Because every single gay person I know would cheerfully identify themselves as homosexual to a stuffed-shirt knocking door to door to make statistics, or a census taker. And I don't remember that question being on the census. Maybe it was on the detailed census? How many people got that? Was it evenly distributed all over the country? If it was, and if this is the case, it most likely does not account for the fact that homosexuals, like other minorities, tend to form neighborhoods. Ever been to the Village in New York?
By the way, thanks for backing me on this, Donut... I logged on, saw the number of posts, and wondered if the thread had degenerated by now. Apparently not, though we might be in danger... Ah, well.
And Prometheus, don't you think that the Catholic Medical Association is just a *little* bit slanted? I insted direct you to
www.religioustolerance.org... Look around. Maybe you'll learn something, and certainly there's more accurate information about homosexuality then at your website. If you think I'm lying, look it up.
As for *your* insistence that we look up this legal brief ourselves, I say that the burden of proof lies with the prosecution. Bear in mind that I am close friends with the gay peer services coordinator at my school, an extremely knowledgable woman, and I myself have looked for reliable statistics on the percentage of homosexuals... She's admitted that no RELIABLE statistics exist.
In conclusion, I would like to know where you come off saying that the gay rights movement is not about "equality in marriage." What, do you suppose that the gay lifestyle is demanding more and more rights and eventually wants to turn the entire nation gay? Do you think gays have equal rights as straight people and instead are demanding that they have *more* rights than straight people? Do you think there's recruitment going on? Do you think gays are trying to push their lifestyle, so-called, on you?
If the answer to any of these questions is yes, I simply advise you to lighten up.