So...

[Vandiablo]

did you wake up one day and suddenly proclaimed: “Hey, I’ve decided that I want to be straight! From this day onward I’ll get a hard-on whenever I look at a gorgeous chick!” No, you didn’t.

Actually, I do this every morning. Then my wife reminds me that I'm not actually allowed to do anything with it.

and the very idea of having an unknown woman lend me her bowels to carry a child

uh, bowels? hmm. That side isn't for babies. Maybe there's a good reason that you're- hmm, let's go to the dictionary:

1 : INTESTINE, GUT; also : one of the divisions of the intestines -- usually used in plural except in medical use <the large bowel> <move your bowels>
2 archaic : the seat of pity, tenderness, or courage -- usually used in plural
3 plural : the interior parts; especially : the deep or remote parts <bowels of the earth>

(Mirriam-Webster)

AH, you're using definition number 3, and I'm using definition number 1, which is used to make number 2.

Kinda looks to me like definition 1 applies to people while definition 3 applies to things. I guess.

That’s why I really hope someone dear to you turns out to be homosexual, so that you can at least try to understand all the implications of this condition.

Are you addressing Nystul there? I think many of us already know at least one someone. But, even when this happens to them, you'll still see many people stick to their old prejudices. There are several right-wing politicos who have gay children or siblings, but still hold on to the party line.

But yes you're right, when someone close to you is affected, the debate is more meaningful. No more of the old "Us" and "Them".

-V