The conversation is about not about children and consent, though the laws
establishing the age of sexual consent are based more on the age at which a
person is sufficiently educated to marginally function as an independent
economic entity rather than on the age at which they reach a level of sexual
and emotional maturity where consent is actually possible psychologically.
More at issue is the apparent fear that accepting homosexuality as
completely normal, sanctioning gay relationships by recognizing them as
morally and socially indistinguishable from heterosexual relationships, and
accepting those openly gay as legitimate models for children in roles such
as teachers, clergy, coaches, scout leaders, etc will somehow expose
children to assult and/or will persuade them to abandon their straight
sexual orientation and become gay themselves. My point is that whether a
person is gay or straight or whether one's children turn out gay, straight,
or bi *should* be of no greater importance than whether they turn out to
prefer chocolate or vanilla ice cream - in an enlightened society one's
sexual orientation and practices would be a total non-issue. It *is* an
issue in our society because for some unfathomable and bizzare reason, so
many heterosexual people have an aversion to homosexuals and homosexuality
and that attitude, by its very existence, is directly harmful to the people
toward which it's directed. It parallels the civil rights movement because
it makes no more sense to feel aversion to someone based on their sexual
preferences than it does to have an aversion to someone based solely on skin
pigmentation.



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:r0y0b.202309$YN5.141543@sccrnsc01...
If everyone involved is
consenting, what possible difference could it make? As a parent, I
could
care less if my daughter turns out straight, gay, or bisexual. All that
matters is that she is happy.

This conversation is about children who, by definition, cannot be
"consenting".

Or do you dispute this assertion to?
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Iowa City, IA
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www.AlexisParkInn.com
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