Wouldn't accepting homosexuality (and especially gay marriage) upset our society?
Do you have a negative reaction to the picture above? Some people have a visceral reaction to any same-sex intimacy. It happens—but it goes away when the humanity of the emotions is experienced. We are all afraid of change, especially when it has to do with the "order of life " as we understand it.
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In actuality, our understanding about the order of life constantly changes. Television and the internet were two big social changes that have affected most of us. Allowing women to vote was a big change also, as was allowing individuals of different races to marry. We have lived through all of them, and we are better for it.
The sky is not falling!
When it comes to social change, it's easy to get a mentality that "the sky is falling." However, it isn't. The "threat" to society by homosexual people is not nearly so great, whatever it is, as is the threat toward homosexuals by straight society (and by self-hating gay people.) It's gay people who are being bashed, shamed, and sometimes, as in the case of Matthew Shepard, killed.
Also, homosexuality isn't contagious. Sexual orientation is determined early in life, and the sexual orientation of a straight teenager isn't going to be changed by having gay friends. People do not need to be afraid that exposure to gay people is going to affect anyones orientation.
