25 Year old man + 18 year old girl = okThomas Sowell on why black civil rights was a cause morally superior to gay rights:
35 year old man + 18 year old girl = icky but ok
35 year old man + 17 year old girl = icky and illegal
35 year old man + 14 year old girl = sick and illegal
35 year old woman + 14 year old boy = AWESOME!
Despite heavy television advertising in California for "gay marriage," showing blacks being set upon by police dogs during civil right marches, and implying that homosexuals face the same discrimination today, the analogy is completely false.
Blacks had to sit in the back of the bus because they were black. They were doing exactly what white people were doing-- riding a bus. That is what made it racial discrimination.
I agree wholeheartedly with Sowell. The primary difference between gay rights and black rights is that homosexuality is a behavior that can be controlled when necessary. A flaming homosexual can "act normal" in mixed company. A black person cannot conceal their blackness unless they hide it physically or are so light-skinned that they can pass as a white person.
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Just remember Mike. In today's lack-of-morals society, that makes us homophobes.