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Old 06-28-2009, 04:57 PM
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Automatically and instinctively, I agree with everything you typed. However - and here's where we often lose sight of the common ground between us - being at the receiving end of stereotyped judgementalism myself, I tend to judge people's actions in isolation and to not lump them into whatever convenient group they happen to fit.

So okay, the guy is homosexual, white, a pedophile and a criminal. He's also a director, fits into a certain age group and lives in a specific area. Which of these traits explain his dirty deed? To me it's only the pedophile and criminal parts. All of the others are traits that many other people share; and they don't necessarily engage in criminal behavior. The homo part is definitely a contributing factor, but only in that his chosen victim was male. Had he been the same person but heterosexual, I volunteer that he would have done the same thing to a little girl.

In spite of all that though, I have to truthfully admit that as much as the rational side of my brain says otherwise (IOW- a homosexual may be a queer bugger, but not necessarily a criminal or a pedophile), the instinctive side of my brain balks at the idea of a gay male couple adopting a male child.
Conclusion? I really shouldn't try to post on a serious topic while bbq'ing and drinking mango coladas.
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