The days of unanswered attacks on the very person hood, or humanity of sexual minorities are over. The great leveler is technology, Facebook, Rwitter, the Internet. No longer does a sexual minority in hicksville Oklahoma feel isolated and alone. They now have a way to reach out and find communities of friendship, support and activism. Remember the song, “One is the loneliest number” Nobody is “one” anymore.

This bell can never be un-rung. The only direction possible is to advance the Civil and Human Rights of Sexual Minorities. This wave is rolling forwards, not backwards, it may roll over an obstacle here or there, but it is going to advance forwards. This wave is to big to stop.

He is certainly free to say whatever he likes, but people are also free to react to what he says in a variety of ways. Either, with speech of their own or simply deciding not to see his movies and/or encouraging others to do the same or a variety of other actions.

I stopped reading at the point that you said ‘the other side’ has a right to call him a homophobe as a form of expressing their moral beliefs. NO, sir, this is just chilish name-calling. Mr Cameron did not lower himself to that level, As a mother of a gay son, and divorced wife of a gay Episcopal priest, I have directly seen and experienced the destruction to my family, as just one example of the destruction to the institution of Family in our culture.

I hasten to add, I did go back and finish reading your blog here.

James Dobson got criticized for taking his organization Focus on the Family into the political arena. But you receive no such criticizm. Interesting. I first followed you as a researcher and scientist in the exploration of homosexuality. Do you still have time for research?

The kind of ‘name-calling’ embraced by many homophobic people IS a threat to the kind of civilization many want to see. It is, of course, always very sad when families break up as a result of one or more members of that being gay. But are all such break ups actually necessary? As the comments on this very thread suggest, many gay people have married in the past in order to disguise or deny their homosexuality; perhaps the REAL problem is the disguising and/or denial – both of which are often promoted by homophobia.

People who are caught up in ‘family break ups’ are bound to feel that their little bit of ‘civilization’ has, in some way, been ‘destroyed’. However, it is also the case, as I think David M. expresses well, that the ‘destruction’ of something that is untenable can provide new opportunities – not least a human relationship (with a former partner, etc.) that is based on a truthful understanding of the people involved.

(I suspect that most breakdowns in human relationships are the result of the ‘disguise’ or ‘denial’ of something. And since we all ‘disguise’ and/or ‘deny’ up to a point, all our relationships are ‘at risk’ of apparent failure! Such is life.)

There is absolutely no need for 100% of the population to be heterosexual. The population of the planet is growing quite fast enough (some might say rather too fast) as it is!

This cultural conflict is not likely to subside as long as reputable people cling to the conviction the homosexuality is an innate and immutable human trait for some, rather than a disorder derived from human experience and conditioned behavior. The fact is, every one of us is capable of becoming homosexual; that’s why cultural mores are established to avoid this behavior in the first place.