> > The rule for us to follow as compassionate beings should remain as always... "Hate the sin, but love the sinner." Gay pride doesn't become a worse sin than any other. Yet neither is it something we should tacitly accept among ourselves as wholesome, and desirable, from the mere 2% of the population which practises the "alternative lifestyle".
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> As a side note, the 2 percent figure is debatable. Some sources say that number could be as high as 10 percent, and there is no way of accounting for those who are "in the closet," so to speak.

I've also read that, historically, homosexuality spreads once accepted by a society. Whether that is from people "coming out" or changing orientations afterward is something that can't really be known. Last I checked, there were more than a hundred separate studies suggesting that there is no genetic cause for homosexuality, and none (well, one since proved in error) suggesting that it is genetic. Other studies (ON ANIMALS) show that it is not difficult to change orientation.

On "How to vote" rather than "who to vote for," there is a measure on the Oregon ballot which would effectively ban public schools from promoting homosexuality. It was made in response to events at Grant High School in Portland, where, among many other things you can read if you really want to, students were advised to try gay sex at least twice and shown videos pertaining to just that. I read the text of the legislation, and it provides only for banning the *promotion* of the acts. Most of the opponents use only scare tactics and outright lies. [e.g. Gay students will commit suicide, health information pertaining to sex will be censored, gay students will be hunted down by their classmates, gay students will be denied counseling, etc.] I've read a very few coherent arguments against it, as the law can't accurately be called anti-gay. It has no effect on gays, it just stops a certain public school from foisting homosexuality onto students.

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