Since liberals try to resist to a degree the temptation to be judgmental concerning lifestyles that minimally affect the common good or the nation's well-being, they should be apolitical concerning gay marriage; but be no less political in the area of gay's civil and constitutional rights. However, gays are encouraged to be discreet and not look foolishly defiant publicly, inasmuch as it is --and there is no other way of putting it--an aberration that is potentially inflammatory. I say this because I do believe that were there a corrective procedure to be "normal," most gays would opt for it. Nevertheless, there is no reason to deny them the same equal rights all of us are privileged to have. There is also the nagging probability that at least some are gay owing to social and psychological events and experiences in which engaged, perhaps wilfully or unwittingly developed. Also troubling is that children or very young adults have convinced themselves of being gay before their formative years.
Copyright © 2006 Richard R. Kennedy All rights reserved. Revised: January 28, 2006.
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