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Article #139806Re: Halifax Pride Festival gets "Hallmark" status
From: Peter
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:23
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:23
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"demibee" <demibee@post.com> wrote in message news:952of6-4rb.ln1@news.dal.ca... > On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:36:52 -0300, Brian Smith wrote: > >> demibee wrote: >>> There's a difference between "not normal" and "not typical." A >>> genuinely ABNORMAL condition has serious implications for the health of >>> the person with the condition (or for the health of others around that >>> person). Homosexuality simply doesn't fall into that category. >> >> Perhaps in your opinion, but that is not the opinion of everyone. > > Opinions are irrelevant... It's a demonstrable fact. Homosexual people > are no more likely to be dangerous, in any way, than are heterosexual > people. Time and time again, study after study, it's been shown they have > no higher or lower propensity for inappropriate behaviour (e.g., sexual > assault, child molestation, violence) than do heterosexuals. > > So... What dangers would you say they pose that would make their > "atypical" lifestyle an "abnormal" (read, concerning) one? > > > db Demonstratable fact? I hear James Warren calling you :-)
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