Breakdown...

...in the moral fabric of society.

As I've mentioned previously, I am a card-carrying member of the Screen Actors Guild. Thus, I have the "privilege" of voting for the "S.A.G. Awards".

So...at this time of the year, I'm afforded the opportunity to see films that are under consideration for those, paid for by the production companies that made them.

I have just received a free pass in the mail, to see "Brokeback Mountain", a movie advertised as: "An epic love story, set against the sweeping landscapes of Wyoming and Texas, that tells the story of two young men--a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy--who meet in the summer of 1963 while driving cattle on a mountain range. They unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection, one whose complications, joys and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love."

Yeesh. They don't specifically say it, but the love to which they're referring is not platonic. You couldn't pay me to go and see that; free surely doesn't cut it.

I don't hate homosexuals, any more than I hate any other mentally ill individuals. Once upon a time, the psychiatric community identified homosexuality as just that: mental illness. But, that's an area where homosexual activists have gotten their way, just as they are currently trying to do with marriage in this country. I have known people of that "orientation" in both genders. What they had in common is that they were victims of abuse, so consequently they came to distrust those of the opposite gender.

There is a small but highly vocal minority of "gay" people who wish to cause the world at large to recognize their "choice" as just another "alternative", no different from a preference for strawberry ice cream over butter pecan.

The reality is, leaving ethics, morals, religious teachings, etc. out of the equation...biology alone dictates such behavior as abnormal. A purely homosexual species would quickly die off.

Some "enlightened" individuals have called me a homophobe for my views. I point out to them that a phobia is a fear; I'm not afraid of homosexuals, I simply disapprove of their "lifestyle". Never hate.

However, actually watching that kind of thing is the last thing I'd want to do.

Update! I found THIS quite amusing...
(You'll need the appropriate software to view it)