[A.R.]

I’m not excusing any form of hate or prejudice, but the old saying ‘what goes around comes around’ has a certain validity. Example: Abused children tend to become abusive parents. This seems to be a basic human reaction – not a good one, but one that we indulge in, as your experience points out.

Let me throw into this that ‘every action triggers a reaction’ and a bit of history. As you are aware, up until the last few decades, the United States has been a white-ruled country, where the white population is the powerful elite. And this elite population indulged in what is also another bad trait of human nature: to exploit, abuse and humiliate people they consider their inferiors, ranging from slavery and torture to a condescending attitude. So my theory is that you are caught in the ‘reaction’ or backlash part of history (who was it who said ‘The sins of the fathers are visited upon their children’ ?) What is worrisome here is that this could devolve into a viscious cycle.

As a Hispanic male I have experienced different sides of this dilemma, including prejudice by people who have themselves been discriminated against, and who you would think should know better. But as I said, it’s human nature. All I can say is, seek the higher ground and treat each person as an individual. Some you’ll like; others not.

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[A.R.]

In response to the first response (Mesg ID 116200484144). I find his/her logic, comparing a homosexual person to an alcoholic, flawed which validates the question of fear. They are two quite different things, one is an addiction and therefore a disease, the other is not. How many people would say that driving a car is the same thing or even in the same ballpark as matrimony and all the work that goes into one. What are the dangers created by two people sharing a life that are analogous to a drunk driver? What is even the similarity between a gay driver and a drunk one? Homosexuals don’t CHOOSE to be gay anymore than heterosexuals choose to be straight, simply you either are or you are not. Rights or laws are constantly revised to fit an evolving society. And homosexuals are not asking for any special rights, they are asking to be included into the ones everyone else enjoys.

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