Years ago homosexuals were aware (because churches and society told them) that they were sexually confused and maladapted due to some early childhood sexual abuse. So they kept their behavior to themselves.
Not these days. Once the American Psychiatric Association lifted its admonition against homosexuality, gays were encouraged to declare their gayness as "normal" and "healthy."
It's neither.
I have no animosity toward gays who admit their error. We are all sinners in need of God's grace.
But gays who teach our children that homosexuality is good and productive are evil. They are perpetuating the sexual abuse of children which they've suffered themselves.
It has to stop somewhere.
I must say that we have seen in the last few years a lot of talking about one's personal failings as a way to gain approval. It isn't only homosexuals who are doing this. Adulterers, gluttons, spendthrifts, misogynists, racists, and selfish people all have written articles and gone to the airways to tell us that their thinking is really mainstream.
This is destructive to society and also to the people who do so. Sullivan, by airing his failings, has forced himself to take a position that sacrifices his common sense on the altar of sexual gratification.
My personal opinion is that people's personal lives are theirs; when they drag it into the public arena they invite comment on their lives, and it isn't always going to be approving.
I am not the world's best housekeeper. That is my failing. However, I do not ask HGTV to come into my home so that I can ask everyone to approve my sloppiness. And should I do so, I would not be surprised to see critics surface who keep neater homes and think that I should correct myself.