The word homophobia was invented in order to marginalize folks who do not agree with the homosexual lifestyle. There are a few people who may actually be classified as homophobic, in that that they may fall under the above mentioned definition. But to call someone homophobic because they believe the lifestyle is wrong and/or immoral is wrong. Many people receive their moral guidance from either history or the bible, both of which tell us that homosexuality is wrong. Many in the Christian community have much compassion for the person who is a homosexual and will embrace him, but will not under any circumstances embrace the lifestyle. It is a sad commentary that our current culture has labeled someone attempting to do the right thing as a sicko. A perfect example, is the way the homosexual community portrayed the black church in California recently.

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Actually, that's a lie. When I was thinner, because of my long hair, I'd occasionally get mistaken for a woman from behind while out on my bicycle. Then they noticed the beard, and the complete lack of breasts. My personal favorite insult so far is "faggot" - hurled at me by a high-schooler in a metallic-lavender second-gen SL1.

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Here's a nice link. Here's another.

This was after they did the same thing several years prior and were shot down by the courts. Last year's motion was functionally near-identical, but replaced "gay/lesbian" with "unmarried" - the unwritten fact here being that a heterosexual couple can be married at any time if they so choose.

I'd like to think it's just Arkansas... but I know it's not.

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The thing about the Flex/MKT platform is that it's exactly at the dividing line of wagon and crossover, which makes it hard to decide what to think about it. We declared it a wagon so we don't have to be ashamed of liking the powertrain.

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