[Prairieson]

Actually values can be and all too often are entirely fear-based. Yes, I would most certainly say that many people are ‘scared’ of alcoholics for the very reasons you stated. Many peoples’ values are based on fear, misconception, stereotypes and ignorance. To name a few: Blacks and Hispanics are lazy and slothful, Asians are technical whizzes, Jews are astute businessmen, Italians are surly louts … you get the idea. And to equate sexual orientation with alcoholism? The only commonality alcoholism and sexual orientation share is that neither is a conscious choice. And the comparison ends there.

No one chooses to be an alcoholic; it is a disease, pure and simple. It is a condition, quite deadly, which requires treatment on medical and psychological levels. The activities of an alcoholic affect others around them and society in general, physically, socially and mentally. Current legislation is aimed at those symptoms that adversely affect society and cause harm to others. Sexual orientation, on the other hand, harms no one. It is NOT a disease. No, AIDS is not ‘Gay Cancer’.

More to your point… You state that’ Individuals who choose to engage in same-gender sex should not be granted special rights…’. They aren’t asking for special rights. They’re asking to be afforded the same consideration that any heterosexual couple in a loving relationship gets. It ain’t about the sex, it’s about love.

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Name : Prairieson, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 48, City : Toledo, State : OH, Country : United States, Occupation : Engineer, Social class : Middle class, 

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