[lostalex]

Originally Posted by sampvt

In days gone by being gay was a sin, well to my generation anyway. Most straight people thought gays were some kind of genetically modified loners with mental issues and they were wrongly hounded and bullied for their gender preferances.

Nowadays it would apear by reading some of these posts, that being straight and offering strong views like Connor did, is somehow wrong. Dont get me wrong I am not saying either is wrong but if it is ok for one gender to speak about their views, is it therefore not also right for the same luxury to be afforded to the other side, whichever it might be.

Political correctness runs both ways and I can understand Connor. He is Irish as I am and we were raised differently in the country. Big cities like Derry, belfast, cork and Dublin have their gay scenes but small villages, especially in Ulster, are still predominantly hetrosexually run and havent yet caught up with the rest of cosmopolitania. I dont think we should lampoon connor for his views the same as we shouldnt lampoon Scott or Luke A for theirs.

I find the shock horror gasp and wtf comments about a seemingly straight males attitude to homosexuality rather underwelming and condecending but thats my opinion only and not designed to rile or impune anyone for their views.

well people used to also believe that blacks were a species of apes and not human and therefore could be used as work animals just like horses and oxen, Sampt.

Just because someone is ignorant doesn't make it okay, and no it's NOT okay to have discriminatory beliefs about other human beings. Ever. And no, religion doesn't make it okay eigther.