  The logical reason I 
offer against your simple refusal to associate with homosexuals 
is this: sexuality is not a matter of taste, and just as you did 
not sit down and decide to be heterosexual (which I am assuming 
you are), homosexuals did not make the decision to be gay 
either.  I consider it against my religion (Catholic) to blame 
anyone for something which he/she cannot control.  In fact, 
recent scientific findings suggest that one's sexuality 
is determined before birth.  

In other words, whether or not you or the entire heterosexual 
community decides to refuse homosexuals the rights they deserve, 
homosexuality will go on, either openly or "behind the closet 
door".  The best thing to do, as I see it, would be to accept
this and confront the fact that many people will not act in 
accord with our personal prejudices.

				Jim Campbell