(05-28-2023, 05:57 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(05-28-2023, 05:45 PM)copycat Wrote: And this is where I vehemently disagree with you.  Conservatives are not being asked to accept homosexuality.  They are being told if they do celebrate it in all forms then they are transphobic, or insert what ever “ist” is supplied by the far far left.  Until reasonable people start pushing back this BS will continue.

It sucks that so many conservatives feel that way. 
Wish it wasn't the case, but I do understand why folks feel that way on some level. I do. 
As I've mentioned in the thread - it does feel like we're being force fed "the message" a bit at times. 

I wish it were simpler. 

Understand that I just feel bad for these young people as they hit adolescence - don't understand why they are different - and need guidance beyond being told they are just perverted - need to be "fixed" and assume a heterosexual life. 

Beyond all the statistics about suicide associated with gay kids unable to find their way, I've known two individuals that couldn't reconcile their own non-hetero nature with the guilt brought on by un-acceptance among their family and friends. They ended their own lives. I believe the numbers out there that suggest this isn't an uncommon tragedy  - and I simply have compassion for each new generation of kids that have to go through some form of that inner turmoil. 

I guess that's why I defend awareness/acceptance/validation, yet don't expect everyone to "celebrate" this group of people.