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- From: greg_bradt@msmgate.mrg.uswest.com (Greg Bradt)
- Subject: Re: Your own words, of course != bigot
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- Date: 31 Dec 92 18:35:33 GMT
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- In article <C03MnF.3qz@NeoSoft.com> Jim Shirreffs, jpsb@NeoSoft.com writes:
- >The short version is: homosexual sex is a
- >behavior which is *not* embraced by most Americans. It is outside of our
- >shared values. Continued erosion of are shared values will harm our society.
- >Therefore is should not be given the same status are heterosexual
- >behavior.
-
- This has been the essence of your argument in this forum, and it is not an
- uncommon point of view. However, I find it a particularly scary one, and
- one that threatens the very core of our values as a country.
-
- The idea that the strength of our society is based on sharing as many of the
- same values as possible is contrary to my understanding of the principles
- this country was founded on. The only values that it is important that we
- all share are those which allow us to enjoy the freedoms and benefits of the
- culturally diverse society (and world) that we are.
-
- The most important core of those "shared values" are Life, Liberty and the
- Pursuit of Happiness. Yet, there are those who find diversity (in the form
- of differences from their personal or religious ideals) to be some sort of
- personal threat. They would rather see a "homogenized" society. So, they
- attempt to have their personal "values" (read "morals") adopted as the
- "correct values."
-
- One of the most scary examples of this is the way people insist on
- perpetuating myths about homosexuality. There is no ethical justification
- for treating gays any differently than the rest of us, yet some people
- insist on doing so, and use the issue to try to fool people into thinking
- that this has some "value" to our society, when it is, in fact, a
- =curtailment= of Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
-
- The day that we, as a society, cease to value diversity over "uniformity"
- (i.e. "shared values") is the day that our society has lost it's most
- valuable quality.
-
- Greg Bradt aka ()The Lensman()
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