I love reading blogs, essays, opinion pieces and what passes for newspapers these days. It never ceases to amaze me that people will go out of their way to misunderstand instead of understand. I believe it has to do with the old axiom "The truth is painful". But the belief that "the truth shall set you free" is too painful for most to deal with.
I believe that homosexuality is something a person is born with. I believe it because my cousin has had "gay" tendencies since he was old enough to express himself. I believe it because my nephew has had "homosexual tendencies" since he was able to express himself. I wish for a better life for both of them. I personally feel that their homosexuality has caused them much grief in the respect that they are incapable of good decision making, but they are who they are nonetheless.
I've never met a gay person who didn't have more issues than a magazine stand. "Drama queen" doesn't even begin to tell the tale. And yet to point that out to anyone means being prepared to be called a "homophobe".  How silly. That's as if pointing out that the cabbage roses on my grandmother's couch makes me a divanaphobe. or that my mother's being fat makes me an obeseaphobe.
Next time you read the responses to a column, opinion piece, or blog make note of how many people will completely miss the point. Is this a statement of how woefully unprepared our school systems are in educating our citizens? Or is it a by-product of "The truth hurts"?
I wrote the above in frustration with some responses to Dr. Adam's piece "Of Mice and Mormons".  The twisting of words and meanings were blatantly obvious in the comments, but it is not only on that essay you will find comments coming out of left field. It is everywhere. People hear one word in a sentence, clause, or paragraph and they are so busy formulating a retort (different from a response, which requires true thought) that they miss the point, thus missing an opportunity to learn something new.
How sad.