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- From: philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara)
- Subject: Re: Education Regarding Alternative Family Units (Re: The Analogy Betwixt Gays & Blacks (Re: Children in Same-gender Families))
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.062146.6088@microsoft.com>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 06:21:46 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <C02stp.II1@unix.amherst.edu> <1hsme2INNdu@hp-col.col.hp.com>
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- In article <1hsme2INNdu@hp-col.col.hp.com> smithw@col.hp.com (Walter Smith) writes:
- >
- >Yeah, you're probobly right there. My wife and I were talking about that a couple
- >of weeks ago, (diff between gay/bi) and her feelings were that gay people didn't
- >'choose' to be gay, they just 'are'; whereas bi people chose to be bi, because
- >they like sex and it offers them more chances for it. ie, homosexuality as a
- >case-of-being and orientation, and bisexuality is a choice made to offer more
- >chances for sex. Her view was more sympathetic (for lack of a better word)
- >to homosexuals than to bisexuals.
-
- Your wife doesn't understand bisexuality. Not a bit. Bisexuality
- is not about getting laid more often, at least not for most people.
-
-
- >Looking at it from that angle, I can see where there would be a difference
- >between teaching same-sex families, vs teaching families where one or both
- >of the parents are active bisexuals.
-
- What is an "active bisexual"? Is that any bisexual person that
- is sexually active, or only one that is sexually active with members
- of both genders at the same time?
-
-
- >It is the question of sexual monogamy.
- >Most people I know of think that marriage should be monogamous. Not that
- >it always is, but *should* be; we're talking an ideal.
-
- Most people also believe that marriage should be opposite-sex.
- So it seems like we're back to square one with this.
-
-
- > Active homosexual parents
- >can be monogamous, but by definition, the appearance is that active
- >bisexual parents cannot, unless they are married to a male and a female.
- >So teaching bisexual families, unlike homosexual families, would drag in
- >sexual *practice* and fidelity, along with orientation.
-
- If we're going to teach about different kinds of families,
- we may as well teach about them. Not all families have monogamous
- parents. Not all families have only two parents, either.
-
-
- >And since *practice* was involved in bisexuality, I added whatever other
- >...alities I could...which apparently set some off...that wasnt the intent.
-
- Once again - "Practice" has nothing to do with bisexuality.
- Bisexuality is a sexual identity just like heterosexuality is.
- You can be a celibate bisexual.
-
-
- >So, looking at it that way, do you think (or anyone else who has an
- >opinion) that bisexuality should be brought up as well?
-
- It seems as valid as any other type of family. Why shouldn't
- it be brought up?
-
- -Phil
-
-
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