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Which traits? Dark skin? Dark eyes? Kinky hair? Large noses? If these passable folks say "I'm not black" it doesn't make it so.
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I understand that. But I'm referring to the vast majority of non-white people who are not "mixed race" and therefore more likely to look racially ambiguous.
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I still don't know how folks can stand behind the "it's a choice" argument.
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The "it's a choice/not a choice" debate is a can of worms that I was absolutely not trying to open in this thread.
I was just speaking to the fact that it is much more feasible for a gay person to "pass" as straight than for a person to "pass" as another ethnicity which is why I disagreed with your example.
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On that same note -- what exactly is a "homosexual practice"? Kissing a man (I guess I can never show affection with my dad)? Anal sex (what if it's between my girlfriend and I)? Who is the deciding authority re: what is "on the cusp of gay" vs "full on flaming"?
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You know...I don't know the exactly language of that morality clause I spoke about but that was the first question I asked. The person telling me said it included having sex or intimate contact with another man (because he was male). The unspoken add-on was "in a public place or on-campus" because seriously--if he were in his own home, who would know and how can you tell him what to do there? Honestly, this is one of many reasons why I usually pretend I didn't go there.
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I also better not see you walk from Red Lobster into my store. 
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Oh, you will. And I'll even have the nerve to ask Jesus to bless the food.
This "cafeteria Christianity" that I've seen tells me that a large number of people are just using their religion as a mask for bigotry. If homosexuality were to become a "religion," folks will just find another reason to dislike that group.[/QUOTE]
This is exactly what I was saying. It's not right but that's the way it is in this great nation.