Sorry, but I disagree. Do people who are exposed to alcoholics think alcoholism is normal? Nope, not even kids raised around them do.
Tolerating something is not remotely the same as morally accepting it as normal, and even gay rights folks know this. They are long past the point of having to fight for tolerance, most people will tolerate them, but few view it as normal, and never will.
Showing your children tolerance of people who do things you don't agree with is not remotely the same as those children accepting it as "normal". You cannot espouse a lifestyle of live and let live, and then not walk the walk.
My mother dated an alcoholic and pot smoker for over a decade, it did put strain on my relationship with her, and it limited how I would allow my children to be around her. However I did not end my relationship over it, nor did my children come to find his drinking and behavior "normal".
Tolerating something is not the same as accepting it. I accept friends and folks who are gay as failed and flawed human beings, as we all are.. I tolerate their choice to live the lifestyle they choose, but I do not remotely accept it as normal. Just as I am sure they don't remotely accept all the choices I have made in my life as normal or right.
Weak. So you chicken out by by “tolerating” faggots and dykes??
Myself, I would probably disown/avoid any family member who’s queer.
Alcoholics are not demanding approval, are not demanding special rights, or trying to silence opposition. You are falling for the homonazi agenda, hook,line and sinker.
Are schools saturated with “Alcoholics Month”? “Famous Dope Smokers from History”? Dope smoking and alcohol guzzling counselors that tell kids to try them? Health classes (and other non-related classes) teaching them that they should “celebrate” alcoholics and dope smokers? Are kids forced to attend assmeblies with active alkies and dopers glorifying their “lifestyles”?
There is a gulf of difference because toking up and guzzling alcohol are not taught to children as worthy behaviors, but kids ARE taught in schools (K-12), media, goverment, etc that sodomy is not only a worthy behavior but that anyone who says differently is Evil. No opposing viewpoints allowed.
At this point I cut no slack for anyone who supports the homo agenda out of ignorance. There is no excuse for not being informed. There are two sides of this issue:
1. A person is aware of the homosexual agenda and hates it because it means not only destruction of our Constitutional freedoms of religion, speech and assocation, but because it is ruining the lives of many children, weakening the military, and forcing society into a downward spiral of gross immorality.
2. A person is aware of the homosexual agenda but thinks it’s a good thing.
No one on FR can pretend ignorance of the highly destructive totalitarian nature of the homosexual agenda any more.