Some Quick Thoughts on Homosexuality

Many of the places I go now days I see gay couples and gay pride propaganda. In urban society it seems that if you are not gay, or at least in support of gay rights, you're somewhat passé. I can't come out and say “I'm uncomfortable around gays”, or “I think homosexuality is wrong”, without being labeled as some sort of closed minded, right wing fanatical bigot.

If sex is viewed as an act for either the procreation of children, or an act of pleasure, than homosexuality by definition can only fulfill one of these purposes: pleasure. And since when are civil rights issues fought over pleasure? It's not like homosexuality is a religion or ethnicity or a matter of gender that people are born into, but rather a choice of life style. I know that some people are very susceptible to the temptations or pleasures that a gay lifestyle has to offer, and while I don't understand it from personal experience, it seems to me that this is an issue of personal preference, and defiantly not civil rights.

I might be madly in love with, and sleeping with, a fifteen year old girl. Since both her and I are happy with the situation, why don't I, as a child molester deserve rights? Or, I may feel that to properly express my freedom of speech I should be able to conduct my day to day affairs without wearing any clothing. Don't I, as a nudist deserve rights? Both of these examples show lifestyles that are at least somewhat disturbing to the majority of Americans. Homosexuality is another such example. Why should I have to accept or tolerate this kind of lifestyle, when it goes against my own, and the majority of American's morals?

Or does the American democracy now favor the minority opinion?