What? Look up the word "perception." Act like a religion? Organizing for rights, is what I call it. SInce it has to be said, I reject the notion that people suddenly "settled down." The fact is, every single force that a heterosexual relationship has, the same force can be applied to a homosexual relationship--marriage (and all the varying reasons for it), engagement, being in a relationship, dating, a crush, hookups, disrespect (I AM NOT ENDORSING IT, BTW), domestic violence (NOT ENDORSING IT), being burdened by a lover's quarrel, being smitten, being envious--the list is endless, because love is equal and boundless. That said, perception changed. Seriously, look the word up. Denying the history of HIV/AIDS, and its PERCEPTION as the "gay plague," Ronald Reagan's refusal to do anything about it, and letting the disease rampage, instead of directing research and saying "this problem is an American problem," is to deny the HISTORY OF OUR COMMUNITY. So, no, I won't apologize for what I said. I won't change my belief that we need apathy or acceptance to achieve a place at the table, as atheists, just as we organized for rights, organized for acceptance, in the LGBT community. Your responses, to me, are baffling.
