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In Reply to: Take your sexuality and clear off alright! posted by Lark on December 14, 1999 at 14:54:54:

: I've yet to meet someone who was just gay the way heterosecuals are just heterosexual, no it has to be their entire life, they way they dress, walk, speak and act and it just pisses me off.

This is really interesting, because I had the same thing happen to me. Last year I joined the Gay-Straight Alliance at my high school (in fact, I was the Treasurer) because there is a lot of homophobia in my school. Well, I quite half-way through the year because I could not stand the people who were a part of it. To begin they all had this holier-than-thou attitude and the way in which they went around trying to promote tolerance I did not agree with. They would intimidate people and try to make them feel awkard and quite simply alienate others. My whole stance was that we should merely explain to people that they do not have to agree with homosexuality or condone it, they merely have to respect people's rights to practice whatever they want so long as it doesn't interfere with others. The other members called me a wimp-ass-pussy. What bothers me is that they are actually causing more homophobia with their intimidation and alienation instead of promoting tolerance.

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• This is exactly my position Lark January 10 19100 (0)