> -----Original Message----- > From: Heald, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 9:27 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Good for you Canada. > > Why is this still an issue in the U.S.? What happend to not legislating > religon? I mean isn't the main source of homophobia the church? Is there > any non-religious philosophy, hell, non-western religious since most other > religions are fine with it, that is against homosexuality? > > I really wish we could just let people live how the hell they wanted.
There are still plenty of "knowledgeable" people to be found that believe homosexuality is a mental condition (and a few that believe it's a physical disease - a virus, perhaps). Whatever their perceived cause the policy argument is that money should be spent to help these people overcome this "illness" (which they believe can be cured by counseling) rather than promote it as a choice. Of course the root of all this IS the religious right, but just like the "Intelligent Design" debate they've formulated scientific-sounding arguments to push the agenda forward in a secular (appearing) fashion. Jim Davis President, http://www.depressedpress.com Webmaster, http://www.firstnight.org Webmaster, http://www.cfAdvocacy.org Senior Consultant, http://www.metlife.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
