On the site where I moderate in chat, we also have very lively message boards. Someone has started up a thread about gay marriage, and one of the replys has left me speechless, and I don,t know how to respond to it.
It says, and I quote:
"gays are sick in the same way pedophiles are sick. They need to be treated not encouraged"
Can you beleive that?? I mean I realise not everyone agrees with gays but thats a terrible thing to say.!! I need some of your views before I reply. I need to calm down as well.
You have already replied, but the main way I deal with this kind of comment is to insist that the person that made it substantiate it. Anybody can say anything, but saying it doesn't make it true.
Pedophiles take advantage of children in a way that is traumatic to them. This is something we really don't want happening in our society.
Gays have adult to adult relationships, that may be very successful and last for decades. Why shouldn't this be allowed?
"I don't like it" is not sufficient reason to legislate in a democracy. There should be some damage done to society or its members that justify the restriction. You need to insist they prove that it is 'sick' and substantiate what the damage is.
Wish him good luck, the APA tried for years and couldn't. They kept coming out with opposite results and conclusions.