why does anyone give a hoot about gay or lesbian issues?

they are at most 10% of the population, they will NEVER have any sort of power or control. The entire issue is self-limiting and of no concern whatsoever.

 

Why did you feel the need to post about it?

Second...the constitution protects everyone's rights. Even the smallest minority.

 

the latest Gallup poll showed that 3.6% of all USA adults engage in some form of deviant sexual lifestyle other than heterosexual. That is a far cry from 10% and that percentage is for all deviant sexual lifestyles, not just homosexual.

 

Yea because 100% of Americians are honest and never lie.

 

So generally, atleast 3% of homophobes are probably gay?

 

for what I estimate to be a cumulative total of around........................zero, given that nobody is afraid of homosexuals, thus no phobia

 

If 3.6% of the total population in the US is gay then how can they possibly be leading in number of people who have AIDs?

I asked this on another thread of yours and I don't think I recieved an answer unless I missed the quote or something.

There are millions of people with AIDs, so if only 3.6% of the population is gay and we already know not everyone who is gay has AIDs...how the heck do people keep insisting that gays make up the majority of people with AIDs???

 

You keep using that word..deviant.

I don't think you know the actual meaning.

 

I correctly use as it is in the English language. I do not conform to the GLAAD handbook.

 

The word deviant used in terms of sexuality and sex is used to describe things that are harmful or illegal.

Homosexuality is neither of those.

 

per the GLAAD handbook. Please review the definition of deviation, deviate etc.

To deviate from the majority is deviant behavior. Perhaps you are getting wee wee'd up because you feel that the use of the term "deviant behavior" is an insult. That is all on you if that's the case because one should not get upset at the correct use of words

 

When a person only uses the term when labeling Homosexuals, clearly it is intended as an insult.

Just as if someone only used the term Deviant to describe Jews or Blacks.

 

you might wish to check under your bed for monsters because you apparently see things which do not exist.

I am amazed that the correct use of the English language is now offensive.

 

Since you regularly misuse the terms homosexual and homophobia- rejecting the dictionary definitions, I find your "amazement" rather amusing.

When a person only uses the term when labeling Homosexuals, clearly it is intended as an insult.

Just as if someone only used the term Deviant to describe Jews or Blacks.

Just like if someone only uses the term 'boy' when addressing a black adult male.

 

Not sure why he's obligated to list all the things he labels "deviant" just to appease your inability to grasp well established definitions.

The topic is gays, as with most of his posts... maybe you missed that.

 

Of course Sec is not obligated to do anything. I am just expressing my opinion.

When a person only uses the term when labeling Homosexuals, clearly it is intended as an insult.

When a person only uses the term when labeling Homosexuals, clearly it is intended as an insult.

Just as if someone only used the term Deviant to describe Jews or Blacks.

Just like if someone only uses the term 'boy' when addressing a black adult male.

 

Really now?

Aren't you the one who once claimed that everyone is asexual until 'proven otherwise'? As in everyone is asexual until they choose to have sex with someone of a certain gender?

Aren't you the one who completely rejects the dictionary definition of the term sexuality in that it means not only who one has sex with but also who one is attracted to? You have often rejected the idea that one can choose and identify with a certain sexuality long before they ever have sex even though that is exactly what the definition of sexuality entails? Both who one has sex with and who one 'desires'?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sexuality


I find it amusing that you throw this around acting so amazed that people are affronted by the proper use of the English language when you yourself have often ignored the proper use of the English language.

Do you finally concede to our lovely English language then and admit that one can know their sexuality long before they have sex based on what we know of the definition of 'sexuality' and what we know of other terms encompassed by sexuality, such as homosexual and heterosexual?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homosexuality?show=0&t=1397244418

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heterosexuality

 

It's a fact that those who complain loudest about gays are actually gay themselves and are full of fear and self loathing. It's a distraction but everyone can see through their nonsense.

 

Wrong.


deviant
 
de·vi·ant
[dee-vee-uhnt] Show IPA
adjective
1.
deviating or departing from the norm; characterized by deviation: deviant social behavior.
noun
2.
a person or thing that deviates or departs markedly from the accepted norm.


http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/deviant

de·vi·ant
adjective \-ənt\

: different from what is considered to be normal or morally correct
Full Definition of DEVIANT
: deviating especially from an accepted norm <deviant behavior>
&#8212; deviant noun
See deviant defined for English-language learners »
See deviant defined for kids »

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deviant

There is no "sexual" version of the word in any respected dictionary. A Gay website's interpretation is irrelevant. Please read the dictionary.

 

First of all, allow me to correct your ignorance. Not everyone who is gay had AIDs. I know you appreciate being educated. You're welcome!

Secondly, even if your supposition was true, per the CDC, the combined number of people in the US with HIV (including those suspected but not normally diagnosed) is about 1.3 million. That's far below your 3.6% estimate of the US population as gay.

 

Another thing they either forget or ignore that it's not a "gay" disease. Worldwide HIV and AIDS there are as many women as men with AIDS and it's transmitted heterosexually.

http://aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/hiv-aids-101/global-statistics/

http://www.who.int/gho/hiv/en/

 

Thanks! I appreciate someone contributing facts to this thread.

 

Ah, but I assume you are aware of what a connotation is, and I don't believe that this one is beyond you. There are many synonyms for deviant, arguably more correct even in the literal sense to describe homosexuality. I get that you're just trying to be confrontational and fight against the over-the-top politically correct machine, but there's no point pretending to be ignorant of connotations. Just makes you look disingenuous, and obviously so.

 

What happened to your little role play of talking about granny and stuff? You were always so polite then...

Just trying to figure out how many people in the US and the world who have AIDs are gay. I see these stats being thrown all over the place and it's all just very confusing to me.

 

That's over 3 million people in the USA alone (not counting those who are neither perfectly straight nor gay).

You might try to blow those people off, but they are going to pay close attention to what can/does affect them. If nothing else, they are HUMAN beings... and that is significant (whether you would fathom it or not).