for this link, I forced myself to read the entire ignorant diatribe from this homophobe. I wish people like this could meet the following people:

1.  Father or Mother of a child who has committed or attempted suicide because he/she could not handle the social stigma of being gay/lesbian, stigma that is nurtured by homophobes like the person in this link;

2.  Father or Mother of a child who has been gay bashed by violent homophobes who have been taught by society that gays/lesbians are not worthy of the same respect and love as their straight counterparts.

3.  The children and spouses of a closted gay or bisexual parent who was tortured by low self-esteem, substance abuse and self-hatred and whose behaviour as a parent/spouse negatively impacted on other family members.  I have known families like this and it is not a pretty sight!

Finally in closing I found it particularly offensive that this homophobe quoted one of my favourite books, "The Lord of The Rings" at the close of his comment.  His narrow-minded, hateful and bigoted view of the world is about as far away from goodness as I can possibly imagine.

Thanks again for the link.

Cheers

JBE

I was expecting it to be really bad.  Compared to every anti-gay thing I've read it was tame.  He actually acknowledged that Hadrian and Alexander the Great, two of the greatest rulers of the ancient world, were gay.  Anyone that agreed with his point probably were turned off by his acknowlegdement of how great these two men were.  People that hate gays only want to hear negative stuff.

I don't think this guy is much of a homophobe, if he's one at all.  He just thinks he's being hip and flippant by throwing around some  naughty politically incorrect terms. His posting has  a little smiley face   that lets us know this is meant as  a joke. OK, so it wasn't  funny.   Bear in mind that he liked the Yourcenar novel, and thinks she was brave for publishing it in 1951 during the McCarthy era.  (Of course the fact that she was French, not American, and thus not likely to have been affected by the witchhunts, seems to have escaped him.)   Browsing other posts on that site I find that he also likes such works  as Brideshead Revisited  and On the Road.  And here's what he has to say about Brokeback Mountain:  "Friday is the first anniversary of the day on which I first saw Brokeback Mountain, a film that helped to renew my faith in the possibilities of art..." Um, how vile and homophobic is that?