“I see it as a practical matter: Homosexuals are often very hostile towards Christianity.”
I’m 57 and people have always talked to me; sometimes strangers. I suddenly came to realize that there are homosexuals and gays. Homosexuals are attracted to the same sex. Gays are making a “lifestyle choice.” You can be a conservative homosexual, but you can’t be a conservative gay. Homosexuals are like everybody else. They don’t swish. They’re happy to serve in the military. They appreciate married people. Some of them are religious. They don’t want to “convert” anybody.
According to an FBI briefing I received in the ‘80’s when I got my first security clearance, the entire gay movement was initially bankrolled by the KGB. The KGB wanted to destroy the foundation of American life; the family. Indeed, initially, men and women in Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia were not supposed to marry. They would have children, which would be raised in crèches by the state. (Remember the Nazi baby factory films?) This was such an astonishing failure, as the children did not turn out well, that this part of party philosophy was dropped. However, universal abortion and gayness were still promoted as a means of population control. Russia still suffers from this today with an average of 6 abortions per woman per lifetime. Russia has a replacement rate of .2. (The US rate is 2.1, last I read. It must be 2.0 to break even.) A former Soviet soldier, an émigré, told me that they were never paid. They were expected to seek solace with their “comrades in arms” rather than dating or prostitutes. (Today, Russia has the highest peacetime military death rate in the world due to same sex rape/murders.)
Agreed, which is why I said “often” instead of always.
My cousin is gay and is one of my favorite people.
I also have gay friends who simply want to live a quiet life.