[RAT Patrol]

Thanks Pushi. I was feeling alone. I do not hate these people. I have a niece who is totally messed up and she is also a lesbian. I know more than people think about this subject. They deserve our love and compassion. Even my lesbian niece says every lesbian she knows was abused by a man. It's sad and who can blame them in many ways. They don't need our scorn. But, they don't need our praise either. They just need our friendship and our patience. But we do not need to perpetuate the situation by encouraging children to give it a try. That's just wrong.

[Double Eagle Sword of Justice]

Thanks for sharing your experiences. I don't like to talk about my personal family business, but my wife and I have had a similar tragedy in our extended family. A cousin we have always cherished has contracted AIDS and is not doing well healthwise. After a long talk with him (he's only 27), he admitted that he had been molested as a child and that may have contributed to him going into the lifestyle. He says that most of his other male gay friends were also molested and the common pain they have. Now that his health is getting worse he desperately wants to get away from that lifestyle and heal. It is very sad whenever we visit him but there is always hope.

[EdReform]

Bump!

[Marysecretary]

Good answer, RAT Patrol. I, too, have known many fine homosexuals. I hate the agenda that militant ones purport, but the individuals I've known through the antique business years ago were good people. Had a homosexual brother-in-law I loved, too. He treated me better than the rest of that family. I'm not pro-homosexual by any means but I can't bring myself to hate the ones I know.