John Dalmas 142 18 http://www.johndalmas.com http://www.johndalmas.com/webonizer_sitemedia/johndalmas.jpg http://www.johndalmas.com/guest/1/?refType=article&refId=29 Guestbook Posts http://www.johndalmas.com/sci-fi_essay/29 I agree with your comments. I would add that intolerance of homosexuality in general is based upon the mistaken belief that if homosexuality is socially tolerated, this will result in a greater incidence of homosexuality, and parents generally would rather that their children be heterosexual. But actually, while intolerance can make homosexuals more secretive and more unhappy (and even, in many cases, drive them to suicide) it does not change their sexual orientation. And although there are those who make a big show of converting people from gay to straight (religion being the usual mechanism for this transformation) that is just a fake. Given sufficient motive, people will lie about this (or about anything). But sexual orientation is not so easily changed. We might imagine as science ficiton fans that there will eventually be some technological means of altering sexual orientation, but by the time such a thing exists, we will probably have come to realize, as a society, that such changes are not necessary. David Palter 2008-04-05T11:42:55-05:00