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So I have this friend who I have known since I was in junior high and is also still a Facebook friend of mine today James Driskill. He's openly Gay, liberal and highly intelligent. He was a mentor to me in technology when I was a young aspiring computer programmer. He worked in the library system in San Bernardino California and I practically lived at each of the five branches they had at that time, signing up for computer access. Every day after school, until my time expired by someone else needing to use a computer booted me off, I would then hop onto the city bus to the next branch, until it closed and even sometimes sneaked in to the local community college after hours, to use those machines until school started the next day. Anyway my friend had a boyfriend who died of AIDs years back, He now has AIDS and is a shadow of the person he used to be, homeless (with a car right now) and being technologically savvy, ranting all over Facebook every chance he gets about how the world has done him wrong. I have several friends with parents who have come out as gay who have later died of AIDs and currently have friends who are gay some of which still haven't come out but most have. Just for the record I am not gay. I have observed the lifestyle for myself for years and have NEVER personally seen a gay relationship last, or any part of it end in anything other than tragic. I don't hate people for being gay. I am concerned for them thinking that it is, what it is not. Love. Heterosexual (straight) activity is not love either. Love requires no physical or sexual contact what so ever. I am anti gay because of my personal experience through people I have known through out my entire life who are my friends. I have known people who have changed from being gay to straight, and vice versa, and find it to be more choice than matter of fact as some claim it is. Just as some have started bad habits like smoking and drinking, that some later overcome, I feel a desire to help those to change a homosexual lifestyle as well, be encouraging them to see with their eyes the reality of the lifestyle. Look for examples of lasting relationships that they know personally, not just those that seem good on TV or in movies because we all know that media is not what it seems, but we allow media to shape our personal lives too much. I see no reason to be proud of being gay. To me it's like being proud of being a smoker, or an alcoholic, or a foul mouthed free speech American. I'm proud to be a American, but i'm more proud to be Conservative American. Conservative in speech, dress, and thought. Some may claim to be conservative, but they speak more liberally than a Hollywood porn star!. Sure you are free to do dumb things in a free country, but it is not always the smartest or healthiest, or at a minimum, best example to our youth. Far too many people don't speak up about things to help others become better, citing it's none of their business, but it's everyone business. I don't advocate hate against smokers, alcoholics, foul mouthed, or gay people. I don't believe any of those things deserve a special day of celebration, or congratulatory call from the president for coming out or anything either. I do think that traditional values should be celebrated. How about a HETERO-Pride-Day? Are you ALIVE today because you were born? Thank a Heterosexual! I say these things because we are all children of God and I care about all of you. God bless you all.