I've known several homosexuals, yes. They mostly don't fit the promiscuous stereotype. Especially the female ones -- which the stereotype doesn't even claim to apply to, so you were being overly sweeping in your post even by that standard.
I'm not denying the culture exists; certainly many gay men act the way many straight men would like to act if they could find willing partners. But it's not the whole of even gay men, let alone the whole gay community. All the lesbians I know are or would like to be in a committed relationship. Mind you, that's true for most of the gay men I know, too.
"a community that defines itself by its taste for a particular sex act"
Which sex act would that be, that includes both gay man and gay women? Gays are defined by their *attraction* to people of the same sex, not particular acts; anal sex isn't even universal among gay men. That's reality, not ideology.
"have nothing whatsoever to do with marriage as an institution"
There is no universal 'marriage as an institution', apart from being two people being tied together somehow in a relationship including to but not limited to sex. The rights I listed *are* much of the institution of marriage in the modern world.
As for "not whores but idiots", these aren't people wanting to get married just for tax benefits. These are people who love each other and want to live together, just as straights do, and want the same benefits straight couples do.
"emotional manipulation" -- It's called empathy. You'd apparently prefer not to have any regarding the people suffering under your preferred policies.
"I hope sanity prevails" -- why 'sanity'? IVF and surrogate babies have turned out just fine.
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Date: 2012-11-17 05:36 pm (UTC)I'm not denying the culture exists; certainly many gay men act the way many straight men would like to act if they could find willing partners. But it's not the whole of even gay men, let alone the whole gay community. All the lesbians I know are or would like to be in a committed relationship. Mind you, that's true for most of the gay men I know, too.
"a community that defines itself by its taste for a particular sex act"
Which sex act would that be, that includes both gay man and gay women? Gays are defined by their *attraction* to people of the same sex, not particular acts; anal sex isn't even universal among gay men. That's reality, not ideology.
"have nothing whatsoever to do with marriage as an institution"
There is no universal 'marriage as an institution', apart from being two people being tied together somehow in a relationship including to but not limited to sex. The rights I listed *are* much of the institution of marriage in the modern world.
As for "not whores but idiots", these aren't people wanting to get married just for tax benefits. These are people who love each other and want to live together, just as straights do, and want the same benefits straight couples do.
"emotional manipulation" -- It's called empathy. You'd apparently prefer not to have any regarding the people suffering under your preferred policies.
"I hope sanity prevails" -- why 'sanity'? IVF and surrogate babies have turned out just fine.