(btw, California’s Supreme Court website says that Tyler sued California, the state, not Horton.

Great words, and thank you.

Interesting that you view being gay as a “lifestyle.” “Lifestyle” implies that being gay results from choosing to be gay. Do you have any evidence to support your implication, or just supposition or moral values? If so, I’d be glad to consider the evidence, as long as it’s not based on religious belief and not the trite old saw that “some people successfully resist homosexual urges,” which is not evidence as to why those people have homosexual urges in the first place, only that they refuse to acknowledge to themselves and others that they are either homosexual or bi-sexual.

Do you seriously believe that homosexuals deliberately choose a “lifestyle” that they know will produce revulsion in many straight people and will result in discrimination by those straight people against them? Most people crave approval and acceptance. So why would homosexuals deliberately choose a “lifestyle” known to produce exactly the opposite result? Doesn’t make sense to me. What makes sense to me is that homosexuals don’t choose to be homosexuals but rather don’t have any choice about being attracted to members of the same sex instead of the opposite sex. I didn’t make a choice to be straight; as a male, I always was attracted to females. But I’m glad of that, because it’s hard enough coping with life sometimes without having to deal with all the additional stress and grief that being gay would produce.

I believe in the Golden Rule. If you do too, try imagining yourself in the “shoes” of a gay person. (I apologize if this seems patronizing.) Imagine how you would feel about being treated the way straight people treat homosexuals. The power to imaginatively experience another’s feelings is, of course, empathy. Can you honestly say you can empathize with people who are different from you, including minorities, which of course includes homosexuals? Empathy is different from approval–you don’t have to approve to understand. But if you can truly understand, you may not feel compelled to act upon your disapproval; you may be able to live and let live.

But if you want to bring children into this mix, why don’t we talk about Matthew Shepard and how he was murdered for being gay? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard

Whether you know it or not, by creating propositions (Prop or Amendments (Colorado Amendment 2) that put a group of people into a lower rights class, you say to children that these people are not worthy of living. Through your actions you are saying that homosexuals are a lower life form and should be squashed like insects. Isn’t that what those boys did to Matthew Shepard?

What have these people done to you? Why does your kind preach love and compassion but not show by example?

You will believe what you will believe and your kind will continue to use puppies and children and everything you can to distort the truth and manipulate the ignorant populace into getting your way.

And as for a lifestyle… this is not a lifestyle. People are born homosexual. PERIOD. Just as they are born Black, Mexican, Chinese, etc.

Do you seriously think I would choose to live my 70+ years on this planet dealing with “Christians” attacking mr from every angle? Get your foot off my throat!