To put the cat among the penguins here, it strikes me to wonder if it would be acceptable for those fireman to refuse to hand out leaflets at a paedophiles parade?
This is not as ridiculous or inconceivable as it may seem, for there was a time not that long ago when homosexuals were locked up for their sexual proclivities.
People were burned at the stake as suspected witches, yet we have witches who are members of Mudcat now. Try explaining the difference between a 'White Witch' and whatever the other kind are called, to your average middle ages peasant. He would be lighting the nearest faggot [pun intended]before you had finished your first sentence.
People don't accept paedophiles, while they now accept homosexuals, and white witches. However this is not true of everybody, and it behoves some people to allow other people to have their views.
Just think that in America you have a bible quoting president, and places where Darwin is a swear word, yet in that great country homosexuality is celebrated in many quarters, although the very bible these people thump, prohibits the practice.
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