text: are gays a threat to society? are gays hurting the children, by pouring homosexuality into their brains, or are people just overreacting? it's an overreaction.  let people choose to do what they want as long as it doesn't affect you personally.  a good example of this can be found in a town where i went to college.  some in the public and the local government wanted all pornography to be removed and banned.  this pornography sat behind store counters or behind doors clearly marked as adults only.  for some reason, certain people were still offended by it even though they couldn't see it and it wasn't being pushed on them.  they weren't going to be satisfied until all traces of it were obliterated.  you have a choice: if something bothers you, don't involve yourself with it.  those who wish to walk that road, leave them alone.  sounds simple, but this debate will continue for ever.  as long as someone is doing something that someone else doesn't like, regardless of whether or not they can see it, people will continue to fight what they can't see until there is nothing left or the offended party ceases to exist.  and jimmy r is correct: people are fanatical about anything that contrasts their religion...just look at the fanatics within the muslim religion continuing to push violence in the name of islam.