A bloke in my local pub who, it has to be said, gets his opinions normally from the Gor Blimey! end of the tabloid newspapers, came up with an interesting one last night.

He is not gay, I doubt that he knows anybody who is gay to his knowledge and in general believes the bullshit The Sun prints.....

He was rattling on about the priest situation in Ireland, (he is Irish and was brought up a catholic, but calls himself a failed one.)

He said that his old church has always preached that homosexuality is wrong and the sinners will burn in Hell etc.

"Here we go" I thought...

Anyway, he said that he can't see what's wrong with liking blokes any more than liking blondes as opposed to brunettes, except a bloke would be easier to buy things for.

He then went on to say that although he could never fancy a bloke, he thinks that those who are so hostile towards gay people are so because they are having problems coming to terms with their own sexuality, and that most of them are closet homosexuals who haven't the courage or intelligence to accept it, even to themselves.

Wow, I thought. I have been following this thread on Mudcat and wondering how to address the bigoted minority and here it is! What an extraordinary insight, and from an old soak in the pub at that!