You are placing a value judgement on a natural variation. -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. --
> -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 10:16 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Super Duper Controversial post....heheh > > > Not if it is a biological defect, then it is not natural. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 9:14 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Super Duper Controversial post....heheh > > It is. Homosexuality is found across all mamalian species - > for instance > a > few years ago there was a controversy about the "Gay" seagulls of > Stanley > Park in Vancouver BC. > > If something is biologically based then its natural. > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 10:08 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Super Duper Controversial post....heheh > > > > > > Rain is a naturally occurring event on the earth. > > Homosexuality is not. > > If you agree with Larry, it is a genetic defect, or you > think it is a > > choice. Either way it is not what Mother nature intended, she did > > however intend for it to rain. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 9:04 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Super Duper Controversial post....heheh > > > > To quote one of those quotes from the other days email > > > > Saying you don't approve of homosexuality is like saying you don't > > approve > > of rain. > > > > Its like saying you don't want schools to teach kids about rain and > > close-minded people can be as close-minded as they want > > I just find it incredibly funny how people can be sometimes. > > > > Bill Wheatley > > Senior Database Developer > > Macromedia Certified Advanced Coldfusion Developer > > EDIETS.COM > > 954.360.9022 X159 > > ICQ 417645 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Hatton Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 9:55 AM > > Subject: Re: Super Duper Controversial post....heheh > > > > > > > The Civil Rights movement was originally designed to try and break > > down > > > the barriers that kept blacks out of board rooms and > > country clubs. I > > > am in complete agreement with the concept of making sure that the > > color > > > of a person's skin, their religous or sexual preferences... > > even nasty > > > habits all be ignored when it comes to jobs, benifits and > freedoms. > > > > > > However, I also agree wholeheartedly that I should not be > forced to > > have > > > my daughter taught that "sometimes men just love men and > women just > > love > > > women" when she gets to elementary school. > > > > > > Hatton > > > > > > Larry Lyons wrote: > > > > > > > Given that the consensus now is that homosexuality is > biologically > > based, I > > > > take it that you consider it ok to discriminate against > > people based > > on > > > > factors that they cannot control. > > > > > > > > Isn't that what the civil rights stuff in the late 50's > and early > > 60's > > was > > > > all about? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Larry C. Lyons > > > > ColdFusion/Web Developer > > > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > > > EBStor.com > > > > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > > > > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > > > > tel: (703) 393-7930 > > > > fax: (703) 393-2659 > > > > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > > > >>From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > >>Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 5:00 PM > > > >>To: CF-Community > > > >>Subject: RE: Super Duper Controversial post....heheh > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>Here is my take on Homosexuality. What you do in the privacy of > > your > > > >>own home is your business. I support equal rights for gay > > > >>people, they > > > >>are people, they don't however, deserve special rights. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>-----Original Message----- > > > >>From: Beth F [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > >>Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 3:59 PM > > > >>To: CF-Community > > > >>Subject: Super Duper Contraversial post....heheh > > > >> > > > >>The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 > > > >>admonishments > > > >>to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love > > > >>heterosexuals. > > > >>It's just that they need more supervision. ~Lynn Lavner > > > >> > > > >> If homosexuality is a disease, let's all call in queer to > > > >>work: "Hello. > > > >> Can't work today, still queer." ~Robin Tyler > > > >> > > > >> I'd rather be black than gay because when you're black > you don't > > have > > > >>to > > > >>tell your mother. ~Charles Pierce, 1980 > > > >> > > > >> War. Rape. Murder. Poverty. Equal rights for gays. Guess > > > >>which one the > > > >>Southern Baptist Convention is protesting? ~The Value > > of Families > > > >> > > > >> Jesse Helms and Newt Gingrich were shaking hands congratulating > > > >>themselves on the introduction of an antigay bill in > > Congress. If it > > > >>passes, > > > >>they won't be able to shake hands, because it will then be > > > >>illegal for > > > >>a > > > >>prick to touch an asshole. ~Judy Carter > > > >> > > > >> 'You could move.' ~Abigail Van Buren, "Dear Abby," in > > > >>response to a > > > >>reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across > > > >>the street > > > >>and > > > >>wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the > > > >>neighborhood. > > > >> > > > >> The one bonus of not lifting the ban on gays in the military is > > that > > > >>the > > > >>next time the government mandates a draft we can all declare > > > >>homosexuality > > > >>instead of running off to Canada. ~Lorne Bloch > > > >> > > > >> Why can't they have gay people in the army? > Personally, I think > > they > > > >>are > > > >>just afraid of a thousand guys with M16s going, "Who'd > you call a > > > >>faggot?" > > > >>~ Jon Stewart > > > >> > > > >> My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those > > women out > > > >>there > > > >>praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share. ~Rita Mae > > Brown > > > >> > > > >> Soldiers who are not afraid of guns, bombs, capture, torture or > > death > > > >>say > > > >>they are afraid of homosexuals. Clearly we should not be used as > > > >>soldiers; > > > >>we should be used as weapons. ~Letter to the Editor, > The Advocate > > > >> > > > >> You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you > > just have > > to > > > >>be > > > >>able to shoot straight. ~Barry Goldwater > > > >> > > > >> Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable > seeing two > > men > > > >>holding guns than holding hands? ~Ernest Gaines > > > >> > > > >> My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose > > sexual life, if > > it > > > >>were > > > >>broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and > > horror. > > > >>~W. Somerset Maugham > > > >> > > > >> Drag is when a man wears everything a lesbian won't. > ~Author > > > >>Unknown > > > >> > > > >> If male homosexuals are called "gay," then female > > > >>homosexuals should be > > > >>called "ecstatic." ~Shelly Roberts > > > >> > > > >> My mother took me to a psychiatrist when I was fifteen > > because she > > > >>thought > > > >>I was a latent homosexual. There was nothing latent about it. > > > >> ~Amanda > > > >>Bearse > > > >> > > > >> Some women can't say the word lesbian...even when > their mouth is > > full > > > >>of > > > >>one. ~Kate Clinton > > > >> > > > >> No matter how far in or out of the closet you are, you > > still have a > > > >>next > > > >>step. ~Author Unknown > > > >> > > > >> It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of > > > >>homosexuality. > > > >>It's like disapproving of rain. ~Francis Maude > > > >> > > > >> The only queer people are those who don't love > anybody. ~Rita > > Mae > > > >>Brown > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
