i know the feeling.  where knowledge and understanding are lacking, stereotyping and discrimination will flourish.

Hmmm… Maybe we should start a "straight cure" program and see how well that flies in society :lolp:

One more step closer… Yet sadly, we're still a ways away from being fully equipped with equal rights in the USA

@MrMazda:

the more interesting part remains that in previous articles similar to this that I've read, it was also noted that during the pregnancy, the amount of hormones that the fetus is exposed to proportionately tended to influence the sexual orientation of the resulting child.

Hormones certainly have their place in the process of cell signaling, but they have also been offered as reasons for actions they were not involved in. A power outtage in a town may be the reason why, when traffic lights failed, an accident occurred at an intersection between two vehicles. But an accident at that same intersection last week with no power outtage, as well as the hundreds of non-accidents which occured all over town the night of the outtage, seems to suggest that offering a random event as an explanation will, by definition, only explain one random event.

It's much more likely that genes, and not "hormones" enable homosexuality. Those genes are passed on to us by our mostly heterosexual parents because there is a useful reason for keeping them. And as The Architect told Neo at the end of the 2nd Matrix, things can become useful if they are predictable.

Why has the homosexuality gene maintained itself for so long, when an increase for the risk for homosexuality would theoretically lead to decreased reproductive success? Because keeping it increases mating success in heterosexuals. This mechanism, called antagonistic pleiotropy favors genes that increase the risk for homosexuality because they increase the number of sex partners in the relatives of homosexuals. It's useful.

Given that we are observing only a snapshot of evolution, antagonistic pleiotropy may help in explaining to us what our limited knowledge of genetic variations, as well as our "hormonal imbalance" reasons, have failed to do.
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From what I understand, Tracy Morgan plays a fictional character named Tracy Jordan, who basically just acts like a sensationalized version of who we think Tracy Morgan is, except maybe that's who Tracy Morgan is, and there is no difference between Tracy Jordan and Tracy Morgan.  Now THATS twisted.

This '30 Rock' nonsense makes me chuckle though cause its probably the most upscale black-face-wave show where they use him as 'negro comedy relief'….. But does the guy really function as a 'think piece' about the condition and the perception of the black male in America, or as the black man who crashed the white man's party and does not feel like he belongs, gains acceptance by embracing the sambo stereotype and is really an aimless artist looking to be 'totally sensational' or whatever... I think its the latter.

:afr:

I've been around plenty of straight men long enough to know that their minds are as cemented in the gutter as ours are. The only difference is that with heteros, it all depends on the female. If she won't put out, it's Mr. Hand that does the job.

Just sayin…

That's the sad part. There aren't many people out there with the balls to actually go through with such things. There really needs to be more of them to make a further demonstration to society.

I really appreciated Tina Fey's response to this outrage
(she is the Executive Producer on his show "30 Rock"):

I'm glad to hear that Tracy apologized for his comments.
Stand-up comics may have the right to "work out" their material in its ugliest and rawest form in front of an audience,
but the violent imagery of Tracy's rant was disturbing to me at a time when homophobic hate crimes continue
to be a life-threatening issue for the GLBT Community.

It also doesn't line up with the Tracy Morgan I know, who is not a hateful man and
is generally much too sleepy and self-centered to ever hurt another person.

I hope for his sake that Tracy's apology will be accepted as sincere by his gay and lesbian coworkers at "30 Rock",
without whom Tracy would not have lines to say, clothes to wear, sets to stand on, scene partners to act with,
or a printed-out paycheck from accounting to put in his pocket.

Note particularly her characterization of Morgan as "sleepy and self-centered"

This is why I have always been opposed to Obama ignoring ENDA and only going after repealing DADT.

Why help less than 10,000 people (DADT), when you could be helping millions (ENDA)?!   ENDA has been around for 41 years now {under 4 different names} and it's never been able to get passed in Congress, despite the vast majority of Americans have supported it for years.

Employment Non Discrimination Act

Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

Marc Hall… Need I say more?

It's a real pity that some people don't think before they speak.

http://forum.gaytorrent.ru/index.php?topic=14896.0

Keep fighting the good fight for the equality you deserve.

As far as Cell Phones being confiscated;as Martha would say "It's a good thing."