[nastypumps]

By the way, I did not "pick those fights".
They, and the people who supported (and still do support) segregation, denial of due process and the right of fellow citizens they simply didn't like, or actually feared, to vote were waiting to be fought.
When I was young I figured I owed my country, its constitution and the future a little of my time and energy and, when I was older, my professional expertise.
If I had been courageous enough to be disabled in the twin causes of equality and liberty, I hope I would have had the courage and fortitude to be glad of it.

[Old Professer]

Maybe it's just me, but you come across as a bit of a pompous crusader; would you mind telling me what the nature of your disability is?

I realize that there seems to certain cachet attached to "differentness" nowadays, but I hardly think I can be convinced that lesbians or male homosexuals are in any immediate need of corrective relief from me or my government based solely on their so-called sexual orientation.

In the first place, homosexuality is indefinable absent a reference to behavior or practice observationally and lately by a declaration of option to join the ranks of those already so defined.

If there were an affirmitative-action program for homosexuals how would I, as an employer, verify that the applicant met the category of the target group?

My neighbor doesn't cut his grass to suit me, but I don't make a big issue of it -- I do take great exception of his allowing his children to operate the mower while barefoot.