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Thread #115854   Message #2629781
Posted By: Smedley
12-May-09 - 08:38 AM
Thread Name: BS: Californians Oppose 'Prop 8' Gay Marriage Ban
Subject: RE: BS: Californians Oppose 'Prop 8' Gay Marriage Ban
The most interesting phrase in that long tirade is "virtually all homosexuals". How do you know ? Have you asked "virtually all homosexuals" ? You haven't asked me, my partner, my two gay work colleagues, their partners, my ex and my previous ex, or my nephew. And, for that matter, I suspect you might not be in regular correspondence with Ian McKellen, Elton John, Graham Norton, Paul O'Grady, Ben Bradshaw MP, Rupert Everett (I'm English so excuse the list of British names).....you get the point.

I would never presume to know about "virtually all heterosexuals". It is a nonsensical term, as it would include John Wayne, Adolf Hitler, Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Barack Obama, Tiger Woods, Tony Blair, Fred Astaire and Fred Flintstone. Not people who have a lot in common, really, except for their choice of gendered sexual object.